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Show Mbigger and better Mr- LEW-WHY NOT? favo obscrvotl with considerable action the splendid results In tho ot advertising that Lehi lias so-through so-through tho olforts ot our local tfuslncss mcu In putting on a Utah iLli? Goods Campaign. Such a cum-.JHiIgh cum-.JHiIgh has dono our city a world o( tjfooil In creating favorablo lmprcsslona Jfoflour town upon tho travollng public. jBflt la now Incumbent upon us to jfffollow up tho good work dono so far i- nd mako our city worthy of tho fMfovorablo comment that Is now pour- mlug In from ovory Hourco. Wo havo aBbcon given tho reputation of Inhabit- )w K u tlirlfty progressive and busl- jEfnossllko city, all of which Is truo; udr and yot on tho Avholo our business dls-jB dls-jB trlct docs not convoy that impression jB to tho visitor as ho passos through jK tho centor of town. All will admit K that clothing docs not mako tho in-B in-B dividual nor tho exterior ot a building JVC tho business. And yet as wo gain tho llrst Impressions of an Individual HJF by tho clothing ho wears, so a visitor H receives his Initial Idea ot our busl-B busl-B ncs3 district and, Incidentally ot tho B thrift of our community, by llio out-Hs out-Hs sldo nppcaranco of our places of busl-Be busl-Be ncss. jBf Tako a walk with mo along 'Main BS Street. You havo traversed it many Bj a timo bofore, ot courso; but no mat-Bjl mat-Bjl tcr, como along, let us mako some H observations. Hero wo are. Now Br obsorvo yonder building, whoso front jB has just rccolvcd a fresh coat ot B paint. Tho building is old and yot it B Is kept in such a lino condition of re- B pair that no ono would suspect its B age. And what say you of tho pro- prlotor of this placo ot business? Thrifty, you say, a good citizen, ono who caters to tho public good will, ono who -will succcod. i Now again, look. Hero wo sco a B business housed in a building whoso jfjj exterior presents a dilapidated and IV ancient appearance It has not known B tho smoll ot paint for lo theso many B years. Tho windows aro brokcu and B patched; tho screen door is holey and B sags and drags. Doad llles and llva B onos, too, for that mattor, decorato B tho window spaco whora moro atrac- B tlvo display should bo in evidence. B Fly specks bedim our eyos as w at- B tempt to poor through tho plato glass B If wo wero moro visitors and did not B know that tho buslnoss housed hero B Is onjoying a fair degrco of success, wo should at onco prodlct that tho H proprietor Is on tho vorgo of bank- ruptcy. . HL Again, what havo wo horo? A vacant 'hik building whoso ownor, not being ablo flPjfl to lot tho placo at a profit, has allow- TB cd It to fall into ruins, an oyo-soro 7 and a public detrlmont to tho town. I Now lot us peak around at tho back. Wo must stop glngorly as wo aro on forbidden ground. What a H scene bursts upon our vision- A vorlt-B vorlt-B abfb forest of weeds growing through B tho accumulating dobrls. There- aro B occasional opon 'spaces in tho forest, B whero lumbering operations havo boon H bogun. H Now tho oxponso ot correcting tho conditions mentionod 1b really vory Bj small. ren dollars will paint tho IB largest storo front on Main Stroot. A IB dollar given to a husky boy will rid jB a back yard ot weeds and rubbish. A H ton cent cako ot Bon-Ami a cloth aud W& a basin of wator With a ltttlo olbow B groaso will polish a pair ot plato glass H windows. A ton cent braco will tako B tho sag out of a scroon door. A Uttlo inltlatlvo will fill a display window m full of goods and Incidentally Increase K buslnoss. Five minutes a day with a K good broom and a strong arm will B, keep tho gutters and Bldowalks Bplek IB, and span. What do you say? K Let'a kcop tho ball rolling. Wo Bs havo a good start, now a Httlo effort B on tho part ot each ono will put tho BE job over. How would It bo for tho K Mayor to doclaro a "Fix-up Day" to BM apply not only to tho business soc-B soc-B tlon but to all parts of tho city? Lot BV him appoint a commlttoo to plan tho B campaign. Lot's got rid ot our weeds BH once. Many of tho sldowalks aro so H encumbered that only a narrow pass-H pass-H ago Is available for trafllc. Bj In closing, let it bo stated that this letter is not aimed at any Individual nor set ot Individuals. It Is lntuudod moroly to call attention to conditions as thoy oxlst and to point out how somo of thorn may bo corrected. Lot us all pull together for a bigger, bettor, bet-tor, cleaner and moro up-to-dato Lohl. JUNIUS IJANKS. |
