The Nome nugget., 1922-06-10

Grade Skagway Public School)
 Note: The following essay was awarded first place in the Territorial essay contest on the subject, How I Can Make the Highways More safel' Second plsce v(as warded to Douglas Gray of the eighth grade, Douglas public school and third to Inga Hanson of the eighth grade. Ketchikan public school. Other pupils whose essays were favorably considered were Marian Ganty. of Skagway, and Margaret Patching, oG Ketchikan. The judges were John W. Troy Editor of the Alas ka Daily Empire" E. J. White. Ed itor of "Stroller's Weekly" and John H. Dunn. Clerk of the U. s. District Court for the First Judicial Division. Twenty-Five essays were submitted by the various schools.
 This essay contest was conducted under the auspices of the Highway and Highway Transport Education Committee" Washington, D. C., which will award prizes to the above mentioned winners as follows:
 First prize-Gold Medal and $l5.
 Second prize-Silver Medal and 5000.
 Third prize-Bronze Medal and $500.
 The winning essay which appears below has been forwarded to Wash ington, D. C., and will be entered in the National Contest.)
 "The highways of today are places of accident and death. Many peo- pie are apt to put the blame on the driver. but oftentimes it is the fault of the pedestrains. In every Seat tie paper we read of many auto ac- cidents which might have been avoided. f. each one of us would do something to make the highways more safe. there would be a big i'm provement.
 1T can make the highways more safe by stopping myself from runn- ing out into the street when an auto is coming. I should not hang on the back of vehicles. or stand on weak runners, as this is the cause of many accidents. can keep of the car tracks when playing. l can wait until the street-car stops be- fore getting on and maybe smaller children might follow my example. I can obey the traffic rules; lean look to the left and then to the right when crossing a street in the United States and look in the opposite di- rections in Canada. I can watch the traffic police with their stop or go signals. keep to the right of the road. observe speed rules. stop be- hind a street-car which has stopped. go slow near school-houses. keep out of the safety zone. and obey all other traffic rules as well.
 "If I am driving car. should have tire-chains on wet days. IT were driving a car I should not try to beat the train across the tracks. Speeding is the cause of many accidents Last year, as we were driving to Tacoma, we met speed l ing auto which was wrecked in pass l ing us. This accident was caused by too much speed.
 "I can help old people across streets and I can distribute safety pamphlets at different homes. l "Skidding is one of the main causes of accidents. Drivers should always have tire-chains on wet days
 "All drunken men should be kept off highways. They may be driving a car, or trying to. and get wrecked ! "Does should be kept off roads as they make some drivers nervous and sometimes the result is an acci dent. All these conditions could bt improved if each person would make this his motto; I will Watch Out For Myself
 Hereafter, shall not go out in to the street when autos are coming
 I shall keep away from car tracks | I shall help old people cross thu
 streets and try to keep people out O the way of skidding autos, shal
 obey traffic rules. try to keep drunk
 en men of of the streets, and keel
 dogs away from the streets. l shal
 not hang on to moving vehicles ans
 I shall try to keep other boys iron
 doing the same. If I. and everybod.
 else will do all we can to improv'