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Show THE VOTING CONTEST. Friends of the Blue Ocats Coming to the front. MATTHEWS 13 STILL IN THE LEAD. How the Contest Stood at 2 O'clock Harry Har-ry Curran Takes a .Jump Ford and Alb Close Keliind BOm. The Tims' popular policeman is growing more exciting than a presidential election. As soon as the result of the voting was announced an-nounced last ni-;ht. people commenced coming com-ing into the counting room to deposit their ballots for their favorites. Most of the callers cal-lers left but one or two ballots each, and the number of visitors may be estimated by the number of ballots cast. Several new names appear in the list today, Mid there is no doubt that before the contest is over all of the blue coats will be in it. As has been stated before, the marshal and captain are barred from this contest and no votes will be counted for them. Following Follow-ing is the roder of the d i.ur.mcnt: SergeaS Ran tolph, Officer L nul, Sergeant Wire. oiri,-,-r '. H. For 1, Serjeant Sfceetr, (,M: ;t Vi'hit", Officer Shaffer, Officer s:,ei :nan, OS it Mitoer, KHcer Carr.r.i. Officer St'igfas, Officer porwa. Officer Wilson, Offic r P. L. J-hnson, Officer Rhodes, Oiileer Pi't, Officer D&nner, u!:c r Ecliiifrr, Officer Mattiien a, Officer Albri.h', Officer V. cam, 1U r Sh n o.i, Oltict-r Mil. nr. O'licer iir..ner, Officer C. S. Ford, Offic r Uruc .lohn on, Oft'cer Carey, 0 8cer Kck!t;nd, Offlt er Davenport, Officer ' ;rron, 0.5icr Hur', Officer O'Priej, Offii er lieath. (JilUer McCi.r.lv, Officer Ba eigk, At I p. m. today the voting stood as follows: fol-lows: Officer Matthews St! Officer Curran lit Officer Fs'.iriLer 14 OI?icerH. Ford 12 Officer Aibrtgat . n Officer Hitton i Sergeant fiimd lph l) Otlicer Biegfna . Officer Anoetrone Sergeant Wire r Officer Whits Serg".uit Siieet I Officr ShaffT Officer Hard Officer bund . 2 Offic r Carey XOTK. Keep your eye on Harry Ford. He is in it. Eslinger will be near the front at the finish. fin-ish. The voting will close on June 20th at 10 p. m. The new appointees are not without admirers. ad-mirers. Vote for your favorite, vote early, vote often. Officer Lund is the tallest mm on the force. Matt Rhodes friends are coming to the front. Carl Birkner, "the burgomaster," will get the vote of the Germans. The three sergeant, Randolph, Wire and Sheets, are in the race now. The ballots will all be preserved until after the result is announced. Harry Curran's friends say his vote shall not remain stationary a single day. Tom Matthews, who patrols the lower Main street beat, seems to be popular with every body. Officer Sicgfus, better known as MeGinty, is strictly in it, and is likely to crowd the be.t of them. Heath, Shannon and Sherman of the mounted squad, ought to get a heavy vote from the outlying precincts. Billy Hilton ha. been connected with the department longer than any man on the force, and has many friends. Vote early and often, and bring vour ballots bal-lots to The Times office or send them bv mail, addressed to the Voting Contest editor. edi-tor. The baton which The Time.s will present to the most popular policeman is a vcy handsome affair, and the lucky winner be proud of it all h s life. a . |