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Show A Good Place To Live Editorial by Mayor Sterling Price We like Springville, that's why we live here. We are proud of Springville as a town, it has always appealed to us as a good town in which to rear a family. It is sociable, its people are kind, and it has always had a sense of culture which has set it apart as a spot in which to spend a very happy life. It didn't grow very much during the period 20 years before the war, due to the fact I hat the farms had been divided just about as far as they could be, so when "Junior" was married he had to go away to find a means of support. This condition is reversed today; we have factories and we are going to have more; we have more water and electric power, and can develop more. These factors are the things that make people look our way when they are looking for a place to live more contentedly con-tentedly than they have been accustomed. Many people who were sent liere during the construction of government plants found Utah a good place. 1 hey want to come back. As fast as new opportunities opportuni-ties are developed we find these people are drifting back. They are buying properly, building homes and sctllftig down. Those who do buy properly are very desirable citizens. Bui they are used to a cily with all ils advantages, such as sewer, dependable lights, gutters, gut-ters, oiled or paved roads, etc. In the main we can offer these tilings, at least we can show that they will all be available soon, but we lack the most essential of all, and lliat is homes;" a place to shelter '.hose, as' well as a home for our own Juniors and their Juniors. What can we do about it? Let's take a ride around town. 1 here are very few blocks in town that are totally filled with houses. 1 he lot left bare is grown up to weeds. It has collected a lot of rubbish and has become a fire hazard. It is a very poor source of revenue to help the city extend and develop its utilities. It is' an eye-sore and sometimes a menace. Can't we persuade the owners of these vacant properties to cither build homes on them or, if unable lo build a house themselves, sell the lots at a price that some of our G.I.'s can afford to buy and slart to develop his home, where he is known and would like to live. If we could get only a part of these vacant properties improved it would attract more industry, finer people, and put us into the class ot city that could develop its utilities to all; we could extend our city lines and build a "city" of which we could be as proud as we have been proud of our "town." - |