Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-10
ANNUAL RACE
FOR Queen IS
GROWING WARM

The annual race for that high
honor, queen of the Cochise county
fair" got off to a running start yes
terday with several young Douglas
beauties nominated for the prelimin.,
ary honor queen of Douglas"
The chamber of commerce offices
had been open but short time when
the first ballots, clipped from yes
terday's Dispatch, we're deposited in
the cardboard ballot box which two
weeks hence will divulge the answer
to the question: who is the most
attractive young woman in Douglas?"
The ballot box by chance is labeled
Butter, Keep Cool" which has
nothing whatever to do with the
competition.
Through the day numerous addi-
tional nominations were received by
mail and personal delivery and it
is expected this mornings mail will
bring many more. Apparently interest
was awakened Immediately with the
announcement of the contest and
during the day several campaigns for
particular candidates were reported
under way. Gallant swains were
pledging themselves to solicit votes
for young women of their choice and
various business houses and offices
were discussing the advisability OF
concentrating their votes. at the
Douglas high school several groups
of students were gathering aDou,
certain of the younger beauties,
auguring a stiff battle of ballots.
To prevent over-zealous vote col
lectors from stuffing the ballot box
by buying large numbers OF the Dis
patch, no more than the usual mum.
ber of papers will be published each
day. Thus the voters can clip
coupons from their own papers and
solicit them in business houses and
residences where papers are delivered.
Including the coupon published to-
day, only II more will appear IN the
Dispatch, the last on Friday, Septem-
Der %, on which day the contest
fol- queen of Douglas" will close.
With this brief time available it is
obvious that campaigners will have
to devote concentrated effort to vote
collecting Or stand a chance of seeing
their capdidates ANONYMOUSLY defeat
ed when the votes are counted.
The plan is to list the nominees
when the polls close today and pub
lish the names of the young women
in the race in Sunday mornings
Dispatch. The identity of the Queen
OF Douglas" will be revealed Sunday
September 25, and during the days
thereafter the candidates of various
Cochise county communities will be
gathered in Douglas when the Queen
of the Fair" will be chosen. She
will preside at the queens bali,
which will mark the opening of the
bigger and better seventh annual
Cochise country fair, September 25.
T. t. Schofield, chairman of the
queen committee of the Cochise
county fair association, arriving in
the city late last night reported to
the Dispatch that he had launched
the queen contest in Bisbee, Benson
and Tombstone and would proceed
to the other towns of the county at
once.
He said that the starting of the
contest is being received with enthus-
iasm i'll the various cities visited. In
Bisbee the Daily Review will carry
on the contest with Tie vote coupon
as the Dispatch is doing. In Tomb
stone the Epitaph will print the
coupon, while in ST. David the school
authorities will have charge and de-
wise a method of nominating the
most beautiful and popular young
lady.
Schofield states that he hopes and
expects nearly dozen communities
in the county to nominate queens.