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Show Bargains Galore Await Soli. Treasure Riiifit Bond Buyers ( Choice Prizes Displayed in All Windows !' covers, tool chest, wool blankets, ladies night gown, handbags, children's scooters, Turn to P:ige 4 for the big display of Treasure Hunt bond bargains. cases of oranges, baskets of apples ap-ples just about everything you can imagine. Merchants were probing into their pre-war and "special occasion" oc-casion" stock to dig our. articles long unavailable to the public for this super event, and the price range is graduated so that purchasers of bonds in any denomination, de-nomination, from the smallest on up can find some rare item See TREASURE on Page 1 Bargain - wise Victory fconu I buyers will head for Sugai House from all sections of thf ' valley Friday and Saturday for the big bond treasure hunt one of the most ambitious and entertaining en-tertaining bond selling stunts in the history of war financing. financ-ing. A community enterprise, the treasure hunt is a result of the combined efforts of all Sugar House merchants and businesses, busi-nesses, and offers the buyers unheard-of bargains in bond purchases for, in addition to the full-value bonds themselves, the buyers will receive absolutely abso-lutely free some $2500 in choice merchandise, donated by the business houses. The scheme briefly is this: All stores and business houses will display choice items in their windows Friday and Saturday many of them were on view Thursday too priced in term? of Victory bonds; that is, the price will be fixed in bonds, and the purchaser -has only to buy bonds in the specified amount at the bank and take his certified purchase slip to the store displaying the prize i he wants, and claim it without '. further expense. It's a natural You can't lose, and you can get, absolutely free, some mighty fancy merchandise. In addition to the regularly "priced" articles, there are three . grand prizes, on display in tr-(First tr-(First Security ibanK window in Sugar House, which will be ! given away to bond purchasers I regardless of their other mer-' mer-' chandise prizes. These include an elecuic ref rigeraltori a handsome electic washer and i. sparkling electric vacuum cleaner. clean-er. Tickets on these items will be issued at the bank when bonds are bought, and the winners win-ners will be anounced next week, Saturday, Dec. 1, at 4 p.m. As to the merchandise items being offered in the treasure hunt, the list was not quite complete com-plete Thursday, but. enough items were on display to give an idea of the magnitude of the deal. For instance, two beautiful beau-tiful new bicycles, carpet sweepers, sweep-ers, pillow slips, all-wool filiee. comforter, fishing reel, electric clocks, all-steel coaster wagon, etc. Imagine such things as steak dinners, record albums, cedar chest, floor lamps, electric iron, electric toaster, cases of beer, Treasure Hunt f Continued from Paso One) to reward his investment. Here are a few more of the offerings: cases of Kleenex. Indies Ind-ies hosiery, purses, slips and leather houseslippers; men's wear of various kinds, camera I film, a turkey, a ton of coal, a j load of fireplace pine loirs, au-i au-i to mobile tire, motor oil, tanKs- ful of gasoline, auto ies. There's something for every type of shopper and huyer. and the idea is to shop the windows. sm -it you want, hustle to the bank and buy the bonds and then go claim the prizes. Oh yes, there'll be baskets of choicp food items in the grocery stores. and in the bakeries fruit cakes and pastries. Other firms are offering of-fering candy, ice cream (i)' quart and gallon lots: there's a new auto battery, a keg of nails, a leather traveling case con taining a complete beauty kit. solid brass hose nozzles, waste-baskets, waste-baskets, mirrors, footstools, fountain foun-tain pen set just about any-Thin" any-Thin" vou name. Oh. yes, there's beauty service, too hair-doe:--and shampoos, and cleanin.a services. The big event has been publicized pub-licized extensively in the downtown down-town papers and on the radio and buyers from far and wiuV are expected to storm the community com-munity when the sale opens Friday. The drive is being sponsored by the state war finance com I inittep of which Allen Reegmil ler is Sugar House represents- tive. and the details have been carried out by a committee headed by Horace A. Sorensen and including John C. Barnes, newey I.. Petersen, Holger M. Larson and T L. Cannon If any merchants were overlooked over-looked during the solicitation for the event and desire to participate, parti-cipate, they should call any of the committee members listed above for full information and assistance in setting up their ; displays |