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COMMUNITY
IN
THE
NEXT
16
DAYS !
DIAMOND RING, GOLD BRACELET WATCH, SCHOLARSHIPS, LAVALLIERS, and MANY OTHER VALUABLE PRIZES
FREE-
A HANDSOME PRIZE for EACH and EVERY ACTIVE CONTESTANT
-FREE
The Largest and Best Contest Ever Inaugurated in this Part of the State, and
Every Young Lady Should Try and See How Good a Prize She Can Win
Contest Opens Thursday, May 25, and Closes Saturday, June 10, 8 p . m.
Extra Votes will be Given for New Subscribers- By New Subscribers is meant
bona fide subscribers who are not now taking The Stayton Mail. See schedule.
WIN a PRIZE-No contestant can secure more than one prize. Every active con­
testant will get a prize. Sixteen days’ effort in your spare time will secure a val­
uable prize. No prize worth less than $5.00. It depends on yourself whether you
get a $5.00 prize or a beautiful Diamond Ring for the effort you put forth.
Contest under the Management of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Perkins, who are experienced in newspaper work
SUBSCRIPTION RATE $1.00
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CONTEST HEADQUARTERS AT STAYTON HAIL OFFICE
Rules of the Contest
Note special offer, made to help you
get a start in this page unric une
Only one nomination coupon, value
Vote S c h e d u l e — Subs« [■riptioii Kates
5.000 votes, counts for each con­
Votes Vot* 8
testant.
Old
Price
N il
All votes and ballots must be In
One year....... .11.00
2.500
C .n O O
the ballot box for the big contest
Two y e a rs .... . 2.00
4.000 prizes on the last night.
5,000
Three y e a rs... . 3.00
7 500
C .0 0 0
All stub books must be turned Into
8.(Mi the office on the last night.
Four years
10,000
4.00
Five years
5,00 12,000 10,000
All decisions of the Contest Man­
NOTE— Any old or new , ubscriber
ager are final.
wishing to pay the Contest Manager
The standing of the candidates
'I he most unique campaign ever in* depends on yourself and the effort you at our office can have their votes is­
will
appear each week in the paper.
augurated t>y « weekly newspaper put forth whether you win one of the sued and credited to their favorite
In all cases where votes are Issued
big prizes or one of the small ones; Contestant.
start» Thursday morning. May '¿5.
subscriptions must be paid or pre­
The contest will be open for ladies whether you get a lavallier or the
paid.
beautiful
diamond
ring.
You
risk
noth­
List of Prizes
and girls, young and old, married or
The full amount of money must be
single, residing in this community. ing in entering the contest, as you will
First Grand Prize, Diamond Ring, sent direct, by mail, or brought to
surely
be
rewarded
for
the
effort
that
Any lady is eligible to enter the con­
Tiffany Setting.
the contest headouarters.
test. It is the purpose of the manage­ you put forth in the ratio of the amount
2.
— Brncelet Watch,
Postage must be fully prepaid or
of
work
that
you
dj.
ment to give a prise to each and every
3.
— Diamond set Lavalllere. they will be rejected at the postoffice,
active candidate that enters the cam­
4.
— Scholarship, 6 months.
H ow to W in.
hence not counted.
paign. None of these prises will be
5.
— Fearl Set Lavalllere.
Tell your friends that you are going
No candidate will be guaranteed
worth less than $f>. They will consist to enter the contest. Tell them that
6.
— Amethyst Set Lavalllere.
: a certain prize for a consideration
of n Diamond Ring, scholarships, you want to win the first prize, the
7.
— Scholarship, 3 months.
of so many subscriptions, or money
8.
— Bracelet, Engraved.
watches and other articles that will be beautiful Diamond Ring, and that you
prizes must be won in accordance
9.
—Lady’s Opal Ring.
both valuable and handsome. We want them to help you. They will help
with
the conditions.
10.
I.ndy’s Sapphire Ring.
want from one to three candidates you if you nsk them. Nearly every­
Contestants who live in one dis­
If there are more than ten active
from each town and locality or rurnl one in this section of the country is a
tract may secure subscriptions or
route in our community.
subscriber, and if they are not there is contestant«, we will then add more votes in any district, as votes will
prizes.
