Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-26
COURlER.NEWS CONTEST
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they were turned over to Mr.. Hull,
manager of the subscription depart
ment, and lastly to the bookkeeper
herself.
Miss Jorgenson gave certain figures
| of what the contest brought in from
! day to day. She said she had no
means of knowing from whom the
| subscriptions came, as only the days
receipts reached her.
When asked what the contest com.
pany had received as its part OF the
| remuneration for its work during the
| contest. she stated it was 5 1888. 80.
After computing the figures shown
for the daily receipts of the contest.
| she said the total receipts for the
! entire contest had been $19,90S. 16.
Mr.. Stambaugh, attorney for Mr..
| Hatcher. asked Miss %Jorgenson to go
over her figures again as he contend
! ed she vas about $4,000 off.
Sullivan Recalled.
ID. F. Sullivan, manager Of the
| Sundberg Jewelry Co., was recalled
to the stand in the afternoon and
| gave the prices of the rings first laid
aside for Mr.. Hatcher. He said the
| prices of the seven rings ranged from
$58 to $74, but some Of these he sold
as Mr.. Hatcher did not come for
| them. The next set of rings he said
| were more expensive.
AZ. C-JI;ro, cofl M ,nnIn m nv
| rangement with Mr.. Hatcher to re.
ceive credit for SIS for advertising
which The Courier.News had against
him and the rest in cash, together
with some extra advertising prom.
ised. He said he received the extra
advertising promised.
When asked if he had denied an
order of the Courier-News, issued to
one of the successful contestants, he
admitted he had and that it was be.
cause he had not been paid in full
for the article which was to be taken
| from his store. He stated he was
paid in full by Mr.. Hatcher on Aug.
10.
story Of Affair Check.
One of the important witnesses was
Walter E. Affair of New Rockford,
also an automobile winner in the con-
test. Mr.. Affairs story was an in.
teresting one. He said when he met
Mr.. Ashley in The Courier-News Of
| flee, the latter invited him out to din
ner, but owing to another appoint
| ment he had to decline the invitation.
Mr.. Ashley, he said, then asked him
| to 20 to a saloon in Moorhead and
| he met him there at 8 o'clock in the
| evening, where the contest manager
| told him if he wanted to 60 after
| the automobile it would cost him
| about $3.50, but that he would be SURE
| to get it at that price.
Mr.. Affair said he was agreeable to
putting in that much money into the
| contest to gee the car. Later in the
| evening he said Ashley told him the
! amount would have to be increased
| to $500. He said he received a tele.
| phone call from Ashley on Sunday
| morning, July IA, the day after the
| contest closed to mail a check at
once. He said Ashley told him to
date the check july 13 and make it
out in an odd number either 1901 or
$497. He sent a check for s497 which
was introduced as an exhibit. Mr..
! Affair, said he only turned in about
| thirty.one actual subscriptions to the
| contest.
Mr.. Affair SAID he was announced
as the winner and received the a
over a week ago. He said he came
here and retained an attorney who
took the matter up with Mr.. Hatcher
and the latter telephoned to More
Bros, to denver a car to the witness.
| When he first, came to Fargo to see
about the matter, he said, Mr.. Hatch
err was not in the city and he trans
acted his business with Mr.. Baker.
Took Automobile Ride.
Another witness was MI. Ellis Of
the Standard Oil Co., at Wahpeton,
who said when he came to Fargo that
The Courier.News telephoned More
Bros, to send an automobile around
in which the contest manager took
him for a drive over the city and
showed him the house that was being
built. He said at first he thought he
would compete for the automobile,
but later concluded not to do SO, but
went alter one of the diamnd rings.
which he said he won and which his
wife exchanged at the Sundberg store
for some %silverware and cut glass by
paying an additional $50 and get