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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (July 31, 1908)
?r ajtfanaags,rgiaggr. i?-tmrr "i 7 T imiBii Hirimffnl in n -y-f i.i TTlM k THE DAl'l V COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHRElJ, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1908. THE C iaaai imi" iww,ij'5ywiUju OFFERS MANY GRAND PRIZES, TO BE GIVEN AWAY IN ITS POPULAR VOTING CONTEST THE COOS BAY TIMES announces a popular voting contest that will eclipse anything of its kind ever conducted in Southern Oregon. First Grand Prize a $400 Gabler Piano, to be given away to the most popular secret or fra ternal society, lodge, school or young lady receiving the largest number of votes under the conditions named else . where. Second Grand Prize a Solid Mahogany $75.00 Talking Machine. Third Prizea Full paid $75.00 Scholarship in the Miller-Cleaver Business College, at North Bend. Fourth Prize a $50.00 Lady's Tailor-made Suit. Fifth Prize Lady's or Gentleman's Gold Watch. Sixth Prize Gentleman's Tailor-made Suit, made to order for winner. 7th Prize a magnificent Library Table. FREE PRIZES Other Prizes may be awarded during the progress of the Contest, but these are the ones now purchased, and every one will be given away on votes cast by subscribers to the Daily and Weekly COOS BAY TIMES. Remember, these Prizes have no strings to them. No money is required from candidates FREE PRIZES and subscribers pay only regular subscription rates, Votes are not sold under any circumstances, but are Given Away. Old subscribers, as well as new subscribers,niay vote. Read h Conditions n! d, f NHMihLMiliiis m, JrlLIbjL JkL C& vorite Value of Special Ballots SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE COOS HAY TIMES IN ADVANCE. Votes. Old Now Subscribers Subscribers .$ 50 .$1.50 .$2.50 .$5.00 .10.00 DO 150 300 COO 1,200 ino 300 100 300 COO 1,200 2,400 300 GOO DAILY. Dally Times, one month Dally Times, three months Dally Tlmos, six months Dally Times, ono year Dally Times, two years WEEKLY. Weekly Times, ono year $1.50 Weekly Times, two years $3.00 It will bo noticed that on all new subscriptions double votes will bo Issued. Old subscriptions will Vecoivo one-half as many votes as now subscriptions. In all cases whero ballots are issued subscriptions must be paid in advance, except whoro there is an amount duo on back subscription and it may bo paid up and at least ono month In advance to recoivo votes for the ontiro amount. The full amount of money must bo paid at the time. In addition to the votes given on subscription there will be a coupon published In each Issue of tho Daily and Weekly Times which when cut out and filled In will count as ono vote. These ballots must be cut out of tho paper and mailed or sont to tho Times office boforo the expiration of tho dato printed on each coupon. i A now subscriber must bo ono not at present receiving Tho Times. Stopping tho paper and starting it again or transferring tho subscription from ono member of the family to another does not count as a new sub scriber. BALLOTS CANNOT BE BOUGHT ;TIIEY MUST BE CUT FROM THE PAPER OR SECURED BY SUBSCRIPTION. Subscribers living anywhere may vote for any candidate In any dis trict. VALUE TO NOMINATIONS. Tho Times will give to each porson making a nomination which proves to bo that of the winner of any of tho prizes of this contest, ono year's subscription to tho Dally Times. Any person has the privllego of nomi nating ono or more candldatos. Nominations should bo mailed to the Times Contest Manager. Candidates can bo nominated at any time but It Is a great advantage for candidates to have their name in tho first list publishod, so that friends may not agreo to work for soraeono else not knowing who are entered in thecontest. It absolutely costs no thing to nominate a candidate. The first list of candidates will bo pub lishod in Tho Times Tuosdny, August 4. Nomination Blao Write plainly. It is advisable to use this blank, but nominations can be writen on any paper. Coupon is printed for convenience only. Fill out this coupon and mail at once. I Nominate. A ddress District No.. As the Most Popular Candidate in the COOS BAY TIMES Contest. Signed. T Address Date. ,190S. Each nomination sent in will count FIVE votes if sent to THE COOS BAY TIMES Contest Manager before August 15, 1908. THE TIMES reserves tho right to reject any objectionable nominations. t Who May Enter this Great Contest Any Secret or Fraternal Society, Organization, School or Lady Is eli gible for tho First Grand ( Prize, providing conditions set forth below are complied with. Any Person is eligible for tho District prizes. Societies or Lodges are not eligible for any but the Grand Prlzo. Every candidato must bo regularly nominated on tho blank printer on this page or similar one. Candidates must reside in the district or territory from which nomi nated. No candidate will be permitted to transfer votes to another aftor receiving them for themselves. Tho right is reserved to withdraw tho offer in any district whero only ono candidato is nominated or voted for. Ballots sent in for names not properly nominated will bo destroyed uncounted. A ballot will bo printed every day during the life of contest. This ballot will count one vote. All ballots will bo dated, and will be void unless received at the Times office or on or boforo tho expiration date as printed. All ballots must be sent direct to the Contest Manager of the Times, postage fully prepaid. No employe of tho Times or member of any employe's family will be eligible as a candidate. Any successful candidato shall have the right to namo a substitute subject to our ap proval. The decision of tho contest manager as to tho award of tho prizes shall bo final and conclusive. In accepting nominations all candidates must accept and agreo to abl do by tho above conditions. In case of any contestants receiving the same number of votes and there is a tle.Hhe winner will be determined by lot. Contest Opens TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1908 Contest Closes SATURDAY, OCT. 31, 1908 AT 9 P. M. REMEMBER, EACH DISTRICT WILL RECEIVE ONE PRIZE, REGARDLESS OP THE VOTES CAST IN ANY OTHER DISTRICT HOWEVER, NO CONTESTANT WILL RE. CEIVP MORE THAN ONE PRIZE. Tho winning of these magnificent prizes is not a question of money. It is tho result of extensive acquaintance, loyal friendship and enthusiastic co-operation. Several Lodges and hundreds of young ladles havo many warm frlonds who will unite In an etfoit to win the beautiful $400 piano for them tho time is short in three months from the first pub lication of the names of candidates, prizes will be won. Bo a winner. You risk nothing and may gain much. Think how much it Is worth to win $400 piano or annthnr vli.mht inii.fi uuu euiuiy ub iuu i uaun, ui ui.ua ui uuuiinuK uiuuua, xuu can u juu win uo ouo 01 me loriunaie winners, rue uoos ijay Times has done Its part, and your friends. The rest Is for you Tho piano will bo nwarded to tho Lodge, Society, School or lady receiving tho groatest number of votes in tho five districts. Tho othor prizes one in each district the n son standing highest In each district will rocelve a prlzo first cholco going to tho ono having tho largest vote, second to next largest and so on down. " First district will includo Marshflold and Eastsido, second district tho city of North Bend and Empire, third district will include all the city of Bandon, fourth district will I cludo tho town of Myrtlo Point, fifth district Includes tho town of Coquillo and each district will include allterrltory tributary to the various towns. ' FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CALL ON OR ADDRESS CONTEST MANAGER COOS BAY TIMES MARSHFIELD, OREGON A- i