The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-30
Contest Makes a Good Start
Many Nominations OF Popular
Young Ladies Already
Been Made
Been Made
Still More to Follow Get ia the Rae,
First Count Thursday, February q
Read the Announcement and Particulars in this
Paper and get in the Game Immediately

The big prize voting contest announc
ed in these columns last week is Great
ing more interest than we imagined it
would in the beginning. Nominations
of contestants are being sent to this Of
fee daily and soon there will be many
who would be willing recipients of a
fine $500 Obermeyer & Sons piano or
other valuable prizes enumerated in
this list.
All of these handsome prizes are
enumerated in the announcement on an
other page and will be given to some of
the young ladies of this vicinity.
The question is how can do it? All
that is necessary is to get your rela-
tives and friends to trade with the mer-
chants who are donating prizes in this
popular voting contest.
For every dollar spent with the mer-
chants you will receive % votes which
can be voted for any of the contestants.
Also to get your friends to subscribe
for this paper. For each one year new
subscription you will receive 600 votes;
for each one year renewal 500 votes;
for each year back subscription 400
votes. Of course, it is to be under
stood that under no circumstances are
coupons issued by merchants except
upon cash purchases.
We have been asked if the wife or
daughter of merchants who are coop
Grating with this paper in this voting
contest may compete for any prize,
neither can the wife nor daughter or
any of the merchants who are cooper
ating with this paper in this contest
enter the competition.
The reasons for this are obvious, and
we are very sure that all the merchants
will feel just as we do in regard to the
matter. We want this contest to be
conducted with the greatest possible
fairness, with no occasion or opportu-
nifty for anybody to criticise. The bal
lot box is now at our office, ready to
receive votes. The box will not be
opened until the first count is made on
Feb. 25. The judges will be absolute
ly disinterested people, in whom every
body will have confidence. There will
be no favoritism. The lady who secures
the largest number of votes will win
the piano and so on down for the rest
of the prizes. We wish there were
pianos enough to go around for all OF
the girls, but there are not, and all but
one will have to be content with one Oh
the many other beautiful prizes offered
I Voting may commence at any time IL
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keys to the box will be given to the
awarding committee whose names vii
be announced in another issue Of this
paper.
Use the free vote coupon in this is
sue. If you know of any lady who ha
not been nominated and whom yo1
think would make a good race use tn,
nominating blank in the announcement
and send her name to this paper O
bring it in in person and her name vii
) be entered. 1t matters not if she b
married or single.
Read the rules in the large ad in thi
week issue or we will mail them upol
request. Inspect the offerings of tn
merchants and learn how you may sc
cure votes for yourself or friend. B
sure to ask these merchants TO
coupons.
Those who do not understand TIT
, rules and regulations of this contes
can call at this office or write US and ",
: viii be pleased to go over the PROPOSE
ton with you.
Extra Prize of SO in Gold.
The first count in the contest viii b
made on Feb. 25, at which time SO il
gold viii be awarded to the contestan
having the highest number of votes a
that time. This prize is extra, in ad
dition to the other prizes offered, ant
its winning viii not bar the WHINE
) from securing the piano or any of tn,
merchants prizes.
Do it now and help someone reap thu
benefits of this liberal offer. Remem
Der that many of the merchants of thii