The Coconino sun., 1914-07-24
EDNA POISON WINS PRIZE FOR COMPOSITION
Is Awarded Prize for Composition on How the Northern Arizona Fair
 can Help My Country

for the best composition written by school children on How the Northern Arizona Fair, can Best Help my Country" The prize was awarded by R. N. Fredericks.
 Miss Polson's idea of the matter was as follows:
 The growth of a country de- pends on the intelligence of its people, its industries, resources, agriculture, government, its cli- mate, etc. Unless these things are encouraged and looked after, they cannot be of use in develop ing, the country.
 The five northern counties, namely, Mohave, Coconino, Yava- pal, Navajo and Apache are about the same in their surface features all having mountainous lands with great altitude. Therefore they have nearly the same industries, products and climate. It is not impossible for them to unite and become one of the most prosper ous sections of the United States. We see by the many Indian ruins which are found in all the northern counties that the Indians which have inhabited these places were developing the land simi- liarly to certain extent. As people visit these different ruins they notice that the Indians have had similar material to work with. These counties still have the same soil and resources and it is much easier for them to produce the same things and therefore become one great prosperous section.
 In these counties are some very intelligent, ambitious and indus. trious people. These people have the most beautiful scenery and surroundings, also the best climate and air in the world. People from all over the world are known to visit these counties in search of health, pleasure and wealth.
 If by chance they are at one of these Frontier Day celebrations, they see what the cattle men are doing and they find out that North ern Arizona is full of live, wide- awake men as we'll as other states and countries. When they go away they talk about the possibil- ities of this country and as a result of their advertising, some of the best, hard working and honest men come here which are always the best thing a country can have.
 The Frontier Day celebration brings the cattlemen and cowboys into close relation and strong friendship. They learn and see things which other men are doing that they on account of living so far apart, have not known before. As a result of the thin population, these fairs are their meeting places.
 At the Northern Arizona fair men try to excel each other as to thsir products. If man sees that he can by hard and watchful work take the "blue ribbon" he does it. In this way he works to improve his seed, his farm imple- ments or whatever it may be until he has developed his crop into something which will be of help to his countrymen and his county.
 If while looking at the speci. mems, person sees method that he thinks would be of use in i'm. proving that thing, he speaks about it to some friend or to the men nearby. Soon a number of men get to talking about it and exchanging ideas. This often brings about valuable results. In this way each man becomes an individual agent in helping to develop his country.
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