Medford daily tribune., February 24, 1908, Page 3, Image 3

THE MEDFOKD DAILY TRIBUNE. MEDFOVRD, OR., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 1908.
The Winner In The Contest
Miss Laura Neuber Won The $1,150 Reo Automobile 1,726920 Votes
Miss Browning Purdin Won The $350.00 Building Lot - - - - - 1,312,749 Votes
Tjie Most Successful Voting Contest Ever Held In Oregon, The Votes Cast For All Candidates Was 4,174,998
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Laura Neuber, District No. 3.
With the biggest votes ever polled
ft I ihuilar contest in southern Oregon,
The 1 'ribune's $2."00 popular voting
coote? ; closed Saturday night at 10
o'elot :.
The conditions of the contest were
sn easy that it proved attractive from
' tho start, and before a week had
' passed before the first announcement
of vol a, thousands. of men, women and
' fliildf' l in the .surrounding country
' were i igaged in friendly rivalry seek
ing vr ps for their choice.
Xip and Tuck they fought for six
weki.naeh vote adding to the interest
of thfjfcoiitest. At no time from the
" ttstinfanf the first ballot was it possi
Wtd picTi the win n rs, so close was
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Thi s Wilson, District No. 1.
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From time to time manv a person
took a guess on the passible winners,
but these hardlv expressed their opin
ion before another big batch of votes
was recorded and their choice was
found among the lower ones.
Thus it went throughout the whole
contest, first one, then another forging
auena.
Everybody Satisfied.
That there should bo no disappoint
ments and that the efforts of the
willing workers should not go unre
warded, even should their frieudB not
win one of the two grand prizes, the
oflicials of the contest divided the citv
and the surrounding country into dis
tricts, and offered prizes for the most
popular lady in each district. This in
creased the interest in the contest and
resulted in satisfaction for everybody,
which was the chief desire of The Tri
bune. Slowly at first the votes began to
come in, then increased gradually for
awhile, until ' when the workers got
thoroughly warmed up they roiled in
in such numbers that the totals soon
amounted to enormous figures.
The friends of the candidates desired
to see thorn win, and insisted on mak
ing the fact public by voting for them
and getting their friends to do like
wise, and the smallest hoy or girl was
just as powerful as their elders in
boost ig their favorite contestant. More
than one man stole an hour or two
from his office at intervals during the
contest to make a personal canvass for
some friend, and many a dinner dish
was left unwashed while the women of
the household went calling and inci
dentally looking for votes.
Whole State Voted.
Votes came for all parts of Oregon
as well as from the states of Califor
nia and Washington, and with each
Miss Helen Coss. District No. 2.
jliallot came indisputable proof that The
'Tribune was the leading pajter in this
! section of the state, for the ballots
j meant new .subscriptions to the paper.
I This was one of the conditions of the
i.-.pntest. and as a result the paper, al
j ready with a large circulation, made a
wonderful jump since the contest be
t L'-in on .lanuarv Kt. Hundreds of sub-
I scribe rs. all paid in advance for six
! mm m t lis to two vears. were secured
Ithrone-li this novel contest.
Fairness of the Contest.
! The Tribune is receiving praise from
j every side from distinguished persons,
from business men and from the con
I t. stunts themselves, for the treatment
arocrded each and every candidate.
S.une became discuraged and doubtful
as to the outcome of the final count,
bul giving the management the bene
fit of the doubt, which is greatly up
precited. they had personal interviews,
with the contest manager and learned
their own satisfaction tuut the leasi
evidence of partiality was unrounded
and that a fair, sipiare and impartial
deal was being given each and every
contestant.
Tlits feeling increased the enthusi
asm and interest shown by all tl an
didates in their untiring efforts to be
,i..,.l..r..,t a winner among winners in
! t;i u ,ir..-i r I'Mterorise a nl
graiul voting contest, in which o -r
J.-,ho in awards were offered to pnpu
lar and energetic ladies. No dnM
..ervnne colI)eeted With tl).' eonte-t
! been .rn-atlv benefited in one way
r anothetr in the experienc ga
i in
t.imin. wav, which is
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V, yreat niideriakini;-'.
Advertising Value.
j x c.nte-t in the history .-f n-w
r enterprise ha" o en m
!'u! than tin-
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rv .me of the catuli'l
wliri wirl;
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;Kouian in great number-.
, w,.ek The Tribune ha
1 t.l(.ic of convrrsnti"n in
thfit onu reached by it.
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O. J. O'DELL,
Contest Manager.
generally awakened to the fact that
The Tribune was the paper for their
homes, and today it haB hundreds of
subscribers, who, up to tho time of
the contest, had not read Tho Tribune,
but are now its staunchest friends. If
there is one class of citizens more than
another interested in Tho Tribune's
great contest, it is the business men
nnd general advertisers, who havo
watched with interest the daily in
crease in the scores of the contest
ants and have drawn their own infer
ences as to the wonderful increase in
irculation, which means an added val
ue to their advertisements. This con
dition comes only as a natural result,
since the greater number of renders
the greater the value of The Tribune
:is au advertising medium.
