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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1922)
6 TOE OBgGOft STATESMAN. SALRM. onifiOK V '' SUNDAY MORNING. JANUARY 29. 1922 ' ; Sei,V-K rWIS FitiUKK Pi J XX I' K - WIN A BIU LAbfci JtJKI,Jil w ' in nnr " '3 J :. rs have done youican do if you try. -. If ... - . ! . . . . what prize winners in former contests have t to say: HE JVOPjT THE FORD CAR IN GREAT PUZZLE : i ; ; contest v ' Dear Six : This being Thanksgiving Day, I can think . of no noretappropriate time in -which, to acknowlege and u thank yeu Vforj.the delightful information which your , letter contains, informing me that I have been awarded , Special FimJPrize in "Percy's Puzzled!" contest, of the Ford Touring Car. ; Indeed thiv was entirely surprising and unexpected. I can find no (Repression of my thanks to the judges and the Pubishing, Company for awarding me such. a mag nificent prize.' j -:T wish to assjare you that it shall be my earnest desire . to do all in my power for sueh-a splendid, wide-awake, -4 up-to-the-minute magazine as it is a veritable pillar of ; Inspiration and ' helpfulness to the people as a whole. , . Again thankin g you, J beg to remain, -'. . " x yours very sincerely, .r? ) A k ROYf! "MVORATTT JUSTSHOW SAMPLE COPY NO DIFFICULTY GETTING QUALIFYING SUBSCRIPTIONS TO i WJN APPRIZE; I found practically no difficulty in persuading my friends to subscribe to your magazine after I had shown 'them my sample copy-, and I may say that they are all highly pleased with the magazine. . I am glad that I won the fifteenth prize in your Auto ManTontest. ' """ " " ' i. . .! . CLARENCE THOMSON. AN $800.00 CECIUAN PLAYER WENT TO MR. HERON AS 2ND PRIZE IN "WAR PROVERB" - CONTEST Toutelegram and also letter of the 5th to hand," and may I sayvit is the most agreeable surprise that I ever received. ' It was, with many misgivings, that I entered the con test but as it wasn't very hard, I decided to send the'.j. reply. v Regarding the qualifying subscriptions, I found them very easily secured. Accept 'my very sincere thanks for awarding me sec ond place in your recent contest; and wishing your Com pany every .success in the future, I remain, .11 -vj -v. Yours sincerely, ' G. MAITLAND HERON. $241.00 BRUNSWICK PHONOGRAPH SUR PRIZES THIS CONTESTANT ; Tour telegram of congratulations certainly did delight me beyond expression. I felt that it was almost too good to be true, and could scarcely realize that I had been awarded such a beautiful prize for the small amount of time it required to answer the Proverbs and secure .the necessary qualifying subscriptions, and I wish to thank you fdr the kind assistance and encouragement you gav, to me at all times throughout the contest. I cannot let this opportunity pass without expressing my opinibn and approval of your wonderful magazine, which is growing bigger, broader and better as all the worthy things should. All who have seen and read the magazine express themselves as pleased with it, and I found it.au easy matter to get the subscriptions, which I sent in. " -' Thanking you for your kind and courteous, treatment at all times, and wishing you success without measure, I . assure you that I will always have a good word for your magazine and Company. '. . ;v T-v. ; J. A. TRUSSLER. BiBfllHBIHBBBflflVKflBnSSBHBnBIMBflMiBMHHHiHnBHBniBM - 1 i i I t I . a ...... I s f ' ' ' y .r ' ' lMMp1lww,J Rearrange the fisfures in the above square in such a manner that they will count 15 every way and send us your answer, together with your name and address, and if it is correct, we will at once mail you a magnificent three-color auto road map and 1920 census of the state of Oregon, and full particu lars on one simple condition that you must fulfill, together with an illustrated prize list This condi tion is very easy and need not cost you one cent of your own money it is merely a matter of securing two annual subscriptions ($1.00 each) to the PACIFIC HOMESTEAD, the oldest and best weekly farm magazine published in the Pacific Northwest , ' HOW TO SEND YOUR SOLUTION Use only one side of the paper that contains the solution and put your name and address on the upper right hand corner. ' Three