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...... PAGE 6 LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1911- SCS.J ' ?.'. J lOC! . we lc pla no ea' tin i' wi L P in, If lo to n Pi 1 r 1 I. '. I i ' Contest Opens at Once WW T7 T rsiEiQie iMeiniras am Summer Trips and Other Educational Prizes to Be Given to the Enterprising Candidates who Gather the Mo ; During 60-Day Campaign . ANYONE MAY COMPETE CONDUCTED BY THE aw -- . ' ' ' - v ' 1 "J JUto" "TT V "''"'"'"wnnni a Contest T A Closes bn HhmmSi J snnnnnninninnn r- ;.;- :,-v,....-.:.. i ,M. .. .'.I1 "1 11" ?!' ". "I .'. ! ."ill"" i i. LHW iiiim.. reeMy OEseiryel' Away Opportunity ICeoc IcsEiitO nee u pen and jynprace 1 tn Conditions and General Informaiton. Any respectable person ovr 12 years of age la 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 pald-ln-advance subscriptions. A coupon and nomination blank will clso 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 cither 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 tbelr yotes for you. , Candidates may nominate themselves or may be nominated by their friends. Votea will be allowed on aubscrlp tions secured anywhere in the world. Vqtea not transferable. Any question which may arise will be settled by the Obsemr, and Its de cision will be final. , Send In Tour 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. Use your telephone. Let everyone know that you . are a candidate before they promise th 1p help to a more enterprising contest ant. Be ambitious and determined to win. If you kave f Heads you can not see at once, write them. Votes will be given on both new and old subscription payments. 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 alve yon helpful plana. Telephone or write If you cannot call and a representative will give you full details in person or In letter,'': . ' Secure evv ry coupon and semination blank as soon as you can, as they all count. But work for the vote Issued by payments on subscription, for they, count the most. Ask Tonr Friends to H!: Tea. , If you belong to a nock;?, church or. ony organization, lot your frttov members know that you expect their DISTRICT NO. l-'--U';Gr Trips to Portland Rose Festival. DISTRICT NO. 2 Union County, La Four Trips to Portland Rose Grande Excepted Festival. DISTRICT NO. 3 Wallowa County, Pine Three Trips to Portland Rose Valley, Eagle Valley Festival. Free-For-AU 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. . v - ' Threfe Ocean Voyages to San Francisco These are extensions of the trips to the Portland Rose Festival. The ocean trip to San Francisco in tha summer is a delightful experience. Trips Include Transportation by rail and steamboat, berths, meals and hotel accommodations, box parties at the great Heilig theatre, tqur through Portland, vaudeville theatres, electric car trips to all points of interest and ' amusemeat in and about Portland. Lessons In Music Business College Scholarships Or tuition in Whitman college or some other convenient school of higher education. One correspond ence course in music, one correspondence course in the I. C. S. or some other approved system of home study; ; '' . ' help. It will ee gtvea freely It you only ask before It Is given to some other contestant. Don't forgtt that children can do the most effective work in collecting coupes and nomination blanks, as well as secure you many subscriptions; Should you father, mother, brother, sister, or friend belong to aa organi sation, get them to secure the votes and assistance of tho member. Do not let a day pasa by without securing some subscriptions and votes. The seady, persistent dally work Is what will win you the prize. Keeping verlastlngly, at It la what brings suc cess. ... i ., Anyone, anywhere, can vote for any candidate. Candidates can secure votes anywhere. , These valuable prises will be won by someone. Why not 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. Ton Can Easily Win 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 the Observ er and gather up these certificates. Tour Friends Will Help Ton. Hundreds of people will have no personal friends In the contest. You can secure their friendship and sub scriptions IF TOU ONLY ASK THEM. They will also secure votes for you FROM THEIR FRIEXDS. 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 Tour Vote Eaeh Day. Don't lose a single day. Get some subscriptions each day. That is the way to win out Get a receipt book and start at once. Dlstrlbation of Prizes. To insure a Just distribution of prlz es over the field of this newspaper, the territory has been divided Into three districts. Certain prizes are allotted ch district. Candidates within a district compete with one another. For certain prizes the districts may com pete against one another." But in the wain the competition Is within the districts themselves. To the Portland Rose Festival, be ginning June 6, the highest candidates la ach district will be taken as fol rowa: Four from the olty of La Grande; fr from Union county outsido of La Grande; three from Wallowa eounty Mae and Eagle valley. Free fr AH. Jhe three winning candidates who at the end of the contest have the most votes, may extend their trips to San Francisco, as guests of this newspa- The next four wlnnlny eandidates, . ao. at th end of tb contest range ia numerical order In standing 1 otea, may extend" their trips to aea H or Columbia river aummer re sorts. Ia lieu of the trips, scholarships In music and in school, may be seiect 4. Before the end of tho eonte a . v Mst of such optional or exchange prls- ; e. will be announced. Prizes may be t added aa the contest proceeds and as -ao number of candldatee multiplies, to the end that a proper proportion of all those who actively compete may . . v, iACaa (, EX1RA MID -CONTEST PRIZES As the contest proceeds extra prizes will be given to these who attain the highest standing. Those who harri at. mice and vifforouslv nrosecute a camDaism for votes in the verv beeinninft of th nontpsr. arA fi rt j no3t likely to -win the extra prizes. . Get in line; get in touch with the contest manager by letter or by personal interview at once. , WILL BE Observer OffirA LA GRANDE, OREGON : The i, j- . Tbro beau At J t