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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1908)
OFFERS MANY GRAND PRIZES, TO BE GIVEN AWAY IN ITS POPULAR VOTING CONTEST 1 1 THE COOS BAY TIMES announces a popular voting contest that will eclipse anything of its kind ever conducted in Southern Oregon First Grand Prize a $400 Gabler Piano, to be given away to the most popular secret or fra ternal society, lodge, school or young lady receiving the largest number of votes under the conditions named else where. Second Grand Prize a Solid Mahogany $7500 Talking Machine Third Prize a Full paid $7500 Scholarship in the Miller-Cleaver Business College, at North Bend Fourth Prize a $5000 Lady's Tailor-made Suit Fifth Prize Lady's or Gentleman's Gold Watch Sixth Prize Gentleman's Tailor-made Suit, made to order for winner 7th Prize a magnificent Library Table Other Prizes may be awarded during the progress of the Contest, but these arc the ones now purchased, and every one will be given away on votes cast by subscribers to the Daily and Weekly COOS BAY TIMES. Remember, these Prizes have no strings to them. No money is required from candidates PRI FREE PRIZES and subscribers pay only regular subscription rates. Votes are not sold under any circumstances, but are Given Away. Old subscribers, as well as new subscribers, may vote. Read lh Conditions e& Nominate Your Favorite Value of Special Ballots SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE COOS BAY TIMES IX ADVANCE. Votes. DAILY. Dally Times, one month... Dally Times, three months. Dally Times, six months... Dally Times, one year Dally Times, two years... WEEKLY. Weekly Times, one year... Weekly Times, two years. Old Now Subscribers Subscribers .$ 50 .$1.50 .$2.50 .$5.00 .10.00 .$1.50 .$3.00 50 150 300 GOO 1,200 150 300 100 300 COO ' 1,200 2,400 300 600 It will bo noticed that on all new subscriptions double votes will be Issued. Old subscriptions will receive one-half as many votes as new subscriptions. In all cases where ballots are issued subscriptions must bo paid in advance, except where there is an amount duo on back subscription and It may be paid up and at least one month in advance to receive votes for the entire amount. The full amount of money must bo paid at the time. In addition to the votes given on subscription there will be a coupon published in each Issue of the Dally and Weekly Times which when cut out and filled In will count as one voto. These ballots must be cut out of the paper and mailed or sent to the Times office before the expiration of the date printed on each coupon. A now subscriber must be one not at present receiving The Times. Stopping the paper and starting It again or transferring the subscription from one member of the family to another does not count, as a new sub- scriber. BALLOTS CANNOT BE BOUGIIT;THEY MUST BE CUT FROM THE TAPER OR SErUREI) BY SUBSCRIPTION. Subscribers living anywhere may voto for any candidate in any dis trict. VALUE TO NOMINATIONS. The Times will give to each person making a nomination which proves to be that of the winner of any of the prizes of this contest, one year's subscription to the Daily Times. Any person has the privilege of nomi nating one or more candidates. Nominations should be mailod to the Times Contest Manager. Candidates can be nominated at any time but it Is a great advantage for candidates to have their name In the first list published, so that friends may not agree to work for someone else not knowing who are entered in thocontest. It absolutely costs no thing to nominate a candidate. The first list of candidates will be pub lished In The Times Tuesday, August f. Nomination Blank Write plainly. It is advisable to use this blank, but nominations can be writen on any paper. Coupon is printed for convenience only. Fill out this coupon and mail at once. I Nominate. Address District No... As the Most Popular Candidate in the COOS BAY TIMES Contest. Signed Address. Date. ., 190S. Each nomination sent in will count FIVE votes If sent to THE COOS BAY TIMES Contest Manager before August 15, 1908. THE TIMES reserves the right to reject any objectionable nominations. Who May Enter this Great Contest Any Secret or Fraternal Society, Organization, School or Lady is eli gible for the First Grand Prize, providing conditions set forth below are complied with. ; Any Person is eligible for the District prizes. Societies or Lodges are not eligible for any but the Grand Prize. Every candidate must be regularly nominated on the blank printed on this page or similar one. Candidates must reside in the district or territory from which nomi nated. No candidate will be permitted to transfer votes to another after receiving them for themselves. The right is reserved to withdraw the offer in any district where only one candidate is nominated or voted for. Ballots sent in for names not properly nominated will be destroyed uncounted. A ballot will be printed every day during the life of contest. This ballot will count one vote. All ballots will bo dated, and will be void unless received at the Times office or on or before the expiration date as printed. All ballots must be sent direct to the Contest Manager of the Times, postage fully prepaid. No employe of the Times or inemberof any employe's family will be eligible as a candidate. Any successful candidate shall have the right to name a substitute subject to our ap proval. The decision of the contest manager as to the award of the prizes shall be final and conclusive. In accepting nominations all candidates must accept and agree to abl de by the above conditions. In case of any contestants receiving the same number of votes and thero is a tie, the winner will be determined by lot. Contest Opens TUESDAY, AUGUST "4, 1908 Contest Closes SATURDAY, OCT. 31, 1908 AT 9 P. M. REMEMBER EACH DISTRICT WILL RECEIVE ONE PRIZE, REGARDLESS OF THE VOTES CAST IN ANY OTnER DISTRICT HOWEVER, NO CONTESTANT WJLLL JRE ' ' CEIVE MORE THAN OFE PRIZE. J The winning of theso magnificent prizes is not a question, of money. It is the result of extensive acquaintance, loyal friendship and enthusiastic co-operation. Several Lodges and hundreds of' young ladles havo many warm friends who will unite in an effort to win the beautiful J400 piano for them the time is short in threo months from tha first pub lication of the names of candidates, prizes will be won. Be a winner. You risk nothing and may gain much. Think how much it; is worth to win $400 piano or another valuable prize and solely as the result of votes of admiring friends. You can If you will bo one of the fortunate winners. Tho CpoB Bay Times has-dono Its part. The rest; is for you and your friends. ' The piano will bo awarded to the Lodgo, Society, School, pr lady receiving tho greatest number of votes in the five districts. The other prizes--one In each district the per son standing highest lp each district will recolvo a prize first choice going to the one having the largest vote, second to next largest and so on down. First district will include Marsbfleld, second district will include all the city of North Bend and Empire, third district will include all the city of Bandon, fourth district will In clude the town of Myrtle Point, fifth district includes tho town of Coquille and each district will Include allterrltory tributary to the various toiyns. . FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CALL ON OR ADDRESS CONTEST MANAGER COOS BAY TIMES MARSHFIELD, OREGON if i 4 V i
