THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND, s WEDNESDAY EVENING. APRIL 8. 1C03.
PRIZE STORIES
SPREAD
FAME OFOREGOH COUNTRY
Commercial CluVs Capital Prize of $1,000 Goes to Kev.
' jr. ft Straton of Baltimore Miss ;3rateel Howe,
' ' Young1 Woman Writer "of Portland Is Second. v
WOMEN WHO BELIEVE ffPERUNA'
. Honest Women Who Are Not Afraid to Tcil the Truth About Pe-ru-ca. '
illu Mateel Howe, of Portland, young writer who won $500 prle.
ohn Roach. Straton, pastor of the I Oregon appointed tnree juages ".P""
First Baptist Church of Baltimore, won Dt-bn"7Ubmtttod within
th first orlse of 11.000 In the Portland the scheduled time. The Judges were
Commercial club's competitive 'oontest Professor Jsrnes F. Ejrlnf , ortlajaa
for the best article, written about 0- .J: UrX
ion ma puousaea . in owaypa i iy uregonian. junormous
periodicals outside of this atate. A delivered to eacn juogo. at atJV.SCYi
i iim v Vtl.. u.tul "DO nrrwi uyva u.w w
" ?, " ,i "T Vh.-I -IV- -rfnth-rl reading over and over again tne great
Howe of Portland. - There were 7 other ?f matta.. and marklnr each artl-
the Commercial club ,b,n f'fcl, land Commercial club exchange a word
, The Judges completed hr laborj wth th. govenlor ahout whom he
and submitted their .report : to Manarer ,oouM appolntt nor wltB-.ther Ofthe
Tom Richardson last evening, and when aAmam. concarnlna- their work. ThT
the names of winners of the bis; prises
became known there were many tele
phone bells ringing over the city, ex
cited contestants uonufini tuuimiu
lations among the Portland winners of
various sums. ..Scores of local people
were Interested in the outcome, an enor
. mnui amount of matter bavins; been
written In this city for eastern publica
tions. It Is estimated that the value
of the advertising received by the state
through tne press , or. tne country wui
exceed Iioo.ooo. , -r,
Offered Tw Tears Ago.
T. e Commercial club's offer was pub
llKhed nearly two years ago. It was
worded to induce visitors and others
to writ to their home paper about Ore
gon. . Mr. Richaraaons announcement
ran? - - - -
. "So that your trip to Oregon may be
free, the Portland commercial ciuo naa
offered 15,000 In cash prises for articles
tn annaar In vour old home Daper on
Portland. Oregon, and this portion of
the United States." .
Tha nrizea offered were:
First prise ......w. ....... $1,000
Second prise ............... 600
Third prise 260
Fourth orise 300
Firth prise ...L. ................. ITS
Sixth nrlse ., 160
Seventh prise ...................
Kightb prise
Ninth prise ........
Tentn prise .....................
Ten prises of $78 each
were simply given the printed rules of
tn oontest ana lert to max weir way
M beat they might.
1 .Overwhelming Beturna.
Concerning the results of the contest
Manager Tom Richardson amid this
moralng: '
rne response to tne uommercuy
121
110
100
90
760
Ten crises of 160 each ........... 600
Ten prises of $25 each ........... 260
Twenty prises of $18 eaeh...,.
Twenty prises or 910 eacn
Three Judges to be named by Hon.
ueorge E. .Chamberlain, governor
or Oregon ....
....... .. .. .
soo
200
100
rtppetlte, enjoy
and perfect
x xl health.- " ,
C ' v.- J
i
4
" 5
MRS. F. E. HENDERSON J.
1
1 The Value f HealUi. r
Wbo can it $ money yalne on
aeaitnr It la absolutely prloelesa.
No one la good health can folly
appreciate what it meana to bare
poor health. The daye are long and
todlons, . The Blghte horrible and
painful, , Nothing gota right. ; Even
the m lad beoomes deranged and In
Jnred by continued poor health.
