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About St. Helens mist. (St. Helens, Or.) 1913-1933 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1919)
ST. HELENS MIST, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31. 1919 Wo BIG Over $250.00 Dollars in Prizes To be given away to ladies of this community in the next sixteen days Diamond Ring, Gold Bracelet Watch, Scholarships and other Valuable Prizes FREE t t A HANDSOME PRIZE FOR EVERY ACTIVE CONTESTANT FREE The most unique contest ever inagurated in this part of the state. Every lady should try and see how good a prize she can win Contest Opens Saturday, November 1st, and Closes November 15th, at 8 O'Clock P. M. (OXTKKT I'NKKK TIIR M.t VWilOMKNT OK MK. AMI MRS. O, I.. PKKK1XS, KXI'EKIENCKI) I'KOPLK IX NEWSPAPER WORK KXTHA VOTKH WILL UK lilVKX llllt XKW HVIlSCHIIiKKH Iy Xow Subscribers is meant bona fide subscribers who are not now litkhiK the Mist. Sec Hrhediilc. WIN A Pltl.K! Xo contestant can win more than one prize. Every active contestant will g a prize, hi vl. en ilnjV effort on your part will m-etire a valuable, prlxe. Xo pri.e worth less than 3. It depends on yourself whether you icel the $.1.1111 prize ir a fine diamond ring for tlie efforts you put forth. Subscription Rates $2.00 Per Year. Contest Headquarters at Mist Office a THE BIG CIRCULATION CAMPAIGN IS NOW RUNNING IN FULL SWING PRIZES ARE NOW AT GRAY'S JEWELRY STORE All of the jewelry prizes in tills ron test were bought through our well known jeweler, Von Gray, and nro on display there. . Candidates nnd their friends are Invited to call HERE'S THE RULES OF THE CONTEST Only . one nomination coupon, value 10,000 votes counts for each contestant. All votes and ballots must be In the ballot box for the big prizes on THE BIGGEST SUBSCRIPTION CAMPAIGN EVER PUT; ON IN THIS SECTION STARTED OBJECT IS TO i INCREASE CIRCULATION PRIZES OFFERED nnd Reo them. They must be seem Hie last night. to ho anorecialoii. ns never before All decisions of the Contest Mana- has such a list of prizeH been given ger are final. Tli ii most unique campaign ever Inaugurated by a weekly newspaper mnineiired this Saturday. TIiIh contest will be open for ladles 1 ml girls, young and old, married or "ngli-. residing In this county. Any l'"l' Is eligible to enter the contest, li Ih Hie purpose of the management ' give a prize to each and every ac 'Ive cuiididate who appears In tho "iinpiilgn. None of these prizes will lie worth less than $6.00. They will. 'oiih'hi of n beautiful diamond ring. K:linhir8hlps, watches and other ar 'Men that will be both valuablo and handsome, and guaranteed as ropren-( "Moil by the Mist manr.geniont. Wo wniit front one to two candidates from each town and locality or rural route in our aurroundtug country. W aim to maintain a strictly high . ''Ih newspaper and we take this, means of making It an object for you "' old us In Increasing the clrculu " of the Mist. Tim plun under which the prizes l'll! ho given to the ladles Is very """Pie. It will be voting contest Votes will be given on both old and now subscriptions, which will he 'ounted for candidate! In the con '"H. A schedule of these votes will l found on this page. It does not "t a cent to enter the contest, all Unit you have to do Is to cut out the nomination coupon In this Issue and away in tins snort time, oniy six teen days of effort is needed on vour part. Mst of Prizes FINE EDUCATIONAL PRIZES ARE NOW OFFERED CONTESTANTS mind ro mail It to the Contest Mana ger. Ho will enter your iiunie as a candidate and send you blanks, !j books and full Instructions ns to how vou can win one or tho valuable prizes that will he given to the ac-! tlve contestants. The first prize will bo a beuliful, diamond ring. I Two of the best prizes that will; hit given nre Hie scholarships In Hie Portland Mnk Business College, oik of Oregon's best business training schools. The winner of these prizes i.lll have won something in." wl" 10 tlem a groat deul of good. Kor the iMrl of a practical turn of mind! lothlng will nppeul so much as a; icholarship. , A prize will positively ho given to . n,.iivA ciitidhlute in tho contost. And sixteen days of ef fort on your part during your spare time will secure one of these fine 1,1 . .. mi... ...nii.at will he vary !!..,, ' tt depends on yourself whether you win one of the 1'ls Trues or one of the small ones; whether you get a lavalller. a boaiilt Tu diamond ring or a gold bracelet watch You risk nothing In enter fu g t i c contest, as you will he ..war, I ed for the effort that you put forU ,ln the ratio to the .-mount of work that you do. The stHiuMng of the candidates will appear each week in the paper. In all cases where votes are Issued subscriptions must be paid or re- 1-FIRST GUANO PRIZE, Ilia-1 pain. tiiond Set King. Tiffany Setting, I The full amount of money must or six months' scholarship. I he sent direct, by mnll or brought ;Gold nrncelet Watch. to tho contest headquarters. 