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Show H HELP YOURSELVES. LLI M COMK of the leading citizens of Cedar City were H given an opportunity of "Seeing themselves H as others see us" last Saturday night, when Mr. H C. H. Bigelow of the Arrowhead Trails Associa- 1 tion told them a few plain statements which had M been made to him by people in the northern part M of the state. Mr. Bigelow had been working there H in the interests of the Arrowhead Trails, as usual, m and kindred enterprises, including a string of mod- H em hotels to take care of the increased traffic M which the completion of the inter-state highway is H sure to bring. It was then that some of the peo- H pie of the metropolis came at him in this wise: H "Something more for Cedar City. What are H the people there doing to help themselves ? Cedar H City always has its hand out for something, but never does anything to help itaelf. We are about M tired of helping a town that does not help itself M it isn't worth helping." H Pretty strong talk, but isn't there considerable H truth in it? Take for instance the matter of the H Arrowhead Trail, which will mean so much to this H section, and upon which, including branch lines, B nearly a million dollars is to be expended during H the years 1919 and 1920. These appropriates H didn't just happen to come they had to be worked H for and scrapped for and someone had to put up M for the expenses. What did we do to help out in M the matter? How much money has Cedar City fl raised to assist in the promotion of Arrowhead m Trail improvements? We have received a number M of appeals but we are informed that nothing what- m ever has been contributed. We are even told thai M there is a little nest of over thirty dollars reposing m in one of the local banks to the credit of the old H Arrowhead Trails Association, and not even this B has been turned in to help with expenses. In an- H other part of this issue we publish a list of i-ontri- H butions made by Salt Lake wholesalers to enable H the campaign for appropriations to proceed last H winter. These wholesalers receive, nodoubt, some H benefit indirectly from the development of the H 'lit hern part of the state, but we are the people H who are getting the real the direct benefits, and H we ought to do our share. Not much has been H asked of us. but even this little has not been forth- H coming. H Mr. Bigelow is justly indignant at the attitude H Cedar City has taken in regard to the Arrowhead H Trail improvements, for which he has labored so H persistently and unselfishly. H Then take the development of our mineral re-H re-H sources, and the building of the railroad from H Lund. Northern and outside people have more H faith in our section than we people ourselves H have, and are willing to risk their money to de-Hl de-Hl velop industries in which we will be the principal jB beneficiaries, while we stand by unconcerned and H await developments. We note that the Old Cap-H Cap-H itol Petroleum and Iron company, which is pre H paring to build the railroad from Lund, is offering H some of their stock for sale through the Salt Lake H press. The men who compose this company, for H the most part, are not large capitalists they are H successful business men, who have faith in their H state and are willing to take a chance and spend H their money in the hope of benefiting themselves WM and the state generally. Suppose a few of the H well-to-do people of this place were to respond to H the invitation and invest a few hundred dollars, H or a thousand or two, in the stock of the company. lUjj don't you think it would have an excellent effect Wm upon the morale of the company and tend to clinch HK the building of the road? Money is too short in H this part of the country someone says and we I haven't enough to run the present business. No, H but many of you have had money to invest in met-H met-H al tie stock, in rubber stock, in sugar stock, in jH Bishop Creek mining tock.Tn various oil itockl, H etc. What we need is to cultivate our bump of H patriotism just a little and look nearer home. We HI cannot afford, either, to leave all these little mat-IB mat-IB ters to the other fellow to attend to, because he I is likely to lie leaving them to you, and between you they are neglected. Cedar City is noted as one of the wealthiest and most prosperous small cities in the state, but unless we take a toumble to ourselves we will also be noted for our lack of public spirit and unity of purpose, whithout which our progress must prac tically end. These are plain facts and do not sit nearly as well as a double-bed load of flattery, but if you j take them seriously and let them sink in, they will do a lot more good. There are too many fellows in Cedar City who can afford to do something in community matters who are moving along in a narrow rut and paying no attention to anything outside of their narrow circles. They do not belong to the Comemrcial Club, they don't even take the local paper to keep in touch with community com-munity affairs. They are self-centered and self-enclosed, self-enclosed, and don't appear to care about anything else. They are a detriment to the comunity and a block in the wheel of all progress. Unfortunately they are like the absentees from meeting, who fail to hear the sermon especially directed at them, and will not read this editorial, unless they hapepn to borrow the paper from a neighbor. To those of you who do read this article, we wish to remind that there is an important meeting of the Commercial Club in the Library auditorium ; Saturday night called for the purpose of taking some action to secure early work on the canyon road and to make arrangements for the county fair, which will be held here next fall. Don't be too careless or indifferent to attend. Your presence pres-ence and assistance is required. |