, ' Once liberated frotn the thraldom
of ' alokneag worda fall to ezpreaa
we joy and relief. - - -
Pernna haa been the meant of re
tiering more women from ill health
in the United StaUa than, perhaps,
any other medicine; , v?;
' A multitude of women etand ready'
to give tee umony in favor 01 reruna-
whenever oooaalon offers. , , ;'-
OyapeniU Entirely Relieved.
"Mlaa UlUe 0. MartTn, Shelbyrilli
xenn wnteet "Ererybody aaya X
look bettor than I hare for two or
three " yeara and Z alnoerely thank
you for your kind advice. .
I believe your treatment haa en
nrely cured me. I eaa eat anything
J want. I belleye your remodlee win
irare any eaee of lodlgeeUoa or dyt-'
pepala.' : , ; ' t I.
Caught Cold Easily.
Mrs. F. E. Henderson, 221 Ninth 8t. Milwaukee. Wis., writes:
"1 never had any faith in patent medicines until I tried Peruna, out
my experience with this reliable medicine has taught me that there la
lw t...r.J Art4 hlh will nnt tail In Hm. nt vimwI.
"For the past few years I have found that I caught eold eaaUy.v
which would settle in a moat unpleasant catarrn of tne neaa. t naa -to
be especially careful about being out of evenings, and not to get chilled
when dressed thin for parties, but since I have ueed Peruna my gen
eral health la Improved, and my system Is In such good, condition that
even though I am exposed to inclement weather It no longer affects
me.
1 have a splendid appetite and enjoy Ufa, being In perfect health."
MISS HELEN 5AUERBIER
Pe-ru-n Tablets.
For two years Dr. Hartroan and his
assistants have labored Incessantly to
create Peruna In tablet form, ana their
strenuous efforts have lust been
crowned with success. People who ob-
Ject to liquid medicines can now secure
'eruna tablets. These tablets represent
the medicinal Ingredients of Peruna, and
each tablet la equivalent to one average
dose.
Mrs. Josephine Hoist, lit XL First Bt,
Portland. Ore., Vice-President of North
ern Star, writes that she was troubled
seriously with catarrh of the throat,
and had neglected It until It had become
chronic. Peruna was called to her at
tention. Bhe began using It and was
wonderfully helped In two weeks, and In
a little over two months Peruna had
successfully rid bar system of all traces
of catarrh.
Head and Throat.
Miss Helen fiauerbler, $11 Mln St,
pi josepn, wen writes:
"Last winter I can ght a sudden eold
which developed Into an unpleasant ca
tarrh of the head and throat, depriving
me of my appetite and usual good
spirits.
a rnend wne nad been cured by
Peruna advised me to try it and I sent
ror a ootue at once, and I am glad to
aay that in three davs the phlegm had
loosened, and I felt better, my appetite
returned and within nine daye I wae In
my uauaj geoa neaiin,"
Rer. John Roach Straton, winner
Grand; total-S, Yi . . . . . . . . $6,000
nJ .Ul. Innlilillnff
hundreds of tourists, took It up, and of f 1,9 99 prize ror article on ure-
nmeaiaieiy oegaa i -
gon.
th atata of Oresron Immediately begi
' K hMnt fmm all over the country.
Commercial bodies and v advertising
elubs discussed the scheme on its ad-
v.rililn, marlta. Committees and con
ventlona talked about It railroad pas
senger agents an over tno counvry
helped advertise It, and trade papers
,WraTot rnteWed' ESTZX abouT It the amount of verti.lng received that
The union Paclflo system pusnea u ana
club's offer has been overwhelming. In
my opinion It was the greatest prise
writing contest ever carried on by a
commercial body in the united states.
Its value to Oregon is immense. It can
not be estimated In dollars, ao vast was
tha Northern Pacific boosted It. me
araat Northern helped It along, more
than 20 columns being printed In the
preliminary campaign In Minnesota and
North lakO ta papera upu. . v , --,
.. ill AdTertUlng Benaflt.
All the , big . cities "beard of It
h.,.rti t'n.lr nurari. Including Bt Paul.
