Show Did You Ever Stop Slop To Think Edson R. R Waite Shawnee Okla Oka 0 Homer W. W Wood Publisher of the he Porterville California Evening Evening Evening Eve- Eve ning Recorder says THAT your home or r your home community grows by its trade area cr natural resources and advantages It does not grow by counties county government or boundary lines Therefore to tomake tomake tomake make your town grow develop the home industries whatever they may lie l e. e e. e A great majority of communities are agricultural A better and and more intensified t development of agricultural industries will then help your town grow iAre Are y your ur ranchers raising the crops from which they c can m get the most out of the land and Do your home merchants bu buy all nil they can from the ranchers Perhaps the subdividing of land into small ranches will wilt serve to bring more people In turn this will mean more business and more industries in to town If you do not not Ii like e your Chamber of Commerce get into it and fight For and with it If the leadership is wrong change it Is your Chamber of Commerce doing the real constructive development development development develop develop- ment work vork it should If not then use your head and figure out what it should do in the way of working out a development pro pro- gram Put some constructive ideas of what your community needs in writing give them to your Chamber ChamLer of Commerce If the Cl Chamber amber of Commerce does not act give them to your home hometown hometown hometown town newspaper newspaper Your newspaper will wilt carry the thc message t to the people When you criticize however be sure you ou have a remedy Factory towns are fe v. v You get factories locate to in ina a a town that is ia not a logical factory sit site By developing the land round about in the thc proper manner or b by raising crops that must go through ugh a packing house hom e in town you are getting more people to your town by the right kind of development Each town or community has its own problems of development it is worth while hire to-hire an expert to advise An outsider looking in may have some new ideas unbeknown to an insider looking out Be lie e loyal to your county which is a branch of the state government govern govern- ment This does not mean however that all county institutions should always be at the county seat From the fact that the county seat has the court courthouse house is a good r reason ason why the count county hospital should be at some some som other town Likewise the county fair may better be held at some other town which might be nearer the center of the county's me mr t t diversified district Above all be a good citizen loyal loal to all home town institutions I loyal to the government and ami to the flag |