The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-05-19
VOTES COME. }.
/ BY MILLIONS
p;r Contest comes to
Close with Hundreds
Of New Subscribers

-;,t;on campaign came to a
ss,.e sSa.e saturday night, with a bang.
Sss slSs' number of votes cast for the
ar;ous .a candidates ran up into
.sa millions and it was almost
! ..,,;dnight ~ when the judges finally
u .ade the grand totals and an
nuonnced ua results. The utmost ac-
.uracv was observed by the judges
i tallying each candidates vouch-
=, and votes, and to say that it
wss w q difficult and tedious task
i uutting it mildly. Fortunately
The men who served are accustom-
a to handling figures and to ac-
counting which fact made it pos
sible to complete the count in one
night instead of two or three,
which might have resulted had in
experienced judges been in charge.
1. E. Johnson, president of the
hank was an interested spectator
and he said that while they were
quite used to counting in large
figures, this was the first time that
the bank officers had gotten up
/, in to the millions. The winners in
the big contests had votes that
counted way up in the millions.
To these competent judges who
worked so faithfully and so care
fully Saturday night in the task
Of counting the millions of ballots
cast, the Courier-Reporter wishes
to express its sincere thanks. The
management is indeed grateful to
them for their work.
The Courier-Reporter also wish
es to take this means of express
ing its thanks and its sincere graf
itude to every candidate in the list
for their part in making the big
campaign the rousing success that
It has been. Starting out slowly,
indeed, for while it looked like
failure, the big campaign became
faster and more interesting until
It became the most talked-of sub
Jet in the entire section.
It is doubtful if there is a home
IN the entire section not vitally in
tsrested in the success of some
one Of the candidates and votes
literally poured into the ballot box
ct the last. Every individual can
didate, regardless of his or her
stand should feel mighty proud Of
the many friends found in this
campaign.
As result of the contest the
Courier-Reporter now has the
largest circulation of any news
paper in the county, covering al
most completely the Kennewick,
Rchland, Finley, Hover and Han
ford and White Bluffs districts,
with fine list at Benton City as
well. This coverage will be of a
Big benefit to advertisers using the
columns of The Courier Reporter.
For instance, the cost of a quarter
page ad is less than the postage
alone would be for mailing a cir
cular to the same list. Another
feature not to be overlooked is the.
iact that the town itself will bene-
Mt BY the weekly reminders of its
activities in the large number of
new homes into which the paper
Will now make its regular visits.
More than anything else the
management appreciates the ex-
presslons of candidates and others
as to the absolute
sqaurness of the campaign. Every
attempt was made to keep it clean
and fair to all and no one can
loubt that this was done, but it is
to know that these eff
Iorts were appreciated and that all
NOW the campaign was one of the
arrest of its kind ever made in the
Aennewick district.