The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-04-29
A BOYS fNCAMPMfNT
100 Boys will be Awarded Free Trips
to Iowa State fair. Oecatsr
County Boys are Entered.

to Iowa State fair. Decatur
County Boys are Entered.
The Boys Encampment at the
Iowa State Fair has become an an
nual event. It's success and popular-,
| ity the past three years has been
greater than even the management
has anticipated. The boys who have
been members of the camps held In.
|1912, 1913 and 1914, are so enthus-
iastic that they are planning reun-
| ions at coming fairs. A splendid
class of boys has made up the camps
the past three years-bOys who have
been a credit to the state, to the fair
and to the communities they repre-
sented.
| The dates for the fair this year
are August 25th to September 3rd,
inclusive. AS has been the case at
| the three previous fairs, an oppor-
tunity will be given through the es-
say contest to one boy from each
county and one from the state at
large, to attend the state fair with
out expense. The plan of having an
essay contest in each county in the
state will be followed as heretofore.
The boy who wins out in his home
county essay contest will be given
the free trip to the Iowa State Fair
and return and railroad fare, board
and lodging is paid by the fair man
agement.
The essays will be Judged by To-
cal committee. The contestant whose
essay wins the first prize will be Sc
lected as delegate from his county
and will be entitled to a free trip to
the Iowa state fair under the con-
ditiOns herein stated. The winner of
| the second prize will be designated
as alternate from his county and will
be entitled to free trip in case the
one selected as delegate is unable to
go. E.
The committee in each county will
forward the first and second prize
essays to A. r. Corey, secretary
state board of agriculture, Des
MOines, Iowa. The executive COM
mittee of the Iowa State Fair will ex-
anime these essays and make a. selec-
ton of the one entitled to first rank.
The winner of this contest will be
the delegate at large The alternate
from this county will be entitled to-
first prize. and a free trip, and the
third ranklng contestant In this
county will become alternate.
Application and Selection.
| Applications must be forwarded to
the chairman Of the committee In
LtLe county In which the boy resfde3
Ion oE a befOFe May a1 9TH. IA H,Ach 10Y
|shouid make out, his own
blank giviug snafM6, Sge and ddnesss,
Including county and name and adj
dress Of parent or guardian. Also
eive the name OF the party who i'm
cuced you, to enter the contest.
Conditions Governing Contest.
The boys whose applications are
accepted will be required to write
essays of not less than 500 words
and not to exceed 1000 words on
"Why Expect to be Farmer"
These essays must be filed with the
chairman Of the committee for their
respective counties not later than
June 1st, 1915. Competition will be
limited to:
&. Boys of good character be-
tween the ages of Is and 19 years.
2. Candidates to live on farm and
actually engaged in farm work.
8. Candidates must be willing to
cooperate with other boys and rep
resentatives of the state fair man
agement to make this visit to the
fair of greatest value to all concern
ed and to that end they must put
themselves absolutely under the sup
ervision and direction of the camp
management.
A.. Boys who won in 1912, 1918
and 1914 are not eligible to the con-
test this year.
May Enter Boys Judging Contest.
enter the Boys Judging Contest
meet the conditions of the contest.
College of Agriculture and Mechanic
$10O and one scholarship for a
short course in the same college valu-
ed at $25, are offered as premiums,
or total of $500 in scholarships.
Any boy desiring to enter this
! contest may secure the enrolment
blanks, and further information
from County Superintendent Mabel
Horner, who is chairman of the
county committee. All enrollments
must be filed with the county chair
man before the fifteenth of May.
| The following boys are enrolled:
Forest Hagan, Pleasanton. ID
Joe McMorris, Leon.
Offie Leeper, Leon.
Edward Young, Garden Grove.
Ronald Sipherd, Grand River.
Raymond Goodman, Leon.
Homer Dale, Leon.
| E. Ralph Sage, Leon.
John Bunny is Dead.