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Show Why Some Towns Do Not Progress The following article, "swiped," is an appropriate one and is so applica- Me to mr.i.y towns in tLe country j tbal it ia worthy of repr-jciKtiuii. Read It and then 'think : " "The citizens of a town make or ruin its property. A town is not likj Old Undo Tom's Topay. It won't 'jsii grow.' I! has to he cured for like a liot-hou.se plant. Its pe;,pie inusL t-ik its advantages, ptibh u good points, and set forth its locution and ndaptivenes for whatever purpose- it la best suited. "Weeds spring up unseen and flourish unattended, but a field of coin rnuut be, cultivated. So il is with villages, lowiis and cities. Someone must work to pull the community com-munity out of the' slough of lifeless- IlfcSH. , "The live town is alive because its citizens arc- alive. The more pep they put iuto their jobs, the better for the place.' Throe or four good workers can raise a town from the dead. In the last fifteen years cross- road settlements have become flourishing flour-ishing villages, moribund villages have grown into city class. Regardless Regard-less of natural advantages, somebudy hustled to bring about the growth in each instance. "And did these hustlers have the cheerful assistance of their neighbors? neigh-bors? Nay, nay, brother. The neighbors neigh-bors stcod around and kidded and knocked. There was never a leader lrom tho time of Noah down to the present who did not have to hear the scoffs aid scorns and taunts of the ingrates he was trying to help. The town huxtlcrs who are up and doing get no encouragement from the members mem-bers of the hot stove cabinet. That -is why some towns stand still." |