Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-10-19
INTERESTING CONTEST.
Heavy Cos. Of Unpaid Postage.

One OF the most curious contests
ever before the public was conducted
by many thousand persons under tho
ofrcr OF the Postum Cereal Co. Ltd.
Of Battle Creek. Mich. for prizes Of
u boxes Of gold and 700 Irccnbacks
TO those making the mos, words out
of the letters Y.i.o-GrapcNu,s.
The contest was started In Fcbru.
ary. 1906. and Il was arranged to have
the prizes awarded on Apr. 20. 1906.
When the public announcement ap-
pcarcd many persons began to form
the words from these letters. some
times the whole family bcin. occupied
evenings. n combination OF amnsc-
mcnt and education.
After while tho lists began to
come In to the Postum orlcc and bc.
fore Ion. the volume grew until II re-
qnircd wagons TO carry the mail.
Many OF the contestants were thought.
less enough TO send their lists with
insufficient postage and for a period
4; cost the Company from twenty-five
to iii,y.cight and sixty dollars a day
to pay the unpaid postage.
Young ladies'. generally those who
had graduated from the high school.
were employed TO examine these lists
and count the correct words. Web
Htcr's Dictionary was the standard
and each list was very carefully cor.
rccicd except those which fell below
5000 for Il soon bccnm. clear that
nothing below that could win. Some
of tho lists required the work OF
young lady for solid week on each
individual list. The work was done
very carefully and accurately but the
Company had no idea. at tho time the
offer was made. that the people would
rcspond so generally and they were
compelled TO till every available space
In the Offices with these young lady
examiners. and Notwithstanding they
worked steadily. II was impossible
to complete the examination until
Sept. 30. over six months after the
prizes should have been awarded.
This delay caused a great many in.
quirics and naturally created some
dissatisfaction. II has been thought
best to make this report in practically
all OF the newspapers In the United
States and many OF the magazines in
order to make clear to the people the
conditions OF the contest
Many lists contained enormous
numbers of words which. under the
rules. had to be eliminated "Pcgger'
would count "Peggers'' would not.
Some lists contained over 10000
words. the great majority of which
were cut out. The largest lists were
checked over two and In some cases
three times TO insure accuracy.
The $4,000 gold prize was won by
l.. ID. Reese. t22T.i5th St. Denver.
Colo. with sei1 correct words. The
highest $1,000 gold prize went TO s.
X. Fraser. Lincoln. Pa. with 1921 cor.
rect words.
A complete list of tne 33t winners
with their home addresses will be
sent to any contestant enauiring on n
postal card.
BE sure and give name and address
clearly.
This contest has cost the Co. many
| thousand dollars. and probably has
not been profitable advertisement.
nevertheless perhaps some who had
never before tried Grape.Nuts food
have been interested in the contest,
and from trial of the food have been
shown its wonderful rebuilding pow
ers.
1t teaches In practicable manner
that scientifically gathered food ele
ments can be selected from the tield
grains. which nature will use for re-
building the nerve centres and brain
in way that is unmistakable to
users of Grape.Nuts.
There's a reason