Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-10-03

Thursday night at ten o'clock the
Sweitzer Special offer will close. All
the contestants have been trying hard
for this valuable suit. Interest in
this special feature has been increased
due to the cash offer made last week.
This cash offer also closes on Thurs
day night and at the same hour as
the Special. If any candidate has at
hat time turned in a total Of eighty
ears in subscriptions since the offer
WIS announced, she will be the win
ne of a $25 cash prize. All the can
did,tes are clearly making an effort
to make up this number and many
have to date nearly reached it. 1t Is
evident from the interest and enthu-
siasm aroused that this cash offer has
struck popular chord.
Final Offer.
The asst opportunity to secure extra
votes on your subscription closes
can, i you vote at or before that
You can, if you vote at or before that
time, secure a thousand extra votes
per yar for every year you pay, pro-
vided your payment is for two years
or mre if you are an old subscriber.
New subscribers get the thousand
extr. votes on one year payments.
Thisis positively the final offer of the
contest. After Thursday the regular
vote schedule will apply. This means
single on the inside and double on the
outside.
Fulfill Promises.
Noy that this is positively the last
chance to secure extra votes on your
subscriptions, would it not be we'll to
fulfill that promise you made Miss
Conteltant earlier in the game: You
not only get more votes by voting
now, Tut you also help her on toward
winning cash prize and the Sweitzer
Special. The girls are all working
hard. They need the encouragement
of boh your support and your votes
Nothing can gladden. the heart of a
contestant more than to be told that
Mr.. So-and-So was just in and left the
votes for you. OF course, your votes
will be appreciated later, but not as
much rs they are today. Why do you
wait? 1t is little thing to help the
good cause along. Why do you make
the girl call on you four or five times
Her time is valuable to her. Show
your appreciation of her effort.
Ballot Box Sealed.
Saturday night the ballot box was
double locked and sealed. The seal
used consisted of a strip of paper
bearing the signatures of over thirty
of the influential business men OF
Lewistown. This seal was pasted
over the door of the ballot box in such
a way that it is a physical impos
sibility for the box to be opened with
out the seal being broken. Again, the
ballot box has been double locked and
the keys placed in the hands of diff
ferent people. Neither person who
holds key is cognizant of the other
This means that no one person car
open the box without the aid of an
other. All this precaution is taker
that everyone may know that the
contest is strictly on the square, We
want no loop-hole left for criticism or
the way that the contest is being run
No one will have the slightest inkline
as to the number of votes that any
one contestant has nor to the total
number that have been voted. The
standing this week gives the actual
count as found In the ballot box Sat
urday night. This standing does moi
necessarily bear out the relative
standing Of the different contestants