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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, 9 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1911.
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CONDUCTED BY THE
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Summer Triras and Other Educational Prizes to
to the Enterprising Candidates who Gather the
ANYONE MAY COMPETE
Be Given Awav
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DISTRICT NO. 1 La Grande, city only.
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Conditions and General Informaiton.
, Any respectable person over 12
years of age 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 clso
be published In the Observer, which
will count, for i the number of votes
specified thereon. ' "
The first thing to dp Is to enter your
name as a candidate.
Then dther call, write or phone tho
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, aud 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 voteB,
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 their
help to a more enterprising contestant.;-"'
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, Be ambitious 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.
' Call Or Bend to the Observer office
for a receipt hook, The contest mana
ger will be glad to have you call so ;
that he can explain details and five
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 roost
Ask Ton Friends to Help Ton. '
. if you belong to a society, church
or any organization,- let your fellow
members know that you txpect their 1
Four Trips to Portland Rose
Festival.
DISTRICT NO. 2- Union County, La Four Trips to Portland Rose
' Grande Excepted Festival.
DISTRICT NO. 3.-Wall6wa County, Pine Three Trips to Portland Rose
Valley, Eagle Valley Festival.
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Free-For-All Prizes Regardless of Districts.
Four Tours of Columbia River arid 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.
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 Scholarships
Or tuition in Whitman college or some other convenient school of higher education. v One correspond
ence course in music, one correspondence course in the I. C. S. or some other approved system of home
study:
help. It wilt be given freely If you
only ask before it Is given to some
other contestant.
Don't forget that children can do
the most effectiv; work in collecting
coupons aud nomination blanks, as
well as secure you many subscriptions.
Should you father, mother, brother,
sister, or friend belong to an organi
sation, 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. Keeplni?
everlastingly at it is what brings sue-
cess. '
Anyone, anywhere, can vote for any
candidate. Candidates, can secure votes
anywhere.
These valuable prizes 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.
Ion Can Easily Win a Prize.
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 Obserr-.
er and gather up these certificates.
Tour Frieilds Will Help Ton. 1
Hundreds of people will have no
personal friends in the contest. Ton
can secure their friendship and sub
scriptions IF TOU ONLY ASK THEM.
They, will 'also secure votes for you
FBOM THEIR FRIENDS.
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 Tonr Vote Each 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.
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 wlthii the
districts themselves.
To the Pojjtjand Rose Festival, be
ginning June'&i the highest candidates
in ach district will be taken as fol
lows:. Four from the city of La Grande;
four from Union county outside of La
Grande; three from Wallowa county,
Pine and Eagle valley.
Free for All.
The 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
per. The next four winning candidates,
who, at the end of the contest, raige
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
muBic and in schools may be select
ed. Before the end of the contest a
list of such optional or exchange priz
es will be announced. Prizes may be
added as the contest proceeds and as
tha number of candidates multiplies,
to the end that a proper proportion of
alt those who actively compete may
receive prizes. ,
JlensurcH: nt ol SubNcrtptloas.
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IZtX0ot arrears payments on the U Grande Evening
Obsmer for more than one year Rive a premium of 3X0U tva yotos or
i? Hi n riald- on the Wtekly Observer a premium of 1.000 extra votes
T vear so iaW. The premium Is the same whether the suusvrlbr !s
f?rr The 3 000 votes for each extra year paid on the Evening Observer
SSftVlU5ffor each extra year paid on the Wekel pbjemr are in
scrlption to the Observer, gives 1,000 votes, In addition to the votes1 earned
by the money applied to the Observer. Any payment made to a contestant by
a person now taking the Observer exetnds the subscription from the date to
which the subscriber was paid before the transaction with the contestant;
Yotlnir Power of Subscriptions for the- Evening Observer.
TIME By Carrier in I By Mall In VOTES
' La Grande United States ALLOWKD
One year 7.00.. 4.00 !... C000
Six months , 3.B0 ...,2.00 ! ....2500
Three Months ... 1.75 1.00...... ., Jioo
One Month 63.. 63 1..... 150
One Wet'k 13; lrt
Voting Fower of Subscriptions for the Weekly Obserrer.
be li GrMdi EveninK or Weekly Observer, when paid with a yearly sub- alt Month .-y-y, .
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400
NOMINATE A CANDIDATE.
Nomination Blank1000 Votes '
THE OBSERVER CIRCULATION CONTEST
I nominate '
Address ...M...
District No. . H....rZZ
Phone No. .. : JIHIl.
Only the first nomination blank counts 1000 votes
each subsequent blank 1 vote. Names of people mak
ing nomination will not be divulged.
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