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8 colleges, also to the students of the high schools and other schools of similar grade in the State, for the best papers on conservation topics as applied to Oregon. The funds for this purpose have been contributed through voluntary subscription of those interested. Six topics have been selected for these papers, as follows:
 * 1) The forests of Oregon.
 * 2) Irrigation institutions in Oregon.
 * 3) Soils.
 * 4) Dry-land farming in Oregon.
 * 5) Roads in Oregon.
 * 6) Fish.

Two sets of prizes will be awarded to the best papers on the above subjects. One set will be awarded to students in the universities and colleges, as follows:

First prize $75.00 Second prize 5000 Third prize 25.00

The second set will be awarded to students in the high schools and institutions of a similar grade, as follows:

First prize $40.00 Second prize 20.00 Third prize 10.00

In addition to these caah prizes, honorable mention will be made of other papers of special merit and such honorable mentions will be given as wide publicity as the awards of those winning cash prizeo.

The prizes will be awarded by competent and impartial judges after a careful examination of all papen submitted. The basis of the award will be originality, showing evidences of original research and observation along practical lines and a clear and orderly presentation in good English of the subject- matter discussed.

in submitting papers the following instructions must be observed: No paper from a college or univenit.v student shall exceed five thousand words in length, and no paper from a student of a secondary school shall exceid three thousand words. All papers must be in the hands of the chairwan of the Co,mervation Commission by the 15th of June, 1910, and the prizes will be announced by November 1, 1910. The manuscript must be typewritten and submitted in triplicate, written on one side of the page only, and each page must be numbered. In order to insure impartial judgment and ConGo