Minneapolis, - ymana, """i'lL.'T".",
New ion, Bt. ixiuiB, rmmueipnw,
inen
1 Baltimore, i Duluth and others.
ojinnnt ha nut on record.
Thousands of newspapers puDiisnea
club's offer. More than 400.000 leaflets
containing the offer were circulated by
the Commercial club.
Every part or the united states is
renresented ambnor tha nrlze winners.
The report of the Judges follows: -
Seaport of Committee.
"Thomas Richardson, manager Com
mercial club: , .
"Your committee, appointed oy Gov
ernor George E. Chamberlain to decide
men. No one of us has slighted the
work and contestants can rest assured
that no snap Judgment was taken of
their work.
Trusting that the findings of the
committee will please the club and sat-
isrv the contestants, we are. reaneot
fully, "JAMES F. EWINO,
! "W. J. CUDDY."
Winners of the Trtses.
The comnlete list of Diice-wlnnera
ioiiovi:
John Roach Straton. D. D. Btev-
ent Baptist Churcn. Baltimore,
Maryland, (Baltimore Ameri
can. November 24. 1807) 11.000
hiss Maieei nowe, ss h mxteentn
street, Portland, Oregon (Atchi
son Weeklv Globe December fi.
1007) ,. SOO
- - " - - - - - - -
u. u. unapman, cnapman Avertin-
ing company. Commonwealth
building, Portland, Oregon (Sun
set Aurust 1907) SS0
Albert Phenls (Manufacturers'
Record. Auarust 29. 1907) 00
Miss Anna Shannon Monroe, Ham
ilton Duuaing, Portland, ure
gon (Spare Moments, Decem
ber. 1907)... 17K
ueorge a. layman, Amnoy, iuinoia
(Amboy Journal, Nocember 21,
1007) 160
Byron E. Cooney, Butte, Montana,
(Butte Evening News, Decem
ber II, 1907) 125
R. M. Hall, Portland, Oregon
(Fruit Grower, St. Joseph, Mis
souri, October, 1907) 110
Mary Kouncelor Brooks, Fort
Worth. Tcxaa fFnrt Worth Ran.
ord, December 16, 22, 29, 1907). 10J
Horace Stevens, 686 Montgomery
street Portland, Oregon (Sac
ramento Bee. December 11.
1907) 0
Tea Prises of $75 Sack,
(Des Molhes Register and Leader, May
12, 1907.)
Charles I. Rice, box II, Station "A,'
Worcester, Massachusetts. (Worcester
Sunday Telegram. December 19. 1907.)
H. S. Prescott Grants Pasa, Oregon.
(Waterloo, lows, uauy courier, ueoem
ber 28. 1907.)
George W. Crosley, 120 South Seventh
street, Terre Haute, Indiana. (Terrs
Haute Star, December 21, 1907. Terre
.Haute, Indiana.)
C. B. Watson, Ashland, Oregon. (Chi'
caro Inter Ocean. December 29. 1907.)
Mildred & McFaden, St. Louis. Mis
souri. (American woman a neview,
December. 1907.)
T. J. Fording, 671 Hawthorne Terrace,
Portland, Oregon. (Alliance Daily Re
view, December i. 1907. Alliance,
unio.;
J. N. Davis. 8(1 Hawthorne avenue.
Portland, Oregon. (Lawrence Journal,
December 28, 1907. Lawrence, Kansas.)
M. I. Gellaty, Philomath, Oregon,
(Breeders' Gazette, August 21, 1907.
Chicago, Illinois.)
Mlns Josephine Richardson, $95 Six
teenth street south, Portland, Oregon.
(Fort Worth Record, December 10, 1907.
Fort Worth, Texas.)
Ten Prises of f9S Saofc.
Mary K. Bullitt Lexington. Kentucky.
(Lexington Leader, December 29, 1907.)
Helen M. Packard, Belfast Maine.
(Belfast. Maine. Republican Journal
December 6, 1907.)
