Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-12-08
He TOWNS DEVELOPING VERY FAST

plan of holding in reserve the bulk
of votes received, denotes a shrewd-
ness in management that will GER
tainly show to advantage at the fin
ish.
One of the candidates who has
worked hard from the start of the
contest, but who has never desired
to be at the head of her district,
writes the contest manager as fol-
lows
81 am not afraid of the finish if
can only keep within reach of the
top. | know my friends will come
to the front when they see l am
going to be among those right in
the race. For the present I don't
care to be the leader in my district.
And / know l am not the only one
who could have as many votes
counted now as the person who is
in first place. l will try for first
place just within a few days of the
close and take what I can get as
the local candidate-and from peo-
pie who don't even know me-when
it comes to a test between my town
and some other place"
That's the politics of it. The can
vass is in such condition that it is
anybody's race in any of the dis
tricts. But smart work is going
to count just as much in this con.
test as it would in any competition
where the prizes are worth $500
and can be had by any of the con-
testants.
Every mail brings in votes for the
contestants and the doors of the Of
flee are kept swinging constantly
with the steady stream of voters
who go in and out casting votes for
their favorite candidate in the race.
The contest is certainly gaining
| ground day by day and no one can
anticipate what height this good
natured tug of war will attain. Ger
tain it is that 90 per cent of the
people of Salem and adjacent terri
tory are directly interested in the
outcome of the contest and before
another week has elapsed the other
ten per cent will be into the con-
test as deeply as the candidates and
their friends are today.
No one is losing hope, and the
difference of a few thousand votes
is nothing, as it means but couple
of yearly subscriptions and there are
nearly two weeks remaining in
which to secure subscriptions and
close the chasm which now separ-
ates those in other positions from
first place. Many people are willing
to help the young ladies and are
only waiting to be asked and the
first candidate to ask of course will
be the one to receive the votes; so
it is imperative that those who de-
sire to enlarge their count get
among the people and make their
cause known.
Subscriptions continue to pile in
from all sections of the country, and
Tuesday was another banner day in
issuing votes.
There is so much to win and so
many opportunities to gain by per-
sistent effort. Study the proposition
carefully and you will see that it is
easy to be a winner of a prize
Special Offer Ballot.
No contestant is restricted as to
! the number of times she may quail
| ify for this offer. I'm she is able to
secure ten yearly subscriptions dur
these seven days she can do so and
will receive ballot Of 100000 votes
or in proportion to the number
turned in. The larger the number
turned in; the larger the number OF
new months business you may be
able to secure, the larger your spec
ial offer ballot will be.
Securing Subscriptions.
Candidates in any certain district
are in 10 way restricted from Sc
curing subscribers in any locality
that they m7. wish, for instance: A
candidate in district No. / may Sc
cure subscribers in any of the other
two districts, in fact, candidates may
secure subscribers wherever they
can get them.
Future Subscriptions.
Contestants may find in some
cases, friends who wish to help them
in the contest, by subscribing for
The ournal that are already taking
a local paper which is paid in ad-
vance and not desiring to receive
more than one local daily in their
home at the same time. the contest
department has arranged to accept
and issue votes on all such subscrip-
tions, the paper TO start at any fu-
ture date that the subscriber may
designate
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