The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-04-24

(Herah Special sesvice)
WASHINGTON. d. c., April ia
nationwide Photographic contest in the
interest Of the Good Roads Every.
where" movement, with cash prizes Of
$500 open to everybody. was IN
nounced at the National Highways Al.
sociation headquarters here recently.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and the
two well known writer's. Miss Ida Tar
bell and Mark Sullivan. viii serve -
judges in the contest.
The photographs selected in the
competition will be used to establish IN
Washington national exhibit on the
good roads problem designed primAs-
lily to promote nationally conceived
scheme Of highways.
In connection with the pending legis-
lation in congress to have the federal
government shoulder . part Of the task
Of good roads" construction. the Ma
tional Highways Association. It IL en-
planned. desires to have adopted . plan
for system Of national Highways. sur.
veyed and located by expert engineers.
SO that federal funds will not be spent
in hit or miss pork barrel" fashion.
but In accordance with . scientific
plan. as any railroad il built. or - the
government itself did In the case Of
the Panama canal.
BY means Of the photograph contest
It is proposed to gather = complete pic
ture Of the good and bad road prob.
lem as 1t exists in every section Of the
country. and this the association will
use in its effort to obtain scientific
''non-pork" legislation from congress.
The cash prizes Of $500 were sub.
scribed by General Coleman du Pont.
chairman Of the board Of national
councillors, and Charles Henry Davis,
president Of the National Highways
Association. The competition win be
known as the du Pont-Davis road pho.
tograph prize contest.
The first prize. to be given for the
most striking (good or bad) road pho
tcgraph. will be $500 cash award. In
all there will be 166 cash prizes award.
ed. There will be hve second prizes Of
500 each. twenty third prizes Of SIS
each. forty fourth prizes Of SIS each.
and 100 nth prizes Of IS, each. making
166 chances in all for each person en-.
tering the contest.
The competition will be kept open
for eight months, closing at noon,
Tuesday. November 7th. All photo.
graphs should be addressed to Good
Roads Everywhere" Photograph Con.
test. National Highways Association.
Washington. D. c.
Discussing the Photographic contest
on good roads. General du Pont Of the
National Highways Association said |
"The purpose Of our association In
this matter is to see to 1t that, when
Uncle Sam enters upon this work Of
road building he starts OF on the right
road. The good roads issue IL Q ma
tional problem as well a. q state and
county problem. Whatever the federal
government does in this matter should
be done on a national basis-upon Q
plan nationally conceived.
Every member Of congress knows
The good roads problem in his district
y state. Of course. but We want to have
aim know 1t nationally. We have in.
augurated this Photographic contest -
nrst step in this direction. and We
believe that with the assistance Of al
Americans interested in the eood
'oads problem We can make II Q very
important step. An exhibit Of photo.
graphs picturing tho good roads peob.
em - 1t exists In every section oe the
ountry will make . most graphic and
orceful lesson.
I'VE want the subjects Of the photo.
raphs in this contest 70 demonstrate
ot only how bad roads sss. and how d