Show KANSAS GIRL WINS ROAD ESSAY prizes are awarded by waller page of united states office of public roads in a contest in which nearly children all oer the united states engaged two girls and a boy all aged 14 have been awarded prizes by login waller Page director of the united states office of public roads for writing the best essays on the repair and maintenance of dirt roada so admirable was the esay submitted b amy coon of scammon Sc immon kan and so well did she lay down the fundamental rules to be observed even by road engineers that the amencia highway association in addition to the medal awarded by mr page has decided to send lier to alio american road congress to be held in atlanta early in november paying all expenses the contest was arranged by director page in order to arouse interest among school children in the subject of improve ing the public roads of the united stites sir page believed that if such a contest were started the children would ask questions of their parents and an impetus would be given to the road improvement thousands of children in all parts of the country participated in the contest many of the essays submitted bore evidence been prepared with the assistance of parents or school teach era and these were the ablest engineers in the united states office of public roads acted as a board in pissing on the essays and in making alie decisions the prize winners were the following first prize gold medal ann coon scammon kan a pupil in the skidmore school second anze lucile huff aged 14 willowdale firm arlington ore a pupil in the arlington school third prize melvin caulion Pa ulion aged 14 blooming prairie minn those receiving honorable mention robert birrows aged 14 mans held center conn george II 11 aged 11 woodside lewis county ida mianne 15 independence pen dence mo frances cochran aged 11 well min la miss coon will undoubtedly be the li eroine of the american roid congress in athnea if her parents consent to have lier tike the trip from her home in kansas the american highway ab will not only pay all the expenses of the oung lady but will see that she is well cared for by the wives of the forge plants of this season of the beir on the dixie forest are a wild red closer that thrives in dry situations and a ild pea eaten readily by horse cattle and sheep tint climbs on the oak brush and serviceberry bervi ceberry the last day on the forest air wood saw eight deer in the bull alley mountains as close as 50 ards to four of them mr woods leaves tomorrow morn ilir for ely to inspect the nevada orden standard |