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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1922)
3 ifi" WEDNESDAY MORNING; FEBRUARY 15. 1022 1 m tm ling 'H ww n'n nin n'n ttttt n ' v v; yjj a 'SJ- Jf v.- .ve crracr ch M c TUT P r77i n w M O nr TuT r o the Puzzles Win Two Big Cash Prizes Some Interesting Letters Written By Prize Winners In Former Puzzle Contests WON $25.00 CASH PRIZE WON $200.00 CASH PRIZE v" r .,, McMlnnTllle. Ore.. Jan. . 1922, Movie Contest Editor, Salem Oregon. Dear Sir: i?recefred Jour caah prixe of $200.00 from your recent , Movie. Mystery Contest I wish to thank 70a Terr much. 1 find that the contests carried on by 70a people are not fakes, bat Just what they are represented to be. I mar nse this wonderful cash prize to help finish op my educational Ideals. .Thanking 700 again, I remain Jours sincerely, ' " ANNA KIRBT. WON $100.00 CASH PRIZE Mt. Angel, Ore.. Jan. 6, 1922. , The Statesman .Publishing Co., v Salem, Oregon, Dear Sirs: " Only too gladly do I acknowledge the receipt of the check -for "one hundred dollars' awarded me as second prise in your recent contest. To opponents, this appreclatory letter shall serve as an evidence of your upright and fair dealing with 70Qt contestants. in securing suhscrlhers for your nseful publications. I had little difficulty, although there were several contestants in our town. The work was a pleasure, as well as a pastime, and I hope to solicit more subscriber a. in the future. I. too, met' with opposition, but did not let myself be dissuaded from carrying out that upoa which I had determined and believed In succeeding. From the very first I resolved to use the prize money, should I be so fortunate as to win. for purchasing or con tributing to the purchase of an "electric ironing machine" so that the work In our laundry could be minimized. In conclusion, I thank you most sincerely for your courtesy and promptness and extend my appreciation to the worthy Judges. Wishing you a very successful and prosperous year, I am Tours very truly, SISTER M. SOPHIEI. WON $50.00 CASH PRIZE 80S Croju St, Salem. Ore.. Jan. 10, 1922. Statesman Publishing Co.. Salem, Ore. Dear Sirs: " . 't, After entering the Movie Mystery Contest I was surely surprised when I was notified that I was the winner of a $50 prize. I wish to thank yon for the same and for the receiving of It so? promptly when I stepped Into your office. .i k .' Tours truly, ,n,'"V ED. SPROED. rfiA fefr;Try- ..3. ' HE WON AND RECEIVED A FIVE-PASSENGER OVERLAND TOURING CAR LoVne Illcks Is a busy boy on a big farm, who won one of the finest prises ever awarded. Lome entered one of the recent puzzle contests, and quail fled his entry prompt hy securing only five subscriptions. HU entry was awarded first prize by the judges, and Lorne and his father came to the, city and drove borne their magnifi cent prize. He wrote us 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 received 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. 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. Tours trurly, i" - LORNE E. HICKS. LITTLE GIRL WINS BIG PRIZE Dear Sir: Tour 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 111 some time ago, and couldn't get any more subscriptions but two, but I am up and about bow and I expect to get some more subscriptions as aoon as possible. I think everybody should read this beautiful and great magazine, , I certainly enjoy reading it Tours truly, HELEN BENESCH. Puyallup, Wash.. Jan. 9, 1922. The Statesman Publishing Co.. 215-217 South Commercial Street, Salem. Ore. Dear Sirs: I acknowledge with thanks your letter of the 4 th, Inclosing check for $25.00. I also wish to thank you for your kind consideration, and promptness in answering my letters con cerning the contest You are to be congratulated on your fairness in judging and awarding the prizes. I wish to say that this was the easiest $25.00 that I ever earned; at first I Just did It for fun, but alter receiving your encouraging letter, I gQt busy In earnest. I never did believe in puzzles, I thought they were all fakes, and I still firmly believe that' The Statesman Publishing Company is the only fair company concerning puzzles. I was very happy to receive the money. It was like a real gilt from Santa. I bought my sister a nice new satin dress she had wanted for a long time. The Statesman made me happy so I thought It only fair to make someone else happy. If the way to real success is In making others happy, your company should be very successful the coming year of 1922. I wish to remain your ever grateful friend, and again1 thanking you for the prize. Yours very truly, (MISS) PEGGY DICK. WON FORD TOURING CAR HE GOT $500.00 CASH Mr. Hugh A. Ross won the Ford Touring Car givrn as first prize in our contest, but at his request we sent bini S&00.00 cash in its place. Read what he says: Gentlemen: 1 am In receipt today of your check for the cash prize you have so kindly Riven me in place of the Ford touring car, which 1 won as first prize iu your recent contest. The cash is made doubly acceptable by the promptness with which you have sent it, and you are to be congratulated on the courteous, fair, and efficient way in which you have conducted your contest I have entered a great many contests, but never expected to win such a prize as this. I would like to acknowledge my appreciation of the very evident fairness to contestants wlthhich you conducted this contest and trust you will realize sufficiently in advertising and circulation of your excellent magazine 