The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-24
POrtO|0 Contest IS
Nearing It's Close
Business Firms Urged to Set Aside Day
In Which to Boost Festival

So much interest is being taken in
the race for the diamond ring in the
Portola young women's travel contest
that the closing time of the ring con-
test has been extended unil l o'clock
Friday afternoon. This was done to
give the candidates the beneft of the
noon hour on Friday.
Only those ballots cast after the COM
pletion of the count last Saturday and
received at the Portola headquarters be-
fore l .. M Friday will be considered in
determining the ownership of the dia-
mond. All of the ballots will count in
the final tally on next Monday evening,
when the II girls to go to Seattle will
be determined
But three days and half remain in
this ring contest 1t has already awak-
ened the greatest enthusiasm among
all the candidates.
CONTEST NEARING CLOSE
But seven days of voting remain in
the big contest. All ballots to be
counted must be at the Portola head
quarters next Monday evening at 6
o'clock The ballot boxes will be taken
up at o'clock Monday afternoon. but
votes will be received for candidates
at the Portola headquarters until
s p. m.
The trip to Seattle for the IL San
Francisco girls will be as delightful as
money can make it, Every possible
detail for the comfort and pleasure of
the girls has already been arranged.
Every minute, of the trip from the
time the party leaves the dock in San
Francisco until the ferry building is
reached IL days later will be one of
unalloyed pleasure. There will be
sound and Lake Washington for the
Portola girls. Puget sound is an en-
trancing body of water dotted with a
thousand islands.
Saturday and Sunday were days of
great activity among the contestants.
The ballots taken up yesterday morn
ing exceeded all other counts. The
canvass yesterday was notable for the
great strides made by some OF the can
didates who last week were down to-
ward the bottom of the list.
Dark horses are very apt to be
among the winners to go to Seattle.
Some OF the girls polled more votes
did all last week. The girls who have
received the support of societies and
organizations are beginning to show 1t
in the voting.
The dairymen all over the city are
rallying to the support of Miss Sarah
Thorold of the Peoples creamery. In
addition to the support of the milk
wagon drivers union, employers are
sending in checks to aid Miss Thorold's
candidacy.
CANVASS ACROSS THE BAY
Even Oakland and the transbay
cities are being canvassed for votes by
various candidates One girl who has
scores of friends in Marin county has
received many votes from residents
over there. From as far east as Dem
yer friends of some of the candidates
are raIlying to their support.
Another count will probably not be
announced until the ownership of the
diamond ring is settled Friday after
noon, in order to prevent confusion in
the contests. The standings of the va
Iious candidates will not be known
until the votes that will determine the
lucky girl to win the ring have all
been tabulated.
AS a donation to the Portola festival
fund the Owl drug company will give
10 per cent of the gross receipts of its
FIVE stores for Friday, August %. This
proposition has no reservations what
ever, and every penny taken into the
cash registers of the Owl company from
the opening of the stores in the morn
ing Of Friday until the closing at night
of that day will be separately tabulat-
ed and one-tenth of the total sum will