General Thomas M. Anderson, Van
couver, Washington. (Columbus, Ohio,
Press-Post. December 22. 1907.) 1
Louise A. Nash, 648 Belmont street
Portland, Oregon. (Woman's Work,
Juiy, i07. Athens. Georgia.)
Captain O. C. Applegate. Klamath
Falls, Oregon. (San Jose Mercury, De
cern Der su. IVV 1. 1
T. T. Geer, Pendleton, Oregon. (In-
Wet and Slippery.
-pavement make aooldewts te
bereee frequent. Far Outs,
Bruises, Oalle A Strains) try
Mexican
Mustang LMmenL
Heeaka down te the bene,
relieves all aersnese la Jiffy
then beale the wound er tarn
llgamenta. He great aatl
eeptle cnjolftlca make It aafe
and sera. v v -v ,
Equally good for Haa or Beast
Oar FREB booklet, u Pouts Irom
Hone Doetor'e Diary" wUl hclpyon
la enring your livestock. Seadforis.
LTON MAKCFACTUBIKO CO,
44 South Fifth Bt, BaooxxTX,M.T.
maanor A Morrow S287 rllrnrn lanapons. inaiana, Bunaay star, De-
venue. Allerhenv Pennavlvanla ( Pitta. I cemDer ii, 1907.)
. i ' aAa,aa.atana naMAilHtaia
coStalnlng prUeaeVklha narUcles about the prize contest for the best auatalned
Oregon began to. come In at tho offices storfes of Portland and vicinity, btg
of the Portland commercial ciuo. i "p", ...... . . .
, -vii.tinn nut awav in a I "That in all about 340 contestants
H'ety-depolt vault and carefully kept submitted articles and the total num-
for the aay wnen inm juages wvuia i vi. " i, "
lieHn to grind. ' s Iperlodlcals In which stories appeared
The contest closed the last day of will reacn aDout 400. xne newspapers
1907 but s long afterward bunohes of used as vehicles for the stories are pub
Ttdta rontesUnc articles continued to llcations Issued In every state of the
arrive many of tbem having been held union and in many of the prominent
vr inn late bv the oubllcatlons that cities of the country. Articles sub-
- - - . - . . . . 1 1 . . . . ... j
tmri baan exnected to nrlnt them.
About six weeks ago the governor of
E-Sood's
Oarsaparilla
VurlZet and enrichea the 'blood' and
build) 07 the whole rystem. 'ar ,.
It radically enrea all blood diseaaes,
' from pimples to ecrofala. , ,
v .. It li the best remedy for catarrh,
rheumatism and dyspepsia. ' -
At all timet of the year It Is the
rnoat widely useful medicine. '
TlrFe etatementa are confirmed daDy
ly cuwd men and women.
Over 0,000 testimonials received In
U a year aa uneqaaled record 1
la t.lV'fi. as well aa In usual nnA
. 3 rcscs Vat Dollar. v . ,
mltted and accepted have been pub
lished In several foreign newspapers,
noticeably In Great Britain, Canada and
Mexico. The contest was far-reaching
In Us good results and not only were
the articles forming the bulk of the cor
respondence published in the news
papers to which they were submitted by
contestants, but the clipping bureaus
show that they wero extensively copied
and commented upon in Hundreds
entered as
of
compet-
pu
itlve' naoers.
. "As an advertising medium no better
method could have been adopted. When
the returns ahall have been checked up
the results will undoubtedly show that
Portland and Oregon have been bene
fited to tha extent of thousands upon
thousands - of dollars. Roughly esti-
. 4h. 1 Atmnt a AvrafU nl n tr vain n f
the articles entered In the contest would
have cost about $26,000. Just how
much more of advertising value coula
be totaled-from Indirect results will
nrobably be ; beter : calculated ' later in
the season. ;
. "icvarv article entered in the contest
wae given tne most careiui consiaera
tinrt. Each member-,' of. the committee
passed on tha stones and in many cases
there were . two and three readings of
one article. ,- - - vK;
A deal of time has been consumed In
arriving at conclusions aa to prises, but
this could not be avoided as the rending
and rereadinc of approximately 800.000
words of cony had to be done at odd
hours, aa all of 'your committee are' bus i
a'
burg Gasette-Tlmea, December 1, 1907.)
u. ix. MUiara, supervisor or gram-
lo Times, Pittsburg Gazette, Washing
ton i'obl;
I. D. Lee, 20 East Fifteenth street
north. Portland. Oregon (Omaha Ex
amlner. December 21. 1907.)
