Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-12
over $500 IN GIFTS
HEOBSERvER TO INACCURATE
SUBSCRIPTION CAMPAIGN.
Handsome Bungalow Player Piano
and Two Trips to Panama Expo
sition Among Prizes offered.

The biggest contest ever undertak
en- in Polk county is now open. A grea
many nominations have been received
at contest headquarters in The OBJ
server office during the past few days
and the contest manager has beer
kept busy 'phoning and sending out
letters and information in answer tc
inquiries.
The large and valuable list of prizes
is the magnet that is attracting the
ladies. The promise made by the man.
agement that each and every candi-
date that enters the contest will posi-
lively get a prize is something new
in contests, and that the ladies and
girls approve of it is proven by the
many nominations that have been
sent in. Twenty-Five prizes in all have
been announced. These prizes will be
given in two districts, one consisting
of the city Of Dallas and its rural
routes, and the other of all territory
in Polk county outside of Dallas. The
prizes in each district are duplicates,
excepting the grand prize, the player
piano, which will go to the candidates
that polls the highest number Of votes
in either district.
Candidates who have been nominal
ed should start right in, tell their
friends that they are in the contest
and that they want them to save their
vote coupons printed in The Observer.
Contestants should tell them to tell
their friends to give their subscription
to The Observer if they are not sub
scribers already. If they are sub
scribers have them renew their sub
scriptions, as their votes will count
Just as many as new subscriber.
Have every one that you see boost
for you. Phone or white to every one
that you cannot see.
Big Special Offer.
In another part of this issue you
will find particulars of special offer
that will materially help you secure
votes. You will get 5000 extra bonus
votes for each club of So worth of
subscriptions sent in before the expir-
alton of this offer, which will be next
Tuesday. Only two clubs will be at
lowed the extra votes for each candi-
date. We will also give you 2500 ex-
ira bonus votes for your own or a
relatives subscription. Any number
of subscriptions may be used to make
up the clubs. Relatives subscriptions
will also be counted. You may send
in any number of relatives subscrip-
tions under this offer. Do not over
look this offer, as it will help you very
materially in your vote totals.
Remember that each and every can
didate that enters will surely get a
prize. Do not wait, but start today
and get votes. 1t is easy if you only
try. Tell few Of your friends that
you are going into the contest, and
ask them to help you. We have di-
vided the territory so that each and
every candidate has the same chance
to win the capital prize. This con-
test is a short one, few weeks will
get you either prize worth $l0, or
one that is worth $3.50. Start today
and you may be the lucky winner of
the big prize or the free trip to the
San Francisco fair Cut out the cou-
pom to be found in another part of
this issue, and have your friends do
the same. They count fifty votes for
you. If you have not been nominated
cut out the nomination coupon, send
it in to the contest manager and full
instructions will be mailed to you. If
there is anything that you do not un-
derstand, call, phone or write to this
office and We will explain it to you
fully. A list of the nominations will
appear next week.