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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1911)
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, Wednesday; april 5, 1911.. PAGE 3 Contest Op on c at Once '4 U LJ U rv 1 u 1 - 7 n FY 1 , IX u Contest AVJLLIJT fc CONDUCTED BY THE .La &aiife Eve 1: ' " v -n TTTT 7 SMiiiiilM MwOT: 11 mm Summer Trips and Other Educational Prises Away to the Enterprising Candidates vho Gather the Most Contest Votes During 60-Day Campaign ANYONE MAY COMPETE Opportamiity ECeocks ill: Oece 0 in n 1 r" I psi aim Mwrace CondMons and General Informaiton. DISTRICT NO. 1 La Grande, city only. Any respectable person over 12 , years of ago Is eligible to enter this contest. ' The contest manager reserves the right to reject any nominations, and all ' candidates must abide by the rules of the contest No employe of the Observer Is elig ible to enter this contest and every candidate will, be given the same ad vice and assistance from the news paper. - Votes will be issued on renewals and paid-in-advance subscriptions. A coupon and nomination blank will Uso be published In the Observer, which will count for the number of votes specified thereon. The first thing to do Is to enter your name as a candidate. Then either call, write or phone the Observer office for a receipt book with which to secure subscriptions. Then let your friends know you are in the contest, and request them to save their votes for you. Candidates may nominate themselves or may be nominated by their friends. Votes will be allowed on subscrip tions secured anywhere In the world. . Votes not transferable. ' Any question which may arise 'will be settled by the Observer, and Its de cision will be final. Send in Tonr Nomination. You will find a nomination blank in this paper. It Is good for 1,000 votes, which give you a fine start Then enlist the aid of your friends and neighbors. , TJBe your telephone. Let everyone know that you are a candidate before they promise their help to a more enterprising contest ant. Be ambitions and determined to win. If you have friends you can not see at once, write them. , Votes will be given on both new and old subscription payments. 7 Call or send to the Observer office for a receipt book. The contest mana ger will be glad to have you call so that he can explain details and give you helpful plans. Telephone or write if you cannot call and a representative will give you full details In person or In letter. . Secure every coupon and nomination blank as soon as you can, as they all count But work for the votes Issued by payments on subscription, for they count the most. Ask Your Friends to nel Yon. If you belong to a society, church or any organization, let your fellow members know that you f xpect their Four Trips to Portland Rose Festival. DISTRICT, NO. 2 Union County, La Grande Excepted Four Trips to Portland Rose Festival. DISTRICT NO. 3 Wallowa County, Pine Valley, Eagle Valley Three Trips to Portland Rose Festival. Free-For-All Prizes Regardless of Districts. Four Tours of Columbia River and Seaside Resorts These are extensions of the trip to the Portland Rose Festival and include all expenses. If winners de sire the newspaper will appoint an experienced guide to personally conduct this party. The candidates need take no money in their pockets from the time they leave home until they return. They will be guests of this newspaper. 3 : J 'IlfHIIJS.Iifll ' Three Ocean Voyages to San Francisco These are extensions of the trips to the Portland Rose Festival. The ocean trip to San Francisco in the summer is a delightful experience. ' Trips Include Transportation by rail and steamboat, berths, meals and hotel accommodations, box parties at the great Heilig theatre, tour through Portland, vaudeville theatres, electric car trips to all points of interest and amusement in and about Portland. Lessons In Music Business College Scholarship Or tuition in Whitman college or some other convenient school of higher education. One correspond ehce course in music, one correspondence course in the I. C. S. or some other approved system of home study. , ' -. V . ; v.".."; .' help. It will be glvfo freely If you only ask before It Is given to some other contestant. '. Don't forget that children can do the most effective work In collecting coupons and nomination blanks, as well as secure you many subscrip tions. .' , Should you father, mother, brother, sister, or friend belong to an organi zation, get them to secure the votes and assistance of the members. Do not let a day pass by without securing some subscriptions and votes. The steady, persistent dally work is what will win you the prize. Keeping everlastingly at It Is what brings sue- cess.'' v ' Anyone, anywhere, can vote for any candidate. Candidates can secure votes V anywhere. . . ., These valuable prizes will be won by someone. Why hot by you? It Is easier to ask questions than to correct mistakes. Don't hesitate to ask questions. The contest manager Is at the Observer office to help you. (Telephone Main 13. ,. You Can Easily W!a a Prise. For every payment made in sub scription, on and after April 1, a vote certificate Is Issued. .' You can circu late among the patrons of theObserv er and gather up these certificates. , Your Friends Will Ilely You Hundreds of people will have no personal friends In the contest , You can secure their friendship and sub scriptions IF YOU OXLY ASK THEM. They will also secure votes for you FROM THEIR TRIEXDS. . , A little Organizing among your friends for systematic work In your interest will go a long way toward making you a winner of one of the trips or other prizes. ' - Increase Your Vote Each Say. , Don't lose a single day. Get some ' subscriptions each day. That is the way to win ouj, - Get a receipt book and start at once. Distribution of Prizes. . To insure a just distribution of priz es over the field of this newspaper, the territory has been divided Into three districts. ' Certain prizes are allotted, each district. Candidates within a , district compete with one another. For certain prizes the districts may com pete against one another. But In the main the competition Is within , the districts themselves. ' , ' To the Portland Rose Festival, be ' ginning June 5, the highest candidates in ach district will be taken as fol ; . lows: , . f ; 7 ' Four from the city of La Grande; four from Union county outside of La Grande; three from Wallowa county, Pine and Eagle valley. 7 ' : Free for All. - The three winning candidates who, at the end of the contest have the most ryqtes(, may extend their trips to Ban Francisco, as guests of this newspa . per. '" ... - ;- " , . ..'t ' The .-next, four twinning candidates, who, at the end of the contest range in numerical order in standing in .votes, may extend their trips to sea side or Columbia river summer re sorts. In lieu of the trips, scholarships in . music and in schools may be select ed. Before the end of the contest a (1st of such optional or exchange priz es will be announced. Prizes may be added as the contest proceeds and. as . the number of candidates multiplies, to the end that a proper proportion of all ; those who actively compete may receive prizes. MID - CONTEST PRIZES As the contest proceeds extra prizes will be given to those who attain the highest stanaing. Those who iS&s prosecute a campaign for votes in the very beginning of the contest are the most likely to win the extra prizes. Get in line; get in touch with the contest manager by letter or by personal interview at once. ADDE D WILL BE The Observer Office LA GRANDE, OREGON 3- I i ' ! i : " i I - ,-T-7' fi. 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