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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1906)
44 THE contest department of The Ore gonian mas swamped by the snow storm of votes last week. Thou sands upon thousands of ballots were re ceived, and the voting was heavier than day time lince the contest was started. It has been the custom to publish In the '"Wednesday edition of The Oresronlan a list showing the standing of the several hundred candidates. But Tuesday, when the count Is taken, the contest manager found that it would be a physical Impos sibility to prepare the lists. Every mall brought thousands of votes, nd for a time it looked as thougu It would be Impossible to make a count for today's Issue, so fast did the votes pour In. It was only by the hardest kind of vork that the contest manager was able to prepare the lists of the standing of the candidates for publication In today's Ore Kontan. The entire force had to work lioth day and nipht. Ynm now on until the close they will have to work Just as ard. as the voting is datlv becoming oavler. Kach succeeding week shows a Femarkable Increase In the number of votes received. Increasing votes Is a sure 'and unmistakable sign of ever-increasing Interest. Many Changes in Rank. There have been many, many changes In the standing of the candidates since ihe lists were published last Sunday. Some of the candidates who were far behind the loaders In the various districts are now in 1tii lead. Then, many of the leaders who were determined to hold their advantage tiow find themselves displaced and In the reHr. This will only make them work the harder nnd the more determined to bring victory to their standards. Many of the candidates Kent In thou sands of votes at a time. Last week It was a common occurrence to receive from the candidates batches of votes varying In number from 15.000 to 60.000. Some of the supporters of the candidates took ten year subscriptions to The Oregonian. Last week iliss Gillam, of Heppner, sent in TO yearly subscriptions to The Oregonian. he was given credit for 70.000 votes. Other candidates who sent !n 15. 30 and 60 J-early subscriptions each are too numer ous to mention. Fasses 200,000 Mark. Last week was a remarkable on as re- arards The Oregonaln contest. Another in cident of interest Is that Miss Elsie Ho roeisch, -of the third district, has passed ihe Sa'.V-M mark. She was the first of the candidates to have placed to her credit more than 100.000 votes, and was also the first to pass the 130.000 mark. She will pass the 300.WO mark If she keeps. up her present rapid rate. The Oregonian Yellowstone Park contest is the greatest contest that has ever been conducted on the Pacific Coast- It has been an unprecedented success and has set a high-water mark for other news paper contests. For years to come Its success will undoubtedly rank above all contests of a similar, nature that are con ducted In the West. The contest man ager, who for the last ten years has been traveling from one part of the country to the other conducting newspaper contests, says that its success comes In the form of a revelation to htm. Never before did he realise how successful a newspaper con test could be. He has had charge of con tests on many of the leading newspapers tn the country. Leads All Other Contests. "For the great and general Interest manifested and heavy voting The Orego nian contest takes head and shoulders ever all others I have ever been connect THE SUNDAY ; fRoa sjsmfsr- ?ojeTjrjiAri Veil y,. -g0J vt - -i 's i ed with," said the contest manager, yes terday afternoon, when he was taking a breathing spell of a few moments from his labors. "I have received more votes and done more business with The Ore gonian's contest than I did with any other paper In six months. The success of the contest is nothing short of remarkable. From the very start great interest was taken in the contest, and it has been growing and growiug until now It is at a white heau "In its general s;ope and arrangement OREGON'iAN. PORTLAND. I have never known any contest' like It. The general Interest shown is evidence that- it was well planned. Every little town or hamlet in the scope of the contest has an equal show with other towns and cities to send a young lady to the Yellow stone Park. The small towns have been pitted against other small towns, and the big cities have been pitted against other big cities. No. little hamlet is fighting against a city. Tt is a case of 'the best one wins' and all have an equal show." 3IAY 6, 1906. But plans are now being laid for another success fully as great as that of the con test Itself. The trip that The Oregonian party will make will be in keeping with the contest. No expense whatever will be spared to make the trip a delightul and an Instructive one In every respect. Everything possible will be done to make the fortunate young ladies enjoy them selves as they never before have lone in their lives. "tyhen the contest was first started, of course it was planned to give the winners a splendid trip. But the interest shown has been such that the origlnai plans have been greatly elaborated upon. Al most Innumerable side trips will be taken, and the party will attend entertainments almost without number. At first It was intended to send the young ladies to the Yellowstone Park and return in a Pullman palace car attached to regular trains. But the candidates have demonstrated that they are deserv ing of something better than that, so a whole special train will be chartered. "Th Oregonaln Special" it will be called, and it will be one of the finest spe cial trains ever seen in the West. It will be the only special train eevr chartered by any newspaper in the United Btates for the convenience and entertainment of young ladles who had been victorious in contest This Is another precedent that will be set by The Oregonian. "The Oregonian Special" will consist of two Pullman palace cars.a diner, an ob servation car. a baggage coach and an engine. It will be occupied exclusively by The Oregonian party All of the contestants who win out will be given an opportunity to see the beauti ful City of Portland. It does not matter where they live. For instance, some of the candidates live at Boise. , They will first be- brought to Portland, where the party will be made up. The party will be complete when it leaves this city, and there will be no picking up of persons here and there after the party leaves Portland. All the members of the party will be given an opportunity to become acquaint ed with each other In Portland . before starting out on the Journey. They will be guests at the finest hotels In Portland, and many entertainments are being ar ranged for them. They will remain in Portland several days at least, and will visit the various points of interest in or near this city. The Oregonian will provide the party with everything and the young ladles will not have to expend a single penny from the time they become guests of this news paper until tbey are returned safe to -their homea Every little comfort will be arranged for them and there will be absolutely nothing wanting. Tn many different places they will be entertained. For instance, arrangements have already been made for their enter tainment by the Portland, Boise and Salt Lake Commercial Clubs. At Boise they will be met at the depot by a reception committee, consisting of members of the Boise Commercial Club and their wires. The following are the leaders in tho different districts and their votes: Dist. Candidates. Votes. 1 Miss Susie Smith 139,678 2 MIbs Emma Love 63,693 3 Miss Elsie Rometsch 201.373 4 Misa Alice Taylor...'. .'....146.971 6 Miss Llnle Hodge 9,553 6 Misa Tilly Daveneau 65,57 7 Miss Helen Goodwin 23,095 8 Miss tJussle Botlemiller 83.92 9 Miss Dot Berry 67,795 10 Miss Gertrude Rast 58,839 11 Miss Agnes Wilson 100.346 12 Miss Hepple Eaton 19,977 13 Miss Myrtle Workman 60.280 14 Miss Lena Hesae 69.5J7 15 Miss Alice Boone 43,946 16 Miss Ona Gilliam 124,775 17 Miss Rena Rowland 32,07 IS Miss Gertrude Randall 59,6-18 19 Miss Anna Corbett 20.7.T3 20 Miss Grace Black 10,005 21 Miss Grace Wilkinson 82.129 22 Miss Mildred Looney 109.773 23 Miss Ktta Shriner 79.35 24 Mies Mary Abel 22,755