The record., 1913-10-02
Geld and Silver Medals Offered 10
Ckiiirea iOr Best Essay 0a Re-
ra;r and Maintenance ef
Earth Reads.

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The Director of the Office of Pubic
Roads Of this Department, Logan
Waller Page, has announced that the
time in which children may submit
essays on the repair and mainten
ance of earth roads, in competition
for the gold medal and the two sill
yer medals, has been extended 10
Iarch :, 1914.
The conditions for the essay con
test arc as follows:
The Subject of the essay will be
the Repair and keeping Up of Earth
Roads.
1t is open only to children from
ten TO fifteen years, inclusive, who
are actually living on farms and who
are actually attending some school.
3 The essay should be not more
than eight hundred words in length,
in the Handwriting of the child, and
should be written on only one side
of the paper.
4 In tn, upp,r LETT had corner OF
the first page should appear the fol
lowing statement; Essay on Earth
Roads by (uame of child; age of
child; actual residence of child;
school attended by child.
) Children wishing to inter this
contest may ask the advice of their
parents, teachers, neishbors, high
way commissioners, and other peo-
Pile, aud read books or magazines
giving information about the sub
iect. They mus, no, give the infor-
nation they gain in this way in the
texact wortspf an adult or h author
of book They nust express tn .
ideas in their own La gu sc. The,
aisI not be expected to use iechnica
terms aud ans words that make tE(
nearing clear ai!l b. acceptable.
3 rhe essays will be rattd by AZ
Impartial committee according t,
the understanding of the suljsc
shown by The child and accordin,
to the ponmansbir, English anC
spelling. The writer of the b. ST es
say will receive a gold medal; ,h'
writer Of the next best essay, silve
medal; and the writer of the ihir'
best essay, silver medal.
IL All essays should be plainly ad
dressed, in an envelope stampe'
with two-cent stamp, to: Com
miltee on Children's RI ad Essa,
Contest, Office of Public Roads, L
S. Department of Agriculture, VAST
ington, ID. C., and should be II aile'
to reach that Office not later thai
Q a. IN. on Monday, March :, 1914
Is Children who have already sub
mitted essays in that contest whicl
was originally announced to clos
October 18th. may If they wish
submit a sacond essay.
AS help to children, the sugges
lions given below are made. Child
rem need not follow these suggestion
absolutely. they must not submit
essays in the form Of direct answer
, to these questions. They must no
/ quote any Of the following matera
word for word.
HOW TO TELL A GOOD ROAD FROM
BAD ROAD.
To the Childrea: Ia getting fact
to write your essays fer the priz
coatest on the repair and maiu,en
) ance of earth roads, use your eyes
Look at bad piece of road and
good piece of road when both ar
dry. Study, particularly, the rut
and holes and uneven places in tn
road to see whether they make
easier or harder for the wheels of
loaded wagon to so along. Stud
the kind of footing that the tw
roads give to the horses.
Now. study the same stretches c
road after a good rsInstorm. Yo
will see that one road holds sma
a puddles, or pools, of water that kee
I the road S oft and so allow it to b
= cut up by the wheels of tie wagon
and the hoofs of the horses. Ho'
: do road builders keep water fror
E gathering on the travelled way of
e road? Should the road slope to tn
1 side ditches2 How mu h h'ghe
should The center, or crown, of Ii
i road be than The outside edges c