The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-11-02
WORLD'SeSUBSCR|PnOl
CONTEST ENDED SATURDAY.
MISS TENA IvERsoN OF STARK
WON THE NEW OVERLAND
CAR.

MISS LIMA AVLNSON OF SIARk.
WON THE NEW OVERLAND
CAR.
The most successful subscription
contest ever conducted in this part of
the state has just been closed by The
World, the closing having taken place
Saturday evening at 500 o'clock and
Immediately the judges took posses
sion of the ballot box and counted the
ballots, and the result is given below.
The Judges were Hon. T. ]. Dough-
erty of Starkweather, County Treas
urer E. L. Duell and VIM. Falger.
While all the contestants were no
doubt anxious to receive the first
prize, which was 1917 Overland car.
model 85-4, costing $s65, we believe
that all connected with the contest will
admit that from the beginning it was
conducted in an honorable and upright
manner, and that the winner was en-
titled to the car for the hard work
she did from the start. If we were to
judge from immediate cash results.
We would say that The World made no
money out of the contest, but we be.
lieve that all will agree that we lived
up to every promise we made the con-
testants, and that none have reason to
complain. We believe that we have
demonstrated that a subscription con-
test can be carried on in an honest and
fair manner, and without playing any
favorites.
The closing of this contest gives
The World the largest subscription list
OF any paper published in Ramsey
county, and today one would have to
rake the county with fine-tooth comb
to find home where The World is not
read. It has made it much more val
liable to our advertisers, and as an adj
vertising medium it stands without a.
pee peer 20 Devils Lake merchants. 10
prove this statement we are willing to
deposit $100 in any bank, and after s
fair examination by any set of COM
petent judges, if they find that there
is either a weekly or daily published
that has so per cent of the circulation
OF The World in Ramsey County, out
side of the city of Devils Lake we will
donat that S10O to any charitable in
stitution the committee may name.
Furthermore, we doubt if there is a
paper published that has Is per cent
of the circulation of The World in
Ramsey county, outside of this city.
We want to thank the contestants
and their friends who were interested
in tbs contest. It has been pleasure
of The World management and our
contest manager to do business with
them, and we believe that they will
agree that they have had only the
fairest kind of treatment all the way
through.
Miss Iverson, who won the first
place is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
1ver Iverson, we'll known and prosperl
GUS farmers of the Starkweather dis
trict. She is a splendid little lady
and as she stated at the close of the
contest, she worked hard every day
securing subscribers and dreamed
about the car nights And judging
from the number oil old and new sub
scribers names she turned in, her
statement is true. Saturday evening
after the contest she drove the car
home and it is placing it mildly when
we say that she was a happy girl.
Mrs. c. E. Stinson gets second prize,
which is a beautiful victrola talking
machine, valued at s1o0. Mrs. VIM.
Redmond gets third prize which is $50
in cash. Miss Mildred Dougherty Of
Edmore gets fourth prize which is s25
in gold and Miss Loretta McLain Of
Edmore gets fifth prize which is $40
in gold.
The votes of the Winners were as
follows: =
Tena lverson -. .5,8A8, 500
Mrs. c. E. Stinson -. 3 ,lO4 .21o
Mrs. VIM. Redmond 49,. 2,ls7, ,O70
Miss Mildred Dougherty j. 1,654soo
Miss Loretta ~McLain :. - S. 90, 900:
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