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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 4, 1921)
FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 4, 1921 ome let Letters Written Frlzle Wiiiii&s Former Puzzle iifesfs THE OREGOIf STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON I'll 1 i by Co 1 v.- He Won and Received a FiverPassenger H Overland Touring Cstr j Lome Hicks is a busy boy on a big farm, who won one of the finest prizes exer awarded.' ' j ! j Lome entered one of the recent puzzle contests, and qualified his entry promptly by securing only fixe subscriptions. His entryiwas awarded first prize by the Judges, and Lome and his father came to Toronto and drove home their magnificent car ls pride. Many newspapers commented editorially on his win ning thlajnagnificent prize, j m! ! He wrote us the following letter in acknowledgment; of his prize: Dear. Sir: The" Overland fite-passenger touring car has arrived and I must say we are all greatly delighted with it.! It seems a wonderful prize to win with so little effort. Hare had many letters from readers of your magazine from different parts of the country, some congratulating and others asking, was it really so, that I received the Overland car. j ,1 must say that the management of your magazine have been- prompt and courteous to me throughout the contest, and I wish yoir management eyery success in the future. Tours truly. LORNE E. HICKS. Winner oi Chevrolet Touring Car in Great Contest i I am pleased beyond measure to acknowledge receipt of your wire of the 5th inst., informing me that I was the successful winner of the first prize in the great Puzzle Contest. It would be impossible, gentlemen, for you to visualize my complete happiness in the receipt of such glad tidings, sufficient to say that I was absolutely dumbfounded with joy. Please convey to your Judges my sincere (appreciation and thanks for the great honor-which they have bestowed upon my work. In; regard to the magazine, I consider it an excellent publication. In fact, for its jcost, I think it excels anything of its kind published. It seems to im prove with every issue. Be assured that I shall do all that is possible in the way of Increasing its popularity in this city. I only hope that my great success in this congest will be an inspiration as well as an inducement to others to try their luck- To such that may seem so inclined I would say, keep hammering; if you fail in one try the next. Keep at it. Patience and perseverance overcomes many obstacles. As to getting sub scriptions, get some sample copies and distribute them amongst your friends. The rest is easy. In other words, soliciting subscriptions becomes a pleasure instead of a task. Follow advices as I have done, and success as it has mine, will crown your effort. Before closing, I wish to thank you for your courtesy,' and hoping to hear from you at the earliest possible date. VINCENT HOWELL. tit : nv t m tt w on t ora 1 ouring car ae uoz $500.00 Cash as first prise In our place. Read what he fair, and efficient way a great many con-. Mr. Hugh A. Ross won the Ford Touring Car given contest, but at his request we sent him $ 500.00 cash in its! says: ; i Gentlemen: I am in receipt today of your check for the cash prise you have so kimMy given me in place of the Ford touring car, prize In your recent contest. . , The cash is made doubly acceptable by the promptness with -Which you hare sent it. and you are to be congratulated on the courteous. in which you have conducted your contest. I have entered oof m ttnt nflvAP atnoHarl nrln e,iW- t!A act tfila 1 i I! would like to acknowledge my appreciation of the very evident fairness to contestants with which you conducted this contest, and trust you will realise sufficiently in advertising and circulation of your excellent magazine to repay youT outlay in furnishing a very interesting and entertaining pastime for your numerous readers. It anyone refers to me, I will surely recommend. them to .enter every con test as every one doing so is certainly repair a hundred times over for his trouble. Yours truly, HUGH A. ROSS. ! NOTE: Mr. Ross secured only four subscriptions In qualifying his entry. Ford Car Put Him Through College ' - W.'F.Gecfdes won the Ford car given in our v 1914 fcontest This was the first car we ever " pave; awrirr and after the judges had awarded i Mr. Geddes' entry first place, he asked us for pcash in place of the car, as' he-was attending ' frnlWo, una neded.the money to t complete, his course.