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Show I 1JnAiyouijg lad by the name of Tar- I m bott'whllc driving cattle from the I W pasture, was thrown from his horso 1 Monday ovpnlngand scvciely hurt. Progress, Just a Word A SERIES. NO. FOUR Nature has done much for the towns and cities which lias cxpciienc-ed cxpciienc-ed gieat growths rapidly but It Is a matter of record that the hustlers In these towns have done far moic in proportion. They have been quick to take advantage of nature's gifts and therein lies the seciet of the marvelous growth or many cities. However, It's none tho lest true that many towns showing a rcinaik-ablc rcinaik-ablc growth In recent years have had row natural advantages to build on. These towns have been made by cncigy and enterprise. Scdalla, Missouri, wanted to grow, she wanted payrolls, lire and progress. pro-gress. Wide-awake citlens looked around and said: "let's get tho Mlssouii Pacllic car shops," then looking Tor a location. A hundred croakers aiose and said. "We can not get them, there are several big cities after them. It's no use to tiy " Rut there were others or gicat-er gicat-er faith. It took a cash bonus or $200,000 and a 135 acre site worth $25,000 to get them, but Scdalla raised the money and It is today growing more today and growing more rapidly than any other city in tho State or Missouri. Spokane was a village In 1873, a tow n or 500 in 1880 and today a mag-nllicent mag-nllicent city of 05,2(17. Nature and the lailroads did much for Spokat c but her growth Is more a monument to the enterprise or her citizens. Leavenworth, Kansas, has a standing oiler or free sites, fteo lights, exemption from taxes, Tor any legitimate manufacturing entciprisc. Dresden, Ohio, a town of 1,600 population, gave a $20,000 cash bonus and a free site ana lights for a sheet Iron mill employing three bundled bun-dled men. Though the mill runs but hair the time the town has not yet lived to regret the Investment. North Yakima, Washington, Just a Tew years ago was a town or a few hundred. Today It Is a city of 7,000 and In a short time will reach 10,000 It has four banks with $2,500,000 deposits Its growth and wealth Is due almost wholly totlie fact that the farming country around It is cut up into small farms of from live to ten acres and each man has become a specialist. Tho town Is adveitlslng extensive) Logan and Cache Valley should take heart, keep a still upper lip, look out ror opportunities, embrace them and we'll jet make It. What has been done elsewhere can bo repeated heie. No othei place can get a monopoly on all tho good things. Keep close to tho Commercial Club Don't dropout, do not neglect your dues. Tho club may not be what jou expected, but It Isa good I thing and will yet prove Its worth. I 1 Recauso it Isn't tearing the earth all tho time, do not criticise. The i I IT. S. army doesn't light once in twentj years, bii is it useless Thut's 1 I the way with the club, Keep It up, work up an Interest, get It to 1 I woik and then .vdvkhtish the vallej. g |