It
is
our
intention
to
give
We aim to maintain a strictly high no reason why they should not become
class newspaoer and we take this means one. Every subscriber will nelp you every active contestant a grand prize. be allowed on any prepaid subscrip­
of mnking it an object for you to aid with their votes if you ask them. To The first subscription that each con­ tions secured anywhere in the United
States.
us in increasing the circulation.
prove to yourself how easy it is to get testant brings or sends to the Contest
No employe or relative of an em­
The plan under which the prizes will votes, phone or see one of your friends Headquarters by Saturday will receive
ploye of this paper is eligible to
2,500
free
votes.
Cut
out
the
free
he given to the ladies is very simple. and ask them if they will help you if
I enter the contest.
Il will be a voting contest. Votes will you enter the contest and we will war­ vote coupon and get free votes.
will be given on both old and new sub­ rant that four out of every five will
scriptions, which will he counted for a promise their support. Remember that
candidate in the contest. A schedule organization is the keynote of success
of these votes will he found on this in a contest. The candidate that or­
page. It does not cost a cent to enter ganizes the best campaign is the one
this contest all that you have to do is that will win the beautiful Diamond
to cut out the nomination coupon in Ring on the last day of the contest.
this issue and send or mail it to the Rhone or write to friends that you can­
Contest Manager. He will enter your not see personally and ask them to save bcholarships in the Link business College
name as a candidate and send you their subscriptions for you and that
blanks, hooks and full instructions ns to you will call for them at a later date.
The Value of a Good Business Education
how you can win one of the valuable Get your friends lined up in a boosting
prizes that will he given to the active campaign for subscribers for you.
contestants.
Have them tell all your friends that
The business man of today has The Link's Business College of Ta­
The first grand prize will lie a beauti­ you are in the contest and they want neither the time nor the Inclination coma, meets all demands by furnish­
ful Diamond King.
to see you win the first prize. A vot­ to be a school master in his own ing just such special training as will
Two of the best prizes that will be ing contest is for all the world like an office. Ho demands employers who fit young people to perforin the work
given are the scholarships in the Link's election. Everybody has their particu­ are thoroughly prepared for their du­ required of them by employers. It
Business College, of Portland, one of lar candidate that they want to sec ties. The world today asks two pays to attend the best school.
Oregon's best schools. The winner of win. The one that usually commands questions of the youth entering up­
"W hatever occupation you choose
these prizes will have won something the most support is the one most active on his business career— What do you as your life work, the first step Is to
that will do them a great deal of good. in soliciting sssistance.
know? What can you do?
secure a practical business education.
For the girl with a practical turn of
Make your start today by organizing
My all means attend a good business
The
apprenticeship
Idea
Is
i
tiie
ly
mind nothing will appeal so much as a I your campaign. We will warrant if
college."
Henry Ward Beecher.
you enter this contest you will not re­ out of date, and young people v lut in­
scholarship.
"The
average
man must earn his
tend
to
enter
business
must
i
opiwe
A prize worth not less than $5 will gret it on the last day, when the pri­
isisitively ne given to each and every zes will be awarded to you and the for the snme In u me.lorn ’. ir ss ' own livelihood. He should be well
candidate in the contest. And 16 days rest of the winners.
Never before eollege. The young person oi eitl or trained to do so. and he should be
of effort on your part during your spare have you had the chance to enter a sex who seeks employment in mod­ ' trained to feel that he occupies a con­
time will secure one of these fine prizes. contest where every candidate will se­ ern offlee finds that a s ysie m at r tem ptible position if he does not do
business training Is Indispensable. , so.”- -Theodore Roosevelt.
The contest will be very short. It cure a prize for her efforts
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Object is to Increase Circulation and
Permit of Making a Better Paper
Our Educational Prizes
First Special Offer
For This Week Only
In order to give you an early start, we will give you 2,500 extra bonus
votes for your own, or family’s or relative’s subscription to THE
STAYTON MAIL at $1.00 per year. We also give you 5,000 extra
bonus votes for a club, meaning $5.00 worth of subscriptions in any
shape or form. These votes are in addition to the regular vote schedule
To secure these extra votes you must bring or send in the subscrip­
tions to the Contest Manager before the close of this offer. This
special offer expires Thursday June 1, 1916, at 5 p. m.
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(Write name plainly, stating whether Mrs. or Miss)
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