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Show As Others See Us Di ..r Kditor: A business mnn from one of tho iisteru cta'es dropped Into l.ehl 0110 day IdBt week, uihV nftcr BjKiidlng a few licurs nnd while waiting for his car, ho got Into n conversation with thu writer r.ml asked: "Wlnt do tho peoplu follow hem i.s a buLlness?" Answer, "Farming and nuar mak-itif? mak-itif? " Querry, "Do they im.Ua any nouey? Are Oioy what you call In-liutrlous? In-liutrlous? Aro they proaiicrcus?" Answer, "Reasonably so. Hut why lo you nsk?" Tho stranger then itated that during his brief visit hero he had noticed many tumbled down fences, many places Hint needed ro-'lalriug, ro-'lalriug, and much that Indicated to aim that tho people were cither In-lolent In-lolent or weru not prosperous, and 10 imidu his criticisms In thu best of jood nature. Aiiy of our readers who will jtnku 1 walk around town will sec on ill-nost ill-nost every block something that .voii'd Justify tho conclusions of tho iatcrn stranger, ir loolclns r.t tho own from his viewpoint. Tho same loi'dltlon oxlnto to u great extent In tlaiost uvory town In tho Btr.to, and lie strangur oxprccscd s.rprlso when he was told that not withstanding what hu saw, t'.ils city had taken tho first prize for being tho cleanest city, In thu stntu In Its class. Thu writer believes that tho people it l.ehl should wako up as soon as spring opens and remedy thu con-Jltlons con-Jltlons epoken of above. It would rcqulro but a few dollars out-lay for a dozen or two now pickets, and two hoars of tlmo would put them on tho fence. Most of our homos would ho Improved 100 per cent with a now coat of paint. I.eJii has a half dozen 'ssod-pslntora now looking for a Job, or If tho owner Is chort of cash, most any member of tho family with n rifty cent brinh and a gallon of ready mixed paint could da tho work satls; factorlly. l.ehl gained and enviable reputation reputa-tion last year along lines of clvic-lmprovcment. clvic-lmprovcment. Now would ho a good tlmo to prcparu 'plans to clean up, paint up, and mord up, Many more b'jautlful lawns and flower beds should bu planted, and If thu Nrat weeds In tho cprlng uro kept down, this Job will not ho half so heavy as It was last year. Now Is tho tlmo to commence planning plan-ning for theso things, and If a general movement or all tho citizens could bo started, tho tt,rnngcr would he forced to agreo 'with the pcoplo of this city that "l.olil Is nv good place to llvo." A Citizen, proud of 'his town Note Thero nru many public questions ques-tions of Interest to all tho pcoplo that could bo discussed with profit. For this reason tho management of this paper has decided to conduct a public forum In which abort articles from any of our subscribers will bo wol-cotue. wol-cotue. I'Mltor |
