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JUDGES In the good roads essay con
test which closed In Portland the
week before the recent road bond
election, which carried by a big majority,
were sorry for only one circumstance
that they had not a thousand- prizes to
give.
So many boys and girls responded to
the invitation of S. Benson, "the veteran
road enthusiast, to submit their argu
ments for the proposed road improve
ment bonds that the judges had a hard
time, in deed, to pick the winners.
After much careful study first prize
was awarded to Charles Berst, a 14-year-old
boy, a member of the 9-B class of the
Ladd School. His argument was based
on efficiency. The Bubject of his essay
was "Efficiency First, Last and at All
Times." He complied with all the other
rules of the contest and presented a lot
of original points. The lad is a son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Berst, of 208 Sixteenth
street, Portland.
By a strange coincidence the second
prize of $25 was awarded to a girl who
is a member of the samo class in the
same school as the winner of the first
prize. Her name is Amy Turner. She
is only 13 years old and is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Turner, of 228
Tenth street. Her father is a machinist.
This little girl was born in Springfield,
Ohio, September 1, 1901, and moved to
Portland with her parents in 1910. The
subject of her essay was "What Oregon
Needs."
A Vote for Prosperity.
The third prize of $10 went to Mar
garet Scott, 14 years old, a pupil at Fern
wood School. Her theme was "The Value
of Hard-Surfaced Roads."
The first prize essay, by Charles Berst,
on "Efficiency, First, Last and at All
Times," follows:
"A vote for the road bonds is a vote
tor prosperity. Why? Because efficient
equipment is the secret of prosperity; and
hard-surfaced roads in this climate are
the only efficient ones for modern trans
portation. "Dirt roads are useless seven or eight
months in the year and macadam is not
practical. Ie requires an expensive foun
dation and will not stand the wear.
Might as well build an expensive house
and cover it with a thatched roof.
"The bond Issue will benefit labor be
cause the greater part of the cost will be
paid to labor.
"It will benefit the farmer by giving
him easy and quick access to the mar
kets, by Increasing the value of his farm,
by giving his children a better chance for
education and making them contented
with farm life.
"It will benefit everyone in the city
because an improved surrounding country
Is necessary for the development of any
city.
"Tourist Gold" Wanted.
"It will give all a chance at tourist
gold, at a cost of 'good eats,' good Bull
Run water, a fine climate and the only
thing we now lack, the good roads to
the finest natural scenery in the world."
"What Oregon Needs," Is the subject
of Amy Turner's essay, which follows:
"How much will good roads mean to
Oregon? They will benefit the rich and
the poor alike the merchant, the farmer
and the laborer.
"The farmer will be able to market
his produce much quicker, he will be
able to haul heavier loads, and his land
will become more valuable. People will
pass by his place the year around when
good roads are established. If we do
not have them, they will content them
selves riding around over our beautiful
streets. City people will become better
acquainted with the country, and there
will be a larger demand for land. -
"Almost $1,000,000 will be spent for
labor, which will certainly be a blessing
to the men who are out of employment.
The money they earn will create a great
er demand for the necessaries of life,
therefore benefiting the mercnant and the
"Another thing to be considered is the
character of the men who are promoting
good roads. They are men who have
made a success in life, from a business
standpoint. They pay large taxes and
are willing to assume the burden of
taxes, that we, the coming generation,
may profit by their good judgment to
wards progress ami prosperity."
The third prize essay by Margaret Scott
on "Value of Hard-Surfaced Roads," fol
lows: , ,
"To many people roads mean merely
public highways, while really they are
the arteries through which the blood of
nations flows.'
"Roads are used chiefly for commerce.
The farmer's ability to market his goods
depends upon the condition of the roads.
If good, he can sell when the prices are
highest; otherwise he can market his
goods only when the road are passable.
They also enable him to use modern ve
hicles, as the automobile and motorcycle.
"Good roads spread civilization and
neighborllness among people by bringing
them in contact with ono another. There
is a need of them In Oregon especially,
because of the climate. Only through
good roads can the different parts of our
state and county know and help one an
other. Tax Feature Analy'ied.
"By building hard-surfaced roads the
value of adjoining lands is increased.
