The San Francisco call., 1906-12-15

The foregoing table shows the stand
ing Of the ten leaders in The Calls gold
prize contest. and the amount each wlil
win if able to hold the same position
at the close of the first period OF the
contest. January 12-
Sacred Heart College continues to
hold first place, and viii gain $500 to
start its library fund. unless some 9TH
er contestant proves TO be greater
popular favorite Mrs. Deasy of Napa
is making a hard fight for the big
money. and she is receiving voluntary
support from various places. She re-
oeived votes yesterday from Heads
burg and lie Grand which nearly made
iln the difference between her score and
that of Sacred Heart College. but
friends Of the latter institution also
were busy and sent in enough votes to
keep the college in first place.
Miss Emile Hayward of Martinez.
who started in the contest only last
Monday, is making strenuous efforts to
gain first place, and secured enough
votes Yesterday to take her up from
ninth TO third place. Mrs Deasy and
Sacred Heart College will now have to
look out or Miss Hayward viii get
ahead Of them before the contest has
progressed very much further
Reuben BebergaI got busy yester-
day and advanced to fourth place, not
withstanding that Miss Hayward over
took him Mr.. BebeTgal is hitting
the high places in getting subscrip
tions He landed one for five years
and another for three years yesterday,
which is going some
Mrs NJ McEIroy failed to report yes
fifth place, which means loss of 500
TO her. unless she can redeem third
place before the end of the first con-
test period
Howard I. Sargent Magda Stein
kamp, Irma Klaumann, Elisabeth Book
erman and Mary l. Norman each stand
q chance to win SEQ. provided they can
retain their present positions in the
score until the close OF the nrst period
Of the contest. four weeks hence. All
Of them viii have TO work hard, how
ever, to remain among the upper ten, as
a number Of other ambitious contest
ants have made a start and are en-
deavoring 10 win the big purses.
The next five after No. 10 at the fin
ish Of the first heat Of the race viii win
$40 each; the next five $50 each, and
the next five $50 each. 1t viii behoove
ali 70 do the best they can to land at
the top Of the list. as the higher they
stand at the finish the more money
there Will be for them TO win.
The approaching Christmas holidays
Rre interfering somewhat with the
work Of contestants. az most people are
using their money for Christmas shop
ping. Everybody wants a good. re-
liable newspaper, however. and now is
the time TO subscribe A years sub
scription 10 The Call viii make nice
Christmas gift for any one. and the
votes allowed on paid subscriptions
will make a merry Christmas for the
contestants for The Calls gold prizes
Miss Gladys Adock. whose picture is
presented today. is one Of the refugee
girls who is striving to win some of
The Calls gold. Miss Adock is the only
daughter Of q widow who lost her home
IN the big fire, and is now living in
Franklin Camp. Miss Adock had her
hand broken in the disaster which left
her and her mother homeless, and the
wounded member is still encased IN
plaster cast; but she is keeping up her
studies at school. just the same. Any
one who has not yet chosen a favorite
in the contest viii find a very worthy
candidate in Miss Adock-
Miss Annie skinner is another refu-
gee girl who is trying for some of the
money that viii be given away by The
Cali Miss Skinner lives with her wild
owed mother and three sisters in tent
Il. A street. Washington Square. Their
home was burned last April and tent
life is growing monOtonous, SO Miss
Skinner is trying TO oeip TO re-estab-
lish the family in comfortable home
by participating in the gold prize con-
test.
LIST OF CONTESTANTS
The list Of contestants is steadily
growing and at present includes the
following:
Miss Gladys Adock cottage ls.
Franklin Camp. San Francisco.
Miss Annie Albrecht, 2OI3 Folsom
street, san Francisco.
J. F. Augustine. PIeasanton, Alameda
County, Cal
George Barnett, 4l4 Herman street
San Francisco.
Reuben Bebergan, 1855 Bryant street,
San Francisco.
II. Beresford. cottage 1876. Camp 25,
Richmond, San Francisco.
Charles F. Blandin, Ingleside Camp
San Francisco.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bockerman. 1920 Cen
tral avenue, Alameda, Cal.
Mrs. Mary z Buckley. 1852 Twenty
second street, San Francisco.
Miss F. Burris, 251O Clement street
San Francisco.
Don Campbell. La Moine. Shasta
County, Cal
Mrs Hans Cooppermann, 463 B street
Oakland
Mrs. Mary c. Deasy. P o. Box 12s.
Napa, Cal
Mrs. Anton Erickson. tent Al. Camp
10, POtrefO, San Francisco.
Miss Victoria Ferenz, cottage 2l
First street Franklin Square. San
Francisco.
Miss Frances Feeney, 253 Waller
street, San Francisco.
Edward Garrigues, 3507 Putnam
street, Fruityale, Cal
Charles W. Gerle, Pilot Hill, Ell Do
rado County, Cal
Miss Emile Hayward, Martinez, Cal.
j. J. Jensen, Route 2. Hayward, Ala
media County, Cal
w c. Johnson. 1853 Vallejo street,
San Francisco