Show JUDGE GREENWOOD IS R maginis mai r INIS AS UK HF RECALLS LIFF IV IN salt lake city utah december 10 1927 millard county progress fillmore utah dear editor it Is a decided pleasure plea auro you have afforded me to extend through tile the columns of your paper to the good people of millard county the greetings of the season with all good cheer and sincere wishes tor for prosperity for the coming years around the yule time clusters many sweet memories of days gone by no time of tile the year brings so many pleasant recollections of friendly associations fillmore Is a real inerda to which my mind often turns it was there I 1 began real life with associations of splendid men and women who have influenced luene me in the coming years many have moved away while others have passed to the great beyond your request calls up a line of 0 march of some forty years during which time the people of millard have evinced a determination to sue coed while at times limes the tide appeared not easy to stem yet the contrast of now and then gives a decided and marked appearance ot of improvement your material advantages bespeak a forward movement your opportunity tor for an added supply of 0 water Is much increased therefore affording an all opportunity to cultivate tile the broad acres which are arc most moat fertile your transportation ion by railway and otherwise furnishes a convenience for shipping your to the great western markets you have the electric lights phones water systems and other conven conveniences lences a realization which in that elder day was but a mirage and a hope highways have been cast up for your travel large and commodious school houses house and churches have been built you are on tile the great trall trail which la is being used by people from all parts of the country your climate there is none better belter your request brou brought glit back to my mind tile the time when the question of publishing a paper in fillmore was wag first debated and after express expressions lons of hopes and doubt indulged in it was decided to make a beginning and since that time the people of your section have enjoyed that very important factor a local paper to assist in the development in the progress of a growing county for which credit Is due to those who made the first effort those who have kept the tires fires burning and those who are now giving such service to the public I 1 am of the opinion that your county furnishes many opportunities tor for which some are looking and sear citing elsewhere I 1 am of the further opinion that there has been too much of a rush and pilgrimage from the country to the cities cities which furnish no more privileges and conveniences nien ces than those of the country educational opportunities are no bei better save tor for their higher education and many are coming to the conclusion that conditions call back to the farm and the more rural life there to continue and develop rather than participate in the overflow over flow where there are many whose employment Is uncertain and the cost of living much higher sincerely joshua greenwood |