The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1899-07-13
CAN YOU GUESS?


estimates of the loss, hat the figures on
this subject are So much at variance,
that we very naturally conclude that it
is a matter of much conjecture, The
person who could guess the exact nuns
ber would bc gucsser right from
Guesscryille. But there Is no law
against guessing; and | propose to give
away One Hundred Dollars in premiums
to the persons guessing nearest the nun.
Der Of cattle, counting calves, that will
be shipped from Englcwood station
from July 3 to December ~, 1899,
inclusive of both dates, the premiums
to be divided az follows, to-wit:
To the person guessing nearest the
number, will give five #. cut NOW
ing machine worth $500
For the 2nd Rearest guess, a ten fl.
hay rake worth $1,000
For the 3rd nearest guess, dinner
set worth $500
For the 4th nearest guess, cash in
gold $1,000
For the 9th nearest guess, one vapor
bath cabinet worth $500
The moving mach inc will be a
Mccormick, Standard, or Deering, your
choice. The hay rake will be Queen,
Deering, Mccormick or Standard, your
choice.
The guesses to be conditioned as fol-
lows:
lst You will be entitled to only one
guess for every ten dollars worth of
goods purchased from me for cash.
End = No gucsses will be received
after July Is next.
Bird Purchases to be counted under
this proposition must be made between
June Is and December "a, 1899, in
cluslve OF both dates.
4th Your guesses will be registered
by number and you have the privilege
of placing as many guesses with me as
you think your purchases might amount
to by December "a, but it is understood
that if at the close Of December, "a you
are not entitled to all your guesses, your
highest REGISTERED number or mum
bers will be thrown out, and not count.
ed in your favor; but such numbers so
thrown out might legally belong to an
other.
9Th The exact number shipped will
be obtained from the railroad company,
and its record accepted us authority and
final.
9Th II two or more persons shall
guess the winning number, they become
contestants for tho premium, and il
will be decided 10 any manner a majuri--
ty of such contestants may elect. The
number of cattle shipped from Enslc-
wood during 1898 was GS3l.
Ifyou need any Of the premiums for
immediate use. you may buy with the
understanding, that if you win in the
contest, the purchase price for such
premiums will be refunded. l have
tried to be explicit iu every detail, but
any request for further Information will
be cheerfully answered. II not conven-
lent to come to Englewood, any cash
remittances for goods will be placed to
your credit in book kept for that es-
pecial purpose, You may send your
guesses by mail, but please remember
your guessos must all be in by July Is.
/ wish to call especial attention to
wagons, windmills, go-devils, hay stack
ers, cornharvestc,s, cultivstors, mowers
and hay rakes,' in all of which l have {
goodly lumber and of the right kind
lfyou want any of these. or anything
else kept in stock of general merchap-
disc, please write me for prices bcfor,
purchasing elsewhere. Please remem
Der also that the usual discount for casl
will be made as heretofore, and that 70
quality of goods, prices and variety,
challenge competition everywhere, exccp
Cuba, because Brother John, he psi
the freight. Yours truly,
f. j. LEE.
! Euglewood, Kansas, June IL, 1899.