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Show SPECIAL JJmiafo SUPPLE MENT ; Couiety Times, f 0 0 1 a stranger looks upon our city. Illustrated with a . ! - .. .. I. i g Located upon the principal street a stranger first travels upon when arriv-jits to leave bound is us impression, above the in y0ur city place pictured lie suggestion is offered of screening it, and others after its style that are The screen ituated so eloee to the business district with a lattice screen. fcould be built a few feet back from the sidewalk line and grass sown in this pace!. The road upon which the old farmer was traveling was the typical country kind, full of ruts and hollows and stones; indeed it was so bad that when one of the wheels had gone down for the fifth time into a chuck the axle of the wagon was broken. It nothappened that a friend of the old man's was passing and Silas? Whar you goin ing the farmers plight, called out, Gcin ter a meeting at the Town Hall. The're talking of raisin a little money so they can fix this here road up, but Im goin ter get ther and vote again it if I have ter walk, By Gum. Poor short sighted old Silas. Yet the woods are full of just Bich as he. and unsanitary methods In the above picture is shown a very good sample of the all too prevailing Stable and Corral built upon the side walk line. Also note the creek running past the stables. Seepage etc. from this place is bound lo rui into !!.? e cek. Live stock readily make their way into it and tne water r i'i H of; I building stables etc. upon banks of streams. I -- A 5 i ! 5 !' , I ha iei This picture was taken of a vacant lot in the rear of one ofjyour bi You have some nice, neat little blocks. Directly accross the street to the south is located the finest residency business blocks. Your main street is wide and in pretty good con- you have in town. In dealing with such places as this, the following sugge. are offered: If there are any vacant lots in your neighborhood, see-tidition. The grounds around your public buildings are well kept. tions are cleaned up. If you are too busy yourself, hire some of the achool they Your business men and women impressed me as being a little boys, who will be pleased to earn a little extra money. Perhaps it means your above the average. health and your familys to have all those vacant lots thoroughly cleaned of cans, garbage, etc. Since my arrival I have had time to look about your city. One comes. Poor live stock, poor thing that impressed me is your disregard for the appearances of deep. Just wait until fly time be sensible? A pound of- pro- -; me! not Butwnv your public streets, a matter that is all too common in most Utah babies, and poor of ton cure. Why not abolish these pest towns, sagebrush, weeds, limbs of trees, rubbish and refuse of ventative is worth a cheaper to pay the scavanger now, than all kinds are allowed to accumulate upon many of your side streets breeding pots now? the doctor or undertaker later. Wake up while there, is yet time. and even upon your principal streets. ; Be alive to the dangers that lie at your very door. Frankly, it isnt to your interests to allow it. It gives a strang1 was with a man upon the resources other The day talking er the impression that the people are selfish; that they are looking after number one and the stranger seeking a home or investment that lie around Nephi. I called the partys attention to the. fine mile out of town; it makes th$ is not wanted. Having a clean city is not a ' fad,- - its a serious shale deposit you have about a the and had to be shipped in would in roads it finest if country business proposition in which the returns are sure and certain. I used be by extensively quite your people here. I asked am reminded of a story told in my hearing recently. A gentlemen, probably the didnt or use it upon your roads, man the county city why from the East a Mr .Fowler by name, moved with his family to a do to with the it havent was, tne reply. Well, money ranch not so very far from here. When he bought the place it They little a little raise extra a I asked, money by was all run down, weeds and brush everywhere, but the fellow why dont they "Well now the was are Taxes quick rejoinder. high enough sir, was a rustler and he started into cleanup. He grubbed all the all had mentioned I was Silas here that touched something right. brush and weeds from between his fences and he even went further and cleared the county road running past his place, of brush, for a his pocketbook and hed go ter ther meetin and vote again it if half mile each side of his ranch. Not to be out done his neighbors he had ter walk, By Gum. Poor short sighted old Silas, I see in took up the idea and carried on the work. To day the place for a you have him your midst. But he is slowly and surely passing to his fathers. The irar; mile around looks prosperous. Recently the man was offered a the have made three you during provements are. unpast years third more for what he paid origninally for the place, but refused of the times. old-ti- - Its . . W die ra.hir ai ec'.re.ne example the picture on the right illustrates conditions that c.7ata around Many homes. Houses aie allowed to fell into decoy merely for the lick of attention. Fences that have lot t a ftv tads are not repaired and st-'we La-.a similar to the one pictured here. e ccr.-dili- I t the street and was Two more ciic pride pictures are here shown. Both homes are located on your main street. Any noticeable difference? Which appeals to your sense of beauty and how do you think the stranger withn your gates looks upon the matter? Doca nit til? picture on your left impress you with the fact tiiat the own r is'a inignty good citi-y.- o 1. That the in. rest and care he takes in hit turn .i remindings are :ts birifiiial to ion .is to himself from toe fa. I ti.i.t such places as this help to 1m aittify your ily and add materially to your tola! sum of happiness. v t V Such a combination of stable and creek make the finest kind of germ breeding places. People who use the water from this creek, after it passes these stalles are in great danger of typhoid. 1 here are laws forbidding the building of corrals cr outhouses within a certain distance from wells, yet people build such places upon the banks of streams; and they let their live stock wade and wallow in them to their hearts content. When a typhoid or scarle fever epidemic strikes the town they wonder what in the Sam Ilill has got into the air, this season, that causes so much sickness. But gradually the truth is dawn big upon us that we who aie so careless 'about our surrondiips aiethe real and indirect causes of the little innocent n es that are annually sacrific' ed to unthoughtfulness. ' This street is one anda half blocks frem the center cf the business district yet only one foot bridge spans this stream. hen I arrived in town, last week, I wondered how many Silases you had here. My first pleaSant surprise Was experienced when I rounded the Hide house at the Depot and stepped I Silas must live further out upon your nice paved walk, thought. Hastening on up town I noticed another metropolitan feature,-- a sanitary drinking fountain;' but upon getting close to if it really was sanitary. The thing looked as if it wondered I it had just been dug out of some junk pile and set up for show. It was rusty and dirty looking and altho I was thirsty I hadnt the Must be a Silas in the City council in this heart to indulge. the offer. place I thought Another thing I noticed which I think spoils your city, is the 1 glanced up and down some way so many of you have of building yourstables and corrals town Continuing my journey up right of the side streets and noted the roadway and sidewalks over on the sidewalk line. This is an old, antique style, just like But really people,, youll not have a city Must be Silas has down home. grown with sagebrush- ,- regular back country style. this banish method until I of building such places. I looked you some relatives of Silas living hereabouts thought. into a the fences down few over of and these corrals, Whew! manure ankle Upon arriving at Main Street I cast a critical eye up W t Calls attention to the careless cant help but be befouled. 3 ' . direct- - o 1 of altering the appearance of our vacant lots. by Alma Chase under ion of Mr.Phippen. ,1 ,t. Suggestions offered in the way few pictures taken especially for this issue the personal 0j The needs of better building in the matter of our corrals. Being some thoughts upon how , . tax, ... failing signs There is no reason why Nephi shouldnt become one f Hie prettiest as well as one of the most prosperious cities of- Southern Utah. Your climate is healthful; your surroundings beautiful What you want is a united, strong pull for a bigger, and better Nephi. Your Commercial club and your Ladies Literary club are doing splendid work. Personally I like your little town immensely. - |