Frank Davey, Burns, Oregon (Blue
isartn. Minnesota post, uctooer 2i.
io.; 1 ,
E. W. Wright of Oregonlan. Portland.
uregon (tsunset, August, psur.j
Thomas C... Merry, Los Angel
Ifornia (Xj Angelas Meralf.
per Z9. mvi.i , ,1 .
Maud Hoffman. 4 Clifford street
West London,' England (Baltfmo.-o
American, December 27, 1907; Weekly
Edinburgh Scotsman, , . November 30,
1907.)
Catherine Hartman. Bostonla, Cali
fornia (Buffalo Sunday News, Decern
ber 22. 1907.)
James Myers, ChehalU, Washington
(Weekly Wymorean, Wymore, Nebras
ka, December 6. 26, 1907.)
C. M. Hyskell, care Journal, Port
land, Oregon (Sunset August 1907.)
Tea Prizes of 860 Xsch.
Mary L. Harkness. Fairfield. Iowa.
H. E. Crain. 329 Mill street. Portland.
Oregon. (Logansnort Indiana. Daily
Tribune, December Z7, 1907.)
Juliet McClure-Marohn, 201 Summit
avenue. Lead. South Dakota. (Lead
Daily Tribune, June Z5, isos.)
"Empire." (Dawson County Review,
December 27, 1907. Glendlve. Montana.)
; Rev. J. A. P. McDaw. 811 Clackamas
street Portland, Oregon. (Fort Wayne,
inaiana, sentinel. Decern Der zb, 1907.)
80 Prizes of $15 Each.
C. E. Land is. 1880 Green street. Har.
rlsburg. Pennsylvania. (Harrlsburg Tele-
crraDh. Decemoer o. lvon.
'Mount Hood," Buue, Montana,
(Butte
1908.)
Central school,
(Anaconda Stand-
We Sell
Miner. December 81,
Margaret Hughes.
Anaconda, Montana.
ard, June , iue.)
w. R. cook. Hastings, Micnigan.
(Hastings Banner. November 14. 21.
1907.)
E. b. Paries, "box 17, naron, Wiscon
sin. (Sharon Recorder, August 29,
1907! September 6, 1907.)
p. u. Brennan. "ori uervis, isew
York. (Evening Gazette, November 29,
1907.) v
Mrs. -Elsie Reed scnemp, fair urouncis,
Oregon. (Chattanooga News, December
28, 1907.)
Miss Susie Clark, Z56 South Marengo
avenue, Pasadena, caiirornia. (Pasa
dena Dally News, December .28, 1907.)
W. M. Barber. Dents, Oregon. (Jef
ferson City, Missouri. Tribune, Decem
ber 20, 1907.) ,
W. , bmitn, Meaiora, uregon.
(Snrlngfleld, Ohio, Daily News, Decem
ber 80, 1907.) - . ' . ....
J. F. Nowiin. zoy auskv ounaing,
Portland. Oregon. (Aopleton, Wiscon
sin. Press, December 26, 1907.)
Bernlce Aimgren, Mcpnflrson, Kansas.
(McPherson. Kansas, Freeman, Decem
ber 27, 1907.) '
F. n. DeForest.' S5 Halght street.
San Francisco, California. (Boonevllle.
Mrs. Louise Humphrey Smith. 180$
Euclid avenue, Berkeley. California.
(San LUls Obtsno Telesram. Daeemhar
su, x-jvi, ean duis uoispo. California.)
Twenty Prises of $10 Each.
Frances E. Mader. 108 South Lafayette
jireei, urana itapias, Michigan. (Grand
cvaui9 neraiu, April 22, 1VU8.)
