Show A LITERARY CHAMPION WANTED THE united states investor whose offices are at 19 pearl st boston 35 broadway new york and chestnut st philadelphia in out with an offer of 1000 in prize sea for essays of not more than one column each respecting american cities and towns to be received until december 81 1 1892 8 92 the prizes will be subdivided as follows follower por for the best beat essay eay respecting any american city or town for the second best beat and for the third best each easy to la to deal with the merits of the city or town chosen so its it subject either as a desirable place of residence as affording opportunities for investment as a place of peculiar location as a place of unusually rapid as a in which an ally large amount ol of capital and labor la Is employed in any particular indus try an aa a place possessed of great undeveloped resources such as water power coal and iron ote etc which la Is peculiar a r because became it has haf i long escaped attention as aa a place of great historical bist orical interest or as possessing any other claim to unique interest and special distinction the essay may cover either one or all allot ot the above to topics pice in awarding the prizes the judges who are three distinguished congressmen hon HOB henry cabot lodge of massa cousette chu sette speaker charles P F crisp of georgia and hon julius C burrows of michigan will consider the literary merits merita of the essays as well as the merits meri toof of the town or city described they will not however go outside of the essay itself for evidence that the town or olty city possesses any special interest any claims which even a well known city may have to me die unction notion tl within the intent upon which these prizes prize are offered must rest wholly upon what to is said by the essay assay lot within the space of the column to him this condition together with the consideration of literary merit will give the essayists an ei een eu chance we give the proposed contest this much publicity because of a conviction that bait lake of all american cities has the peculiar merits to entitle her essayist essa yest to the first prize it is wea too to remind our panegyrists ts that this city has an aim enterprising neighbor on the north ogdon ogden who may be depended on not to allow this opportunity for honorable honor at ble and glowing eilf adver tiso ti ment to escape her |