Arizona republican., 1920-06-20

The first prize in the Ship By Truck and Good Roads Week school essay contest was won by Lucia Sla- vens, c. o. Case, state superintendent of public instruction, announced yes- terday. Miss Slavens will receive $50 cash and her essay will compete with first prize essays from each of the other states for national honors, under the plan of the promoters of the good roads and ship by truck affair. The winner of the national honors will receive a four-Year course in any col lege or university that the winner may select.
 Miss Slavens is a writer of ability and the judges expressed themselves as hoping she would win the national honors, as her essay possesses remark able merit. This is not the first time Miss Slavens has won essay honors. Last winter in a keen competition among the schools of the county she won first county prize in the United States army contest. She received as her award a beautiful loving cup posted by N. Friedman with the Phoe- nix chamber of commerce which as- sisted Sergeant Brady in directing the contest here. Miss Slavens is the daughter of John Slavens of If North Twelfth avenue.
 Other prizes were won by the follow ing: Second by John Willis, $40 in cash; third prize by Raymond Blount 1 $30 in cash; Gertrude Cartmel, fourth prize, $20 in cash; Robyn Wilcox, fifth prize, $10 in cash: Edwin Shupp, sixth prize. $5 in cash; and the following one dollar prizes: Maud Garnett, Al l bert Linrstrom, w. 4. Friend, Clare E Sylvester, James Gardner, Wilbel Sells, Elizabeth Phillips, Murphey w | Brown, F. Whittlesay, Clair Armour and May Churchill, Harry Unangast Leonard Nelson and Fern Churchill l of Glendale.
 The prizes were posted by Phoeni' members of the Arizona Automotiv' association. The county committee tC pass upon the essays comprised Mrs | Pauline O'Neil. Professor Jantzen | Charles H. Akers and Professor Johr D. Ioper The state committee com prised Con Cronin. James H. Me ] Clintock and Dean Searlett. The frs prize essay. written by Lucia Slavens follows:
 Ship by Truck Good Roads
 America is on the threshold of a nev era in transportation. Her highway 1 have become motorized.
 When the railroads were congesteC with war traffic motor trucks sprani into sudden helpfulness, and great i'm portance, and it has dawned upon u that in normal peace times as wei their use Is invaluable
 The advantages of shipping by trucl are many and varied. First am9nl them, perhaps, is lack of delay. Good of any nature can be handled direc 1 with less damage and safer delivery but especially do trucks move foo' crops quickly and economically. Rapi'
 transit from field to warehouse il vital in such crops as rice, beans an' hops: trucks can go directly into thu 1 Hkyhp high and loss from rain which nigh amount to thousands of dollars in on night is avoided by the quick handl ing by motor trucks. Shipment b. truck is also of great advantage to tn canneries in such perishable crops a tomatoes, spinach and celery. Th' ] boxes are handled only twice and ar rive in the best of condition. Also in the handling of livestock to tn method of delivery avoids loss O weight and even death, caused by de lays of slow moving, local freigh trains.
 Those in touch with the farmer problems, know that his great diff culty is in marketing. Motor truck are the solution. They form an out let for his produce and on return trip take back commodities from the city thus serving two purposes.
 One large advantage of shipping b. truck is the saving of cost. Haulinl by horses is slow and extravagant, fo when counterbalanced by their capac
 ity and more extended distance O travel, the upkeep of motor trucks ha proved to be less expensive than tn maintenance of horses.
 In view of the foregoing facts, " must conclude that the motor truck