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Show ' . ; : Vho will bear the crown? . ,' 1 ' ' Nearly everyone of the four score of ! ;, .candidates entered In the great Tele-; Tele-; gram contest sought the victory Satur-J Satur-J - day. Scarcel y on e of the candidates V passed , the day 'without receiving a j' r. vote.'v'More. candidates were voted for i during the day than at any time since . the '.contest began. Despite the wide ' , rangeof -voies tiot a leading position ' changed. .tft-the entire-list.-' . .I. : : : V V; Early Saturday, morning little white . storms were seen" gathering .In various V ' - sections of-Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah, f , Throughout the day they continue to ;'- Increase,' They grew larger and fester ! i ; ! thy moved? -All were headed toward Salt Lake- City. Late In the afternoon ) - : . they -burst ; upon The Telegram ofQce In the fury of a huge storm, increasing I I ". I : i j ; I-.. . . zhpha! wall ' ; ' j.-' -. Of Jensen, District 6.. " . Theodore Roosevelt will' touch the golden key that will start the melodius chimes in the tower at .the",. Government Govern-ment building and the entire Portland exposition will become as active as the proverbial beehive. Three weeks later the victorious in the contest will be putting put-ting the finishing touches on . for the trip. t. '. - : '. . t " - ' i ; the great pile of ballots that have now f y ; o been cast to more than 332,t00. - .. ' v . ' Many BIj: Increases. ; ; '. ' . . - . ; The lead In district No. 1, still remains re-mains In th hands of Miss Lizzie My-Vers.' My-Vers.' Saturday she secured next to the t highestrmimber of votes In the district. ; : - Wherr the work of the day was completed, com-pleted, Miss . Myers stood Jn the lead with a score of 14.276 votes.. Miss Chloe "'' Kltsgerald former - leader of the dis-V dis-V . trict, la only. -150 votes behind Miss Myera. -. The desire or victory In the district c i becomes greater each . day. The eight r -, leading candidates have become the ; center for thousands of pairs of eyes. f Following Miss Fitzgerald comes Miss : Edna Petty, . Miss Sue Ulmer. Miss '-, Nora Burnham, Miss 8tella Johnson, Miss Alice Hart and Miss Emma Vah-. Vah-. lert of Bingham. Miss Amelia Iverson - of Murray moved up one place and the came was done by Miss Cecil Cowdin. .. In District No.,2. . ' ' ; v' ' .; ' . The Quietude' of district No. 2 was broken .by Miss Fannie Gorman.- leader lead-er of the district. yShe Increased her advantage over her nearest opponent, I Miss Ruth Bradison of Ogden. I . Down at Provo, which Is In district I : V No. S. Miss Elsie Moore Is still the a champion vote getter in that division. '. Her opponent is Miss Catherine Gease. ' VjThe- - largest total' that has yet' ' " ,Jppeared on the score of the contestants ' " ls in the name of Miss Evelyn Slaugh-; Slaugh-; ' . ter, leader in district No. B. Tier vote - credit is placed at U.tM, which is the i largest number secured by any candi- : ' date since the contest began. Her op-! op-! r-ponent. Miss, Mamie Lindsay" of Bea- ( ' ver. holds second place in the district I. ' and is the holder of second position as ' : a vote getter in the contest I - Th Banner Vote." ' ' I The highest vote received yesterday was for Miss Lillian Brannon of Ver-nat Ver-nat Although she received 1500 votes , throughout the day she failed to nn-f nn-f seat "Miss Libbie Stalker, leader of the district which Is No. 6, The leadership of districts No. 7 and No. 8 belongs to ; . Miss Memphis Williams and Miss Flor-; Flor-; ence Pomeroy, respectively. - ' Within the next ten days President |