San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-27

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pected to be entered in the San An
tonic Real Estate Boards Eleventh
Annual Beautiful Yards Contest, ac-
cording TO o. c. Hammons, executive
secretary. Entries are being made
daily. Judging Of the yards in and
around the city will begin in June.
Several hundred dollars in cash as
well as cups and yard implements will
be offered as prizes. The contest this
year is expected to eclipse all prior
yard contests held in this city in point
Of interest and number of entries.
Yards in practically every section of
the city are being entered this year,
Mr.. Hammons reports. Yard enthus-
lasts in the new additions especially,
are being encouraged to. enter yards.
j. L. Strohm, real estate man, of
fices in the BNody building, who origi-
mated the San Antonio Beautiful
Yards contest, has been elected chair
man of judges. Mr.. Strohm is consid-
cred an authority on landscape archi-
lecture and during the last. eleven
years has superintendent the yards con-
test.
Eleven years ago when the beauti-
full yards contest was first put on here
the majority of San Antonio yards
were enclosed by fences. Some of the
fences were of hand-wrought iron,
some were of wire, some of concrete
and some of common frame pickets.
Ten Pent Off for Fence.
When the judging of yards began it
is said that judges took special care TO
see that an entry was marked down
ten points on its total score for having
been enclosed within fence. During
that first year there were several hum
dred beautiful yards entered-so beau
tiful in fact that judges were justified
in giving them a mark of 100. But
the fences reduced their marks ten.
On the following year the fence be-
gan to become extinct Owners of
beautiful yards foresaw how much
more beautiful landscape would APP
pear when the fence was absent. Ii
was with advent of the San Antonio
Beautiful Yards Contest, therefore,
that the city's residential districts be-
came free of fences. And now, in the
majority of residential sections of this
city, the fence has completely passed
into oblivion. Consequently San An
tonic now boasts of some of the most
beautiful yards in the South. Her
homes are generally conceded to rank
among the finest and their landscapes
are the outstanding factors which COM
pose a goodly majority of their ex-
terror appearances.
To Give $3.50.
Realizing that it Is through the i'm
provement of property that values are
enhanced, the San Antonio real estate
men expect to put forth every effort
and to call on every source available
to make the Eleventh Annual Beauti-
full Yards Contest a record breaker.
The San Antonio Real Estate Board
expects to give at least $3.50 in cash
prizes and lscals civic clubs have al
ready promised to give cups and yard
implements.
During the eleven years in which
this yard contest has been held more
than 5000 yards have been entered,
says Mr.. Hammons.
Yards of homes, business or factory
buildings, schools and of army build
ings are eligible to enter the contest.
The various yards are placed in classes
which are as follows: Back yards.
front yards, country home yards. city
home yards. school yards, industrial
building yards, army camp yards. rem
tiers yards. vacant lots. group yards.or.
for instance, as is often the case, yard
owners in solid block may enter that
block as one single entry.
Last Years Entries Back.
Yards are also placed in separate
classes when the owner does the work
on them and when the work is hired.
1t is expected that most of the yards
in the contest last year will be entered
again this year. Among the owners
entering their yards this year who en-
tered them last year are: Mrs. s. L.
Weaver, $50 Jesamine, Alamo
Heights; Mrs. J. z. Vance, 920 Buena
Vista street: Mrs. H. II. Beckwith.
2306 Saunders avenue; Mrs. Marion
Batiste. 147 Birch street; Mrs. r. A.
Holland. 2014 West Howard: Mrs. Ira
n. Black, 4710 South Flores street:
Mrs. B. F. Dittmar.. 1901 Belknap
Mrs. Harry Half, 1884 West Hui
sache; c. ]. Gray, 600 Barrett place;
Herbert j. Hays, 1927 West Wood
lawn avenue; Mrs. Bertha Sacar, 1926
Avenue d.
1t is announced that yards in Alamo
Heights. Woodlawn Hills. Harlandale.
Fredericksburg road and other country
residential sections will be eligible to
enter.