The San Francisco call., 1907-01-18

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The announcement in yesterdays
Call of the names of the twenty
prize winners and the amount of the
purse won by each in the first period
of The Calls gold prize contest was
/ hailed with general satisfaction, es-
pecially by the contestants who won
the big purses. Some were little dis
appointed because they did not win as
| large purses as they aspired to, but the
majority Jared even better than they
| expected, and all are very amply re-
warded for the amount of time and labor
actually devoted by them to the contest
The JOY of winning in such contest
| is a great deal of satisfaction in itself,
! but the winners will feel still more
elated wheH they actually receive the
gold which they have worked for and
won. If any have any lingering doubts
as to the intentions of The Call to pay
them the promised coin such doubts
will be dispelled soon, unless something
goes wrong with Uncle Sans mail
CHECKS ARE ON THE WAY
Orders for the prize money, which is
on deposit with the Crocker National
| Bank of San Francisco, were mailed
last night and should reach most of
the lucky contestants early today.
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from $500 down to $50, and amounting
| to $4,000, have been forwarded by
mail to the twenty-five winners, as
| announced in yesterdays Call. These
checks will be redeemed in gold by the
Crocker National Bank or any other
bank at which they are presented.
Should any of the contestants to whom
the checks have been mailed fail to get
them within the next day or two, they
| will please notify the contest editor
and new checks will be issued If the
originals do not reach their destfna-
tion in due time. Those who receive
their checks will kindly acknowledge
receipt Immediately
The $4,000 divided among contestants
is but the first installment and one
| fifth of the total amount that will be
similarly awarded in the next three
months There still remains $4,000 of
| the $4,000 gold prize fund to be COM
peted for Two thousand dollars more
will be divided among the twenty FIVE
| leaders in the race at the end of the
second period of the contest-March 8.
The remaining $4,000 of the $4,000 will
| be apportioned at the end of the third
period-the middle of April. The
largest purses will be bestowed on
| those making the highest scores for
the entire contest, and the awards will
be made on April Is, the anniversary of
the big earthquake and fire, just three
months from today. Let them be three
months of strenuous endeavor for those
| who expect to share in the rich re-
wards.
BROTHER LEWIS Is GRATEFUL
Brother Lewis, president of Sacred
/ Heart College, is the first to make ac-
| acknowledgement of satisfaction with the
outcome of the first period of the con-
test He was the first to enter the
contest after the announcement of its
! terms and conditions. When others
| who probably needed the money just as
| much, hesitated to compete for the
| gold prizes and looked with askance on
| The Calls proposition, Brother Lewis
| had the sagacity to see the rare op-
portunity IT afforded, and as he knew
that the people behind The Call were
not the kind to welch and fail to fulfill
| their promises he was quick to seize
the rehabilitation of the college library.
His friends did not fail him in his
| effort to win first prize in the first
| contest period and he relies on them
to help him win first money in the sue
ceeding periods, though he realizes that
competition will become keener as the
end of the contest approaches. The
| following letter, which was written
before Brother Lewis received the
check for the $500 prize won by the
| college over which he presides, ex-
presses his gratitude to all who helped
him to make the winning;
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. II. 1907
Contest Editor The Call:
Dear Sir-Kindly permit me to ex-
press my sincere appreciation of the
loyal spirit exhibited by the many
friends of Sacred Heart College dur
ing the contest which has terminated
so fortunately for u.s. The members of
the faculty and the students are deep
ly grateful to each and every friend
who has given either moral or ma
terial aid.
We are, furthermore, under deep OBJ
lligations to The Call, which has af-
rehabilitating our library. To an in
stitution like ours an extensive and
varied collection of books is nothing
LESS than an imperative necessity, and
the money secured in the contest Just
terminated will enable US to fll at least
few Of the gaps in cur sh;elyes; ~,
| contest With sincere admiration of
those competitors. Mrs. Deasy, Miss
Irma Klaumann and Miss Emile Hay
ward and keenly regret that but a
single competitor can come out No. l.
BROTHER LEWIS. President
NEW CANDIDATES
Seeing how easy it was for most of
those participating in the first period
of the contest to win one or more $40
| goldpieces, many new candidates are
coming into the running.
Master Ellard Slack, whose portrait
is reproduced above. was enrolled yes
! terday as second contestant from
| Sausalito He was recommended for
/ the contest by his young friend, Emile
| Iversen. who was so fortunate as to
win $50 in the first period Master
Slack is president of the Christ Church
| Athletic Club of Sausalito, of which
young Iversen il a member. Thirty
three boys belong to this club and they
| gather once week for exercise and
=, instruction in athletics under compe-
tent instructor. They meet in the guild
room of the church and are in need of
apparatus for their gymnasium. Presi-
dent Slack enters the contest to win
money with which to furnish the clubs
| gymnasium. He feels sure that the
| people of Sausalito will respond lib