Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-02-20
CONTEST AR0USES
GREAT EXCITEMENT
ALL OVER COUNTY
Manager Kept Busy Dividing Ter
ritory Properly Among Many
Contestants.
PUBLISH LIST NEXT WEEK
Maxwell "25' Magnet Which At
tracts Everybody-Special
Offer Closes Thursday.

Everybody's talking about 1.-THE
great popularity contest The Wash
ington Standard started last Wednes-
day, February 18-and it has been
the main topic of conversation and
interest in Olympia and the sur
rounding towns and territory, for
everybody appreciates the fact that
it is the first contest that has ever
territory in which the management
assures each one that is active a
prize for her efforts. They realize
the generosity embodied in this fact
and, knowing that the reputation
and long history of honesty and fair
dealing that the Standard has al
ways maintained stand behind this
contest, they are taking advantage
of it in such numbers that the con-
test department has been swamped
this week.
The management naturally antici-
pated considerable and wide
spread interest in the contest, but it
never expected what has happened
this week, and that is why the list
of nominees cannot be published in
this issue. Over 200 nominations
were received and as a result the
contest headquarters has been the
busiest place in Olympia, for the
contest manager has been endeavor-
ing to reach each nominee by tele-
phone or letter for a personal talk
and an arrangement of the territory
among those who are most interest
ed so that each contestant will have
the same chance as every other one,
for that is what the management is
striving to do.
One Contestant in Each District.
Some Of the nominees have de-
clined to enter the contest because
of lack Of time or because some
friend Of theirs is going to enter and
they have pledged her their support.
In districts from which quite a num-
Der of nominations were received,
the management has also taken the
liberty of discouraging some pos
sible contestants and urging them to
unite on one representative for the
community and help her win one of
the capital prizes, and in every case
has been successful in doing it. Con-
sequently, those contestants with
whom the contest manager has
talked know that they are the rep
resentatives in their particular COM
munities and that the management
will cooperate with them in every
possible way to assure them success.
Two Points to Remember.
The management wants these
two points kept in mind-that every
active contestant will be given
prize worth at least $40. and that
any lady residing in our territory is
eligible to enter. All that you have
to do is to send your name or the
name of friend to the contest
manager and he will send full in
structions, showing you how you
can win one of the fine prizes to be
given away on the last day of the
contest, April 1S.
The contest has just started, re-
member-enter it today and get one
of the prizes. Note the special Of
fer in the advertisement published
on page 2, that will close next
Thursday, and see your friends and
get them to give you their subscrip
tiOns, so you can secure one or two
clubs of IS that will bring you bonus
votes in addition to those regularly
allowed on each subscription. Two,
three or any number of subscrip-
tions, either old or new, can be used
to make up club.
If there is anything you do not
understand, telephone or write the
contest manager and he will be glad
to give you full instructions as to
how to proceed. Candidates who
have entered and have notified the
management to that effect should
get busy right away and see all the
friends they can and get their help;
those who want to enter the contest
and have not notified the manage
ment should do so Immediately so
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