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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1922)
J.i im n.min-w nn n'n n n mr rcn mi n n 'i .1 ,'i h ;t K ;nn H' iui .ui m it?' JV.-1 JLr '!.' " WJH TTTT EOT u TO nn SOLVE THIS FIGURE PUZZLE WIN A BIG CASH PRIZE Lat others have done you can do if you try. Read what prize winners in former contests have to say: HE WON THE FORD CAR IN GREAT PUZZLE -M, Ki 1 CONTEST j .:tear Sirs: ; This being Thanksgiving Day, I can think 6f no more appropriate time in which to acknowlege and thank yon. for the delightful information which your letter contains, Informing me that I have been awarded Special First Prize in Percy Puziled I" contest, of the Ford Touring Car. vlndeed this was entirely surprising and unexpected. I ciftflnd iio expression of my thanks to the judges and the Pubiahinsr Company for awarding me such a mag- . -...jiflcent-prixe. ; . 1 : . I wish to assure you that It snail be my earnest aesire fa do all in my power for such a splendid, wide-awake, up-to-the-minute magazine as it is a veritable pillar of Inspiration and helpfulness to the people as a whole. .' Again thanking you, 1 beg to remain, f Yours very sincerely, ROY C. McGRATR '.'If ' JUST SHOW SAMPLE COPY-NO DIFFICULTY GETTING QUALIFYING SUBSCRIPTIONS TO I- i WIN A PRIZE (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 J am glad that I won the nrteentn prize in your auio Maa Contest. . ' Yours respectfully, CLARENCE THOMSON. am Rnn nn eveu f AN PLAYER WENT TO MR. HERON AS 2ND PRIZE IN "WAR PROVERB" r.v ; contest ,- 4i I . . i Ton folrirrm ami nIro letter of the 5th to hand, and may I say it is the most agreeable surprise that I ever received. . ! iT It was, with many misgivings, that I entered the con test, but as' it wasn't very hard, I decided to send the reply. Regarding the qualifying subscriptions, 1 found taem very easily secured. - jf Accept my, very sincere thanks for awarding me sec ond place In your recent contest, and wishing your Com pany ev;ry success in the future, I remain, ;'.; ; . Yours sincerely, V V 0. MAITLAXD HERON. $241.00 K BRUNSWICK PHONOGRAPH SUR- : PRIZES THIS CONTESTANT .Your telegram of contrratulations certainly did delight jme 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 for the kind assistance and encouragement you gave to me at all times throughout the contest. j-1 cannot let this opportunity pass without expressing my opinion 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 1 found it an easy matter to get the subscriptions, which I sent in. :vi . 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. J. A. TRUSSLER. 7) (o) (1 ' FROM THE WINNER OF A $450.00 PIANO Mrs. Chas. Stafford entered our 1915 contest and se cured only, lour subscribers to qualify her entry, ner eutry was awarded second prize a beautiful Oourlay , Piano, valued at $450.00. Mrs. Stafford writes: Gentlemen: The magnificent Gourlay piano won in the contest was received in pood condition and has been much admired by my friends, both for its appearance and quality pf tone. I assure you I greatly appreciate this wonderful prize. I always read with pleasure your magazine, and I really cannot state which page 1 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 PRIZESUBSCRIBERS DELIGHTED WITH MAGAZINE 1 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 fving subscriptions, and 1 am sure my subscribers are delighted with it. "Just fine," is what they say about it Thanking you for all the pant kindness and the en couragement you extended towards me, I remain,. Sincerely yours, MISS MINNIE RUDOLTO. SUBSCRIBERS PLEASED WITH MAGAZINE, CONTESTANTS PLEASED WITH RESULTS OF CONTEST ' Rearrange the figures in the above square in such ja 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. J 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 only be good for a limited time, so send in your solution right away now to f ' THE PUZZLE1CONTEST, EDITOR PACIFIC HOMESTEAD Glad to see that I have been awarded a prize in the Great Puzzle Contest. The way I obtained my subscriptions was by risking the few friends that I have made, as I have only been out here just over nine months, so that I have not many friends, but they were very pleased with the reading. As soon as the busy time just now is over, I hope to be able to sell your magazine more freely. Yours faithfully, HENDRINA MOOY. THANKS US FOR CHECK AND STRAIGHTFOR WARD WAY WE CONDUCT OUR CONTEST 3 1 am in receipt of your check for $100.00 as First l 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 the contest 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 1 feel thai any prize, contest offered by the management in the future will be conducted in the same honorable way as this. v Yours respectfully, W. n. FIELD. EVERY SUBSCRIBER TO MAGAZINE SATISFIED Your favor of the 5th inst. to hand, advising that ! have been swarded Fourteenth prize in the contest. (The Great "War Proverb') Regarding your magazine. 1 found no trouble in se curing subscriptions. I did not have to go outside of the house for thcra. I obtained thcrn from friends visiting here by showing the sample copy you sent me. Two copies have already been received by the subscriber. Tbey are all pleased and like the magazine. They say it par ticularly because it is up-to-date in everything. Yours very truly, MRS. CECIL IIO WELL. APPRECIATES OUR COURTESY THROUGH OUT THE ENTIRE CONTEST I bepr 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, J. ILOILLMAN. SALEM, OREGON Tl . - IMS TODAY-WORK and WIN