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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 10, 1925)
"V - - Tin: oni:GONSTATEs:.rAN, sale:.i, onEGON ' - . - . - rrr Sunday imoiining, may 10,. 1923 A " !! ... . . - r-3 j: ' .P , h A " i 1 1; I I .. Ii I i : artiMS: CASH PHIZES TOTALING $150,00 For the isolation of The Gross .Word Puzzle Appearing on This -Aeim seme el Page and Qualifying of Entries Table of Prizes Eolucaiiioe! 1st Prize -2nd Prize 3td Prize 4th Prize 5th Prize 6th Prize L. 7th Prize 8th Prize 9th Prize 10th Prize pi Class A J I - Oien to jail j No I Subtcriptiona in Necessary .1. $10.00 5.00 2.50 1.25 .75 .50 .50 .50 .50 .25 Information Class B ' if one 6 ; months subscription Is sent New or Old i $50.00 : 15.00 i 5.00 2.50 1.50 1.00 1.00 1.00 .50 I .50 Class C If two 6 months . subscriptions are sent New or Old $100.00 25.00 10.00 5.00 3.00 ; 2.00 2.00 . 1.50 .75 .75 ' ,jr Class "A" is open to every oiie without restrictions of any kind. Merely send in your puzzle with your nanie and address No subscription need 'be sent to The Oregon Statesihan nor is it necessary for the par ticipant tobe ah. Oregon Statesman subscriber.' ; f ; With your puzzle solution send in a ten word slogan for The Oregon Statesman, written neatly on a sheet of paper. : A slogan should be sub mitted np raatter in what class the entry qualifies j -,y " Class "B" and "C" are open to those who send in one or two new or old subscriptions for the Oregon Staitesman for six months ; and all cases money to .accompany subscriptions. I (Old subscribers may extend their subscriptions.) . " Send your order now with i the Puzzle Solution. Subscription" will start any date you wish. h :: ' ' - Address your letter to The Oregon Statesman Puzzle Game Manager. Those who wish to compete for; the big prizes by sending one or two sub scriptions will find the blank in Vie lower right hand corner convenient and simple. '".I '' :- ' One six" months subscription, '(new or old) qualifies for class Two six months subscriptions, (new or old) qualifies for class r Subscription rates for The Oregon Statesman published every day including Sunday but not Monday! i . In the city of Salem by carrier: I " .... One month . J.L 1 i-.L: -i ... $ .50 Six months J ' ' 3.00 ' By mail outside city of Salem, in Marion and Polk counties; ! One month ; j . ; ' ' , i Six months : l. l i " - $ .50 2.50 By. mail outside Marion and Polk counties: Sixty cents a month and $3.00 for six months, i I ' - ... Prize Brain Teaser 1 I 2 I i . V - 4 !.. - st ... -v' t mmmmmmm , , , i wmmmmmmmm , mmmm : . i , if - 5 . ! How To Solve Cross Word Puzzle 'I ' " ' - . ' . I " :'r.,r..T : I ' Each number is the start of a word. Each white space repre sents a letter. Look at the key printed and. see the definition for the word you seek. Select a word that has the right number o letters for the space allowed it horizontal or vertical; as the case may be. Remember the word ends in the square just' before thjs first black square you reach or at the border of the puzzle. After you ha ve1 found one or two words you will have clews to still others- Cross Word Puzzle Synonyms Horizontal Words -Word 1 A small moving body of water.- i Word 4 A kind of cloth made from flax. i . ' . Word 5 A lady's gown. "Vertical Words- Word 1- A word used to describe the condition of cotton or 4 . hay or other merchandise after it has been pressed . . pressed and bound tightly for shipment. i Word 2 It takes sixteen of them to make a pound. . Word 3 The ruler of a monarchy plural. ' Get into the game exercise your brain! Get the family; working on it! You may; win one of the ten prizes! Somebody is going to get the cash prizes! Whx not you?; Educators throughout the nation are agreeing that the cross word puzzle craze is a genuine benefit. ; - ' So it is not a fad that will be a waste of your time. To solve the in teresting: puzzle, to jointhe ranks of this newest absorbing pastime, is to increase your fund of information as well as you? vocabulary. - The solving of a crossword puzzle is educational. It is because of this that; the sport has taken the country by storm. Practically everybodjr has solved at least one of them. , ' : rAnd! the majority of those have' found the craze so fascinating that they admit the fad is irresistible. :r - T" ' '. "" "T"- To add to the fun the Oregon Statesman is offering you puzzle en thusiasts real profit for your time. $150.00 in real money, i ( So get in line for one of this papers prizes ! ' J i Puzzle Coupon To be used by any ono entering in Classes B and O. Inclose It with your puzzle Puizle Game Manager, ' Oregon Statesman, ! ' y. Salem,: Oregon ' ; . . 