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Show " , r -7, C .IMUNITY PRlt)E AND PATRIOTISM IN BINGHAM. , . " . v ..,;...;' . '',' . v- "a I f . , -"here is one Vital point which goes far in the making of a !' ?V that Binnam in some degree is deficient, and that is the "i' ' r er of community pride and patriotism to home industries. M fnm haa many advantages over other towns and if they were f t ' perly used there .tf ould be no town in the state that would ,i t V ' Jhd above her. i But if a town is to gain the prestige to which . 5s entitled the people who live in it musi; be interested in its de- ' t' . Jopment arid welfare. "And the best way to manifest that inter-' inter-' jl est is by deeds rather than words. , j j ' ; In the f irst?place the people who live here should make it a I ; point to patronize the home merchants in preference to those in ' i " alt Lake. : , The business houses here are in every way adequate ' i , 1 1 to supply the .needs of the people living in the community, and to f r -go to Salt Lake to purchase things that could be obtained from (' local dealershows a lack of local pride and local patriotism. If jf . ' people here .would make it a point to patronize local dealers and ? " i buy nothirig outside of town that could be bought here there would . K , j -soon be a marked improvement in Bingham. There is an enor-' enor-' mous amount of money here and a -great deal of it is spent with )jf merchants and dealers who do not live in the camp. U J f i ; - There are many other particulars which might be mentioned ' along" this line that would aid in building up the town, and a trade-1' trade-1' j at-home movement would not be out of place just as. this season of f.'U , the year. If the people spend their money here they will become f t ' much more interested in the town. It will develop local pride and - I- vthat is one thing the town now stands in great need. It will help V I Jl 1 every line of business and it will raise the town in the estimation of other communities. For a long while Bingham has been ridi-I ridi-I ' r culed in many ways by other towns and cities and this has been -cine largely to the fact that the majority" of the people here did 'ft.-- ' not care what outsiders said about the town. In fact a great , Tnany home people have not been interested in the reputation the ' town has abroad. 'j . Bingham needs a closer community spirit. A spirit that will ' . keep the money produced here in local channels as much as possi-. tie. With the beginning of the new year nothing would be more 1 appropriate than a movement in that direction. i |