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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1919)
■Bfe’STAYTDN MAIL’S BIG SUBSCRIPTION CAMPAIGN Over $225.00 in Prizes To be given away to Ladies of this Community in the next Eighteen Days Diamond King, Gold Bracelet Watch, Scholarships, Lavalliers, and Many Other Valuable Prizes FREE THE LA R G ES T AND FREE A HANDSOME PRIZE FOR EACH AND EVERY ACTIVE CONTESTANT BEST CONTEST EV ER IN A U G U R A T ED IN THIS PA R T OF THE STATE. \ EV ER Y YO U NG LAD Y • S H O U LD TRY AND S EE HOW GOOD A P R IZE SHE CAN WIN « CONTEST OPENS SATURDAY, APRIL 26th Closes Wednesday, May 14th, at 8 o’clock, P. M. Coolest onder the management of Mr. and Mrs. C. L . Perkins, who are Experienced people in newspaper work E X I R A V O TES WIL.L BE G IVEN FO R N E W S U B S C R IB E R S — By N ew Subscribers is meant bona fied subscribers w ho are not now taking THE MAIL. See Schedule. W IN A PRIZE! N o contestant can w in more than one prize. Every Active Contestant will get a prize. Eighteen days' effort on your part will secure a valuable prize. N o prize worth less than $5.00. It depends on yourself whether you get the $5.00 prize of a fine Diamond Ring for the efforts you put forth. Subscription Rate $1.50 Per Year Contest Headquarters at The Mail Office, Stayton, Oregon Prizes at Luthy’s Here’ s The Rules FINE EDUCATIONAL Our Big Campaign Jewelry Store Of The Contest Is Now Livening Up PRIZES OFFERED All of th e Jew elry prize« In thin w ere 'b ought through our well ; known jew eler, C. A. Luthy, and are on display th ere. C an d id ates and th e ir frien d s a re Invited to call and | see them . T hey m ust be seen to be ap p reciated , as n ever before h as such a list of prizes been given aw ay In I th is sh o rt tim e. Only sixteen days of l effo rt is needed on your part. Only one nom ination coupon, value 5,000 votes, counts for each co n test ant. Scholarships In T h e Link's Business College Of Portland All votes and ballots m ust be In the — T h e Value Of A Business Education Prizes ballot box for th e big co n test prizes W ell W orth T h e Effort on th e la st night. All decisions of th e Contest M ana « ger a re final. T he business men of today have offiae m an’s education is com plete. T he T h e standing of th e can d id ates will n eith er th e tim e nor th e Inclination ty p ew riter is now found in every busi ap p e ar each week in the paper. In all cases w here votes are Issued, to be a school m a ste r in his own ness office and the dictation of b usi su b scrip tio n s m ust be paid or prepaid. office. He dem ands em ployees who ness correspondence is all but uni L is t of Prize« T h e full am ount of money m ust be | are thoroughly p te p ared for th eir versal. 1— F IR ST GRAND PRIZE. !>luniond sent d irect, by mall. o r. brought to duties. T he world today ask s two T he course in sh o rth an d often con- . S et Ring. T iffany S etting. questions of th e yo^th en terin g up stitu te s a se p a ra te d epartm ent, in th e co n test headqunrters. 2— Gold B racelet W atch. P o stag e m ust be fully prepaid or on his business c a re e r—W hat do you cluding careful train in g In E nglish 3— Diamond Set t.av alliere. they will be rejected at the postoffice, know ? W hat can you do? the elem ents of correspondence, m an 4— Six M onths S cholarship. hence not counted.. ifolding, th e care of th e typew riter, Bookkeeping and Buainesa T ra in in g 6— P earl S et Lavalliere. No candidate will be gu aran teed a To tra n sa c t b u sin ess with dispatch etc. In th is d ep artm en t expert te ac h 6 Sapphire S et Lavalliere. c e rta in prlxe, for a consideration of and reliab ility one m ust know all ing is absolutely essential. One who 7— B racelet E ngraved, or T hree so muny subscriptions, or m o n e y - about m aking out and endorsing w ishes to m ake a sten o g rap h er of m onths Scholarship. prizes m ust be won in accordance business papers and th e rules govern him self can m ake no g re a te r or m ore w ith th e conditions. 8— A m ythest S et Lavalliere. ing the sam e. He m ust be fam iliar costly m istake th an to try to ‘‘pick up" C o n testan ts who live in one dis 9 Opal S et Ring. with th e use and proper disposal of this new and im p o rtant art. Good in tric t m ay secure subscriptions or 10— Topas S et Ring. receip ts and checks, d rafts, bills of stru ctio n here is a saver of tim e and votes in any d istrict, as votes will be 11— Stone S e t Brooch. lading, invoices, ce rtifica tes or d e money, too. allow ed on any prepaid subscriptions Business La w s and Custom s 12 Gold Neck Beads. posit, notes and o th e r business papers, an y w h ere In the U nited S tates. he m ust know how to do business 13 Gold S ignet Ring. H ere is a special field of the u t 14 Gold E ngraved Ring. with banks, express and railroad com most im portance to the successful If th e re a re m ore th an 12 active Votes Schedule— Subscription Rato panies, postoffices, etc., and he m ust business man, which the g eneral co n testan ts, we will then add more P rice New Old get th is know ledge by actu