Show s Beauty Always Within Reach of Small Town Several Kansas towns towns are feel feeling ng the urge of spring In a new-born new desire desire de de- sire to be be beautiful In fairness to Kansas It should be said that several Kansas towns are already pleasant to toI look upon and visit But there is more I to the urge than that and something g the Emporia Gazette said recently on the subject ought to set set other towns in other states to thinking about them them- sel selves ves We can be nice decent agricultural agricultural agricultural tural towns with each town having some small Industry some specialty In schools or local development like oil or coal and the products of the soil soli But bIg big plants plants not nol k We are doomed by o or our r geography to be small towns Then why not be beautiful towns I Why not get the best But dut of at our towns and our lives Why not apple blossoms blossoms blossoms blos blos- In Arkansas City roses in Eldorado Eldorado Eldo Eldo- rado cannas in Fredonia In Emporia Surely If It Japan can grow famous over the world for beauty of ot Its cherry blossoms we can make something out of the beauty that lies In our hands There Is more to being a popular and thriving town than having haying the largest population or the biggest manufacturIng manufacturing manufacturing man man- plants or the most oney And the sooner a lot of small towns nil all over the country realize this the sooner they will begin begin- to to create cl and distinction for themselves Even Eyen the towns that are already beautiful have ha something ng to to todo do do In maintaining their high standard And the others should start right in n making mak mak- ing the most out of the beauty that lies In their hands Kokomo Kokomo Ind Thatch Dispatch t h. h |