Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-12-16


daily of the state.
But Two Days Remain.
Friday and Saturday are the re-
naming days in The Capital Jour
nails great contest. On Saturday
evening it will be determined who
the young ladies are who will win
the automobile, fine pianos ana
other prizes. The candidates have
done nobly up to date and their ef-
forts are not relaxing during the re-
naming days. Subscriptions are
pouring into The Capital Journal Of
flee at an unprecedented rate and
thousands of votes are going into
the reserves. On Monday afternoon
at 1880 these reserves will be ex-
posed for the first time and upon
them depend largely who will be the
lucky contestants. Persons who
have promised to vote for somv
young lady in this contest should
do so by subscribing for The Capt.
tai Journal within the next two
days A little help now will be
worth a barrel of consolation after
the race is over.
Do Not Forget This--How to CAST
Votes Now.
All votes and remittances mailed
up to Thursday night can be mailed
in the usual way. Every letter
mailed after this time to the con-
test department should be sent by
special delivery.
When the Contest Will Close.
The contest will close Saturday
night, December IS, 1909. In order
to give the girls in the country as
much time to work as the girls In
the city we will issue ballots on all
subscriptions mailed before IL
O'Clock of that date. The letter
containing remittances must bear
the postmark Of December IS, 1909.
After the close of the contest the
ballot box will be placed in a vault
and remain until Monday afternoon
at 1880 o'clock.
1t will then be turned over to the
judges and taken by them to the
counting room, where the ballots
will be counted by the judges and
the prizes awarded. The names of
the judges will be announced in u
short time
No person connected with the
Capital ournal or the contest depart.
ment will have anything to do with
the final count.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
On account of the uncertainty OF
mail reaching contestants in time to
be returned for the final count the
contest department will acknowledge
by letter all remittances received by
contestants from this time on but
the votes will be deposited in the
ballot box for the final count instead
of returning them as we have done
thus far. This only applies to sub
scriptions sent us by mail.
Read the advertisement which APP
pears on this page for full announce
ment of the affair. The scale upon
which the votes will be issued on all
subscriptions is outlined in the adj
vertisement. Read it over carefully.
But four more days remain in the
Capital Journal voting contest. Next
Saturday night the winners will be
decided. BE one of them As the
last coupon has been printed i'm the
paper all candidates must depend
entirely on subscription ballots for
the remaining week of the contest.
Small Payments.
Candidates that have taken sub
scriptions for one, two or three
months at the beginning OF the CON
test should get these subscribers to
pay the rest of the year as they are
still considered new.
For example a person who sub
scribed for the paper and paid So
cents received 700 votes, by getting
them to pay $50 more you will bs
given 5000 votes less the 700 votes
you have already received on the SO
cent payment, or 1890 votes on
$3.50 payment. This ruling also ap-
plies to any second payment you
may secure The price by mail and
at suburban stores is $4.00 per year,
and this rule will also apply on
this vote. But in all cases six
months or more must be added to
entitle you to the second payment.
The new months will not count in
on the special offer now in vogus.
When turning in such payments,
kindly mark your stub second pay
ment."
Town Pitted Against Town.
While the contest is so arranged
that each district will win four
prizes, one district does not work
against another, with the exception
of the grand prize, the town in each
district that turns In the largest
number of votes for It's favorlte will
have the satisfaction OF seeing a
higher priced prize shipped within
It's borders as a testimonial for its
resourcefulness and industry.
In the city districts there is
pretty race for first place. and this
is more than true In the other dis
tricts. In all districts the prizes are
not cinched by any particular can
didates. First one will be In the
lead. then another. Others are sat
isfied to remain further down IN the
list, and keep their votes in reserve,
but they are determined upon win
ming one OF the grand prizes A
great many who did not show any
particular strength at the beginning