Amador ledger., 1909-08-20

&. r.. Vela
q. II. Parker
s. N. Spagnoli
| Aug. 10, 1909. Judges.
With the biggest vote ever polled
in any contest in this county, the
Amador Ledger's $4,000 popular
voting contest closed last night at I
p. m.
The conditions of the contest we're
so easy that 1t proved attractive
from the start, and before the first
few weeks had gone by many young
ladies we're busy securing sub
scriptions.
Nip and tuck they worked for six
weeks, each vote adding to the in
tersst of the contest, and at no time
after the first few weeks was it pos
sible to pick the winners, 80 close
was the race.
EVERYBODY SATISFIED
That there should be no dis
appointments, and that the efforts of
the willing workers should not go
unrewarded, even should they not
win the grand prize, the manager OF
the contest divided the county into
districts, and offered prizes for the
most popular lady in each district.
This increased the interest in the
contest, and resulted in satisfaction
for everybody, which was the chief
desire of tthe Ledger.
Slowly at first the votes began to
come in. then increased gradually for
awhile until when the workers got
thoroughly warmed up, they rolled
in, in such numbers that the totals
soon amounted to enormous figures.
The friends of the cand idates de-
sired to see their favorite win, and
supported her to the end.
WHOLE STATE VOTED
Votes came from all parts of Cali
fornia, as we'll as from Washington,
Oregon and Utah, and with the
ballots came lndisputable proof that
the Amadar Ledger is the leading
paper in this county, for the ballots
meant new subscriptions to the
paper. This was one of the con-
ditions of the conest, and as result
the paper, already with a large
circulation, made a wonderful Jump
since the conest bagan July End.
Hundreds of subscribers. all paid
in advance for from one to ten years,
we're secured thI ough this novel con-
test.
ADVERTISING VALUE
No contest in the history of ANA
dor county has been more successful
than this one. In fairness to every
one of the candidates who worked
during the contest it can be said that
they have given their almost undivid-
ed attention to securing new sub
scribers and increasing the circulation
list of the Ledger.
For six weeks the Ledger contest
has been the topic of conversation in
every town of the county.
LUG puOAAO BoucrhAAy dWdhouou W
the fact that the Ledger was the
paper for their homes, and to-day 1t
has hundreds OF new subscribers Who.
up to the time of the contest. had not
received the Ledger, but are now it's
staunchest Supporters.
II there is one class of citizens
more than another interested in the
Ledger's great contest. 1t is the busl-
ness men and general advertisers,
who have watched with Interets the
increase in the score of the candi-
dates aud have drawn their own in
terenoes az to the wonderful in
crease in circulation, which means
an added value of their advertise.
ments.
This condition comes only as
natural result, since the greater the
number of readers the greater the
value of the Ledger as an advertising
medium.
The increase in the value of the
Ledger to the merchants and general
advertisers cannot be questioned. 1t
was with this aim IN view that the