The San Francisco call., 1906-12-28

of California, but his plans and hopes
were frustrated by the disaster of
April Is, which put an end to the con-
test when victory was almost within
his grasp Not having the means to
further his education, Waltz, who is a
practical printer started a small print
ing office in Berkeley, where he plies
his trade. Having met with much en-
couragement in a former contest in
which the opportunities were not near
ly so great as in the present one,
Waltz, after some hesitation has de-
cided to enter the race for the gold
prizes. He begins in nineteenth place
with score of $500, but he does not
intend to remain near the bottom of
the list very long.
Miss Herta Blanckenburg had much
the same experience as Mr.. Waltz in a
former contest, which was brought to
an untimely end before she had won
the prize for which she contended and
was SO Loyalty supported by host of
friends. She, too, has an ambition for
higher education and hopes to Sc
cure the means through The Calls
gold prize contest, since her former ef-
forts were frustrated by the San Fran
cisco holocaust. Miss Blanckenburg'
parents were among the pioneer resi-
dents of San Francisco and removed
to Berkeley shortly before the great
fire. The family is highly respected
and Miss Blanckenburg has many
friends on both sides of the bay, who
will rejoice to see her win in a con-
test which will result in her material
benefit.
CONTEST PERIODS
The contest is divided into three Pc
RODS, constituted as follows:
FIRST-Novem 19 to January 49,
eight weeks.
SECOND-January 13 to March 8,
seven weeks.
THIRD-March 3 to April IA, six
weeks.
THE PRIZES
There are twenty-five prizes to be
competed for during each contest Pc
riod, consisting of twenty-five purses
of gold coin ranging in amount from
$40 up to $500 and making total of
$4,000 for each period.
There will also be twenty five special
purses or grand sweepstakes prizes for
the twenty-five contestants making the
best scores during the entire contest
the largest of these purses being $1,000
and the smallest $40, and amounting to
$4,000 in the aggregate.
The final distribution of the prizes
will be made on April Is, the first an
niversary of the great San Francisco
fire.
The twenty-five purses for each Of
the three contest periods and the TWEEN
ty-five special sweepstakes prizes make
a grand total of 100 prizes amounting
to $4,000 to be distributed among the
winners. Each contestant has the op-
portunfty to win not only one but four
purses aggregating any sum up to
$2500-big pay for the amount of work
and length Of time required to earn it.
HOW AWARDS WILL BE MADE
Subscribers to The Call will have
the privilege of electing the winners
of these prizes by preparing their SUBJ
scriptions for any length of time that
may be convenient, each prepaid sub
scription counting for a certain num-
Der of votes that may be cast in favor
of any contestant whom the subscrib-
er may desire to assist in getting a
receiving the highest number of such
receive the largest purse; the one re-
ceiving the second highest number of
votes the next largest purse anl so
on until the number of prizes allotted
for that period is exhausted. The same
rule will apply to the final dist ibution
of the larger prizes given for the high
est aggregate scores.
VOTING POWER OF SUBSCRIPTIONS
The following table shows the SUBJ
voting power of subscriptions for any
period paid for:
DAILY CALL, INCLUDING SUNDAY