Show OUR PUBLIC PROPERTY during the past summer box elder county has constructed a great many public buildings A number 0 o t mee meeting houses have been erected a great many school buildings have been completed and other Improve me ts havo been made in the way 0 of increasing and improving our public property we attend a meeting arlig U the week at which this matter was war mentioned and those present were urged to use their influence to keep our public buildings in proper condition free from marks or defacement of any kind and if possible engender in mhd th e hearts of the young people the spirit of protecting instead of destroying public property that advice is sound timely and will mean much to the taxpayers it if we will carry it out in this connection wt wo were led to reflect upon tho the difference in the attitude taken by us free born bom american citizens and the people of the old world with respect to public property and public improvements over in the old country it is the pride of every man that he never destroys even so much as the branch of a tree without cause and as for defacing a flower flower garden that might be planted in some spot where it was not constantly under the watchcase watch care eare of some responsible party why vi iby he v no more think of doing such a thing than he would think of going into his own garden and ruthlessly trampling tho tha flowe flo rajo death in the old country it is not nol possible to find deep notches scratched scratches pencil writing and other marks of 0 defacement upon furniture in a school building or ora a church and the exterior of all that cl class as 8 of f bull buildings dings is guarded by all with equal jealous care up rude or obscene writings are ever found on fences or other places where they are corn com conly found in this country and the spirit of the people seems to be that of obeying every moral law in that direction as well as the civil tetter letter of the law 4 it would hardly seem necessary to caution the young people tobe careful around a public building whose exterior was coated with white paint but it has been found not only necessary but ineffective for in one instance we have in mind tho the entire front of one of our splendid public houses has been defaced by young people who have deliberately libera tely marred its beauty to such an extent that it will require a new coat of 0 paint to repair the damages other public buildings have been marred in the same manner parents should impress upon their children that the public build buildings ings are the property of the boys and girls as well as the fathers and mothers and should be guarded with greater care than a boy would guard his best treasure we need educating along this line and we need it now if 11 young people are going to continue coutin ue to deface our buildings as they have done heie tolore it will not be long until the county wi will 11 li have av e to refu refurnish ani s it a all U the buildings now in use let us accept the advice of that pub lie lic spirited citizen and see to it that our children are properly impressed pressed ni with the necessity of 0 daving a 1 sacred regard for public property |