All Could Not Win.
It is to lie denlored that, all could not
win the grand capital prize, the 100S I
Reo automobile, or the building lot, or
the other prizes, but this -is in the I
nature of things impossible, and one
sympathizes keenly with t hose who
have put in hours and days of hard j
labor and at the end fail to receive j
a prize tor winch t hey have st riven.
Hut even then the work has not all
been wasted effort. The honest striv
ing after success, even though the im
mediate object is not realized, cannot
fail to be good.
The Eenefit of the Contest.
Kvery candidate, whether she cares
to fiuht the battle of the ballots or
not, is better able to fight the battle
daily existence today than she was
before she entered the contest. Though
she mav feel the disappointment keen
ly, she must realize that facing the
world does not seem nearly so formid
able now as it did a few weeks ago.
Those who are successful are deserving
of congratulations and praise. They
have striven hard, and what they have
achieved has been the result of hard,
unremitting work. Karly ami late for
nearly two months they have been pil
ing up their voting strength, a few at
a time, until their ba
amount hi.'ll
up into llic thmis;i!!cl.. Tln-y will ni-pn-ciiiti'
tin1 pri.i-s li thnlisiinilfolil iniiri'
Hum t In-v would if till'- lni'l lii'i'li
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Mif-v Effie Grimes, District No. 4.
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at their feet without any effort on
their part, and are better able to au
predate them at something of their
true value.
Everybody Pleased.
The Tribune congratulates the la
dies, one nnd all. hoping they will en
joy the prizes they have gained and
that they may be a source of contin
ued satisfaction.
The management of the contest, also
thanks the contestants, winners or los
ers, for the energy and the perse
verance with which they have worked
for the paper during the past few
weeks, nnd believe they have the sat
isfaction of knowing that the paper
which they havo sent into so many
homes is one they do not need to apol
ogize for. t
The management of The Tribune is
receiving praise for the conservative
business methods employed in conduct
ing the contest, nnd the fair. nnd im
partial treatment which ovary contest
ant was accorded.
f We, the onderaijrned committee
4- of two, appointed to canvass and
tabulate the returns of the Med-
4- ford Tribune's grand prize con-
4- test, do hereby certify that we
4- have officially counted and tabu- -f
4- In tod the votes cast in the said 4
4 contest, and that the following 4
4 standings of the contestants are 4
4- correct: 4-4-
J. F. HUTCHASON. 4
4 H. C. GAENETT,
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4 The total vote cast for the lead- 4
ing .candidates in the several dis- 4
4 tricts is here given, the first three 4
4 in each district winning the schol- 4
4 arship, tho watch and the piano 4
4 certificate, respectively: 4
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Miss Jennio Lewis, District No. 4.
District No. 1.
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Miss (ilailvs Wilson
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Miss (li.w V )i i t ' li t I
(CiTlifii'llll')
Miss Kuhi .hii'olis I'J.ilJX
Miss Ni'llii- llirsslrr 1.41)1
District No. 2.
Mis II. I. n Cuss (Si-hoi) . . I im,:ii:i
Mrs. .1. I). Knvurt (Wnlili)
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Miss stfllii Siiiiili-rs on 1
District No. 3.
iiss Kiiun.-i Wi-m.II (S.-liiil) Ill.MII
S, Mnrv 1'ili-r (Wlil-li) 4l.li:i
M:v Mini.li- Tiii-Iiit ('-r
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Miss lilii.lys lli-iinl 1 2, KW
Mrs. .1. S. lioiissimi H.K'iS
Miss i r.-t.-tir-n I'nlil
District No. 4.
Miss l.i.nir Tiiylur (Si-li.,1 ) I s:i.2h:i
Mis ,li ir l.iwis (Vti'li)IS".l7l
f Miss Kffii iiiliiis (IVrtif-
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Miss I'llllllir
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District No. 5.
Miss A iiiiii K.i'Si.n f.s,-li.,l) lit. lis
Mi- Inn (liitiniin (Wnti'li) I7.70:i
Mi.s Mnl.i'lli' I'.'irsims (IVr
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4 Miss I hirn Diikiii 2l.7li:i
Mr.. Janii'. I'. lli lt 1 .-.. IT
Mis. Muri.-I Morris 1I.SIH
Mr. M, .1. n'In-W :md hi- uoi-iuleN.
in Ii;n c bri'ii'lit to fl linit hii.tc-
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I Tribune and 1 li'- "iit Y,
liiivr bci-n prominently
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Brownie Purdin, District No. 1.
culation for several years, they are par
ticularly adapted to this lino of work,
and during the past year have managed
a number of successful contests, among
them being Sacramento Union, Sacra
mento, Cnl.,; Nevada Stato Journal,
Reno, New; Stockton Independent,
Stockton, Cnl,, and before- coming here
had just concluded the $12,000 contest
on the Mercury and Herald of San
Jose, Cnl.
