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As a reward he Is entitled to a gold watch and a trip to Washington, where he will be the guest of ottlcials of the Highway Education board, the National Automo bile Chamber of Commerce, which of fered the prizes in the contest, and dignitaries and officials of the nation. Miss Merlene Beck, a pupil in the Draper (Utah) public schools, won sec ond honors, a gold loving cup, and James Edward Gillenwaters, Knox ville, Tenn., was awarded third honors, a silver loving cup. In addition to these national prizes, 478 state prizes were given for essays. Including 54 gold medals and checks for sls. The San Diego boy’s essay was chosen by a process of elimination. The best state and territorial essays were finally submitted to a national committee named by Dr. John J. Tigert, United States commissioner of education and chairman of the High way Education board. Mrs. Warren G. Harding was hon orary chairman of the national essay committee. Other members were Senator Coleman du Pont, Delaware; Mrs. John Dickinson Sherman, Estes Park, Colo., chairman applied edu cation department of the General Fed eration of Women’s Clubs, and T)r. William T. Bawden, Washington, as sistant to the commissioner of educa tion. At the time the essay was written the national winner was thirteen years old. He Is the only son of a wid owed mother, and says his ambition is to be an editor. * His watch will be presented to him by Dr. Henry C. Johnson, city superintendent of schools, San Diego, and he probably will come East with Superintendent Johnsen in February, stopping In Chi cago to attend the national convention of superintendents of schools. Stan ley Newcomb is a boy scout, and Is said by Superintendent Johnson to be one of the brightest students In San Diego schools. “The general quality of the essays was good,” said Mrs. Sherman. “They also showed that the children had '’one their own thinking. Some contribu tions that contained excellent sugges tions were not in essay form. The judging by the committee was con scientious and the contest was so close that at the end It was necessary to enforce the regulation limiting the number of words. lam delighted to nee how widespread Is the interest In these contests, not only among the children but also among the parents. The thought the children are giving this subject cannot fall to lessen the accidents among them and Indirectly among their parents.” Following is the text of the win ning essay: “Mars, the mythical god of war, has until recently been regarded ns the foremost aid to the grim reaper, ‘Death.’ It is generally conceded that the results of his activities are now surpassed by the Increasing and alarm ing toll of life caused by automobile accident*. “People throughout the land are awaklfig to the fact that we are fixe- THE FALSE NOTE Tksjy were sitting on a park bench, young and ardent. *T know you’re not the kind to say that you think I’m nice If you didn’t mean It,” her soft voice reached my ears. “No, you’re right I’m not that kind, ind I certainly think that you are the iweetest, gentlest little girl I ever met. Df course, I don’t know much about but I certainly would like to see I fIF « ""TWI / , J* W < TB •**/££JR Z>7? joitrrj trt<s£W jg (’ t. Z L A. I szzw. JOHTTZ) [ IfP® \/ <7 r* JErtAron r. Vw V (raj. Ip coit^nAirzn parrT V Inga great national problem. ‘What Can I Do to Make the Highv’ays More Safe’ is a subject which should receive serious consideration by every one. Applied personally, lam such a small speck of humanity In this great world that at first It seems pre sumptuous to imagine that I can be of assistance, but on further •'onsld eratlon it occurred to me that if all the little specks, children from coast to coast, will earnestly discuss the matter with their parents, teachers and companions, and wfll take the pre cautionary measures to prevent acci dents, it will greatly aid In decreas ing the number of automobile in juries and fatalities. “Each year statistics are compiled, comparing the number of deaths from automobile e cr<dr»nts in ratio with the population of each city and town Every death occurring In our city as a result of an automobile accident brings us that much higher on the ’horror list.’ We do not want our city or ‘home town’ pointed out as a place where there is no respect for law or traffic rules, where the people do not use common sense to safeguard them selves and others from untimely and terrible death. “To do my bit I therefore resolve to offer my assistance whenever I see a small child, or an aged, blind or feeble person hesitatingly attempt to cross a street or highway. I will also take necessary precautions at all times for my own safety, and will caution my companions, whenever the opportu nity presents Itself, as follows: “Do not cross the street in the mid dle of the block, nor cut obliquely across a thoroughfare. Cross only at the corners and then at right angles. “At the Intersection of two streets, look not only to the right and left of the street you are crossing, but watch for approaching vehicles coming around the corner from the intersect ing street. “Never step out from behind a street car or a vehicle that has passed until you have glanced In each di rection to see that the path you are about to cross Is clear. Also In alight ing from street cars look to the right and left before proceeding to the curb.” The first contest proved such a suc cess that the second Is now on. The subject Is “My share In Making the Highways Safe.” It closes In Decem ber, and the national and state prizes are the same as for 1922. This essay contest Is but one of the many activities of the Highway Edu cation board, which Is made up as fol lows : John J. Tigert, United States com missioner of education, chairman; Thomas H. MacDonald, chief of’the bureau of public roads. United States Department of Agriculture; F. C. you very often—very often.” His voice was husky with emotion. As they talked a playful little fox terrier scurried around the bench, hap py, unreserved. She gave him a quick, angry look and kicked him smartly under the forelegs. The dog was thrown back, and, whining, slunk away, his tall between his legs. It only took a second. The girl turned to the boy. “I would like to see you often, too,” she said gently. “You may come to my house as soon as you Ilka” “I can’t come anv ni«rht this week,” Boggs, colonel, corps of engineers, United States army, representing the War department; Roy D. Chapin, rep resenting the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce; Harvey S. Firestone, representing the Rubber Association of America; F. L. Bishop, dean, School of Engineering. Univer sity of Pittsburgh, representing the Society for the Promotion of En glaeeriug Education; H. W. Alden, representing the Society of Automo tive Engineers; American Association of State Highway Officials (vacancy to be filled) ; Dr. Malton C. John, sec retary. The board has recently held in Washington its second national con ference on education for highway en gineering and highway transport. There was a large attendance from all parts of the country and a three days* program, in which noted special ists took part. The big subject of the conference was the federal government’s pro posed program for good roads con struction, under which in the next ten or fifteen years will be built about 180,000 miles of improved highways of the federal aid system, and the same mileage of state and local roads. The cost will be about three billion dollars. The discussion was to enable the board to proceed authoritatively with its work of devising aids for schools and colleges to which the road build ers of the country are turning for competent highway engineers. The activities of the board In the last two years include the following: It has co-operated with universities and colleges In promoting the study of highway engineering and trans port. It undertook the preparation, pub lication and distribution of an authori tative booklet on the economics of highway transport, by Lewis W. Mc- Intyre, associate professor of civil en gineering. University of Pittsburgh. It has worked to bring about re gional conferences for the study of highway engineering, with the result that seven such conferences have been held —nt the Universities of Pitts burgh, Michigan, Yale, Maryland. Ten nessee and Kentucky and nt the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical college. Printed copies of the proceedings of these conferences have been distrib uted. A highway transport exhibit has been prepared, consisting of a good roods exhibit and a rubber exhibit and textbook. Problems of highway economics have been presented to about 500,000 high school students through the means of a national essay contest on highway economics conducted in 1921 and 1922. A national safety campaign was In augurated by the board in 1921 and is being repeated this year. the boy answered dully, his eyes fol lowing the little fox terrier. —Chicago Journal. Wisdom. Every triumph is the product of ob stacles surmounted, of failures, each of which taught us something. Every force that pushes us back may be made to cause a rebound In the right direction; a defeat should be but the bending of a springboard, the recoil of which will throw us higher as we Jump.