THE OREGON STATESMAN. ISAliEM, OREGON
SUNDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER C. 1921
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He Won and Received a Five-Paskeriger'
' ' Overland Touring Car
Lome Hicks ia a busy boy on a big farm, who won one of t jie finest prizes
ever awarded.
., Lorna entered one of the recent puzzle contests, and qualified his entry
promptly by securing only five subscriptions. His entry was awarded first prize
by the Judges, and Lorne and his father came to Toronto and drove home their
magnificent car in pride. Many newspapers commented editorially op his win
ning this magnificent prize.
" He wrote as the following letter in acknowledgment of his prize
Dear Sirs: The Overland five-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. Have 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
I must say that the management of your magazine have been prompt and
'courteous to me throughout the contest, and I wish your management every
success in the future.
Yours truly.
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LORNE E
HI.CKS.
Winner of Chevrolet Touring Car in
Greatfontest
I am pleased beyond measure to acknowledge receipt of your wire of the
rth Inst., informing me that I was thejsueeessful 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 f such glad tidings, sufficient to say that
I was absolutely dumbfounded with Ijoy. Please convey to your Judges my
sincere appreciation and thanks for the great honor which they have bestowed
upon my work. j
In regard to the magazine. I consider it an excellent publication. In fact,
for its cost, I think it excels anything of its kind published. It seems to im
prove with every issue. He assured that I shall do all that is possible in the
way of increasing its popularity in thiB city.
I only hope that my great success in this contest 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.
i VINCENT HOWELL.
Won Ford Touring Car He Got
$500.00 Cash
Mr. Hush A. Ttoss won the Ford Touring Car given as first prize In our
con test. -but at his request ve sent him $500.00 cash in its place. Read what he
says: i
Gentlemen: I am in receipt today of your check for the cash -priie you
have so kindly given me in place of the Ford touring car, which I won as first
prize in your recent contest. i
The cash is made doubly acceptable by the promptness with which you have
sent it. and you are to be congratulated ou the courteous, fair, and efficient way
in which you have conducted your contest. I have entered a great many con
tests, hut never expected to win such a prize as this.
I wold 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 magatlne to repay
your outlay in furnishing a very interesting and entertaining pastime for your
numerous readers. - ? ' -
If anyone refers to me, I will surely recommend them to enter every con
test as every one doing o is certainly repair a hundred times over for his
trouble. .tu. AuWbd
Yours trniy, , .
HUGH A. ROSS.
NOTE: Mr. Ross secured only four subscriptions in qualifying his entry. ;
, Ford Car Put Him Through College
r t W.'F. QedM won the Ford car given in our
1914'contcst. This was the first car we ever
gave away, and After, the judges had awarded
Mr. Geddes' entry first place, he asked ns for
'I cash in place of the car as he was attending
v College and needed the money tOjcomplete his
"eourse: fTe"promptly recevied" our cheek for
: $ 550.00. IIe writes T
Your letter in regard to first prize which
- I won-in-1914 is to hancL I received the check
for $550.00 on the exact date as promised, and
the money I received has Afforded me no little
v pleasu besides helping me to defray my ex-
pensesat this college. Tain now in the Agri
cultural department for the summer months. I
shall be very pleased to answer any letters
from your contestants which I receive regard
ing the winning of first prizei V 1
1 W . F. GEDDES.
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No Trouble 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.
I did nothav'e much trouble to secure sub- .
scriptions to qualify my entry, audi. the sub
scribers to your magazine who have spoken to
me said that' they liked it very well. Ilsd;
being a subscriber, enjoy reading its pages.
. - Yours truly, v.v ,
- HERMINA DES ROCHES.
