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About The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947 | View Entire Issue (June 19, 1913)
CANDIDATES NOW ACTIVE Prices! Wholesale Votes Issued on All Purchases Car is Now Here and on Exhibition at Ontario Hardwarre Co. To You Increased activity marked the efforts of the coutoBtauU in the Free Automobile contest this week. New candidates have en tered until at the present writ ing there are 71 active candi dates in the field. Not only has the past week been marked by the entry of new candidates, but there has also been a great in crease in endeavoi amon the . candidates all along the line. It would seem that the con testants are constantly realizing more clearly the magnitude of the opportunity that lies within their grasp. This in turn has resulted in the increased activ ity above noted. It will be seen by a glance at the standing of the contestants printed in kbil issue that the total of votes cast is becoming very large even this early in the contest. This all goes to prove Unit the winners will not have an easy time or "bloodless :ictry." There aro plenty of candidate! in this race who will contest every inch of ground thorough y. The Argm freely prodlctl tl this tiiiK thai the final sl.im! ing of the winner will he up a long ways above the million mark, and possibly beyond Ihi two or three million mark. Many sttangor things have hap penod. Just as in our last week's issue we wish to remark that this is no contest for the faint hearted It is going to take energy and perseverance to win, hut the prizes are worth it. "The Lord helps those who help them elvu," o goes the old saying. The modern vorbion of it, as expressed by Herbert Kuufman, the gffl metropolitan writer, ig, --'I ti Lord loves a qufok, hard hitter." The moral to all this is that nothing will succeed like good, pure giit and perseverance. Take the success of a doen sue cesfcful men in any line of en deavor; analyse the things that led to their tuceess and it will be found that they differed from the ordinal v run of men, not so much in ability as in grit and perseverance. 1', iMwrami) will he possess td in a large degree by the win ,.,. f this content. The pil.es an-just like other good things of life and will not be won with out an effort. To quote the words of an old Chinese sage, Lao Tsu, dead these thousands of years: "To give up the race before the goal is reached is the part of the foolish one." hUSTAINKl. KNI.KAVOK SK.KS..AKV The moral of that Chinese saying is that continued aud regular work is necessary. . It is not enough that the contestant should display a spasm, die en ergy and interest in her own be half. Work should he done ev ery day. One hour every day is worth 24 hours a day once a week as far as bringing in results are concerned. Candidates should take ad vantage of every aid in securing votes. There is no use in choosing the hardest going of your own account. Call at the Argus office and secure the subscription blanks. They will he found a great convenience in keeping track of the work don. You should also re member to call on these bus iness men and get the due hills. They will enable you to pile up votes just twice as fast as you can without them. Use the coupons in the ad. How TIIKY STANO Mrs. Winnie Wisdom 73,910 Mrs. W. H. Raver 144.248 F. Winston Thur.ie Erickson Mabel Blanton Fred Bottler If. M. Mett EL i MeAnniek V. W. Marsden Mrs. C. K. Fmison Mr. II. 0. Whitworth Flla Brosnan V. V. Bioko l.'nili Test M is Joe Staples Mrs. A. Zimmerman Mrs. L. B. Fry Fddie King Mrs. John Weaver I hen II. Moore Fthel MeNully Jack Kicker K. E. Star Dottie Ward 1 .1.1. M Madden O. A. Koshnick II. W. Hoopes P, K. Koeuig O. F. Neece 0. A. Field Old "Clem" Mrs Winnie Minster C K Erickson Maude Walters La vine Smith 0.0 Dodge II I Kester I) T Mausker Frank Dorman Crete hen Hailey Mrs J A Hogan Nettie Peterson Mrs A Stulzner Betsy Taylor Maygie Moody NVSSA. (ieoigia Deuuis Gertrude Founds Harry lioshert Fva Boydell IK U 111. A NO. A. C. Maneman Vulva (i rimes Kmina Johnson Ora Nott Knna Deal Marion Robinson VAI.K Mrs. J. P, Houston Mrs L Dell OWYHKK Miss Anna Robertson I'AYKTTK 'V U Nai anil Mae Simon Bee Roberts Aldula Gregory Esther Russell May Myer M Alice Williams NKW I'LYMOUTH Dai y Masou John B Fisher COUNCIL Oia Hark ham ,10 j, two 7,488 :;,si;o 2,110 2,110 123,120 2,000 15,280 8,416 2,880 18,040 .'.'l.Ml 18,660 8,876 2,000 j, 000 7886 .;;:: 8480 2000 ."100 '0.")0 8810 2700 2070 8880 2020 '-MHO 68,486 2,120 8,800 8,000 8,786 8,800 .si, 110 2,100 8,788 2,200 15,880 2,000 8,000 .s.100 14,080 i;,o;; 8,000 2, loo 17,210 nil,! I H :,7;o 65,869 2,770 2,000 5,2r.O 2,000 5,000 8,732 2,000 2,200 2,000 2,005 8,880 2.000 2,000 2,000 2,000 NOMINATION BLANK Good for 2000 Vote when used to Nominate a new Candidate 2000 Votes for Ontario's Newest and Best Stock Men Young Men's and Boys' Wear Hurrah for the Fourth of July and we are going to do some celebrating-we're are go ing to celebrate the great Independence Day-and are going to celebrate in honor of the grand success attained by your most liberal co-operation and patronage. WE BEGIN RIGHT NOW With an Unparalleled Offer in Men's and Young Men's Suits THAT WILL SOUND MIGHTY GOOD TO YOU This entire stock of HIGH-ART SUITS-hundreds of them every one a spanking, bright, new, 1913 pattern, at just exactly what we or anyone else would pay if you bought $1,000, or $5,000 worth. It's the difference between wholesale and retail that we are prepared to save you. $16.00 for High-Art i Suite $18.50 for High-Art gMmpo Suits Don't Celebrate iti the Old Clothes When New Can be Purchased at Less Than Ever Before We Offer Choice of Our Stock of Pure Worsted and Cassimere Suits Heretofore Priced at $13.50, $15.00 and $17.50 $9.75 SALE PRICES $1150 Other remarkable offering throughout this large up-to-the-minuU stocUncludino V SHIRTS, UNDERWEAR, SHOES, HATS, ETC Commence the Big Celebration Right Now ALEXANDER ONE PRICE CLOTHIER ONTARIO, ORE. ' 1 T