—-Bolton Hall. AMERICAN ©LEGIONS • Copy for Thia Department Supplied by the American Lesion News Service.) TO FIGHT FOR WORLD PEACE Interallied Veterans’ Association Asks Assistance From Ex-Service Men in All Countries. Recommending the establishment of an international court followed by uni- versal disarma ment, the Inter allied Veterans’ association at its convention In New Orleans has called upon ex-service men la all allied countlres to take up the fight for world peace. Charles Bertrand, a member of the French Chambei of Deputies, was re-elected presl- Chas. I rtrand. dent of the organization. t Another prominent delegate was Julien David, a member of the Belgian chamber of deputies one of the few men to be captured by the Germans who escaped and returned to their old regiments. Ezio Gioja, head of the Italian delegation, was wounded four times with the loss of one leg. Sessions of the convention were at tended by twenty-eight representa- If ■pL r ’ Ezio Gioja. tives from the following powers: United States, represented by five members of the American Legion; Great Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, Rumania, Czecho slovakia and Ser bia. A manifesto Is sued by the con vention delegates embodies the hopes for international amity. “It seems providential," the statement, in part, declares, “that we, representing fifteen million former service men should be assembled at the very hour when the distracted world most needs a unifying word. The burden of our duty to speak our deepest convictions to government", and the public rests heavily upon us. Surely the voice of the men who stood shoulder to shoulder in the trenches to save civil ization, and who know the hearts of the allied armies, should be heard equally with the utterances of pro fessional statesmen and office holders. “From this International reunion of allied war veterans, we send to our comrades and to the world a mes sage in behalf of restoration o f peace, order and well being. It is our deliberate judgment after admitting the fail ure of repeated international con ferences and coun cils, and the steady growth ever since the armistice, of in- Julien David. riuences that make for distrust, dis union ard disaster, that the only way to tranquility and prosperity for man kind as a whole, lies in a return to a sacred observance of those principles upon which we achieved our victory— the allied war aims. The calami tic 4 which have since overtaken civiliza tion have been primarily due to re creancy to those pledges.’* Among the other definite steps recommended by the war heroes were: Full publicity for all International agreements; faithful observance of treaties; opposition to territorial ag grandizement suppression of move ments to overthrow governments by force; clarification of exchange rates and resumption of international com merce, with a proviso for suspension of trade relations with countries main taining armies organized for aggres sive purposes; and organization of a news disseminating bureau to offset destructive and inflammatory propa ganda. Birds and Trolley Wires. The biological survey says that small birds are seldom killed by alighting on a trolley wire, even though it carlres a heavy current of electricity. This is because there is not a complete circuit If a larger bird were to alight on a wire, and one of his wings touched an other wire, it would be apt to cause death. Engles have often been killed tn this way. Joyous Sameness. “Don’t you find the monotony of Crimson Gulch rather tiresome?" “Monotony is all right in Its place,” answered Cactus Joe. “The comfort of lookin’ at four aces, one after other, is a heap better than the thrill of seeln* one or two.” Prlma Facie. “Does a rabbit's foot really bring good luck?” “I should say so. My wife felt one in my money pocket once and thought it was a mouse."—-Judge. MAN GIVES WIFE GLYCERINE MIXTURE She had stomach trouble for years. After giving her simple buckthorn hark, glycerine, etc., as mixed in Ad ler-i-ka, her husband says: “My wife feels fine now end has gained weight. It Is wonderful stomach medicine.’’ Adler-l-ka acts on BOTH upper and lower bowel, removing foul matter which poisoned stomach and which you never thought was in your sys tem. EXCELLENT for gas on the I stomach o r chronic constipation. Guards against appendicitis. The im purities it brings out wi” surprise you. f Western Drug Company, Cody, Wyo. A bride’s idea of unselfish love is a husband who never wants any spending money for himself. Plans are being made to “have coal move faster.” Leave it to winter. It will move the coal fast enough. The world’s largest ukulele mill has burned down. Now for a few sparks on the roof of the jazz factory. It is called “the theater of war" and the Dardanelles are sought after the way they are because they are a pass. About the only thing you can say for the fluctuating height of the skirt hem is that it gives the waistline a rest. The difference Is that a statesman thinks he belongs to the state, and a politician thinks the state belongs to him. 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