Won Magnificent J450.0Q Piano
" Mrs. CI ark ' answered 1 last" ' season 's puzzle
and complied with the' qualifying condition in
a ,yery ;slort time; She was delighted with
her prompt reward for this service, and could
hardly believe her good fortune when, the
judges decided that her entry took second place
and she got the beautiful $450 piano. Read
her letter: V ,'. "' j'
Dear Sir: I cannot tell yon how delighted
I was to receive your telegram and to learn I
had been k awarded the second prize. Jt cer
tainly was a surprise and a great pleasure to
me "to find that I had won a $450.00 prize.
, I am sending my photograph with this let
ter and would very much appreciate it if you ,
will kindly return same when you have finished
with it, as I have no, copy.' It will be one of
my greatest pleasures to tell all my friends of
my good fortune', andpersnade them to read
our fine woman's magazine. :
' "Wishing jrou every success and assuring
you of my endeavors to increas the circulation
of. your magazine, I remain your happy con
testant . ,'.
J:. ' ,. MRS. FLORENCE CLARK. .
Never Exjeded It, Still Bryden Foster
.ru Gets $150.00 '
? I have just received a check for $150.00, and
.it -certainly, was a, great surprise to mef as I
nejrer expected to get first prize, but I am very
glad and will do all I can to boost your maga
. zine. ,1 have not had my picture taken since I
was a baby, but will get one taken right away
and send it to you. - ; ' r
. Thanking you Very much, I am
Yours very truly,"
BRYDEN FOSTER.
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The Cliiesi " ??????????????'???????????? ??????????? ???????????
Said that great' MS vie Producer, Cesar B.
De Miller,ito his hated rival, Movie Producer
David Wark field Griffin "I have just engaged
four of the greatest Moving Ficture Stars in
America for Day next ,big Moving Picture
play." Of course this. miade, Griff in.angry be
cause he likes to be the greatest of all the
great -Movie Producers and he tried his best
to persuade 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 seieret odes representing the names of
the four Movie iStars he had engaged and told
him that if he had brains enough to discover
the names f rom these secret codes he deserved
to know them, j It was too much of a puzzle for
Griffin, solit isisaid he called in 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 tha De Miller had given him.
This was an easy jqb 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 eliies.
HERE IS THE WAY THEY DID IT.
"It's
O'Flynn
easy," said Chief-of-Detectives
"I have; worked out four sums
which you see beneath each one of the four
codes.
"Add. up these fbur sums and your totals
give you the four clues to the four names.
"You go about l
code has ten letters
sents a number,
represents 1, the
, this way. Each secret
to it. Each letter repre-
The first letter of the code
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 tie code above it.
' ' Now change the letters' 6f each sum into
their equivalent numbers, according to the code
above, putting them down line by line from left
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.
H, 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 have changed every letter of
the sum into a number, add up the sum just
exactly as you would any other sum of figures
if
and the total that you get gives you; your clues
to the names of the Movie Stars, j., -
" Then work outpour clues this way : ,
"Beginning at the left-hand sde of thja
total of -your sum change each figure of the
total back to its letter as represented in the
secret code above the sum; for instance, I can
tell you that the first number of the jiotal of the
first sum is 7. The letter C is the seventh letter
in the code above the first sum therefore the
first letter represented by your total is letter
C. Now change every number of your total in
the same way and you' will have the name of
the Movie Star represented by thai sum,'' -
This is not an easy problem, but patience
and perseverance may
the crreat Movie Stars.
This Great Contest Is AEsolutely FREE of Exnense.
Send In Your Answers Today!
find you th names of
For the best answers
submitted we will pay the following prizes:
This great jcontest is being conducted by
The Statesman Publishing Co., Salem, Ore-1
gon, one of the" largest and best known pub-r
lishing houses in Oregon. This is your guar
antee that, the prizes will be awarded with ab
solute fairness and squareness to you and every
other contestant. Frankly, it is Intended to
introduce The Pacific .Homestead, . Oregon's
Greatest Ifarmj Magazine, and The Northwest
Poultry Journal, the leading poultry magazine
of the Pacific Northwest. You may enter and
win the best ot prizes whether you are a sub
scriber to 'either of these publications or not
and moreover, you will neither be asked nor
expected to take these tnagazines or spend-a
single penny of your mone,y to compete.
