The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-01
.sKAGWAY. SCHOOL. 1.
 GIRL FIRST IN ESSAY CONTEST
Gets Chance in National Com petition for Four Year
 Scholarship Award.

arship contest, has been selected Dy the Territorial committee as being 1 the best submitted from the schools of the Territory and will be forward ed to tic Highway and Highway | Transport Education committee at Washington, as one of the 49 essays from winch the national prize wla- ming 9Tticle will be selected, accord Ing to ap announcement made today ty Commissioner of Education L. D. : Henderson Miss Clark is a mon- i Der Of the graduating class of 1921 of tfe Gkasway high school.
 l t, Oniy Three Entrants
 i Owing to the lateness of the an nouncemen; of Alaska's inclusion n the cor .cet, only three schools in the Territory entered. These were J.,. neau, Far banks and Skagway. Miss Margaret collins, daughter of SeEt- , tor k. B. Collins, of Fairbanks, was given SccCBG place by the Territ or- ial e 3..;.'tlee, and Miss Kathle Gn Ward. of Tnane, a member of the graduating class of the Juneau His1 school. ',9zl, was third The Terri. i torial committee, which was name ty Comml lssioner Henderson, is com posed oe John W, Troy. R. J. Som mers and Il. L. Faulkner. The com mittee was unanimous in it's award.
 Substantial Prize Offered
 The hig prize to be given the win. ner is a icur-year course in uni versty or college ill the United States t:.a: the winner may select. All expenses are paid and the cash value of the. scholarship is estimated to be proximately s5000. Und sr the rules 0: the contest only one essay may be submitted from eacli school 10 j community committee. the bast se ected by it forwarded to the staie oI territorial committed, and its choice of one from each state | Or territory submitted to the nation , al committee, which makes the final awar: s. Miss clark's Essay Y The pII2o winning essay by Miss Clark foilCWs:
 
 , like in 1928, the lack of good roads land means, of, transportation for sIf plies was the most serious obstacle with vhict the gold seekers had to contend The graves of the hun dreds who perished on the way overcome by the dangers and hard 1 ships of the trail. were mute testl ,monial to this most urgent want oi the Northland Today the crying need of Alaska is the same as 1t was 20 years ago; better roads and i'm 1 proved means of transportation. Or this factor. more than any other. de pends the future development of the resources of the country.
 "Nor is that need a problem fof Alaska alone. Governmental reports show that farmers. in marketing their crops, lose more than $30Q000, 900 annually because of bad roads ! A large part of this loss is sustained by owners of farms situated at soms | distance from railway stations. It f lander these conditions that the mo | tor-driyen vehicle, proves itself o
 ever increasing usefulness, not as {
 rival of, the, railroads, but as co
 worker, assuming to itself the func ,tion of the ~so-called short haul Il Ithis field, the motor truck overcome two factors, time and distance, whicl formerly had a limiting effect upol Fproduction. Prior to the advent 0 the motor truck. larger profits. coul'
 be realized from poor farm near railway station than from bette
 farm situated greater distanc away. Now, wherever good higf
 ways have been constructed. this 1
 changed. By the aid of the moto
 truck. farmer can get his crops o
 the market in better condition an
 with less loss of time than was fol merly possible; and in many casei can save himself serious loss by sel ing before an over-supply cause !, market prices to fall
 "In other fields as well, the moto car proves it's value. It is an il dispensable agent in the social If of rural communities. It makes farl life more attractive to the younge generation and it binds city an
 country together for their mutui benefit. In spite of all this, the m tor truck has not yet come into I , own. It's realm of service is sti 'frestricted and 1t awaits the deyelo l.ment of better inter-urban and cou try highways for the attainment fits highest degree of usefulness. -.The building of better highwa, is urged at this time for many re sons. Not since the war has thel : been a period so propitious for roa construction. Materials are low
 and workmen more available tha they have been for many years. IT building of good roads where tho I are needed would cure many tho sand cases of unemployment al would cheapen our methods of distl button by cutting the marketing co 1 of farm produce-two results whit
 cannot fail to have beneficial {
 feet upon economic conditions.
 "All speed to the increasing us | H. ~1 a