Show good to note the spirit of improvement it is good to note the spirit of improvement pro that has taken hold of at nearly every community in the county especially those on the arrowhead trail or on the zion national park road the waking up ot of this spirit Is duo due mainly it if not totally to the county farm bureau and its live chief county agent J R tippetts mr air tippetts ia Is an enthusiast in the matter of 0 neat well kept homes pretty shade trees nice lawns good fences and sidewalks and good conditioned streets and he somehow manages to enthuse others with whom he comes in contact with the same spirit A man of his caliber can do a lot of good in any community it the people realize his worth back him up and work with him along the lines he suggests this spirit of improvement has taken hold of santa clara perhaps to a greater extent than any other town in the county the citizens of that thrifty little burg will have one of the prettiest avenues to be found anywhere south of salt lake within a few years they have grubbed out the old unsightly cottonwood and other trees and lined both sides of the road with carolina poplars they nave have straightened fences that were out of line graveled the main thoroughfare and made other improvements prove ments all of which will tend to make the town beautiful many modern beautiful residences have also been built and the spirit of improvement pro among these people will not down they are continuing the improvement right along the fhe better town movement started by the farm bureau has also ta 1 ken hold of hurricane in good shape hurricane is a modern town of beautiful homes and has not got the old trees and dilapidated delapi dated fences to contend with that older settlements have the town Is very thrifty and growing rapidly it is near zion national park and right on the road to the grand canyon its citizens are enterprising in the tha highest degree and a great future Is open to it the citizens have been devoting the better town movement to the improvement pro of their streets leeds has aas also partaken partaker par taken of the spirit the people turning out and putting the road through the town which is part of the arrowhead trail in good shape leeds is a pretty little town and continuance of at the improvement spirit will make it a delight to travelers through it rockville is determined not to be behind other towns on the zion park parka highway in the matter ot oi roads and has been doing a great amount of improvement along this line springdale ringdale Sp the picturesque little town which lies right at the entrance to zion national park has also got the improvement spirit so too has virgin which has made considerable road improvement while no organized effort has yet been made in st george considerable improvement has and is being made in town betterment we have been dilatory in mentioning one improvement pro that Is deserving of at high praise and that is the grading up and beautifying of temple street the residents of at this street made a united effort in this and succeeded in making it the best street in the city an example that should be a strong incentive for others to follow the good work Is only at the beginning may alay the spirit of progress and improvement find lind an abiding place with the people of dixie and not rest until we have towns that will be talked about and praised from coast to coast by the thousands of tourists that will pass through |