This will lessen Portland taxes by in
creasing the taxable property value of
the rest of the county.
"This year not only tourists, but per
manent settlers, will be attracted to this
country and we shall be judged by the
condition of our roads.
"Besides, if this bond Issue is passed,
80 per cent of the money will be spent
for labor, thereby relieving the unem
ployed situation of Portland."
An essay that sure would have been
among the prize winners had it not ex
ceeded the limit of 200 words was that
of Edna .Dowling, of 641 Union avenue,
a pupil at the Eliot School. She wrote on
the general subject of "Good Roads" but
in a most original vein. Her essay fol
lows: "The rain said to the dust on the road,
.'I am on to you and your name is mud.'
"The farmer said to his hired man,
'We can't take the produce to market
this week because of the condition of
the iinpaved roads.'
"The storekeeper said to his customer,
'No fresh vegetables this morning, only
such as we are able to get from Washing
ton and California.'
" 'Why can't you get fresh vegetables
and the like from the thousands of fer
tile acres surrounding Portland?' said the
customer.
"'Oh, the roads are so muddy the
farmer can't bring them in.'
" 'But J can't understand why the
farmers of Washington and California
can get theirs to market.'
" 'Why, my dear madam, they have
paved highways and up in King County,
Washington, for instance, after a rain
the farmer does not have to wait for it
to dry up so he can work in the fields.
He can take his produce to market.'
" 'But I can't see why the people of
Multnomah County would not rather
spend a couple of dollars more on taxes
a year, have fresher and cheaper vege
tables, etc., etc., not to speak of the many
other conveniences derived from good
roads,' she said, as she stepped out again
into the progressive City of Portland,
surrounded by beautiful roses and poor
roads, with her Washington berries, Cali
fornia vegetables and Chinese eggs in her
half-filled market basket."
The judges of the contest were: L. R.
Alderman, Superintendent of Schools;
Mayor Albee, of Portland, and W. L.
Lightner, Chairman of the Board of Mult'
nomah County Commissioners.
White Orpingtons Are Fowls
That Live Up to Reputation
SHERIDAN, Or., April 15, 1915: Farm
Magazine Company, Portland, Or.: Gen
tlemen: I see in your last week's issue
an Illustration of the White Orpingtons
of the Cook strain. I would state that
I bought a pen of Single Comb White
Orpingtons from William Cook & Son, of
Scotch Plains, N. J., U. S. A., two years
ago, the cockerel being a son of Mr. Cook's
first prize cockerel of Madison Square.
They have proven as represented, breed
ing uniform and being good egg produc
ers, gentle and not excitable, easy to
handle and at the same time good rustlers
when raised on a farm where they have
plenty of outrange.
Now, as I had so many inquiries
last year as to what the Cook strain was,
I will copy from William Cook & Son
Catalogue, of Scotch Plains. N. J. (and
Orpington, England), the originators of
all the Orpington fowls.
The history of the White-Orpingtons.
(Copy). In 1880 Mr. Cook thought he
ought to get to work and produce a
White Orpington that he could bring out
a few years after the Black Orpington, as
all people did not like this color. After
several experiments to find out the best
way of producing white fowls, he started
by mating White Leghorn cocks with
black Hamburg pullets, most of the pul
lets from this cross came very white, these
even mated to White Parking cocks.
Many of the offspring now came blue
and barred and It took many years to get
the perfect white fowl and to get only
four toes, as the darking had five toes,
but by 1889 they were made as perfect
as possible and introduced to the public.
Hoping this may relieve any inquiring
mind, I remain at your service,
(Signed) W. H. DINSMOORE,
Was n Fine Looking Cow, Too.
NEW ORLEANS, La. Rosh Hosanah,
a butcher of Amite City, killed an espe
cially fine looking oow for his Sunday
patrons, and in the stomacti-of the animal
he found the following articles:
Five pounds of nails.
One box of fishhooks.
lore than 13 pounds of gravel.
The remains of two bedspreads.
A railroad ticket (canceled) to New
Orleans.
The cow had a penchant for hanging
around the Hosanah backyard on wash
ing day, which is about the only reason
able explanation for the bedspreads, .
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