The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1924-12-12
CONNIE RC|AL
CLUB OFFERS.
PRIZE FOR A.
GOOD SLOGAN.

Can you think OF real good, terse,
snappy, but not snippy, phrase which
the Commercial club may use for pub
licity work over the country-one
that will in few words give witty
comprehension of the city, the con-
ditions here, the opportunities, the
people, or any other phase which it
would be well to broadcast to the
world?
The Commercial club has offered
a modest prize to the three best, or
most suitable slogans to be submitted
before New Years day. The prizes
are: First, $3.50; second, $500 and
third, $3.50. The sums are not large,
but the glory that will go to the win
ners will be immense, more than
enough to repay you for few hours
of hard work with the old bean.
Just think of some of the slogans
you so frequently see in advertise
ments. Then paraphrase, originate or
make up one that might apply to our
own fair city. Take for instance,
1.-THE Land of Enchantment," used by.
Gallup, which slogan has become
known the length and breadth. of the
land the last few years Prescott is
known all over the land as "The Mile
High City" and Prescott advertises to
the world to Come up mile and
smile a while" Take commodities,
too. There is a brand of -four that
you will think of when you read
Eventually, why not nOw?" There's
a Reason" describes a certain break
fast food just as well as it's real name.
Look through the advertising columns
of any of the magazines and you will
find hundreds of slogans to get ideas
from.
Then get a pencil and piece of
nice white paper and think of some
happy words that will fit this, the
largest, best, most-rapidly- advancing
city of northern Arizona. Think of
it's deserts which some day will be re-
claimed; of it's railroad activity, it's
scenic splendors; it's tributary tim
ber land; it's wide expanse of stock
range; it's climate-any of these or
possibly some other thing may in
spire 'that abundance of the heart out
of which the mouth speaketh."
There are about five thousand peo-
pie in Winslow. The board of direc-
tors of the Commercial club will be
heartily disappointed if 5000 slogans
are not submitted for their selection.
They will be the judges-Messrs Rene
Pincetl Hon. Fred B. Douglas, G. G.
Payne, Chas. Dare, and H. j. Fouts.
Everyone of these men possess great
literary ability and discernment, and
are going to do a good job of sort
ing and going over the submissions.
They haven't got anything in parti-
cular to do, anyway, between Christ
mas and New Years day, so they can
give the job lots of attention.
In the meantime, however, they ask
that every man, woman and child in
town get busy, and think up something.
You may be the winner, anyhow, it
will sharpen your wits to work on
this while, and give the crossword
puzzle little rest. Up in Flagstaff
a year or so ago the Womens club
gave a similar prize for a slogan to
typify the spirit of Flagstaff, which
at that time was concentrated on
making the city among the pines a
more pleasing summer resort. A
great cleanup and improving cam
paign was on. A nine-year-old Mexi-
can boy from the Normal training
school department won the first prize
with the phrase "Beautify the Beauti-
full And in that contest there were
over 700 slogans submitted, many of
them from Normal school instructors,
women club members. business and
professional people and students in
the high and normal schools, but a
little 9-year-old Mexican boy copped
the prize.
Kick in with a slogan or two. Let's
us give the directors twice 700 slo-
gans to choose from. The contest is
open to every resident of Winslow
Bring or send your slogan to the
Winslow Mail, sealed and marked,
Slogan Contest" They will be list
ed and arranged by the contest editor,
then submitted to the committee who
will decide the winner without know
ing who it is.