-' HVproraptly recevied our check for .fcnFfiO), Ha writes ; Yflrtr letter in retard to first prize which twoind91.U tQ hand. I .received the check; for $550.00 on the exact date as promised, ana, - the money I received has afforded me no little: pleasure; besides-helping me to defray my ex penses at this" college. I am now in the- Agri cultural department for. the summer months. I shall be. very. pleased. to answer any letters from your contestants which J receive regard ' in pc the winning of first prize. v . , ; . W.F.GEDDES; No Trouhle Qualifying Entry Which Won Prize I am in .' receipt of your letter of May 30 You may ship the High-Oven Range, my prize" - in your latest-contest, as soon as convenient ' , T did not have much trouble to secure sub scriptions to qualify my entry, and the sub scribers to your magazine who have spoken to me said that they liked it very wen. i aiso being a subscriber; enjoy reading, its pages. 'tYwm truly,- ' L - "a ttvfotmsik mm nficiffis. .1 at EfflWBg FJJY&TIEISY IB Secret M Aim Solve This ": i j ovie ystery The Clues No real chip NHCAEELCHALORA 00ERLH0ALLC0EA NOHCLAERONOEAR NRNOREALCHIHtE NNREALAEROEHHO ?????????????? Low in tears LOEOWNLTNLA I OLTNINTWOLOW LINTNI WOLTAR OWTEARAETIWW LOAINNTEAITE ???????????? Had low rice HAD0I0 ERROW HARI AAHRWtO HDLWRCI ODAL HADVOL A1RC A HHLWIRWROAW ??????????? A. kings help KAIGAKHGESA A I SGNAEHNHA KNLEHGIMNSE KKNieiLiSGENS AAGNSHLKHKA ?????????? Woni Magnificent $450.00 Piano MrslVaark-answered last season's puzzle .tuI onrntvlied wifh'the dtialifying Condition m -r;r.vRhort time. She was delighted with her prompt, reward fprr this seryiee, and cou hardly believe her good iortune wueu judges decided that her entry took second plac( and sh9 got ,tha beautiful $i50 piano; Eeac her letter: Dear Sir : I cannot tell you how delightec I was to receive your telegratm and to learn had been awarded the second prize. It cerj tainly was a surprise and: a great pleasure to -me to find that ! had won a $450.00 prize. I am sending my photograph with this let ' ter-and would ivefy much appreciate it if yoi wiH kindly return same when you have f mishec with if, as" I have no copy. It will be one of my greatest pleasures to tell aiL my inenas oi my good fortune and persuade them to reac our fine wdman's magazine. "WwhifidvGn ievery- success and assnnng you of my endeavors to increase the circulation of your magazine, a rmaiu jruui mciFFj testant, MftS. FLORENCE CLARK. Never Exjected It, tUl Bryaen -Foster Gets $150.00 I have just received a check for $150.00, and it certainly was a great surprise to me, as f never expected to get first prize, but I am verv oni wiirvfn all I can to boost your magai- . giau luiu " f It rini. 1 have' not had my picture taken since I was a baby, but will get one taken right away and send it to you. Thanking you .very much, I am S.; ' ' Yours very truly, V "V". BRYDEN FOSTER. Said that great Movie Producer, Cesar B. De Miller, to his hated rival. Movie Producer David Warkfield Griffin, "I have just engaged four of the greatest Moving Picture Stars in America for my next big Moving .Picture 'Play' Of course this made Griff ih angry be- cause, he likes to be the greatest oi ail tne great Movie Producers and he tried his best 4 to parsuade De Miller to tell him the names of the great Movie Stars. Just to tantalize him, Cesar B. De Miller gave David Warkfield Grif fin four secret codes representing the names of the four Movie Stars he had engaged and told him that he had brains enough to discover the names from these secret codes he deserved to know them. It was too much of a puzzle for . Griffin, so it is said he called m Scotland Yard and, offered them