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Show THE TIME IS RIPE. riYHE Unio is ripe for it bij? fonvunl I stride on the part of Iron county H , nnd pmtlculatty the fertile nud richly H undowed Cedar Vnlley. Opportunity H is even now knocking loudly at our H' door. Shall he be denied ndinisslon 7 H Thnt is the iuestion that is eonfront-H eonfront-H Ini; the heavy land owners of this lo-H lo-H ealiy at the piescnt hour. For years H and years the people of this pluce H havo been plodding along, waiting, H watching and hoping for something H to occur to improvo industrial condl-I condl-I tions and develop the country up to H" that point of which it is capable of H being developed. Tlioy have wished H and looked in vain for many, many H years for a railroad through this sec-H sec-H tlon of country, which we havo felt H . sure would bo instrumental in bring-H bring-H ing tho country into it own. Yes, we havo all been waiting, nnd Hj Boino liave been industrally working. H nnd yet others, In the thought that H ' they woro exercising unwonted w!h- H dom, have been gradually but surely H accumulating vast tracts of land with H the thought that some day it would H bo of great vnluo, in which they are H probably quite right; but in the mean H time, they nro not only keeping them-1 H selves burdened with n lot of dead H property on which they havo to pay H taxes and nssessments, but they are H barring tho wny to progress on the " nnrt'of tho rest of tho community and H' the .country generally, for thoro are H not enough pcoplo hero to develop and H' cultivate tho land nnd make it pro- H duco. What wo want is mnro peoplo, H more energy, in this section, anil in or- H der to get them hero they must be H shown an opportunity of making for H themselves homes and acquiring farms H of their own. Tho bettor class of cit- H izens tho men who do things nro H not content to spend their entire lives H' working for others. They want an H opportunity of getting a foothold for R themselves. ' Moro people, of tho right kind, will H mean greater productivity, greater f, prosperity,, in all lines of endeavor. Mr It means greater strcnght nnd motive He power to execute whatever wo com- M mencc. It means bigger opportuni- M ties for our young pcoplo nnd our old- H er people; it means more patronnge M for our schools, moro help in carrying ME the burdens that arc tho prico.of im- H provement and advancement. It means Hi the cultivation of our waste lands, M" tho building of better roads, the cir- M culation of moro money nnd tho in- Hi creasing of business in all lines. It HL means thnt every person in the com- H munlty will be benefitted. It will in H sure the enrly building of a railroad H'' jnto this valley, If tho project pet on H foot by J. W. Paxman.and associates H for tho colonization of our spare lands M succeeds. H Then ought not you, Mr. Land Own- H or, in your own intorests as well as H' that of tho community at large, to H loosen up and list a reasonable portion H of your surplus land in this project, H cven at the risk of realizing a few H dollnrs less for It than you might get H by holding it for an uncertuin term of H' years, or than your estate or heirs H' might thus obtain after you aro dead H and gone? H There is no use of us standing a- H . ,-ound and grumbling at tho fates for H not taking us into their keeping nnd H providing us with tho luxuries of this M lifo. It Ib up to us to work out our M own snlvatlon, both temporal and M spiritual; and if we nro not strong H enough to push tho work nlong as Hj: fast as It ought to go, let us take a M common sense view of matters and H give persons who aro willing to help fl us a rcasonnblo chance. H It Is conservatively estimated that M there Is land and water to support at M least two hundred moro families in M this valley. We need these peoplo to H help us In working out the destinies Hi of this section; let's open tho door K , and admit them. |