The San Francisco call., 1907-02-03

The end Of the third week Of the
second period Of the gold prize con-
test leaves Miss Norma Merani Of Oak
land in the lead with a larger plurality
than ever. Both she and Mrs. J. F. Do
herty Of Sacramento placed a wide gap
between themselves and their most for
midable rival Sacred Heart College.
Miss Merani by a gain of 1900, tight
ened her grip on first place. Mrs Do
herty. by a gain Of 1850, captured sec
ond place from Sacred Heart, and viii
next week give Miss Merani run for
first honors.
Further comment on the changes in
the score must be reserved until Mon
day morning. The figures tell the
story of yesterdays voting.
KINGS COUNTY ENTERPRISE.
In enterprise and progress the great
fertile San joaquin Valley is always
abreast with the times and any other
section Of California Neither are the
Young people of the valley lacking in
ambition and energy looking to self
advancement Tulare, Fresno, Merced
and Stanislaus are San Joaquin Valley
counties that have able representatives
i'm the gold prize contest. Nor does
Kings county. embracing the rich Tu-
lare Lake region. propose TO be left out
Of 2 race which affords such great op-
pOrtunities for the participants.
Miss Jennie Tibbetts of Hanford,
county seat OF Kings County, is the
worthy representative of the Tulare
) Lake region in the contest. She is MAX
ing a late start. but by devoting all her
time to the contest work from now on
she expects TO secure enough sub
scriptions to The Call to win some of
the big purses in the remaining Pc
ri0ds Of the contest.
Miss Tibbetts was born at Liberty,
- a-T~r
tiOn of her life and commenced teach
ing school years ago before she was
L years Of age. She came to Califor-
MA several years ago, unaccompanied
by any relative. determined to earn her
own living and make her own way in
the world That she is now one of
Hanford's most prominent and highly
respected young ladies is the best evil
dence Of her true worth. n. Weisbaum,
one Of the most prominent business
men Of HanfOrd and Kings County, rec
ommends her In the warmest terms,
and says she is worthy of the support
Of the entire community in the gold
prize contest She is one OF the most
ambitious girls IN the county and al
ways loyal to the interests Of the town,
county and section of the State in
which she lives.
A PROSPEROUS SECTION
No section of the great San Joaquin
Valley IS developing more rapidly at
present or enjoying a greater degree
OF prosperity than the fertile alluvial
( plains around Lake Tulare. Hanford
Laton, Lemoore and Visalia are all in
the heyday of their prosperity and
Miss Tibbetts expects to receive liberal
support from all OF those places. Han
ford. the capital of Kings County. is
OF the best towns in the valley. Both
the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe
lation IS growing rapidly. New bust
ness blocks and residences are being
erected with amazing rapidity to ac-
commodate the influx of people. The
streets OF the town are always filed
with the teams OF the well-to-do
ranchers from the surrounding country
who are shipping produce the year
round Just now the enterprising
citizens OF Hanford are making a
strong effort TO annex the southwestern
part Of Fresno County, containing the
rich Coainga oil district, to Kings
County. The Coalinga district is
/ naturally tributary to Hanford and
II the bill now before the Legislature
for its annexation passes it will add
greatly TO the prosperity OF Hanford
A modern streetcar system is among
the contemplated improvements which
Hanforo expects to enjoy in the near
future The town has four banks. two
newspapers and many other success
ful business enterprises. A success
ful candidate IN the gold prize con-
test viii help TO spread its fame
abroad
SANTA CRUZ CANDIDATES
Boulder Creek has another candidate
for the contest, making the second
from that enterprising town and the
the third from Santa Cruz County.
Mrs. Ed. c. Gray is the latest aspirant