al practice. school does not e n te r at all, and of prizes. It is our in ten tio n to give One Y ear 11.50 2,500 2,000 All th is train in g is included in the which th e o rdinary school or college every active co n testan t a g rand prize. Tw o Y ears 3 00 5,000 4,000 business d ep artm en t of an up-to-date g rad u ate knows absolutely nothing. T h e first b atch of subscriptions’ T h re e Y ears 4.50 7,500 6,000 com m ercial school in addition to the T he basis of all business la the con th a t each co n testan t brings or sends F our Y ears 6.00 10.000 8,000 theory and p ractice of bookkeeping. trac t, and the rig h ts, obligations and to th e C ontest H ea d q u arters by S at F ive Y ears 7.50 12,500 10,000 T he system we use in th is d ep a rt pow ers of p arties to it. T hese re urday will receive 2,500 free votes. N ote— Any old or new su b scrib er ment d eserv es special m ention. We ceive full consideration in the busi w ishing to pay th e C ontest M anager do not use th e discredited method, ness school, and its work in this line at o u r office can have « th e ir votes which co n sists of having the stu d en ts is m ost valuable. Too m any people Watch for the Bnlletins of the standing of issued and credited to th eir favorite try to m ake bookkeepers of them tftnow nothing of the principles of busi Contestants in Luthy’s jewelry store window co n testan t. selves by conning th e definitions and ness law. ; copying th e m ade up sets of a book Business A rith m etic j keeping text book. O ur work is In our classes in B usiness A rith thoroughly p ractical, our stu d en ts keeping real books in th e ir own nam es m etic we give th e m ost careful a tte n 1 and basing th e ir records upoh the tion to accuracy in th e sim ple proces tran sa ctio n s personal to them selves. sion of addition, subtraction, m ulti ! Every record is th a t of a real trans- plication and division and the handl ' action, and th e re is no copying of ing of sim ple fractions. A p a rt of j im aginary records. T his reality of the each recitatio n is given to a brief FOR THIS WEEK ONLY work adds greatly , not only to the and search in g review of some part of j stu d e n t’s u n d erstan d in g but it m akes the w ork passed over. By this process him proficient in dealing with real the m em ory of th e student not only business tran sa ctio n s and th e ir re grips tenaciously every detail, but he quired needs. T he method we use in acquires an accuracy and speed which The lady who brings or sends in the most subscriptions th is departm ent is one of the recent would otherw ise be impossible. The this week receives 15,000 votes. The lady with the next high triu m p h s of practical education and ot ,he class is given to such prac- needs to be seen to be appreciated, i Heal and necessa- subjects as the est number receives 10,(MX) and the third lady will receive 5,000 S tenography and T ypew riting | com putin* of in terest, discount and com m issions and the reckoning of pro- T h ese office sp ecialities have, in fit and loss, insurance, partial pay- votes. This offer expires Thursday, May 8 th, at 6. p. m. . late years, becom e very Im portant- 1 m enls. banking, p artnership settle- | so much so th a t w ithout them no m ents and equation of accounts. i co n test SEVERAL OF THE CONTESTANTS HAVE AN EQUAL SHOW TO CAPTURE THE BIGGEST PRIZES J THE PRIZE* ARE VERY BEAUTirUL-TAKE A LOOK AT THEM lrt THE JEWELRY V lrtD O V-O M LY TWELVE BAY* LErT-COATEST MEETS WITH ErtTHUSIAM % This is the second week of the biff voting contest which is being conducted very successfully. We have some of the most popular ladies of this ar.d other commun ities of the county as our contest ants and they are certainly work ing hard. There is very little difference in the standing and it would be impossible to predict who will be the winner of the first grand prize and be the most popular young woman. ' Several of the contestants have seen and examined the prizes at Luthey’s jewelry store and they are so highly pleased with them they are working harder than ever. The contestant who gets her campaign organized right by calling up all her relatives and friends and gets their promises of support and works the hardest is the one who will win. Start out today and win one of the best prizes ever offered in this community for any purpose. The prizes are all guaranteed by our local jeweler to be just as represented, and all cohtestants are invited to inspect them. There is a large field in which to get new subscribers and also a lot of renewals to be had. Don’t forget them. Don’t delay, only 12 days left. SECOND SPECIAL OFFER FOR THIS WEEK ONLY In order to give you another chance, we will give vou 2,500 extra bonus votes for your own or family’s or a relative’s sub scription to The Mail at $1.50 per year. We also give you 10,000 extra bonus votes tor a Club, meaning $7.50 worth of NEW sub scriptions 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 subscriptions to the Contest Manager before the close of this offer. This special offer expires Thursday May 8th. at f> p. m. EXTRA SPECIAL OFFER