The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-09-02
WHO'S A POET?
BET WE KNOW
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crooked deal, and when they protest
are met with lyric to the effect the
manager is not mind reader. and does
not know what to do with those votes
that are not properly signed AS much
as to announce the contestants are
working daily to secure votes, and then
turn them in to the Office without hav-
ing properly signed them. Naughty
naughty, naughty. Someone will have
to slap the bunc manager on the eye
brow before that contest has ended
Steady gains are shown in the vote
of many of the young ladies from day
to day, the great majority of them
taking absolutely no interest in the
fiasco, which is being conducted in
open violation of the state statutes
Those who have not found special IA
vor with the, Ibunc manager are still
where they were several weeks ago, and
have not the slightest opportunity of
winning one of the big prizes. Others
who have devoted some time to the
work of securing votes are wondering
why they are not credited with them,
and the charge that the contest is not
on the square is wholly appropriate and
we'll founded
Excuses are a speciality with the
bunch down the street, and having
placed themselves in a corner, it is
now up to them to lie out of it, That
young ladies must be deceived and their
true standing changed cuts no ice with
the political grabbers in the bunc Of
to keep the rag from going into the
hole is not to be wondered at-from the
time the sheet began to make it's ap-
pearance in Walla Walla up to the
present time. there has been a notice.
able evidence of jobbery and tr.ckery.
and every contest that has been sprung
on an unsuspecting public has result
ed in the expose of dirty work
By the time the present fiasco has
closed, the willy bunc manager may be
expected to come to the conclusion that
he was not cut out for a newspaper
man. The readers of the disreputable
sheet long ago arrived at that conclu-
sion and as a result the young ladies
We're unsuccessful in securing renewals
and in collecting back pay as requested
by the special offer That they are
having an equally difficult time in Sc
curing new subscribers is shown in the
daily padding of votes.
Another Epistle.
In his latest epistle to the contest
ants, the bunc manager writes:
Dear Contestants: Having had the
innermost secrets of our special offer
prize exposed by The Statesman, we
will not give away sample boxes of tall
cum powder. We did not realize how
cheap it sounded until it came out in
The Statesman last night and so we
have made some deviations from the
original plan. Are you experiencing
difficulty in holding up your end of
the subscription work? Charges have
been made by some young ladies to
the effect that the contest is not on
the square. Now, while that might
have been true in the Seaside contest,
it hardly applies to the present affair."
and we urge you to put forth your
best efforts for the next few days.
"All votes and subscriptions turne~
in by you will be properly credited
if your name is signed in accordance
with instructions. You can keep count
on them as we'll as we can, and we
hope You will not be among those to
falsely accuse us. If you want to be
in the running when the big prizes are
awarded. don't get weary, but keep
busy. This contest is such big suc-