The Washington times., 1921-05-24
JACK" ONLY Il,
COPS FIRST BIKE
IN TIMES CONTEST
Mister Davenport, Business Man
Extraordinary, Gets Wheel
In Four Days.

To little Jack" Davenport, eleven
years old. goes the honor OF getting
the frst 500 bicycle for obtaining IS
new yearly subscriptions for The WASH
ington Times.
Although more than 1000 persons
are already participating in the con-
test, little Jack" showed them all
the way to do the job In the shortest
possible time. Yesterday he turned
in to the Circulation Department OF
The Times a subscription book con-
tanning the signatures OF 80 new sub
scribers, and yesterday afternoon he
rode home on the $50 Ranger bicycle.
proud and happy over being the nrst
person to get one Of these machines
free.
Jack" lives at 1918 Connecticut
avenue with his brother, J. II. Dav-
export. floor manager Of the mems
clothing department at Hecht and
Company, and says he got most OF his
subscribers in the neighborhood of
his home.
EASY MONEY. SAYS JACK.
1T is as easy as rolling off a log
TO get 35 new yearly subscribers for
The Washington Times and win one
Of these $50 Rangers" said Jack"
81 did not work many hours. I
Joined the contest four days ago and
visited peoples homes after school.
j am in the ffth grade at the Chevy
Chase school. and on four afternoons
after getting my lessons i went from
house to house getting subscribers.
1t Is easy to get subscribers, and I
bet lot OF boys will win bicycles
because they cannot fail Almost
everybody | saw Immediately agreed
to subscribe and j believe i could
have gotten at least ffty more sub
scribers IL IT had been necessary.
81 have taken part in several con-
tests, but this is the simplest and
easiest OF all. Besides that, the re-
ward OF $50 brand-new, classy Ran
ger bicycle is the biggest and most
liberal i ever heard of for such q
little work. When boy goes into
this contest to win, his parents
friends and neighbors are sure to help
him and he is bound to get a bicycle.
l don't see how he can fail. Alto
gether / did not work one full day
to get my thirty-hve subscribers. 1t
was all done after school on four days.
Any boy or girl or grown-up ought to
get thlrty-nve subscribers in one or
| two days at the most"
QUADRUPLE FORCE.
Because of the interest aroused by
this 100000 contest and the number
of participants The Washington Times
has found it necessary to quadrupIe
the working force in the Bicycle Con-
test DEPARTMENTAL establish another
branch office at 1922 + street north
west
Several different models OF Ranger
bicycles are on display in the show
window there, subscription books are
issued. and subscriptions and the
price for the first month will be re-
| ceived there.
/ This contest is open to persons OF
all ages. All you need to do is sign
the coupon in today's paper. get a
subscription book, secure thirty-6ve
new yearly subscriptions from persons
who are not now receiving The Wash
ington Times in their homes by Wash
ington Times carrier, and ~s soon as
you turn in the first months subscrip,
ton price in each case and the sub
scriptions have been verified your $50
Ranger will be delivered to you.
Do not hold back your subscrip-
tions. Turn them in one by one. as you
get them. so that delivery OF the paper
can start at the earliest possible
moment.
If you want to know how easy II
IL to get one of these $50 Rangers
free, ask Jack" Davenport. He
knows.
Sign the coupon TODAY.