Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-03-20
NO GIRL HAS BIG
!. LEAD IN CONTEST
ALL RUNNING ABOUT SAME AND
ANY CANDIDATE HAS FINE
CHANCE TO WIN.

The Standards big contest has less
than one month more to run bfore
it closes. Al ril 18 the last vote will
be cast and the candidate having the
highest number Of votes on that day
will be declared the winner of the
dandy Maxwell five-passenger car.
The candidate coming first in the dis
triet that does not win the car will
get the $500 piano from the John
Sharp Piano company and the other
prizes will be given to those next
Highest in line until every candidate
who has done any active work in the
contest will have received a prize.
1t depends entirely on the contes-
tant herself as to the prize that she
wi get for her work in the contest.
Those who have done the most effec-
tive work will get the more valuable
prizes and those who have done the
least will get the smaller prizes.
Every Minute Counts.
Now is the time for the candidates
TO do their best work. Every minute
that you waste at this time is vital.
1t may be the cause of your losing
the chance to get one of the big
prizes. If you waste your opportu-
nifty now you can not recall 1t.
A contest is not like any other en-
deavor you engage in--in a contest
you have a certain time to make your
work count. On fixed date the con-
test CLOSES and on that date the one
having done the most gets the first
prize. little more effort on your
part at any time in the contest might
have put you in the position of first.
The weather conditions have been
ideal for the contestants the past few
weeks. Warm, sunshiny days have
been the rule, and those candidate
who have made the most of their
chances have been able to cover their
territory to the best of advantage.
Some Surprises Coming.
Surprises are going to be the order
in this contest. A candidate may win
the car that no one had any idea
would win it. Up to the present no
candidate has done SO much that a
few days of hard work will not over
come her lead. More than dozen
active contestants have an equal
chance to win the car and it may go
to any one of them.
The candidates in the two districts
are running practically even. Going
over the records carefully, the con-
test manager has found that the can
didates in each district have done
about the same amount of work.
Those in district No. 2 have covered
quite good deal of territory. though
tho candidates in district No. l have
bedn quite as active in getting over
their field. Three or four candidates
have loomed out above the others be-
cause of the earnest way they are
going at their work.
One or two of these have loomed
up. in the past few days, and we pre-
dict that before another week is pass
ed several more will make deter
mined bid for the first honors. Re-
member this: the car will be won
with the work that is done from now
on. No candidate has at this time
any real advantage over the rest OF
the field.
Special Offer Extended.
Owing to the fact that only few
candidates made their clubs last
week the contest management has de-
cided to repeat the offer again for
the coming week. We will give TO-
900 extra votes for each club Of $40
in Subscriptions turned in to the
Office before the closing hour OF the
offer. 8 p. m. Thursday, March 26.
OVt-of-town candidates may take ad-
vantage of the offer by mailing their
clubs in their postoffice by that hour
and it will count. Only two clubs
will be allowed each candidate. BY
special request we will also extend
the offer for the $500 extra votes on
your own or a relatives subscription
another week. II
Candidates should make every ef-
fort to get in these clubs as the extra
votes they bring will add materially
to their vote total. Tell all of your
friends about the offers and get them
to help you. Candidates who have
NOT made an active canvass of their
territory should start in to do so at
once, for II they delay much longer
they may find that one of the more
active candidates who has worked out
her field may take Jump into your
town and secure subscriptions you
would have secured IL you had only