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Show PRIDE IN OUR CITY ' I Would Make It "A Thing of H cauty and a Joy forever." H Logan's wide Streets Kept Clean, More Good. Ua Sidewalks, Corals and Cabbages Made jHl to take a Dack Seat, and Canals Beantlfled Would Greatly Help. 'V Al & lWo often hear It said "Logan is the 'Hi prettlcTstllttlcclt7ln"tircStlu??arul Hi there are few v, holwlinilsagr'cc, binV HJ is any credit duo Logan" citizens-for 'Hi its charming appcarancoV Somo little iM credit may be given to a few public iM spirited men who have endeavored to do as mucVi for the city as nature has, .SJ but In realltyltho beauty of the city ,H lies In its location overlooking a val- -HJ ley that is delightful and the shade iHJ trees of which It hits a goodly number. --HJ Little can be done to beautify and im -Hi prove a town without well directed' w-'HJ co-opcratloii.l Tho ordinary city, like iAI Topsy, "just growed." Sometimes It iHJ grows into quaint picturesqucness; HJ sometimes to rank, squalid ugliness; - !ia but the general danger Is that as It 11 outgrows a village It will degenerate hI Into stupid mediocrity, whereas with j, Hl but little nk re cost it might equally :HJ well grow into a lovely, harmoniously HJ developed city. But for this there .HJ must be unity and intelligence of 'H HJ To get any largo results, then, large 'HJ plans must bo laid. It Is necessary to ( iBl tako a fair look Into tho future. How- H cvcrllttlo canbo done at a time that liH little should bo consistent. The serv- jIH ices of experts should lie called In to 3H lay out harmonious designs, and in Hi public and private affairs a like genu- ill ino civic interest, a pride in making WJ thetown beautiful, should prevail. 4lfl L'et us not bo frightened by the fear ' -' of expense. Beauty is not necessarily 49H costly. The Improvement of the town M31 is not a matter of putting up pal- CH acesjnid decorating tho squares with '-1H monuments. When there is need' of a . "'TH an important new building, let tho "H city do the tiling handsomely and try iBl to make It a work of art. But the. iH larger problem is not one of money, HJ but of interest care and wisdom. It is- 'iVJ a matter of spotless streets, and neat, " jH I dooryards and tastefully designed JHJ houses, all the product of re lined taste HJ rather than of wealth. 11 It costs littlo more to build a taste- 1h1 fill cottage than a vulgar, pretentious. JHI sham. Clean streets are a luxury TM within tho means of every city or towm JHJ that desires them. Disorderly yards; JHJ aro due to negligcnco, not to poverty. liH Tho essential thing is tho zealous co- lH operation of all good citizens. Let's Hj get tho pig pens, cabbage patches and V HJ corrals out of the front yards. l tee ';A Logan as an educational center of "$WJ Utah should bo tho pride of tho state rjH so far as beauty is concerned, and with - .VJ tho proper effort can easily be made 4vJ so. While there may bo things we iH need worse, the construction of our JlH new boulevard during the spring was iH a step in tho right direction and should 1H bo followed up by tho necessary effort -JiB to make the city all that it should be. iHM |