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Show PEOPLE OF RICHMOND RICH-MOND OPTIMISTIC The rplrlt In 1918 in Richmond has beua the same as tho spirit which has permoatod our yreat couu- .try froa the smallest hamlet to the largest city, vis. "Win h War," all else has been merely side issues. The events of 1918 will make one ot the brightest pages in our immortal immor-tal history, Such loyalty, such unity, un-ity, such sighting, such sacrifice, such heroism, such motives, such victories of a free peoplo are unpar-alleted unpar-alleted iu the world's history,' Richmond is proud to know that she has done her part In the furnishing fur-nishing soldiers, buying bonds and war stamps .doing Red Cross work, donating to' war funds, eating 'war bread and- going without sugar. I Now that victory has 'come let no ' one think that our duty is done, but ilet us' continue' the s'ame8Plrlt ot 'sacrifice, loyalty and unity and hero-Ism hero-Ism In reconstruction, Industrial development de-velopment and general welfare that' the fruits ot oar great war sacrlflc-es sacrlflc-es may be freedom, prosperity and happiness. ' I I 1918 history has taught the good people of Richmond a great, lesson In many things, moat Important of which Is - Increased production ot food and directly a great increase In Industrial wealth. Tho govesiment call for more wheat and more sugar su-gar was generously responded by our farmers, A favorable season, and a great yield was the result, There was four times as much wheat shipped from Rlchmpnd in 1918 than fr any on? season In the past five years and moro than double the beet tonnage of. jmy -previous season1 was shipped from our station tbls year. This heavy Increase in products, with the Increased prices for same, made It easy for our peoplo to meet many ot tho obligations and war time expenses. The prosperlt ot the farmers Is. being reflected among the business houses In sylU) of tho (Continued on Page Five) RICHMOND PEOPLE OPTIMISTIC OP-TIMISTIC .(CosUaued from Page One) ,'flu'iltuaUo. - v The dairy Industry has also flour-Ished. flour-Ished. The fine dairy herds for which have become famous in general gen-eral are being improved and incensed. incens-ed. We now have more than twenty twen-ty large cement silos In this community. com-munity. , -. The siloing of oeot tops aud the feeding and shipping of beet is becoming be-coming no small, item among many, of our citizens. " A train of fourteen cars of beef were shipped by our local lo-cal people, Harris ft Nielsen, and Nllson ft "Whipple In one day last November. Several other cars have also been shipped during the fall by, local men. . . I Although we feel, in spite of alt difficulties that we are greatly favored fa-vored people and with the passing of the war and the "flu" wo conn-, dently expect to enter upon an era of opportunity, reconstruction and prosperity In the spring of 1919 that will far exceed any period of our pre-vloui pre-vloui history. t-V..$J |