El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-10
$4,000 PRIZES;
Die CONTEST
BEGINS
Automobile, Player Piano,
Trips to New York, -Four
Victrolas and Other Valu-
able Rewards.

The Heralds Popular Voting Con-
test is now open.
To subscribers living outside Of FL
Paso this means a great deal The con-
test only lasts two months. and at the
end Of that time The Herald will give
away $4,000 worth Of valuable prizes
The first prize, a beautiful Overland
automobile, is in itself well worth work
ing for. However, in order that there
may be additional incentive to greater eff
forts on the part Of those entering the
contest, The Herald will also give away
an Apollo Player Piano, two trips to
New York, by way Of water route, all ex-
penses paid, Hobart NJ. Cable piano.
four Victrolas, four elegant sets of sill
verware four cameras and several spe-
cial prizes.
FL Paso people have been excluded
from this contest, because The Herald
realizes that II would be impossible for
it's outoftown subscribers to compete
with local people on even terms There is
Herald subscriber in nine out of every
10 homes in this city, and an FL Paso
contestant could easily keep ahead of
an outoftown competitor by merely col
Letting from the subscribers in his i'm
mediate neighborhood.
The following rules will govern the
awarding OF prizes:
Rules Of Contest.
Any person Of good character is ell
gible to enter this contest. Every can
didate must be regularly nominated on
the nomination blank which Is printed
in The Herald Any person can nomin-
ate one or more candidates. Nomination
blanks should be mailed at once to the
Contest Editor Of The FL Paso Daily
Herald Each nomination made gives the
nominee five votes. No person living in
the city Of Ell Paso is eligible TO enter
this contest and no votes wiz be al
lowed on subscriptions in FL Paso or
suburbs.
The Herald's Popular Voting Contest
VIII be divided into four districts. Each
district will contest for four Grand
prizes and three district prizes. No per-
son can win more than one prize. The
contestant having the largest number
Of votes will be awarded the $3.50 Tour
ing Car, the next highest will win the
$500 Apollo Piano Player; the third
York and the fourth highest will win
the $500 Hobart n Cable Piano. In the
districts where Grand prizes are award
ed the next highest vote Will win the
1928 Victrola; the next the $50 set of
silverware and the next the SIS Camera
In case of a tie between contestants
the value Of the prize for which they
are contending will be equally divided.
Contestants must be entered IN the
district in which they live and contest
ants moving from one prize district to
another after being nominated will be
retained in the district from which first
nominated
district they desire and votes once count
ed cannot be transferred.
No employe Of The Herald nora
member Of an employees family will be
permitted TO compete for the prizes. This
includes newsdealers and paid CORE
spondents. The Herald reserves the right
TO reject any nomination that may be
considered Objectionable.
The Herald guarantees fair treatment
TO all contestants and in all questions
that may arise the decision of the Con-
test Editor win be considered final.
The Herald reserves the right to add
to or change the rules as may be neces-
sary 10 best protect the interests of both
the contestants and The Herald
All prizes will be in Ell Paso ready for
delivery TO the winning contestants on
the closing day of the contest
Votes can be secured either by clip
ping the coupon which will appear in
the paper every day and sending It IN
TO be credited or by securing paid in
advance subscriptions to the paper.
Votes for subscriptions secured will be
credited according to the following
schedeuie:
VOTE SCHEDULE
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