Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-12-10
COUPONS AND NOMINATION BLANKS NOT GOOD AFTER MONDAY

| dropped out.
A little over one week remains.
! Not such a long time but long enough
to make many changes in the con-
test. In all of the districts there are
great many candidates who are run
ming about even The past few
weeks show that the candidate who
is able to stay with the leaders up
to this time can do things and in a
short time can forge to the top and
make the contest for the grand prize
look more complicated than at the
present time. Drawing the lines
where you will it can be easily seen
that there is a contest on for every
prize in all four districts.
Special Offer Ballot.
No contestant is restricted as to
the number of times she may quail
! ify for this offer. If she is able to
secure ten yearly subscriptions dur
ing these seven days she can do so
and will receive ballot of 10000
votes, or in proportion to the num-
Der turned in. The larger the num-
ber of new six months and yearly
business you may be able to secure
the larger your special offer ballot
will be.
| NO Olic mas u OiUCIl.
Meantime there is no telling what
sort of campaign will be the most
effective. No one candidate has. so
| far, lined up her town behind her
The rivalry between some of the
towns that is obvious enough in the
returns is not, so far, expressed in an
overwhelming preference for one in
dividual. When the contestants who
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out, as they must before the finish
local pride will probably get behind
the favorite daughter, but it is any
body's fight yet for the first place
in the outside towns. And it will be
worth while for the contestants to
get among their friends and let them
know they are in the contest to win
if possible, for it will be a case of
having the whole town hustling for
it's favorite during the last day or
| two. the time to make the showing
is in the next week.
While the wonderful voting con-
| test is now we'll under way there is
time enough left for a candidate to
change the whole aspect of the race
for the magnificent prizes. The
past week has been one of activity
and was marked by many changes in
the position of the candidates, but it
is expected that next week will be
more interesting and exciting than
any that have passed. Under the
terms of the special offer contestants
are given a splendid opportunity to
advance their cause, and by the time
the grand prizes are awarded some
wonderful strides toward the top
of the voting column will be noted
among the Industrious, the popular
and the enterprising.
Read Very Carefully.
Tie coupons appeared in the
paper for the last time and in order
to have them count must reach this
office not later than Monday, 5. D.
M, Dec. 13. This means all cou-
pons and nomination blanks clipped
from the paper, the special offer bal.
lots and ballots issued on subscrip-
tlons are good up to and including
the last day of the contest. All
votes cast before Monday, December
13, at 8 p. M, will be included in
Tuesday afternoons paper.
After the count on Tuesday, the
ballot box will be locked and sealed.
the key deposited in some local
bank until the contest is closed and
will then be delivered to the judges
who will have charge of the final
count.
The standing of the candidates as
they will appear in the Tuesday az
ternoon's paper, December 14th, will
not be changed again until after the
contest is over. This is done SO
that no one will have any knowledge
as TO the reserve vote of the differ
contestants, and also that the con-
test department may devote their
time to waiting on candidates de-
string to secure ballots on subscrip- /
tons.
All candidates desiring to stand
well up in their respective districts
during the final days of the contest
must have votes deposited in the box !
not later than Monday, December
] 9th. at 8 D. m.
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