a thousand dollars if they would discover the names for him from the exactly as you would any other sum of figures, four secret codes that De Miller had given him. This was an easy job for the great Scotland Yard Detective Force, and in less than an hour they had the four names. They gave the names to Griffin and also gave him' their system for working out their clues. HERE IS THE, WAY THEY DID IT. "It's easy,' said Chief-of-Detectives O'Flynn. have worked out four sums which you see beneath each one of the four codes. "Add up these four sums and your totals give you the four clues to the four names. "You go about it this way. Each secret code has ten letters to it. Each letter repre sents a number. The first letter of the code represents 1, the second letter represents 2, the third letter represents 3, and so on. The tenth letter in each code represents the cipher 0 instead of 10. "Each sum, as you see, instead of numbers is made up of letters, but it contains only the letters that are contained in the code above it. "Now change the letters of each sum into their equivalent numbers, according to the code above, putting theni down line by line from let to right exactly as the letters; for instance, the first letter of the first sum is N. N as you will see is the first letter of the secret code above that sum and therefore represents number 1. II. the second letter in the first line of the first sum is the eighth letter in the code above it, therefore it represents number 8. "After you hate changed every letter of the sum into a nuinber, add up the sum just exactly as you would any other sura of figures and the total that you get gives you your; clues to the names of, the Movie Stars.., , "Then work out your 'Beginning at the clues this way: eft-hand . side of the total of your sum change each figure of the total back to its letter jas represented in the secret code ab(ye the suhi; for instance, J can tell you. that the first number of the total of the first sum is 7. The leher.C is the seventh letter in the code above the first sum, therefore the first letter represented y your total is letter, C. Now change every number of your total in the same way and you vill have the name of the Movie Star represented by that sum." This is not an easy problem, but patience and perseverance may find you the. names, of the great -Movie Stars, submitted we will pay For 'the best i answers the f6uotiog prizes: TthisL Great Contest Is Absolutely FREE of Expense. Send In Your Answers Today! This great contest is being conducted by The Statesman Publishing Co., Salem, Ore gon1, one of the largest and best known pub lishing houses in Oregon. This is your guar antee that lithe prizes will be awarded with ab solute fairness and squareness to you and every ; other contestant. Frankly, it is intended to introduce iThe Pacific Homestead, Oregon's ; Greatest Farm Magazine, and The Northwest . PMiltrv Journal, the leading poultry magazine - - - . - - - of the Pacific Northwest, lou may emer auu wiri the best of prizes' whether you are a sub- sftfibpr to either of these publications or not and moreover, you will. neither be asked nor expected to take these magazines or spena a ;t,i Tumv of vour money to compete. Here is: the-idea The Pacific Homestead is the! oldest and best farm magazine published in the Pacific Northwest, issued weekly, it has a w laiW'immber of readers. The Northwest PnWtrv'journal is also very widely reati and has: the largest circulation i any mis""c " its class published in the-Pacific Northwest. But our motto is one of our magazines in every home. We want more readers to become ac quainted with these famous publications. Therefore, when we acknowledge your entry to the contest and you know your standing for the prizes, we shall send you without cost a copy of our very latest issues. Then in order to qualify your entry to be sent on for the judging and awarding of the grand prizes, you will be asked to assist us in carrying on this big introduction plan by showing your copies to just four friends or neighbors, who will ap preciate these reallyworth while