All of the circulation contests con
ducted by them hnve had successful
closes, and the management of The
Med ford Tribune nnd Southern Orego
nian congratulates them on the suc
cessful close of The Tribune's contest,
and recommends them to others news
papers for the businesslike methods
employed in the handling of their con
tests. " I If
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Ml Emma Wondt, District No. 3.
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NOOI SYMPATHIZES WITH
DOOMED GENERAL STOESSEL
CINCINNATI, Feb. 24. General
Nogi, commander of tho Japanese force
which captured Port Arthur, in a ca
blegram to tho Times-States, expresses
his sympathy for Stoessel, who was
condemned to death, as follows: "As
a soldier, I deeply sympathize with
(ieneral Stoessel. t cannot bear to
state mv views,"
OKD1NANCK NO. 344.
An ordinance authorizing tho issue of
the bonds of tho City of Med ford, Ore
gon, to the umuuut of tweuty-fivo thou
sand dollars.
Tho City of Med ford doth ordain as
follows:
Section 1. That for tho purpose of
paving street intersections and com
pleting City Hall there are heroby au
thorized to bo issued tho bonds of the
City of Med ford to the amount of
twenty-five thousand dollars, which
said bonds shall bo dated tho first day
of February, 1008, and be in the de
nomination of one thousand dollars, and
shall be known as "Oeucrnl Improve
ment Bonds," and shall bo nu moored
from one to twenty-fivo, both inclusive.
Said bonds shall be signed by the Mayor
nnd countersigned by tho Hoc order.
Said bonds shall becomo due ten years
after date and shall bear intorost, evi
denced by coupons at the rato of six per
centum per annum, pnyablo Bemi-aunn-nlly,
and both principal nnd interest of
said bonds shall be made payable at
the office of the City Treasurer of
Medford, Oregon, or at the banking
house of Kountze ttros. in the City of
New York, Stnto of New York.
Section 12. The bonds hereby auth
orized shall be in substantially the fol
lowing form:
United States of America,
No. State of Oregon, $1,000.
City of Medford
(ieneral Improvement liond.
Know All Men by These Presents,
That the City of Medford, in the Coun
ty of .luekson and State of Oregon,
acknowledges to owe, and for vnluo
received hereby promises to pay to
hearer the sum of one thousand dollars
lawful money of the United Status of
America on the first, day of Pebruary,
A. I. 1HIS, together with interest on
said sum from the date hereof until
paid, at tho rate of six per centum per
annum, payable semi annually on tho
first days of February and August in
each year, upon presentation and sur
render of tho interest coupons hereto
attached as they severally become due.
Moth principal nnd interest of this bond
nre hereby made payable at the office
of tho City Treasurer of Medford, Or
egon, or nt the banking house of
Kountzo Pros., in the City and State of
New York; and for the prompt pay
ment of this bond, both priitcipnl nnd
interest, the full faith and credit of
snid City of Medford re hereby irre
ocably pledged. ' f'
This bond is one -f a series of liko
tenor nnd is issued for paving street
intersections and completing City Hall
pursuant to and in full compliance with
Hie charter of said cily and under and
in i trdance with au ordinance of said
city, duly passed.
And it is hereby certified and recited
tliut all acts, conditions and things re
quired to be done precedent to and in
the issuing of this bond nee-esBary to
ii. nice the h b-nl and valid havo
been properly done, happened and been
performed in regular and due form nnd
time as required by law, and that tho
total indebtedness of said City of Med
lord, including this bond, does not ex
ceed t he count itiitionnl nnd statutory
timitat ions.
hi testimony whereof, the said City of
- fed ford has caused this bond to bn
jenbd with the corporate senl, signed
In its Mayor and countersigned by its
Ifeeorder. mid caused the annexed inter
et coupons to be executed by the fac
simile signatures of said officers t his
first day of February. A. I. limH.
A pproved :
.1. T. ItF.nnV, Mayor.
( 'onitt ertdglied :
ItKN.I. M. COLLINS, Citv Keronb-r.
oupon.
The Citv of Medford, in the State
of Oregon, promises to pay to bearer
the sum nf Thirty Dollars. Inwful money
of the I'nited Htates of America, on
the first days of February and August,
III--, at the office of the City TrenH-op-r
of Medford. Oregon, or at the
bunking house nf Kount.e Itros., In the
('in- of New York, State of New York,
for semi Jiiiiiiuil interest flue that date
I (ieiiernl Improvement Itoud, dat
ed February I, PtOS, No. .
Approved:
.1. F. HKimY, Mayor.
( MillitT'OL'M'H :
P-KN.I. M. COLLINS, City Hecorder.
Medina :t. Tfcit ordinance shall be in
r..rrr fifteen dnv-4 f ro in nnd after it
(.nusiie, approval Mid publication in thn
M..t..rd hailv Tribune, a itewnjiaper
p.ibiiHhed in the city of Mvlford, Ore-
go II.
The foregoing Ordinance was passed
bv the citv C(,,nn il on this iHth day of
Febrniirv A, If. lium. by the following
vote, t n wit : Trowbridge Vnt tug aye,
Fif'ert aye, Merrick aye and Wort man
ve: Olwell and llafVr absent.
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