Show IN RK recreation CREATION ir to ia singular how bow the dear public I 1 are lel led away by uny oy excitement fer by speculators or worked up tor for any purpose except the public welfare witness the rush ot of people on thursday and friday last to toe the lake to look for or a few minutes at a boat race stores closed business an suspended a money spent and time wasted and how bow much return to bayone any one but the railroad and the refreshment ven vend u 4 or does doe any Tat lonal person contend that the city will ill be bene fitted by the regatta aY will the advertising it has BBS received abroad accomplish any real good have the business men of the city reaped any harvest from the labor and means expended in gett getting ivic the experts erts here do the crowds that locked flocked to toe the beach or shivered while waiting in the water to see the rowing feel paid tor for their exertions we have nothing to say against hoi 1101 ids a and recreation in reason nor weg aeu directed efforts to attract atten to our oar splendid climate remarkable inland sea prosper ous one city and progressive people it this move movement men has met anything like the expectations of its promoters that is well sough enough but we doubt it very seriously serio seriously ugly and do not think the game secured if any has a value at all approaching the cost of the ammunition 4 1 well the use of complain ing now dow some one may ask sim ply to call the attention of people not entirely devoid of reason to the folly of being led into the whirlpool of every excitement that is set in motion and of neglecting business to join wat with h a multitude in something that will bring no benefit ito the individual or the community commini ty the he craze id tor r pleasure gsoell which ch his has seized oozed hold 0 of f many ot of our peo people ale is surprising I 1 it t has a bad effect upon and young it unfits them for the ofa needful industry it makes work MW and creates an some desire lor copt Annal recreation it fosters recklessness and makei makes proper restraint irksome it units unfits croper those I 1 h who 0 indulge in IB it tor for the ajr stern n realities dil 1 ties of every day life it is so not t go g good 0 for 0 r a society composed of people these remarks ue are not intended as a regret for the wt past but as a aarni warning 9 for the future we we say pay to our friends friends tor for your own sakes use a little reason dont rush rash like a lot of unthinking hinkin se sheep atea when a few ramps rampageous ones b break t thiu ra ugh irh gap 0 oleous of common sense lepse an alq fonow them wherever they may lead dont drop into any current that itne runs in IL a wrong direction use the atts that the almighty has bestowed upon you instead 1 of doing anything ax because use mr r gadabout or mrs flighty or miss Come along does it have some thought and some stability we do not want to throw a straw ja ia the way of any sensible plan to improve arg to tm town advertise adver tige the resources sources odthe territory or bring tap cap ital here tor for permanent invests investment ent nor to curtail the rat rational forAl on enjoyment L cyment of any person or any class we only want to so cause a attle sensible reflection 6 out our people fer their own good and or r tue tike we P re 01 0 the public |