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Show IDEA IS WORTH EMULATING Public Spirit Shown by Citizens of Michigan Village Should Be Incentive In-centive to Others. At the next resort nnd tourist meeting meet-ing the namo of tho village of Mon-tnguo Mon-tnguo should bo Inscribed us tho Abou Ben Adhem on tho good book. Along the lake Is an excellent park space which Montaguo has decided to improve. im-prove. But tho Innovation Is the way this village has gone about It. A legal holiday was declared, nnd almost every man In town hustled down to the park with shovels and rakes, drays ami trucks, filling In low ground along the shore In preparation for a big tree planting at other similar simi-lar holidays In the near future. And all tho ladles served their sons and squires and sweethearts with hot cof-fco cof-fco and sandwiches to keep them on the job and unfatlgucd. It was an arbor day do luxe. More of them are scheduled until the park becomes something tourists will talk nbout all the way up nnd all the way back. " If every town which could be a thing of beauty instead of a main street nndvscntter of sheds would go In for the spirit of Montaguo nnd for a good, healthy spell of tree planting and general cleaning up, Sinclair Lewis would bo in line for u fine session ses-sion of back talk. Grand Itapids Press. |