Here is the iidea The Pacific Homestead is
the oldest land best farmimagazine published in
the Pacific Northwest, issued weekly, it has a
very lajgej number of readers. - The Northwest
Poultry Journal is also very widely read and
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nas tne largest circulation ox any magaiiue m
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 shalli 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 bjy showing your copies to
just f otir friends or neighbors, who will ap
preciate these reallyivorth white magazines and
want them to com to them regularly two
readers to The Pafcific Homestead and two
readers to The Northwest Poultry Journal, or
any other combination you like to make four.
Yon will easily fulfill this simple condition in a
few minutes of your spare time, and we wilt
even send copies to each of your friends if you
wish. !
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 (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, and the answers gaining 250 points
will take the First Prize. You will get 25 points
for every name completed correctly. 40 points
will be awarded for general neatness, style,
spelling, punctuation, etc.j 10 points for hand
writing, and 100 points for fulfilling tht? 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 judged and the prizes awarded. Address
your answers today to
The tireat Movie Mystery, Statesman Publishing Co., Salem, Oregon
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These
1st - -
2nd
3rd - -
4th - -
5th -
6th -
7th, $5.00 Cash
8th, $5.00 Cash
SKli, $5.00 Cash
10th, $o.OO Cash
11th, $5.00 Cash
12ft, $5.00 Cash
13th, $o.OO Cash
14th, $5.00 Cash
15th, $5.00 Cash
lOth, $5.00 Cash
17th, $3.00 Cash
rizes
$200.00 Cash
100.00 Cash
50.00 Cash
25.00 Cash
15.00 Cash
10.00 Cash
18th, $5.00 Cash
10th, $5.00 Cash
20th, $5.00 Cash
21st, $5.00 Cash
22nd, $5.00 Cash
23rd, $5.00 Cash
24th, $5.00 Cash
25th, $5.00 Cash
26th, $5.00 Cash
27th, $5.00 Cash
28th, $3.00 Cash
PRIZES GUARANTEED
Easy Work to Get Subscriptions
Winjrizes
-Easy to
t Your letter advising me that I have been awarded
a prize is received with pleasure.
The way I got my subscriptions was not very hard
work, as it, was near Chrisimas and yonr paper makes
a nice Christmas present. I know that the people who
' subscribed to-your, magazine enjoy it very much.. '
: I, myself, am quite pleased with my own paper, and,
.me good stones that are in it.
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( . Yours very truly,
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MERLE AITKbNS.
me,
Little Girl Wins Big Prize
Dear Sir: Your letter was certainly a surprise for
. Yon don't know how happy I am that I was lucky
enough to win the third prize, $50.00. I took ill some
tiipe ago, and couldn't get any more subscriptions but
to, but I am up and about now and I expect to get
some more subscriptions as soon as possible.
I think ieverybody should read this beautiful and
great magazine. I certainly: en joy reading it.
' ! Yours truly,
1 r ' - f HELEN- BENESCH.
He Won the Ford Car in Great Percy-Puzzled
Contest
Iear Sirs: This being Thanksgiving Day, I can
thinkof no more appropriate time in which to acknowl
edge sflxd thank you for the delightful -information
which your letter contains, informing me that I have
been awarded Special First Prize in "Percy's Puz
zled 1" 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, j
, ROY C. McGRATTL
Wins Waltham Gold Watch
Your cable of May 5th was received, containing the
good news of my success in your "War Projrerb" Com
petition, also letter of recent date confirming same.
I am more than thankful to you for yottr kindness
to me, also the competition. In fact, I feel as if yon
have taken a personal interest in me all through.
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Wishing your magazine every success and certainly
the Contest Manager, I beg to remain,
THOMAS HUMPHRIES..
LETERARE GUIDE POSTS! TO YOUR OWN BRILLIANT
SUCCESS
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