The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-11-08
Don't
BE LATE
at
THE FINISH
CLOSING RULES
Of The Silver State Gift Campaign

oo,,. :, votes that will determine the winners in The Silver
State Circulation Campaign will be in charge o. anrse pa.~n - p S
less men names to be announced In hur'oas . 0''ei
consented to act in this capacity.
SATURDAY. night a ter O'Clock, and NO ONE CONNECTED WITT THE
SILVER STATE will have any hand in counting the votes The winners
Of the prizes will be announced after the count is completed.
" ~ CLOSING RULES OF THE CONTEST
The salot box will be locked and sealed Thursday morning and the
x.vs viii h placed In possession of the judges. All campaign corec-
tion secured by candidates from Thursday morning until the closing
Nm ~ M contest, ten o'clock Saturday night. are to be placed n
nou oss,hs With IN report sheet covering the subscriptions.
nd deposited in the sealed ballot box by each candidate. personally.
All vote certificates held in reserve by candidates are Il ~ placed
IN envelones and deposited in sealed ballot box This ruling also applies
to anyone wishing to subscribe to The Silver tate nave In 'o's
All vote certificates and all business secured in the last three days
IF the contest by ALL candidates MUST be in the ballot box BY ter pm.
next Saturday. or they will not count 81
paign. If personal checks m deposited in the ballot box they will not
be counted. Postonce money orders. express money orders. run
osooSs cold r. silver will be accepted; also Liberty Bonds.
The best way for the candidates. this week, is to have checks made
to them personally, cash same. and deposit money with report IN IN
Placing actual currency in your envelopes is the safest plan If you
If in doubt concerning the above rulings. then ask questions until
you fully understand.
Under the above closing rules of the campaign, NO ONE will know
how many votes any other competitor may have.
By the above arrangement n o favoritism be shown. and here cap
be nc fairer way of closing the contest
1t will be a case of the best worker winning. Not even the attaches
of this Office have any idea of how the candidates stand. OF who will win
The votes from Thursday until the judges open the box for the nal
counting Saturday night WILL BE BLIND IN EVERY SENSE OF THE
WORD. NO ONE WILL HAVE ANY IDEA AS TO WHO THE WINNERS
WILL BE UNTIL THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE BY THE com.
MITTEE OF JUDGES.
If everything is not quite clear to any candidate. or 10 any friend of
any candidate. THEN ASK QUESTIONS UNTIL YOU UNDERSTAND
EVERY POINT In the closing rules of this contest
Votes for the last publication OF the standings MUST be in this ONCE
NOT LATER than ten o'clock Thursday morning. November 9Th, to ap
pear in the paper that night No exceptions will be made. The stand
ins as they appear in Thursdays issue of The Silver State will be the
same in the paper Saturday night No changes will be made In the
interval
The judges will take the standings in The Silver State of Thursday
on which to base the final count to determine the winnsrs All sub
scriptons and certificates in the ballot box will be tabuiated by the
judges and added to the newspaper standings. thereby arriving q .
grand total and establishing the winners of the gifts.
Remember. the VOTING IN THE LAST THREE DAYS WILL BE
BLIND. NO ONE, NOT EVEN THE CAMPAIGN MANAGER. WILL
WIN.
CAMPAIGN CLOSES SATURDAY NIGHT. NOVEMBER sh, At TEN
O'CLOCK.