The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-09
Rules Of the BOoklOVerS' Contest

Read them carefuly-it will aid you to win prize.
The Salt Lake Tribune Booklovers' Contest Is open
to all residents of Utah. Idaho, Nevada and Wyoming
only. Prizes to the amount of $1,000 will be given
to the winners in this contest.
There will appear daily for seventy-seven days a
picture representing the title of a book. Beneath
this picture will be blank to fill in the name
or the book and name and address of entrant. Gut
out the picture and answer blank each day, filing in
the book title only, writing your name and address
neatly and plainly (either written in long hand with
pen or pencil, typewriter printed to suit the
fancy OF the person sending them in).
BOOK KNOWLEDGE is ABSOLUTELY NOT
NECESSARY IN ORDER TO SOLVE THE PIC
TuREs. At the beginning of this contest a
catalogue containing 5000 book titles, alphabet
cally arranged, was issued containing the seventy
seven book titles represented by the seventy
pictures With this catalogue you will be able to
correctly solve the seventy-seven pictures.
Each picture represents the title of one book only.
1t you not certain of your answer you may send
In as many as ten answers to each picture Thus if
you think picture No. is solved by one answer use
only blank. If you think it requires ten
answers use ten answers. If OF your ten
is correct you will be credited with correct
Incorrect answers will not count against contestant
If correct answer is also given.
Prizes will be awarded to contestants sending in
largest number OF correct answers. The person sub
mlttng the highest number of correct answers will
receive the first prize, and In two
more contestants send In the number of correct
will receive the higher prize In case two or more
contestants send in the number Of correct an
sWers and use the same number OF answer blanks,
prizes equal in number to those tied will be added
together and equally divided Thus if three contest
ants should each send in seventyone answers correct
and each Use 230 answer blanks, and each were en-
titled to the second prize the second third and fourth
przes 5000, 800 and $50 respectively, would be
added together and the $500 be divided equally
among the three contestants.
More than prize will not be awarded to
family at address, but each member Of the family
may enter the contest and submit a set of answers
Members of family, but living at different addresses
may enter the contest and be awarded prize.
All employees of The Salt Lake Tribune and their
families are absolutely barred from participation in
the contest and all contestants before receiving any
award will be required to sign statement that they
not connected with any employee of the paper
Awards will not be made to any contestant who
enters contest under a fictitious name or address.
Contestant must reside in specified territory.
All answers will be considered on their merits
Do not send in your Keep them from
day to day and at the end of the contest arrange them
in numerical order and send them in at the specified
time period will be allowed at the end of contest
for proper compilation of sets of answers The first
set filed will have preference the last set fled
provided only that sets of must be filed with
in the time specified and allowed at the end of contest
number of wel-known citizens and the Contest
Editor will be the judges of the contest and verify
the accuracy Of the checking Of sets and making the
awards,
The correct answers of the series Of pictures will
be filed with bank local trust company previous
to the close Of the contest.
Entrance to the contest may be had at any time
All communications letters of inquiry ETC.. regarding
the contest of proper nature, should be addressed
to the Contest Editor.
Every precaution will be taken to safeguard the
interests Of all contestants, but the Contest Editor
reserves the right to make any changes in or addi-
tions to, these conditions, that he may deem neces
sary for properly conducting the contest and his de-
cison on any question which may arise will be alb
solutely final.
The Contest Editor is member of the staff of this
newspaper and appointed by the publisher.