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Show FROM THE MAYOR He Asks Property Owners to Gravel Sidewalks. THE CITY'S ENGINEER Will be Put to Work at Once to Establish Uniform Grades The Citizens of Provo Should Arise an One Ulan in Hearty Response Re-sponse to the Bequest. The following article from Mayor Holbrook appeared in last night's Enquirer, En-quirer, and appended to the article was, 'Dispatch please copy. L. 11." We gladly give space to the article today, but would of course preferred to have printed it yesterday: Tbovo City, Jan, 18. The nation from a financial standpoint seems to be in a maze, men not knowing the beginning begin-ning from the ead. While those whose direct duty it is to bo legislate as to restore the country to its former prosperity pros-perity are performing this heterogeneous heterogen-eous labor, Provo should not stand still. Time is too short, it is estimated esti-mated by many of the conservative, wise men of this glorious country of ours that at lea3t two years will be required re-quired within which to work the desired de-sired change. That is too long for us in this beautiful city of Provo to wait ; and still one can but conclude, after walking through the principal streetB ot the city, that many are waiting for this happy millennium, with nothing to do particularly, and no one to offer work The writer has ever been a be liever in everyone employing himself so far as possible. By so doing, the poor man, in one.respect at ieaet, is on an equality with the rich man, a luxury not often enjoyed, in that he takes no risk in getting his pay for his seryices, which riBk ia very great in these times of universal financial stringency. Friends of Provo, now is th opportune oppor-tune time, in my judgment, to so em ploy ourselvea. There is not a man, mairied or single, old or young, single-handed single-handed or with a team, who cannot be immediately and usefully employed. His pay, as above stated, is sure, for 1 propose that he be his own employer, and consequently paymaster, lie c in commence work as early and continne as late as he desires, and draw fall pay for all time thus employed, including all ovtr time. In short there is no man in our lovely city today, if unemployed, who cannot can-not consieteLily engage in this personal and individual labor, thereby occupying occupy-ing himself, and doing away with that-oft that-oft repeated axiom about the devil's work Ehop. If the bands are employed the brain cannot be idle . I have in mind, friends, the graveling of the sidewalks of Provo. There is no occasion fcr a single citizen of this city to remain idle for a moment, when such a favorable opportunity presents itself for action.Our city iB beautifully located at the base of a mountain of elegaut gravel and cement combined, placed there, apparently, by the Great Creator for the special purpose of beautifying and embelishing our city Let every citizen grasp this golden opportunity and take stock in this laudable enterprise, enter-prise, sufficient at 1-iaet, to grade and gravel every sidewalk in front of his or her property, whether direct 'owner of, or heir thereto. I feel quite sure our city "fathers" will put the city engineer to work establishing es-tablishing uniform grades, that the work may be more thoroughly and systematically performed ; if they will not, there is a city "uncle," who feels a very great interest in the welfare of the city, and particularly in this matter, mat-ter, who has faithfully . promised, with the consent of the "fathers," if they do not see their way clear, to have the city surveyor establish the necessary grades for the accomplishment of this work. What do you say, fellow citizens? citi-zens? Let us near from you, not tomorrow to-morrow nor next week but now, immediately. imme-diately. Procastination is the tbief of time, and must not enter our brain. Shall we bear from you through mass meeting or how? Awaiting your echo, I am respectfully, L. Holbrook. |