3 Diamond and Pearl Lavalllero. , Postage must he fully prepaid or 4Supt.hire and Pearl I.avallleroj they will be rejected at the post- onice. nence noi counieu. No candldnle will be guaranteed, n certain prize, for a consideration : ! of so many subscriptions, or money nr three months' scholarship 5 Tiirmollne nnd Pearl Lavnl-llere. (! fiolil Pearl Set Ring. SCHOLARSHIPS IN LINK'S BUSINESS COLLEGE OF PORTLAND THE VALUE OF A BUSINESS EDUCA TION PRIZE WELL WORTH THE EFFORT - t The business men of today have j The typewriter Is now found In every .neither the time nor the Inclination ; business office and the dictation oi to be school master in his own office, He domands employes who are thor oughly prepared for their duties. The world tothiy asks two questions of the young lady entering upon their business correspondence is all but universal. The course in shorthand often con stitutes a separate department ,ln- prizes must be won In accordance with the conditions. Contestants who live In one dls , trict may secure subscriptions or i votes in any district,, as votes will ' . a. 7 Carnet Set LavaJllere. S Bracelet, Engraved, n Amvthest Set Ring. 10 Gold Stone Set Itrooch. 12 Amvthest Set Ring. bu allowed on any prepaid sub-i If there are more than 12 active , icrlpt ions anywhere In the United contestants, we -will then add more, States. prizes It Is our Intention to give, Note Any old or new subscriber everv active contestant a gram . wishing to pay the Contest Manager n..iZft I nt our office can have their votes .Issued nnd credited to their favorite f t coiuesutui. NOTICE The first hatch of subscript Ions that each contestant brings or sends to the Contest Headquarters by Sat urday will receive 5,000 free votes. WATCH FOR THE BULLETINS OF THE STANDING OK CONTEST- tANTS IN A'ON GRAY'S JEWELRY WINDOW. VOTE SCHEDULE nil Subscription Kates One year ....$ 2.00 2.500 2,000 Two vears ... 4.00 5,000 4.000 Three years . 6.00 7.500 6,000 Pour yours .. S.00 10,000 8,000 Five years ... 10.00 12,500 10.000 bus ness career hat do you eluding careful training in Englsh know? What can you do? I the elements of correspondence, man- Bookkeeping nnd Business Training ...iuuum, man To transact business with dispatch i folding, the care of the typewriter, md reliability one must know all' ec- In this department expert leach a'.iont making out and endorsing ing is essential. One who wishes to hus'nesB papers and the rules gov-j make a stenographer of himself can ernlng the same. He must be familiar! make no greater or more costly mis wit h receipts and checks, drafts, bills' take than to try to "pick up" this of lading, invoices, certificates of de- new and important art. Good lnstruc prs'ts, notes and other business! tion here is a saver of time and. papers, he must Know now to ao business with banks, express and railroad companies, postof flees, etc, and must get . this knowledge by actual practice. All this training is Included In the business department of nn up-to-date commercial school n addition to the practice of book keen'ng. The system we use In this depart ment deserves special attention. We do not nse the d'scredited method money, too. Business Ijs and Customs Here is a special field of the ut most importance to the successful business man which the general school does not enter Into at all, and of which the ordinary school or col lege gradute knows absolutely noth ing. The basis of all business is the contract, and the rights, obligations -nd powers of parties to do it. These receive full consideration in the First Special Offer FOR THIS WEEK ONLY , In order to glvo you an VsbscHpHo'n'IS bonus votes for your own or family s or a . re"" B ouo extra votes The Mist, at $2.00 per year. We also Rive MoIl8. These for a club, moaning 17.80 worth of old or new - mi votes are In addition to the regular vote r soll(, , the sub- To secure tlieso extra votes you must br " 0, H offt,r "crlption. to the Contest Manager ho ore "e fi m This special offer expires Tnursnuy, which consists of having the stn-i business school, and Its work In this Extra Special Offer FOR THIS WEEK ONLY The lady who brings or sends in the most subscriptions this week receives 10.000 votes. The lady with the next highest number receives 5.000 votes and the third lady will receive 2,000 votes. This offer expires Thursday November 6th at 6 p. m. dents try to make bookkeepers of themselves by conning the defini tions nnd copying the makeup sets of bookkeeping text books. Our work Is thoroughly practical, our students keeping real books In their own nnmes and bas'ng their records upon the transactions personal to them selves Every record Is that of a real line is most valuable. Too many people know nothing of the princi ples of business laws. Business Arltluuetlc In our classes in business arth metic we give the most careful at tention to accuracy in the simple pro cession of addition, substruction,' multiplication and division and the trcnsictlon. end there Is no copying, handling of simple fractions. A pan of Imaginary records. This reality of each recitation la given to a brief of the work odds greatly, not only.fnd searching review of some part to the student's understanding but of the work passed over. By this pro It makes htm proficient In dealing i cess the memory of the student not with real business transactions an 1 only grips tenaciously every detail, ihe'r requ'red methods. The methodjbut he acquires tn accuracy and we use in th's department is one or, speed which would otherwise be 1m Ihe recent triumphs of practical, possible. The time of the class is education and needs to he seen to ba! given to such practical and necessary appreciated. Steno(rratliy ami Typewriting These office specialties have. In late years, become very Important so much so that without them no office man's education Is complete. subjects as the computing ot Inter est, discount r.nd commissions and the reckoning of profit and loss, in surance, partial payments, banking, partnership settlements and equa tion of accounts,