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 contest as every one doing so Is certainly repaid a hundred times over for his trouble. Yours truly, 1 HUGH A. ROSS. NOTE. Mr. Ross secured only four subscriptions in quali fying his entry. AN EASY WAY TO WIN A CHEVROLET CAR You may win two first prizes totalling $700.00 cash if you try. The total value of the two first prizes ($700.00) exceeds the value of a new Chevrolet car. In this way you have an opportunity to secure a new 1922 Chevrolet with very little effort. WINNER OF CHEVROLET CAR IN GREAT CONTEST I am pleased beyond measure to acknowledge receipt of your wire of the 5th inst, informing me that I was the suc cessful 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, suffi cient 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, 1 consider it an excellent publi cation. In fact, for its cost, I think it excels anything of its kind published. It seems to improve with every issue. Be assured that I shall do aU that is possible in the way of increasing its popularity In this cty. 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 subscriptions, 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 wiBh to thank you for your courtesy and hoping to hear from iyou at the earliest possible date. VINCENT HOWELL. FORD CAR PUT HIM THROUGH COLLEGE V. F. Ceddes won the Ford car given in our 1914 contest This was the first car we ever gave away, and after the judges had awarded Mr. Geddes' entry first place, he asked us for cash in place of the car as he was attending college and needed the money to complete his course. lie promptly received our chefk for $r,50.00. He writes: Your letter in regard to first prize which I won In 1914 is to hand. I received the check for $550.00 on the exact date as promised, and the money I received has afforded me no little pleasure, besides helping me to defray my expenses at this college. I am now in the Agricultural department for the summer months. I shall be very pleased to answer any let ters from your contestants which I receive regarding the win ning of first prize. W. F. GEDDES. JUST SHOW SAMPLE COPY No Difficulty Getting Qualifying Subscriptions to 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 am glad that I won the fifteenth prize In your Auto-Man Contest. Yours respectfully, CLARENCE THOMPSON, HE WON THE FORD CAR IN GREAT PERCY PUZZLED CONTEST Dear Sirs: This being Thanksgiving Day, t can think of no mora appropriate time In which to acknowledge and thank you for the delightful Information which your letter contains, informing me that I have been awarded Special First Prize in "Percy's Puzzled!" contest, of the Ford Touring Car. Irt'lXHl this was entirely surprising and unexpected. -I can find no expression of my thanks to the Judges and the Pub lishing Company for awarding me such a magnificent prise. I wish to assure you hat it shall be my dearest desire to do all in my power tor such a splendid, wide-awake, up-to-the-minute magazine as it Is a veritable pillar of lnspiraton and helpfulness to the people as a whole. Again thanking you, I beg to remain Yours very sincerely, ROY C. McGRATII. APPRECIATES OUR COURTESY THROUGH OUT THE ENTIRE CONTEST I beg to express my sincere appreciation of your payment of $20 in full settlement for Seventh Prize in your recent great Moving Picture Contest, and to thank you for the courte sy and promptness throughout the entire time I worked tor you. , I did not send a great number of subscriptions, and was surprised that this did hot affect the awarding of the prises as is frequently the case with other concerns. Yours very truly, J. H. GILLMAN, AN $800.00 CECILIAN PLAYER WENT TO MR. HERON AS 2ND PRIZE IN "WAR PROVERB" CONTEST Your telegram and also letter of the 6th to hand, and may I say it is the most agreeable surprise that I ever re ceived. It wa3 with many misgivings that I entered the contest but as it wasn't very hard, I decided to send the reply. Re garding the qualifying subscriptions, I found them very easily secured. Accept my very sincere thanks for awarding me second place in your recent contest, and wishing your company every success in the future, I remain Yours sincerely, O. MAITLAND HERON, $241.00 BRUNSWICK PHONOGRAPH SUR PRIZES THIS CONTESTANT Your 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 re quired to answer the Proverbs and secure the necessary quali fying subscriptions, and I wish to thank you for the kind assistance and encouragement you gave to me at all times throughout the contest I cannot let this opportunity pass without expressing my opinion and approval of your wonderful magazine, which Is growing bigger, broader and better as all tb worthj things should. All who have seen and read the magazine express ' themselves as pleased with It, and I found It an 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 the magazine and Company, j, a, TRUSSLEB, WINS WALTHAM GOLD WATCH Your cable of May 6th was received, containing the good news of my success in your "War Proverb" Competition, also letter of recent date confirming same. I am more than thankful to you for your kindness to me, also the competition. In fact. I feel as If yon have taken a personal interest in me all through. Wishing your magazine every success and certainly the Contest Manager, I beg to remain THOMAS HUMPHRIES, These Letters Are Guide Posts To Your Own Brilliant Success r v.. v, ; w.u u 11 u i it w it m w.u uu u.u iijiilu uji iiai j rf7TLfA-,.,7Tt irxsPMneini iTThTtvU, a-t Tjig. VI 1 1 A si te ? f: V: i) i t 9i