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Show JV., 1 X-i 1 - VILLI 1 J. ; "WAYS 'TO MISEES! i kiss FU0 HENCE rOMEBOY, District Uo. 8, ETansten, "Wyo. A flay of surprises! . . I The horde a pfv votes that strearoed into The Telegram offlce yesterday teaped the stack to the- enormous flg-iire flg-iire of 218,000 votes which "was the larg- st since the Inauguration of the con-jtest con-jtest to send eleven girls and a chaperon to the Lewis and Clark exposition and ifc-ive them a-' trip along the Pacific toast. The surprises started early and continued late. During the day 15,(22 rotes. Vers- registered for. candidates. This is the largest day's vote since the '. contest. . ... . '. A . The Interest oecomes sharper and more keen as the contest, grows older. New candidates are entering and making mak-ing those st the froBt hurry to hold their positions. The enthusiasm is maddening. mad-dening. An yearn for the great trip of sights' and gentle sea breezes. Friends and relatives are .workin day and night for their favorite candidates. ' District No. t still continues to be the storm center for the entire" contest. Within this district is enough enthusiasm enthusi-asm to inoculate the entire State. The two foremost figures are Miss Evelyn Slaughter, Frisco, and Miss Mayme Lindsay, Beaver. Their efforts have drawn about them a vast clan of sup porters. . Their work is contagious. Struggling valiantly to the front is 2sf!s Grace Thomas of Mammoth. The two leaders in the district succeeded inv securing over a 1000 votes apiece yesterday. yes-terday. ,. Theirs total: vote has now passed over the 10,000-mark, and Is the record for all the districts. ' Relative positional in district No. 1 have not changed.. Votes flowed Into The Telegram office for the candidates, tut so evenly were they divided that no one secured an advantage. Draper's candidate. Miss Chloe Fitzgerald, maintains main-tains alead of nearly 1400 votes. Her closest competitor s Miss Edna Petty, whose sensational , achievements have caused considerable wonder. From seventh place the young woman passed her competitors and captured the place - she now holds. v Both young women did . work yesterday to be proud of. Less tlfy forty votes intervene between the third and the fourth place in the district.- The candidates In-these positions - are, respectively, Alias .LUii. Myers and Miss Nora Burnham. " Miss Sue UI-mer. UI-mer. Miss 'Alice' Hart and Miss 'Stella Johnson are the next in order on the lonj? list, Miss Ruth Bradson received next to ' the highest number of votes cast yesterday. yes-terday. She comes from district No. 2. During the day rlOO votes were piled up to her credit. She now holds third po-' po-' . sltiOn in the district, with Miss Fanny , Gorman and Alice Allen ahead of her. Miss Libbi Stalker. Helper, dropped behind one place In district No. , and Miss Ida Curtis, Sunnyslde, was given the lead. Miss Zilpha Wall. Vernal, is In third place. So close is the voting In the "district 'that each day a place turns. Miss Lillian Brannon of Vernal is close upon" the -trio. 'The battle of ballots in , this district ,1s ie. of the most Interesting in the contest. Each move means ja change, bo close is the race. The battle of votes at Pocatello goes on with -Miss Memphis Williams Jn the lead and . Miss Rebecca Evans a close second. They are the holders of first and secdnd places in district No. 7. The last district was the scene of a surprise yesterday j and secured the heaviest vote of the day. Miss Beulah Galbralth of district No. 8 received 2334 votes yesterday, but her opponent. Miss Florence Pxomeroy. still continues In ! the lead In the district. Both candidates candi-dates are from Evanston. W. L. Merrick, secretary and treas-j urer of the bureau of publicity at the Lewis and Clark exposition, has sent a communication to The Telegram Inquiring In-quiring how many guests of The Telegram Tele-gram he should provide for. It is stated that the quests will receive the best that money can afford, and every avenue ave-nue of entertainment will be thrown open to them. Already candidates for the coveted places at the head of the lists are planning plan-ning Lewis and Clark balls for the purpose pur-pose of promoting their, candidacy. |