independent judges, having no connection with this firm, will award the prizes, and the answer gaining 250 points will take the first prize. You will get 100 points for solving the puzzle, 40 will be awarded for general appearance, style, spelling, punctuation, etc., 10 points for hand writ ing, and 100 points for fulfilling the conditions of the contest. The announcement of the prize winners and the correct solution will be printed at the close of the contest, and a copy mailed to each person sending in a solution. This splendid offer will onlv be good for a limited time, so send in your solution right away now to i it ! puzzleicontest; editor THE PACIFIC HOMESTEAD SALEM, OREGON FROM THE WINNER OF A $450.00 PIANO Mrs. Cha-s. Stafford entered our 1915 contest and se cured only four subscribers, to qualify her entry" -'Her entry Was awarded second prize a beautiful Oourlay Piano, Valued at $450.00. - . ; 'v i i;.; Mrs.? Stafford writes: Gentlemen : The magnificent Gourlay piano won in the contest was received in good condition and haa been much admired by my friends, both for its appearance and quality of tone. I assure you I greatly appreciate, this wonderful prize. I always read with pleasure your magazine,, and I really cannot state which page I am, most interested in, as so many of the pages are filled with interesting and instructive reading. . . ... Yours very truly, MRS. CHAS. STAFFORD. THANKS FOR PRIZE SUBSCRBE ' j DELIGHTED "WITH MAGAZINE I am in receipt of your letter, informing me that I have won a prize in the recent contest. Please accept my sincere thanks. It was an easy matter to secure the quali fying subscriptions, and I am sure my subscribers are delighted with it. "Just fine," ia what they say about it. Thanking you for all the past kindness and the en couragement you extended towards me, I remain, Sincerely yours, MISS MINNIE RUDOLPH. SUBSCRIBERS PLEASED WITH MAGAZINE; CONTESTANTS PLEASED WITH RESULTS OR CONTEST - -4: Glad to see that I have Veen awarded a prize In the Great Puzzle Contest. . .. The; way I obtained my subscriptions was by visiting the few friends that I have made, as I have only been out here jqst over nine months, so that I have not many friends,; but they were very pleased with the reading. As soon asithe busy time just now is over, I hope to be able to sell your magazine more freely, Yours faithfully, HENDRINA MOOT. THANKS US FOR CHECK AND STRAIGHTFOR WARD WAY WE CONDUCT OUR CONTEST 1 am in receipt of your check for $100.00 as First Prize in the recently closed contest and I wish to thank you very sincerely, not only for the check, but for the genuine straightforward way in which you have con ducted he contest. . .. r r w I am,; sure that the Editors of your magazine have-every reason to congratulate themselves upon the clean, Whole some reading given their readers, and I feel that any prixa contest offered by the management in the future will be conducted in the same honorable way as this. 1 Yours respectfully, W. H. FIELD. EVERY SUBSCRIBER TO MAGAZINE SATISFIED Your favor of the 5th inst. to hand, advising that I have been awarded Fourteenth prize in the contest. (The Great "War Proverb.") 4 Regarding your magazine. I found no trouble in se t curing subscriptions. I did not have to go outside of the house for them. I obtained them from friends visiting here, by showing the sample copy you sent me. Two , copies have already been received by the subscriber. They are all pleased and like the magazine. They say it par tieularly because it is up-to-date in everything. ' 6 ; Yours very truly, i ' 1 MRS. CECIL HOWELL. 'APPRECIATES OUR COURTESY THROUGH- nilT TUT CMTIDT rnuTTP I , iiiu Lai 1 irvj Will 01 I beg to express my sincere appreciation of your pay ment of $20 in full settlement for Seventh Prize in your recent great Moving Picture Contest, and to thank you for the courtesy and promptness throughout the entire time I worked for you. I did not send a great number of subscriptions and was surprised that this did not affect the awarding of the prizes as are frequently the case with other con cerns. Your very truly, f J. H. GILLMAN. El DAY 9 end WIN 1 rti- TO WORK m 'la'ttiraMiiiWuw'ii'fitWM.ii u, ,A. .a. wm1 1 1