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Show A MTEUAltY ClltMI'lUt TA.TKI. Tiir VnUttl Xalf Jnvrntor, whoso tmceaareat IS 1'iarl Ht , Jloslon, .1 5 llronjway, New V'ork, and 241 Chestnut Chest-nut Ht , Philadelphia, la out with an oiler of $1000 In prizes ror essays of not inaro than one colutr n i aob reiectlug American cities nnd towns, to be received re-ceived until December 11, In. The prizes will le subdivided as follows: For the let ctsiy rcsiicctlug any American city or town, f-WJJ for thu tecond best, MQ; and for Ihe third but, J.'O). Ilach isiy Is to deal with tbo merits of the city or town chosen as fit subject, either at a deelrablo lace of residence; at affording opportunities for Investment; as a place of peculiar location; as a placo of unusually rapid growth; aa a place In which an unusu nlly largo amount of crfpllal and labor Is employed In any - aitlcular Industry; Indus-try; aa a placo possessed of great u n developed resources, tuch na water lower, coal and Iron, etc., which Is tecullar becautu It his long escaped nttentlon; as n place of great historical Interest; or na tmasceilng any other claim to unique Interest and special distinction. The tasay may cover eitbcronoorallof tho above totlcs. Io awarding tbe prizes, tho Judges who aro three dlttliir-ulihcd Congressmen, Hon, Henry Cabjt Lodge of liana, chusetta, Hpeaker Charles '. Crisp of (leorgla and Hon. Julius C. llurrosrt of Michigan will consider the literary merits' of the issays, as well as the merits uf the town or clly described. They will not, liowever, go outside of tho essay Itself for evidence that tho town or city positives any tjteolal Interest. Any claims which even n well kuown city may have to distinction dis-tinction within the Intent upon which thf'o prizes are offered mult rest wholly upon what It said by tho essayist essay-ist within the space of tho column alloltd tuhlni. IThls condition, together wllh the consl'uratlou of literary merit, will give the essayists an el en chanco. We give tbe proposed contest this much ubllclty because of a conviction that Halt Lake of all American cities has the cullar merits to eutltle her etstyest to the first prize. It Is well, ton, to remind our panegyrists that this city hai an enterprising neighbor on thu norlh OgJen who may be depended de-pended on not to allow this opportunity for honorable and glowing eelf-adver tlicmcnt to escaie her. |
