Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-10-10
GOLD AND SILVER
MEDALS OFFERED
To Children For Fest Essay on Re-
pair and Maintenance of
Earth Roads

| Washington, ID. c., Oct. 1.-The Di-
of this Department, Logan Waller
Page, has announced that the time
in which children may submit essays
on the repair and maintenance OF
earth roads, in competition for the
gold medal and the two silver med
ais, has been extended to March 2,
| 1914
The conditions for the essay con-
test are as follows:
l. The subject of the essay will
be the Repair and Keeping Up of
Earth Roads.
2. 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 OIL only one side
of the paper.
4. In the upper left hand corner
Of the first page should appear the
following statement: Essay on Earth
Roads by (name of child: age OF
child; actual residence OF child;
school attended by child
| Children WiSbiDo 10 anTar this
contest may ask the advice Of their
parents, teachers, nei2hbors. high
way commissioners, and other peo-
pie, and read books Or magazine s
giving information about the sub
ject They must not give the i'll
formation they gain III this way
author of a book. They must ex-
press the ideas in their own Ian
guage They will not be expected
to use technical terms and any
words that make the meaning clear
will be acceptable.
6. The essays will be rated by an
understanding of the subject shown
by the child according to the pen
manship, English, and spelling. The
writer of the best essay will receive
{. gold medal; the writer Of the next
best essay, a silver medal; and the
writer Of the third best essay, a sill
yer medal.
i 7. All essays should be plainly
addressed, in an envelope stamped
with a two-cent stamp, to- Commit
tee on Children's Road Essay Con
test, Office of Public Roads, G. S.
Department of Agriculture, Washing
ton d. c., and should be mailed to
reach that office not later than
a. N. on Monday, March 2, 1914.
s. Children who have already sub
mitted essays in that contest which
was originally announced to close
October 18th, may if they wish, sub
matt second essay.
AS help to children, the sug-
gestions given below are made
Children need not follow these sug.
gestions absolutely They must not
submit essays in the form of di-
rect answers to these questions
They must not quote any of the fol
lowing material word for word
How to Tell Good Roads From Bad
To the Children: In getting facts
to write your essays for the prize
contest on the repair and mainten
ance of earth roads, use your eyes
Look at bad piece of road and g
good piece of road when both are
dry. Study particularly, the ruts
and holes and uneven places in the
road to see whether they make il
easier or harder for the wheels OF
q loaded wagon to go along Study
the Kind of footing that the two
roads give to the horses.
Now, study the same stretches O.
road after a good rainstorm. YOU
will see that one road holds small
puddles, or pools, of water that keel
the road soft and so allow it to be
cut by the wheels of the wagons
andsthe hoofs of the horses. How dc
road builders keep water from gath
ering on the travelled way of a road
Should the road slope to the
side bitches? How much high
er should the center, or crown, of the
road be than the outside edges O.
the road? Why do good bitches a