magazines and want them to come to them regularly two readers to The Pacific Homestead and two readers to The Northwest Poultry Journal, or any other combination you like to make four. You will easily fulfill this simple condition in a few minutes of your spare time, and we will even send copies to each of your friends if you wish. i..;i,s-5ef3r3f5; HOW TO SEND YOUR SOLUTIONS. Use only one side of the paper that con tains names of the Movie. Stars, and put your name and address j (stating Mr., Mrs. or Miss) in the upper right-hand corner. If you wish to write anything but your answers, use a sep arate sheet of paper. Three independent judges, having no con nection whatever with this, firm, will award the prizes, atfd the answers gaining 250 points will take the First Prize. Yon will get 25 points for every name completed correctly. 40 points will be awarded for! general' neatness, style, spelling, punctuation, etc. 10 points for hand writing, and 100 points for fulfilling the condi tions of the contest. Contestants . must agree to abide by the decision of the judges. The contest will close at 5 p m., November 30. 1921, immediately after which answers will be iudeed and the prizes awarded. Address' your answers today to : The Great Movie Mystery, Statesman Publishing Co., Salem, Oregon WlPf -k. Iv -; r These 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th, $3.00 Ca-sh 8th, $3.00 Cash 9th, $5.00 Cash 10th, S5.00 Ctktth 11th, $3.00 Cash 12th, $3.00 Cftah 13th $3.00 Cash 14 Hi, $3.00 Cash 13th, $3.00 Cash 10th, $3.00 Cash 17th, $3.00 Cash rizes 106.00 Caslr r 50.00 Cash Z5.0fr Cash' I' 15.00 Cash 10.00 Cash 18th, $3.00 Cafth 10th, $3.00 Cah 20th, $3.00 Cawli 2 1st, $3.00 Cash 22nd, $3.00 Ca6 ! 23nl,.$3.00 Cah 24th, $3.0a Cash ' 23th, $3.O0 Cash BOth, $3.00 Cash 27th, $3.00 Cash ! 28th, $3.00 Cash ! PRIZES GUARANTEED Easy Work to Get SubscriptionsEasy to ; i Win Prizes : Tnm letter advisintr me that I have been awarded a prize is received with pleasure. j rru .aw t rw mv eiibspxintions was not very hard A liu rt tij fex '"j t , . work, as fit 'was near Christmas and your paper.makes people who much. . :aa rwwotmaa nrpsent I know that the O UII.V v.A .v.-. . . wibsprihefl to vour masazine enjoy it very I, myself, am quite pleased with my owxj paper, and thtf crood stories' that are in it. j .. - ... - Yours -.very truly, ' ; ' MERLE A1TKENS. Little Girl Wins Big Prize Dear Sir: Your letter was certainly a surprise for me. You don't know how happy I am that I was lucky enough to win the third prize, $50.00. I took ill some time ago, and couldn't get any more subscriptions but two, but I am up and about now and I expect to get some more subscriptions as soon as possible. I think everybody should read this beautiful and great magazine. I certainly enjoy reading it. Yours truly, ! " 1TELEN DENESCH. He Won the Ford Car in Great Percy-Puzzled Contest 1 Dear Sirs: This being Thanksgiving- Day, I can think of no more appropriate time in which to acknowl edge and thank you for the delightful information which your letter contains, informing nie that I have been awarded Special, First Prize in '.'Percy's Puz zled!" contest, of the Ford touring car. j Indeed this was entirely surprising and unexpected. I can find no expression of my thanks to the judges and the awarding me such a magnificent prize. Again thanking you, I beg to remain. Yours very sincerely, ROY C. IfcGRATII. :. 1 ' . . . - . - I ' ' . i 6 1 Wins Waltham Gold Watch : . '--'.' 'v -t- Your cable of May 5th was received, containing the good news of my suceess in your "War PVoverb" Com petition, also letter of recent (late confirming same. I am more than thankful to jou for your kindness ; to me, also the competition. Inj fact, I f?ei as if you" have taken a personal interest in me' all through. ' Wishing your magazine everji success and certainly ;the Contest Manager, I beg to remain, ' THOiiAS HUMPHRIES. THESE LEIFTER ARE GUIDE POSTiS, TO YOUR OWN BRHjLIANT SUCCESS Ml in II j ?v- v -v f -22 ' T ' ' - 1 1 - --!- - Lil l)l ' U ) U ,1.11 u U M'li 11 U It 11.11 H.U U ' it Hutu --ii.t-i'rir- -r'--r' i