1 ' . i.. Inclosed find $ to pay for Oregon Statesman subscriptions for six months to the following: Subscriber's name r.-. ....... ...... . . . . . w. . ....... 1 Subscriber's Address ........... i .. .-. ...... .-. ; . ... ' - . . - , '. , Subscriber's name r.- . Subscriber's address ....... .v. . . . ........ . . . . . . ...... . .. Credit the abore subscriptions to me and enter my puzzle In Class ' Contestant's name ................ . ... . . .v. . t Address . ............. . . .......... .-.i. . . ............................ j. i ' . ..- ' : : :- , ;'. . ' . ry ' v Post Office .'. . ... . . . . . . . .... State . .CI) Any man, vpmaa or child ;who is not connected with The Oregon States man In any capacity, or whe Is not aimember of an employee's family may compete. $ . ,.- ....... j ... t , .... . . ; .-2 , Af answers will be judged independently of the class In which they are entered and. there will'be a total of ten prizes awarded. The" entry" gaining the highest standing; will'be awarded the prist prize in the class In which it la entered. For'eiamiiU?; If the entry with the highest standing Is entered In Class C it will be awarded tha first" prize: in" class C- which is $100.00v If the second highest entry is entered in class B it will be awarded the second prize in class B which is $15.00 and so on till all the ten prizes hare been awarded. ' - r .,r :-':" -v;,-' if I"" -V::-"." --yy.y . '';i.;..v,- ; Class A. Open to all. Anyone may compete. ; . : i ' Class B. Open to those who Bend ia one new or old '(city or tiall) suMcrip-. tlon for the Oregon Statesman for six months. - V piass C. Open to those who send In two new or old (city or. mail) subscrip tions for the Oregon Statesman.,' , ... ...r .. - ' t"':r "!: v-i :i :" , (3) Puzzle Game offer closes June 10, 19CS, at midnight. All answers' must be deposited in the Oregon Statesman's office or bear a postmark not later than that date. t Rules of Puzzle Game Off er (4) , All answers may be deposited at the Oregon Statesman office, 215 South Commercial street,! Salem, Oregon, tor mailed to Puzzle Game Manager, Circula tion Department, Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon. ; ' (5) No puzzle1 solution will be considered unless It Is worked out on a puzzle diagram as printed,; Additional puzzle diagrams will be furnished if requested. Clip this diagram from the paper, fill in the letters by hand, no typewritten solu tions considered. Write your name and'address oa blank form printed ia Con nection with the puzzle and maU or bring to Puzzle Game Manager, The Oregon statesman, eaiem, uregon. l f . : y (6) To get into the B or C class a paid subscription must be submitted. (7) The person taring the correct, neatest, legible, as well as the best Slo gan for the Oregon Statesman, will be, awarded the highest standing and will be awarded the first prize In the class in which they have qualified and so on till! the ten prizes have been awarded. Judaic of the merit ot the entries will be made without regard to the class in which the entry is entered "but the prizes 'will be awarded according to the class in which the entry ia entered but the prizes will be awarded according to the class In which the entry has qualified. For example if the entry has been awarded first standing by the committee of Judges and it is qualified in Class C, it will be awarded first prize in class C, but if it is qualified in class A it will be awarded first prize in class A, etc ; . (8) . More than one person may co-operate in submitting solutions to the Prize Puzzle but only one prize will be awarded to any one household or group which has been working together. : r - - t . ? (9) Each puzzle solution must be accompanied by a slogan for The Oregon Statesman of not more than ten words. - v- " ; : (10) Judgment as to the winners will be based on accuracy, neatness, legl bUity and the excellence of ther slogan for The Oregon Statesman. (11) In the event of a tie each tying contestant will receive full amount of the prizes tied for. ' ( . ' ; (12) A comralttea of three competent judgtss will meet on June 15th, 1925, and announcement of winners made through the columns of The Oregon States man will be made as soon thereafter 9 possible.' "', .CIS) AH questions or correspondence regairdlng the puzzle should be ad dressed to Puzzle Game Manager, The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon. (14) The final authority as to the winners and as to any questions that may arise is The Oregon Statesman. 7 L v - ,T1 -r --- cy -Ii i 4 . . . . - ii .(Tn