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About Clackamas County news. (Estacada, Or.) 1928-1957 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1929)
c i . a C k a m a s c o u n t y .v r a r s ; n t m \ v, f e b b j l a ^ . ; i , i a i a “EVERYBODY WINS” IN NEWS’ BIG CIRCULATION CAMPAIGN HERE’S OUR PROPOSITION The Clackamas County News has more than one thousand subscriptions expiring between the first of this year and the close of this campaign. We feel satisfied that most of these subscribers will renew if personally solicited. This is an impossibility for the publisher, and he must get some one to act for him. He could get a high-powered salesman to go out and collect these subscriptions, but his salary would amount to a considerable part of the amount he could collect. So the News prefers to make it pos sible, and profitable, for some one living in your own i ' ! orbood, some one you personally know to col- your subscription, and pay them for doing it in- stead of bringing someone h here f from the outside to . o this work. For this reason, we have decided to put on this campaign. It is fair for everyone. Those who enter be contest will be paid according to their ability to roduce. The man or woman, boy or girl, who gets he most credits, under our plan fully explained in this issue of the paper, wins the Plymouth sedan, and the person who places second in the amount of business turned in, will be awarded the Chevrolet coach, and so on down through the prize list. NOMINATION BLANK I hereby nominate and cast 10,000 votes for M............................. ...................... Address................................................................ a a candidate in the Clackamas County News big Circulation Campaign. HOW TO START If you desire to enter your name as a candidate in this contest, read over the rules carefully, and if there is anything further you would like explained, phone, write or call the News office and the infor mation desired will be supplied immediately. As soon p.s your nomination has been accepted by the News, receipt books and all necessary supplies with all the necessary instructions will be given you and you will be ready to start. Remember, the earlier you start, the better are your chances to win. Start now before some other candidate collects the subscriptions of a number of your friends, who would rather help you. To those who are less active in the campaign and fail to win one of the prizes, we will pay a cash commission on the business turned in. So there is no chance for you to lose, and there is an opportunity to get paid at the rate of $100 per week for your time in selling the News to your friends. A newspaper does not figure to realize anything from its circulation. It’s an expense to say the least. The income of a paper is from its advertising space. The rate this is sold for depends upon the number of subscribers. The amount of advertising space it can sell also depends upon the number of subscribers. The total volume of business done by the Clackamas County News during the last year is more than three times the amount the paper did in the year previous, due, of course, to the increased circulation. The idea of the publshier is to further increase the busi ness during the coming year, by building a larger circulation, and a more complete coverage of this entire eastern end of the county. The News has been preparing for this campaign for the past two months. We have selected a prize list that is really worth working for. We are going | First Prize | Chrysler | “ Plymouth | Sedan” 3 Purchased from g j and on display at | Hessel | Implement | Co. of Gresham SECOND PRIZE CHEVROLET SIX COACH Purchased from .................... .............. ..... ...... ................ """.... 11 ..................................in = VOTE SCHEDULE AND SUBSCRIPTION PRICES OF THE NEWS ’ u ^ o r o PE in Tumn proton T H IR D PE R IO D SECOND R IO n D FIR ST PE R IO D M arch 31 to S aturday March 10 to S aturday Up to S aturday Night Night, April 6 Night, M arch 30 M arch 9 Price Voter Price V oter Price Vot< s 1.50 6,000 $ 1.50 9.000 1 year 1.50 12.000 2 1 year 1 year 3.00 15.000 3.00 22.500 2 years years 3.00 30.000 2 years 4.50 30.000 4.50 45.000 3 years 4.50 60.000 3 years 3 years 6.00 60.000 4 years 6.00 90.000 4 years 6.00 120.000 4 years 7.50 110,000 5 years 7.50 180.000 5 years 7.50 240.000 5 years 9.00 180,000 9.00 270.001 6 years 6 yedTs «.».00 360,000 6 years 15.00 340.0011 10 - years 15.00 15.00 ttow 680.000 ears 16.00 .w w 10 iv years ------- 510,000 ------- 10 years .. . vote schedule will positively not be ehanired during the cam paign. A The *bo£ ..„ * c " f for 100 000 extra cred its will be issued on every “club” o f $20 turned T C This sp e c if 11 r.m am in effect d u rin g the entire cam paign and will be ea- i d w .d H 1 ‘ ^ H o n ir io lU w in 'd r a w to.OOO ex tra credits. I.adies special stationery will draw the sam e as subscOptions but*w ill ^ o t commence until the second period of the cam pa.gn. —- T H E P R IZ E L IST CHRYSLER “PLYMOUTH” SEDAN $ 8 7 0 .0 0 CHEVROLET CO ACH ............................ $ 7 3 2 .0 0 FRIGIDAIRE ........................................... $ 2 1 5 .0 0 RADIO ..................................................... $ 1 2 5 .0 0 RADIO ........................................................$ 1 0 0 .0 0 SET ROGERS SILVERWARE $ 6 0 .0 0 ESTIMATED CASH COMMISSIONS $ 5 0 0 .0 0 RULES AND REGULATIONS 1— A ny w hite person of good ch aracter residing publisher o r cam paign m anager. 13— In case of typographical or other erro r it is in C lackam as county is eligible to en ter and com pete fo r a prize. N om inations may be m ade at any understood th a t the publisher shall not be responsi ble, except fo r the necessary correction of sam e. tim e during the cam paign. 