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Show EVANSTON GETS OUT INTO SPOT-LIGHT. Evanston, the hustling little metropolis of southwestern Wyoming, Wyo-ming, does not believe in the policy of hiding her light under a bushel. Iler people are wide-awake and progressive to a marked degree, and, realizing that Evanston has a bright future before her, they are eager to spread the good news and allow others to enjoy a measure of prosperity with them. With the object in view of acquainting as many people as pos- " sible with the resources and natural advantages of the city, a pam-. phlet, filled with valuable information concerning the live little town is now being sent broadcast. over the country. The-Telegram -is in receipt of one of the pamphlets and it congratulates Evanston, not only because of the information given, but for the further reason rea-son that the publication and circulation of the pamphlet is evidence of the kind of enterprise that is" bound to win. - Evanston now has a population of 3000, which is being rapidly added to, and her death rate is only nine per one thousand. Her two banks have total deposits of f 650,000, her water plant is owned and operated by the city and there are thirty-five business houses la the city employing eighty -five clerks, . whose salaries aggregate X 31,000 a year. In addition to this, tbxre are more than 400 other employees, who increase the total salary roll to $447,000 a year. " During the past twenty years there has been only one business failure in Evanston and at the present time there is not a vacant residence in the city. Improvements,... now, under way, will cost 1 300,000 the present year. The showing is one of which the city should' be proud and The Telegram congratulates her. |