The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-01-23

For one who has to make his way
single-handed through life Wilham
Emerson, better known as Jack the
Newsboy" of San Jose, is putting up
good fight for one of the big purses IN
The Calls gold prize contest. Jack sent
in his first lot of subscriptions yester-
day. which Melted him $500 votes SUI
ficlent to place him at the head OF the
column Thus does this one-armed iad
take the lead in the race at the very
beginning of his efforts II ne can
keep up the pace he has set so early IN
the game he will surely be winner.
Among Jacks" subscribers for year
each are the four leading banks OF san
Jose and the San Jose Railway COM
pany, showing that Jack mas the
friendship of the flnanciers. he appears
to have the friendship of about every
body else in San Jose. The San Jose
Morning Times in a recent issue de-
voted more than a column OF its yaiua-
BILE space to boosting the popular news
boys candidacy in the gold prize con-
test IT reprinted the article from me
Call announcing Jacks debut in the
contest characterizing The Calls tr1b-
ute to Jack" Emerson as Just one
and concluding as follows:
Jack aims to win the next $500 prize aud
it is hoped that he Will do so, as ne Is ., boy
who deserves the support of every good citlzen
of San Jose because of his honesty ana integrity
NOTES OF PROGRESS
Miss Norma Merani of Oakland con-
tinues to gather in the votes in spite
of the fact that she is employed as a
stenographer in an Oakland real estate
office and has not yet had much time 10
devote to the contest. She added 1850
to her score yesterday, but Jack En-
erson got in ahead of her, obliging her
to retire to second place
Sacred Heart College registered
gain of 5000 and moved up to third
place Miss Merani and Mr.. Emerson
have a hard task anead of them if they
expect to keep ahead of the Sacred
Heart institution, for the friends of the
college are again rallying to its sup
port to help it to win second 5000 Tor
it's library fund.
Master Ellard Slack and his young
coworkers are making strong effort to
win some of the big money for the
equipment of the Christ Church Ath-
letic Club of Sausalito. Master Slack
is the president and business manager
of the club, and he is a good one. Thir-
ty-three boys belong to the club and
it is proving of great benefit to them
morally and physically. What the
club most needs al present is apparatus
for the equipment of its gymnasium,
and friends of the youths or any one
who believes in encouraging boys in
healthy athletic sports can do them no
greater favor than by subscribing for
The Call to enable them to win the
money to buy apparatus. A gain of
750 votes yesterday took the club ahead
of Emile Iversen, the other Sausalito
candidate who failed to report and
slipped back from second to fifth place.
James Anis Quinn scored a gain OF
1900 votes and moved up two numbers
to sixth place.
HELP FOR A WORTHY WIDOW
If Mrs. Ellen Smith of Walnut Creek
has many friends who think as well
of her as does Mr.. A. Lebrecht of Oak
land she will be prize winner in the
second period of the contest as well as
! in the first. in which she won $40. Mr..
Lebrecht, in renewing his subscription
to The Daily Call for three months in
favor of Mrs. Smith, writes to the con-
test editor as follows:
IL have known the lady for the last
sixteen years, having been in business
at Walnut Creek before residing here.
1 would like to see Mrs. Smith climbing
sup to receive the first prize She is
surely most deserving and honorable
woman. Some ten years ago her hus-
band was building a little house, for
which 1 furnished part of the material.
He became disabled and not in posi-
ton to pay me. Mrs. Smith came to
my wife and offered to work until the
debt was fully paid. Her services being
accepted, she became almost one of our
family.
Il wish all my friends would help
the old lady, so she may receive a
much larger prize than before"
Acknowledgements from prize winners
in the first period of the contest are
still coming to hand The following
were received yesterday:
FROM NON CAMPREIT
LA NOME. CAL. Jan. 2l. 1907
Contest Editor San Francisco Call-Dear Sir:
Your valued favor of the 18th containing check
for $50. the amount OF the purse | won IN the
first period of the gold prize contest, re
ceived yesterday and / beg you to accept my
sincere thanks for IL and the many favors you
have shown during the recent contest. l
would like also to thank my many friends for
their kind support.
prevented me from being among the thigh fve''
at the close Of the recent contest. but l
more than pleased that the winners were such
worthy ones as Sacred Heart College, Mrs
the latter, for have watched her score from
time to time with considerable interest, and
had been fortunate enough to land third prize
| could not have been more pleased than when
l saw that she had jumped into third place
She must indeed be very dear little girl to
have many friends. and hope the number
of friends she has will be increased many
times before the close Of the present contest
/ have received several letters Of congratula-
tion from people whom got to subscribe for
The Call which also contained expressions of
thanks for putting them wise'' to San Fran
cisco's best paper.
Again thanking you and wishing you and my
fellow contestants success. am yours very
much. DON CAMPBELL.
Mr. Campbell does not intend to COM