Omaha daily bee., 1913-11-28
GARDEN PRIZES ANNOUNCED
Boys and Girls Who Entered Con-
test Gain Their Reward.
CIVIC LEAGUE COMMITTEE ACTS
Statement Made that ShOwing Il
Good In view of DrOuth-Much
H. Expected DusiRR the
Coming Year.


Northeast District--nGiss Esien Tracy,
siO4 NORTH Twenty-sscond street.
Northwest District-Joseph hcoolhn-
ter, 3o4l stone avenue.
southeast pigtrict--Wilham Q. Green
man, TAO Doroan street. -.
southwest pistriot-lIiss Marion ouiid'
l3as south Thirty-fifth avenue.
The Civic leagues garden comml'tee
has awarded prizes to the winners OK the
first annual lot Improvement contest Ihe
contest was conducted by the league Tor
the purpose of beautifying the city OF
Omaha. All children In the city were
eligible TO compete.
The committee included Mrs. Georse A.
Ioslyn, Mrs. Harold clifford. Mrs. Lowrie
Childs. r. c. Peters. w. II. Koenig and
T. n. Klmball.
An active interest was taken by the
children In the contest this year and u IL
expected that considerable more interest
win be manifested next year. All the
gardens were good and Il was impossible
for the committee to award the general
sweepstakes prize because no ohild's gar
den was conspicuously better than the
others.
The following prizes were awarded:
Northeast District-The first prize was
S25 and goes to Helen Tracy of biot
North Twenty-second street-no sec
md or third prize awards are made
In this district-no contesting gardens
found worthy. Honorable mention how:
ever. Is made OF the gardens OF Elsie and
Leslie Sterling, 402 North Fourteenth
street Arthur Logan, Nineteenth ano
California streets. and Margaret Ellis,
e02s North Nineteenth street.
Northwest District--The first prize. sSh,
goes 20 Joseph McCollister, Soh stone
avenue
each OF the following: Paul r. Schorpe,
2SSl Miami street: Rhea Hardtmeyer
9222 Manderson street; Fred Timme' 4aH
Miami street.
going to each Of the following: Fred
Carlson. 9022 Evans street; A, Weinert,
So43 Evans street. and Russell Gantz, SSlf
Taylor street, In this district honorable
mention ls made OF the gardens of Bennla
Lake. S017 Webster street; Ralph Walker,
1929 Lake street Richard Wood, 2IO5 Ohio
| street; Harry Johnson. 3il5 Miami street;
Charles Marsh, 3ll6 Miami street; John
FAIRIES. 3l23 Maple street. Conrad Waid-
lish. 402c North Thirty third street; Frank
Hunkle, sa27 Ohio street: Lillian Ragsdale,
\ 420d Burdette street; Lucille WHpleS, f25J
Burdette street and Pearl ID. Preston,
Southeast District-The first prize. S25.
goes TO William G. Greenman, 100 Dorcas
street
The second prize Is divided 3 going TO
NhNH VI tllt tNiibNlnE NdhlNiAlt
kin, $40 Hickocy street; Arthur KIansohie,
i i0a Hickory street. Elvira johnson. G46
South Nineteenth street.
The third prize is halved by Edwin
| Ford, 1920 South Tenth street and Frank
Novak. i706 South Fifth street.
Honorable mention is made Of Able
| iSohn, 5S3 South Twenty-second street.
Southwest Distriot--The first prize, t25
goes to Marion Guild, 1895 South Thirty
! fifth street
The second prize. SIS. is divided between
| Jessie Craig. Thirty-s second and Pacific
streets. and Doris Kanatsher, 1884 South
The third prize, $40. IL halved by Stanley
Wallin. 2429 South Forty-second street
and Helen wisler. 4673 Leavenwortll
| street.
Honorable mention IL made of the worl,
OF Helen Gould, 2si1 Pacific street; Lloyd
Wagner. se6s Marcy street: Arthur Brown
ts7S Marcy street; James Mcdonnell. 122l
South F1fty-third street; - Petersen
Fifty-fourth street
showinE Very Good.
The committee report says:
ION account Of there being no garder
conspicuously superior TO all others, the
sweepstakes prize was not awarded. TS
each contestant receiving honorable men,
tion, however, the committee has awarded
a trade due bill good for the purchase oi
garden seeds. plants, tools or other sup
plies to the amount OF $3.50 These du,
bills are 20 be used at the Sixteenth
street store OF s. b. stewart & Co. and
have cash purchasing value equal L
their face.
In reviewing it's work for the year tn,
garden committee feels gratified that II
spite OF very late start. a tornado an'
long season OF drouth II has been abb,
to award it's prizes with the feeling tina
they have been earned. and ia glad I,
recognize the efforts Of those TO whom
honorable mention has been given. w
are proud OF our city's boys and girls
who can and do achieve results In spit
OF all obstacles and we look forwar,
with high hopes to what the next year
competition shall bring forward.
In arranging for the 1914 contest tn
committee is 20 be greatly enlarged an
the scope OF the work broadened Wha
has been handled this year by a commit
tee of five will be managed in 1914 by 81
committees numbering some fifty activ
workers. but OF this and the details O
the work due and full notice will b
given through the Omaha newspapers
II is certain. however. that tho COMM
contest will not be restricted &c youn
people and that revised and enlarge
edition Of the leagues booklet, the Fou
Garden Letters, will be published an
distributed. and that instructive talk
will be given before the schools. eacherz
association and other organizations
This movement for city improvement
and beautification is general all over Tn
civilized world and is fast converting IN
cities-the aSodes Of smoke and CRIME
into ve-!table beauty spots. indicative o
the awakening here is the action Of tn
Omaha Society OF Fine Arts in changin
; its constitution in order 20 cover activI
. ties proposed In the support OF the cit
betterment for which the Civic league