Evening journal., 1918-02-14
Prizes AWARDED
FOR ROAD PHOTOS
Gen. du Pont and c. H. Davis
Give $1,000 10 Help
Highway Cause
ssh VIEWS SENT
FROM ALL STATES

General T. Coleman dupont, or THIS
city chairman OF the board Of national
councillors. and Charles Henry Davis,
of Cambridge, Mass, president OF the
National Highways Association, some
time ago offered $500 in cash prizes
10 secure for the National Highways
Association photographs Of roads and
in the hope Of adding strength to its
membership and means, SO TO the asso-
clation may prosecute its work for
Good Roads Everywhere"
Just 5.5i3 photographs from every
state i'm the union were submitted the
Judges being former President Theo-
dore Roosevelt Mark sullivan and Ida
~ Tarbell. They have Just announced
their awards Of one flrst prize Of $500,
nve second prizes Of 500 each, 20 third
prizes Of s25 each. 80 fourth prizes Of
si5 each. 100 NTH prizes Of 50 each, and
i66 prizes totaling s260O.
The winners Of nrst, second and third
prizes are:
FIRST prize-George Ashbrook. Skid
more. No, $500
second prizes-Howard II. Parker.
Salida. Col, 800; Miss Florence B. Har-
/ rison. Iloilo, Philippine Islands, 500;
/ Mrs. Jessie Howell Hull Seattle, WASH
sl05: Russell G. Leavenworth, Boyne
I City. Mich. 800; Irwin z. Gilbert,
/ Frostburg. Maryland SIPS.
Third prizes-Bobert Platt Boyd
Montgomery. Ala, s25; Edward n.
Hanna. Columbus. Miss. S25: E. A.
Brudbury. Canon City, Col, $40; Uni
yersal Portland Cement Co, Chicago.
H.. S25: Claude f. sparks, State Center.
Ia. s25: Frank A. smith. Lake Charles.
La. $40: ( j. Mounts. Denton county,
Tex. $50. two prizes; Herbert W. Pei
ton. Asheville, y. c.. Si5; F. Shirley. Los
Angeles. Cal. SIS; The Phoio-Crait
sh0p. Colorado Springs. Col. s25' hunp
Motor Car Corporation, Detroit Mich
$40 six prizes; Hamilton NJ. LANG
Portland. Ore. S25. II. krebs, Jersey
City. y. j., s25: Bert Boice, Troy, n. y
s25: Niswall Bros. Denver. Col, so
Chamber OF Commerce, Phoenix. Arli.
$40: Walter i. Lubken. Boise. ldo go
The only Delaware prize winner i'
Edward Herbener, OF Newark, who was
awarded S5 as a nth prize.
An analysis u The contest shows
/ smopc other things Number or con
testants. s64: number of photographs
55i3: states and territories represent
. ed 50. number 81 contestants winning
/ i24. number Of contestants awarded
one prize iOi: number Of contestant
q awarded two prizes "a; number Of con
tesfants awarded three prizes, B; NUM-
her OF contestants awarded five prizes
- ?. number of contestants awarded sl
% --f-- D. N-s,,. Vo~l leads the state
b. with 90 contestants; Pennsylvania sec
: ond with 70. Illinois third. with S
Illinois submitted 81. the largest mum
X Der OF photographs PennsyiNania ss.
c ond. with 500; New York third VIII
e i0i.
T. The circular announcing the priz
n winners contains a photosrapnlc Nle'
e Of part of the dupont Road nea
h GEORGETOWN. and the following REFER
ence 10 &c: .
e "A gift 20 the State Of Delaware o.
General Coleman dupont. II eNempA
des the two cardinal principles enuncl
afed below by General dupont 10 a
o address before the southern CONNER
l. cial Congress. New York City cciope
. i6, 1917.
a .First-The only ihins that can pos
.r sibly be permanent about road IS il
7 location. so set that right. rememberin
Il a strsight line is the shortest distanc
.r between the two points.
-Second-Acquire extra land alon
q The road. TO be leased, az a low RAJ
N interest the income 60 be used il
IS road purposes first and general pu
b. poses afterwards.