John C. McNulty, branch United
States hydrographlo office, Portland,
Oregon. (Clarkson Bulletin, October.
Eva Rrman-Gallard. Gerard. Wannavl,
Vania. (Gerard. Pennsylvania. TTaraM
December 19, 1807.) .
wvT- Ev,an"' The Dalles. Oregon.
(Oklahoma State Register, December
is, ivi. vruinne, UKianoma.)
E. N. Conter, 1179 Rokeby street Chi.
cago. Illinois. (Chicago Rnmln.r ru.
Miss Elizabeth Bennett Hutchinson,
Kansas. (Hutchinson Dailv Nan rw.
cember 29, 1907.)
Irene Carter. Mllwaukie, Oregon, R,
F- rk- (Malbern, Iowa, Leader, Septem
ber 28, 1907.)
Roee Tromer ' Sunnwala r.llfiw.1.
(Sunnyvale Standard. nucmih,,
1907.) , "
A. J. Hathawav. hn 1 AA vrr.XTirn,.iii
Oregon. (Ottawa Weekly Democrat!
illifeiSiiiii
One of the linest
Stocks in Portland
;v. - , :
Welcome
1 : . r -1 ' ,,v ,. -,' -5
T7111 opon
par for ono
of thooo flno
ulta
No trouble to show
the goods
Yamhill Street
; First arid Second
September 28, 1907. Ottawa, Iowa.) -
Verglef E. ; Roe, Corvallis, Oregon, or
Cresswelt. " Oregon. (Oklahoma State
Capital, September tt. 1907. Guthrie,
Oklahoma.) ''--. - ' r , - -,
Aidison sennet, imgon. Oregon.
(Bradford Dally - Record.- December 19.
1907. Bradford, Pennsylvania. )
Harriet Warner Cbapln, 191 - Union
Street, Flushing, New York. , Crushing
Daily Tlmea., November. 1907; Honey
coye . .Dally Times, November, I907i
North Shore Leader, November, 1907.)
Makvlna O. Bchawen, Pomeroy, Waih-
( Continued on Page Three.)
on the positive guarantee;
that if it dOeS nOt give SatiS I Indiana, .Standard, December 29, 1907.)
fcwVwwfc 6ww j x W. 'Hum. Beatrice, Nebraska.
faction we will return the- j
(Beatrice Daly ? Express, December ,
o-il-. MMt a i H. W. Toung, loaepenoence. , Kansas.
cuuiwuuuuiu v luuucjr yaMi i (independence Times, jxovemoer i,
US IOr it. We mean thiS I W. H. H- Judson, Bessemer, Alabama.
t . i .r I (Bessemer weeiuy, BepiemDer..".;
anf eetr o 1 4-tine a tirhn ova, I Archibald A. Schenck. 1208 Farnum
sick and need strength to try
it with this understanding.4
i - . . . i . iter. f a. ' 'A iitiiuiavu. -
' 1 1 gem' (Bayfleld County Press, December
WOOOard, Uarka ct CO, Portland, Of. 1 17, .1807 BayfleW, .Wisconsin.
treet Omaha. Nebraska. (Omaha Bee.
October 20. 1907.) . .
r. S..- L.''8traube.' 206 Santa Fe street
A rMean tnnfl. l Kansas ;C, Post
nor lr. J inviuyevui wohwvvwi vv
Grand Circle Women of Woodcraft '
Offtc of GRAND CLERK '
PORTLAND, April 7, 19 08. '
Mr. H. E. Stemler, Mgr.. . ;
L, it M. Alexander ,& Co, I
Portland,. Oregon. .
. Dear,; Sir i f:':'isfy -t wtStp. ' ;':
, Replying to your request tor a testimonial-letter,
we are people of few words. We are using thirteen type
writers in our offioes, twelve of which are L. C, ,: .
SMITHS. If we can do , you any good, try us.
' Respectfully yours,
J ' i" Ja Ila WRIGHT
Grand Clerk,