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About Falls City news. (Falls City, Or.) 190?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1916)
Saturday, Kabruary 5, 1»1« THE FALLS CITY NEWS 4 SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS IN PRIZES -To Be Distributed In A BIG PIANO CONTEST By The Falls City News and Falls City Merchants. The Capital Prize Several of the Merchants of Falls City have contributed Which will be give by VALUABLE PRIZES The Falls City NEWS will be an elegant $ 400.00 and will give Local Vote Coupons With each $1.00 Cash Purchase Obermeyer & Sons PIANO Rules and Regulations Governing the Contest are as Follows! A N N O U N C E M E N T —This Piano and Popular Voting Contest will be conducted fairly and honestly on business principles, strictly with justice and fairness to all concerned. With the above principles, it will be an assured success. P R I Z E S — The Capital priie will be an Obermeyer & Sons’ Piano. Also other valuable prizes to the amount of many dollars which are announced herewith. C A N D I D A T E S — Young ladies in this and adjoining towns are elig ible to en ter this contest, and the party receiving the largest number of votes will receive the beautiful $400 Obermeyer & Sons' Piano, and other premiums will be distributed in accord ance with the contestants’ standing at the final count. TI E IN V O T t — Should any of the contestants tie in votes for any of the prizes, a similar prize will be awarded. V OT E S O l A S P E D — Votes will be issued in the following denomin ations; New subscribers, 600 v o tes................................................. $ 1.00 Renewals, 500 voles............................................................. 1.00 Renewals, more than one year, 690 votes ...................... 1.00 Back subscriptions, 400 v o te s............................................. 1.00 5 years New or Renewal Subscriptions, 5000 v o te s......... 5.00 10 years New or Renewal Subscriptions, 12500 votes...... 10.00 20 years New or Renewal Subscriptions, 30.0P0 votes 20.00 I N S T R U C T I O N S Results to standing votes will be issued after 30 days. No votes accepted at less than regular price of paper concerned in this contest. No one connected with this paper, or belonging to the immediate families of the merchants co operating, will be allowed to Ijecome a candidate in this contest or work for contestants. * Votes, after being voted, cannot be transferred to another. Be sure to know for whom you are going to vote before coming to the ballot box, as the editor or anyone else will not give you any information on the subject. The key to the ballot box will be in possession of the awarding committee during the contest. For the first thirty days the pa|>er will run a 25-vote coupon, which can be voted free for any lady contestant. Contest to run about 90 days. CONTEST WILL CLOSE APRIL 1st, 1916. The right to postpone date of closing is re served if sufficient cause should occur. Ten daÿs prior to closing contest, the judges will carefully loc k or seal ballot box and take same to the bank, where the same will be in a place where voting can be done duting busi ness hours and locked in a vault at night until close of contest, when the judges will take charge and countsame and announce the young ladies winning in their turn. The last ten days all voting must be done in a sealed box at the bank. If you do not wish anyone to know for whom you are voting, place your cash for subscription together with your coupon in a sealed envelope, which will be furnished you, and put same in ballot box. This will give every one a square deal. T H I S C O N T E S T W I L L C L O S E A P R I L 1st. 1 9 1 6 . Nominale Your Favorite Lady Help Her Win the Grand Prize — 2 n d P r ize V a lu e $ 1 5 .0 0 Donated by 3 d P rize V a lu e $ 5 .0 0 V a lu e $5 0 0 16 th P rize V a lu e $ 5 .0 ( L Donated by Donated by Donated by Falls City Mercantile Co. J . C. Talbott M . L. Thompson, W . A . Porsoy, H a rd w a re 5 F u rn itu re D ru g g is t J e w e le r . « N . Selig’ s Department Store Value $ 5 . 0 0 5 th P rize 411 i P rize Q e n a ra l M e ro h a n d la e ! Donated by I give a 121 vote coupon free with I give a 25 vote coupon free with I will give a 25 vote coupon free I give a 121 vote coupon free with We will give a 25 vote coupon free ach 50c cash purchase. each $1.00 cash purchase. w ith each $1.00 cash purchase. e each 50c rash purchase. wi Ih each $1.00 cash purchase. ASK FO R Call For COUPON. and Save ASK FO R ASK COUPON. Your Tickets, Address A ll FO R Beginning Today. Communications m * ß\ r. ■ - ASK COUPON. It fHay and Subscriptions to FO R COUPON. Help Some Contest ASK FO R C O U PO N . L ady Win A Manager . FALLS CITY NEW S, Falls City, Oregon Prize.