The San Francisco call., 1907-02-04

Mention was made in The Sunday Call
about the prominent part that young
| taking in the gold prize contest
StanisIaus County has two representa-
tives in the race-two bright little girls,
Miss Ethel Potter, living in the town
/ of Newman, and Miss Lois B. Pltzer.
living nine miles out in the country
| from that town. The parents of these
ambitious youngsters are close friends
and there will be friendly rivalry to
see which of them will win the best
prize.
Miss Pfitzer wants to win some
money to buy a musical instrument in
order to crafty her fondness for music.
| She enters the score list this morning
| as No II, with 1900 votes to her
credit, which is a very good start in
deed She has jumped in ahead of Miss
Effie Vaughn, the Merced contestant,
| at the first bound, and is also further
advanced in the score than any other
San Joaquin Valley contestant.
| Miss Ethel Potter, whose picture is
presented today, is charming little
girl, only eight years of age, but she
feels old enough to win a prize She
| has 2400 votes to her credit as a
starter and is No. 25 in the list this
morning-just within the prize winning
| limit. Miss Ethel will have to hurry if
she expects to catch up with her little
| rival, Miss Pfitzer
Newman is the chief trading and
shipping point for very prosperous
section of the San Joaquin Valley. 1t
is located on the Southern Pacific, on
the west side of the San Joaquin River,
just on the border of Merced County.
The town and surrounding country
have an intelligent, enterprising popu-
lation, and the two charming little
girls of the locality who are striving
to win some of The Calls prize money
will doubtless find many ready and en-
thusiastic supporters.
OTHER NEW CONTESTANTS
C. A Pitkin Jr of r. F. D. No. g..
San jose desires to be enrolled as a
new contestant from Santa Clara
County. His honesty and good char
acter are vouched for by e. J. Swan
and S. B. Hunkins.
Miss Pearl Van Meter, the nine-year-
old daughter of the postmistress at La
fayette, Contra Costa County, has made
start as No. 33 with 800 votes to her
credit and more to follow. She is the
fifth contestant from Contra Costa
County.
Mrs. A. C. Biedenbach of 400 Gerard
street, university A1OQllUJ Dan
cisco, has also made a start with 800
votes, and intends to try hard to win
some Of the prize money. She will be
assisted by her father-in law, who is
treasurer of the popular German society
known as Hermann's Sons. The elder
Biedenbach lived in the same house on
Silver street for period of thirty one
years and lost his home in the great
fire of last April. The Biedenbach fam
lily enjoys wide acquaintance among
the German residents of the city.
Master George H. Angove Of Sonoma
has entered the contest with a spirit
and vim that will win In the end if
he keeps UP his courage, and if the
people of his town and county give
him the support that he deserves, for
George certainty is an exemplary boy
and has the stuff in him that counts IN
the making of man. L still am
working after school hours" says
George in a recent letter, but have not
been very successful so far. l am not
at all discouraged. The contest is very
interesting. I am always anxious to
get the paper every day. I hope to send
in some more votes very soon."
Jack the Newsboy" of San Jose has
gained $3.50 votes since Saturday morn
ing and has many more in prospect.
Jack" is gradually outdistancing
Emile lVGTS6H SdtC4iiHS uQ WILL
Sacred Heart College.
Miss Rose Breschini. the Italian-Swiss
candidate of Blanco, received q contri-
button OF $500 votes from Salinas Sat
urday. The loyal Swiss throughout
the State are rallying to Miss Bres-
chinis support and she has already
gained seventh place in the score list.
Joseph Fassler of Berna1 Heights,
the boy who wears the smile that
afFb a1Sn has o1oi,
on the Swiss vote. His parents are Of
the German Swiss nationality, and Jo-
seph has already secured subscriptions
from some of their German-Swiss COM
patriots.
CONVINCED OF FAIRNESS
John Souther popular water front
transfer man, who lives at Elmhurst,
| Alameda County, won prize of $40 in
the first period Of the contest, and
received the money promptly, contrary
! to his expectations Souther is no
| longer skeptical as to The Calls fair
dealing with the contestants, as the fol-
| lowing letter testifes:
Elmhurst, CAL, Jan. a5. 1907.
Dear Sir--I take this means Of thanking you
and The Call for the prizs was permitted to
was rather skeptical as to the fairness of news
| paper contests but pleased to be able to say
that The Call could not nave been any fairer
| thank my friends who helped me out in the con-
test. Hoping the second and third contests may
be even more successful than the first remain,
very respectfully, JOHN SOUTHER.
| The contest is divided into three Pc
RODS. constituted as follows: First. No
vember 10 to January 13, eight weeks;
second, January is TO March 8, seven
weeks; third, March to April IA,
six weeks.
There are twenty-five prizes ia ba
competed for during each contest Pc
riod, consisting Of twenty-five purses
of gold coin, ranging in amount from
900 IN to s500 and making fota1