2— No em ployee o r n ear relative of any em 14— E very candidate is an authorized agent of ployee of this new spaper is eligible to en ter the this new spaper, and as such m ay collect subscrip contest. We reserve th e rig h t to re je ct any nom i tions from p resen t as well as new subscribers. nation. 15— A subscription once tu rn ed in by a candi 3— The w inners of the prizes will be decided by date and extended at any tim e during the cam paign th eir accredited credits, said credits being repre- beyond the tim e it was originally turned in for, will ented by the ballots issued on business turned in have the sam e vote value as though the full sub to th e News and coupons clipped from the papers. scription had been turned in originally. 4— C andidates are n ot confined to th eir own p ar 1 6 — it is distinctly understood and agreed th at ticu lar tow n or com m unity in which to secure cred candidates will be responsible fo r all m onies col its and subscriptions, b ut m ay take orders an y lected and th at they will rem it such am ounts in w here. H ow ever th ere is an increase in subscrip full at freq u e n t intervals or on dem and of the cam paign d epartm ent of the News. tion rates outside o f Clackam as county. 5— Cash m ust accom pany all orders w here cred 1 7 — T here will be several bix prizes aw arded be its are desired. T here will be no exception to this sides a ten per cent cash commission to all active rule. C andidates will be allowed to collect sub non-prize w inners, but it is distinctly understood scriptions and renew als and credits will be issued th at in the event any candidate becomes inactive, failing to m ake a weekly cash report, he or she on both alike. at the discretion of the m anagem ent, become 6— C redits are free. It costs the subscriber will, and thereby fo rfeit all rights to a prize nothing ex tra to vote fo r his favorite. Subscribers disqualified, should ask fo r credits when paying th eir subscrip or commissions. 18— To insure absolute fairness and im partiality tion. 7— C redits cannot he purchased. Every cent in the aw arding of the prizes, th • cam paign will be accepted during th e cam paign m ust represent sub brought to a close under the sealed ballot box sys tem . D uring the entire last week of the race, a scriptions, stationery o r coupon credits. 8— C redits are n ot tran sferable. C andidates can ballot box, locked and sealed, will 1 m * placed in a not w ithdraw in favor of another candidate. Should hank or o th er public place outside the office of a candidate w ithdraw from the race, his or her the News, w here candidates and th eir friends will credits will be cancelled. N either will it be perm is deposit th eir final cash collections and reserve sible fo r candidates to give or tra n sfe r subscrip credits. W hen the race has been declared closed a tions ‘ other candidates. C redits on such trai n com m ittee o f Sandy and E stacada business men. ¡¡j ferred to subscriptions will be subject to disqualifi who will act as the official judg. s in aw arding the prizes, will take charge of the ballot box, break the a t the discretion of the m anagem ent. ¡j| cation 9— Any conclusion on the p art of the candidat< s seals, unlock the box and make the final count of to nullify com petition or any other com bination a r the votes. In this way no one, not even the cam rangem ent of e ffo rt to the detrim ent of candidates paign m anager, can possibly know th»* num ber of or this new spaper will not be tolerated. Any can credits held by candidates until a fte r the judges didate or candidates entering into or taking p art have m ade the final count, which precludes any in such an agreem ent, arrangem ent o r effo rt, will possibility of favoritism and g uaran tees fairness to the m inutest degree. fo rfeit all rights to a prize or commission. 10— Any ballot issued on subscriptions may he 19— C andidates are allowed to organize th eir held in reserve and cast at the discretion of th e friends and g et all the help possible in the prom o candidate. The printed coupons appearing from tion of th eir cam paign. 20— The Clackam as C ounty News g uaran tees tim e to tim e in this paper m ust he cast before the fa ir and im partial treatm ent to all candidates, but expiration date appearing thereon. should any question arise, the decision of the m an 11— In event of a tie for any one of the prizes ent will be absolute and final. a prize identical in value will be given each tying agem 21— In accepting nom inations, candidates m ust contestant. to abide by the above conditions 12— No statem en t, assertion or prom ise. * ither agre<* 22— The contest starts now, and will end on S at w ritten orverbal, m ade by any o f the so licito r, urday, A pril 0, 1929, at the hour of 9 o’clock. agents, o r candidates, will be recognized by the 1 CASCADE Estacada, CHEVROLET CO. | Oregon ----- to be perfectly frank with you. The progressive business firms from whom we have purchased the different prizes, realizing the advertising value to them of having the cars and other prizes advertised as purchased from them, have made concessions in the cost, and while the actual retail value is as listed, the prizes cost us considerably less. The dealers re alize that they are getting advertising value from this arrangement that they could not buy at any cash price. Now the method of conducting the contest is open to the public. The records of every dime’s worth of business is accurately kept by the News and the contestant. At the close of ihe campaign, these records will be available for a.long time for the in spection of any and all who care to go over them. During the closing week of the campaign, only the candidate himself or herself knows what he or she is doing. No one has the advantage over anoth er and there is no chance of anyone knowing what you do the last week. Up to the close of the second period, the standing of the candidates will be pub lished each week. S