Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-28
MERCHANTS. GIVE
PRIZES in GREAT
HALLOWEEN stunt
Many Prizes Given For Best
Guesses in Various
Stores of City

Practically every merchant on Mair
street has prize contest in his show
windows as part of the Riddles Karni
val on Hallowe ZEN when prizes will be
given to the lucky guessers in the va
riOus contests The window displays
attracted the attention of hundreds of
shoppers in Ell Centre today and many
took advantage of the merchants
offer to come in and register their
guess. There is absolutely no charge
Connected with the contests and every
body is at liberty to make guess on
each contest. Valuable prizes have
been offered to the lucky persons and
good guessers will have an opportunity
to show their. talents.
The contests and prizes are Clements
Drug Store, number of bars of soap in
the window, three prizes; King John
son Company, number of beads in a
bag, choice of articles in show case; I'm
perial Valley Shoe Company, number of
shoe buttons in jar, Varney Brothers
Company, number of pennies in jar
winner to receive So worth of merchan
disc; Cox Brothers, number of Dummies
in package, two prizes; Edgar Brothers
Hardware Company, number of staples
in window, winner to get tennis rae
quet; Pioneer Title and Insurance Com
pany, number of words in Fuller Broth
ers guarantee, three prizes.
Woolworth s. number of jelly beans
in jar, two prizes; Solomon and Com
pany, retail value of articles in win
dow, winner to receive s. worth of mer-
chandse; Irwin and Ritz, weight of
Puritan boy holding ham and bacon !;
Blacks, number of handkerchiefs in
bundle, three prizes; Imperial Valley
Hardware Company, number of nails in
keg, three prizes; A. b. c. Rootbeer
Stand, number of pennies in jar, three
prizes: Smith and Slocum, number of
rings in jar, winner gets choice of
rings; Valley Drug Company, number
of keys in window, three prizes.
Numbers Count
r. l.. Rumsey, number of socks in
window, Palace theater, number of
tickets in bowl, winner to get 10 free
tickets to movies; Leo Hetzel, number
of photos in window, two prizes; Fran
els Drug Company, guess the hour the
clock will stop, three prizes; Crescent
Jewelry Company, guess when the
watch will stop, swinner to get the
watch; McCune S Brunswick Shop,
number of needles in window, two
prizes; j. w. GOA, number of pen
holders in window, Erwin s store, num-
Der of pencils in bowl; Jenkins Jewel
ry Store, number of pearls in glass,
winner gets choice of prize; DIR. n. E.
Dupont, number of lenses in window,
winner receives pair of sun glasses !;
Western Union Telegraph Company,
number of message received this week,
Loynd Drug Company, number of cou-
pons in window, three prizes; First Ma
tional Bank, guess amount of savings
accounts, three prizes; H. X. Givens
Company, number of balls of yarn in
window, three prizes; II. l.. Laerman,
number of feet of wire in window,
three prizes; Southern Trust and Com
merce, amount of company's deposits,
three prizes.
AS announced in yesterdays Press,
the contests will close Tuesday night at
8 o o'clock, and the winners will be an
nounccd in front of each store immed-
lately following the close of the com
munity celebration at Sixth and Main
streets. The merchants are behind the
Chamber of Commerce, Ten Thousand
Club and Parent-Teachers Association
to make this Hallowe 'en the most en-
joyable one ever for both kiddies and
grOwnups