The San Francisco call., 1907-02-05

Another county in the great San
Joaquin Valley has been heard from
in the gold prize contest The San
Joaquin Valley minus San Joaquin
County would bo like the play of
tHamlet" with Hamlet left out of the
cast. Stanislaus, Merced, Fresno,
Kings and Tulare counties all are ably
represented in the contest, but UP to
yesterday San Joaquin County was not
in it. Henceforth it will be represented
in the race by Miss Mollye Sheridan
of Stockton, who intends to devote her
entire time to it from now on until the
final awarding of the prizes.
Miss Sheridan Is native daughter of
the San Joaquin Valley and is one of
the most popular young ladies in San
Joaquin County. She Is a graduate of
| the Stockton High School and also of
the Western School of Commerce Of
Stockton, and is reputed to be one of
the best stenographers and typewriters
| in the valley. She is also an expert
enced bookkeeper and collector and a
good, all-around young business wo-
man.
Combined with her business ability
Miss Sheridan has charm of person
She is exceedingly jolly in disposition
and has a persuasive manner that US
ually fetches what she goes after.
The Yosemite Club of Stockton has
started Miss Sheridan off with 5000
votes and she secured enough more
during her first days work to give her
score of 1900. which makes her No.
| IA in the lineup.
+ AMBITIOUS BOOK-LOvER
Contra Costa County has still an
other candidate for contest honors. The
| latest aspirant from the county of the
opposite coast is Earl 2. Clifford of
Alamo This makes six contestants
from Contra Costa County. The others
are Miss Emile Hayward of Martinez,
Mrs. Theresa Coleman of Point Rich
mond, Mrs. Ellen Smith of Walnut
| Creek, Miss Tillie Hartz of Danville
and Miss Pearl Van Meter of Lafayette.
Master Clifford in his application to en-
ter says:
"I see that a friend of mine has en-
tered the contest. So I think l will
take a hand in It, I am very fond of
reading, so I thought / would earn
some money to buy books and book
case by getting in the contest. Please
enter my name. The people in this
end of the county know me and
think they will help me to win a
prize"
CONVINCED OF FAIRNESS
! John Souther, popular water front
| transfer man, who lives at Elmhurst,
Alameda County, won a prize of $40 in
the first period of the contest, and
received the money promptly, contrary
to his expectations. Souther is no
] longer skeptica1 as to The Calls fair
dealing with the contestants, as the fol-
lowing letter testifies:
EImhurst; CAL. Jan. 25. 1907.
Contest Editor, The Call
! Dear Sir-I take this means of thanking you
| and The Call for the prize I was permitted to
compete for and won wish to state that
was rather skeptical as to the fairness of news
paper contests but am pleased to be able to say
that The Call could not have been any fairer
! in the distribution of prizes. I also wish to
thank my friends who helped me out in the con-
be even more successful than the first, I remain
very respectfully, JOHN sOUTHER.
NOTES OF PROGRESS
The fourth week of the second period
of the contest started off very briskly
in spite OF the interminable wet
weather.
Miss Norma Merani of Oakland still
| leads with a comfortable plurality and
many more votes in sight. The Italian
people all over the State (and there are
about 100000 of them in California; are
taking the liveliest kind of interest In
| the success of the accomplished young
| lady who is so ably representing the
italian nationality in the race. The
popularity of the father of the young
| lady, Signor Joe Merani, is no small
factor in Miss Meranis success, as his
friends are legion throughout the
State. Many who do not know Miss
Merani personally are supporting her
on her fathers account.
Mrs. Doherty of Sacramento Is bend