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Show MILFORD PLANS REVAMPING PROGRAM ON MAIN STREET Milford is making plans to dress up for the Utah Centennial Cen-tennial celebration. If "face-lifting" plans now being formulated form-ulated are carried out, this Southern Utah mining capital' will become the first Utah city to rebuild all he storefronts on its main street at the same time as a cooperaive.prfyect.. A t a meeting of Main street property owners held last Friday ; night, it was agreed to invite com- j petent archi-ci.s to come to M11-:ord, M11-:ord, look the situation ovor, and recommend structural design n-mfivs in the store fronts, bringing bring-ing all business houses Into the same contour and pattern, uniform uni-form in design, pleasing to the eye, and giving the Milford business busi-ness district a distinct Individually Individual-ly that would mark it as one of hr nicest r.pppnriny, most pro-gtes-sive little municipalities In -outhern Utah. Allowed to grow and develop : '.Vha;.ardly since the early min- j bo!-;m days, the intermingled row and old brick and wood struc-"rrr. struc-"rrr. pie.-xrit an uninviting appear--nre to citizen and newcomer alike, and progressive business men t -.press themselves as anxious to -l romrthing about it." . . Oro Dundy, chairman of the Utah ! (lf).'i.rtment o! publicity and indus- trial development, ha3 been Invited to attend the next m'octing of main, street property owners 'and other interested citizens, slated for January Jan-uary 10, to present ideas and suggestions sug-gestions for improvements in conjunction con-junction with the "dress up for the Contennlal" program. It was pointed point-ed out by W. O. Evans, Union Pacific agent at Milford, that railroad rail-road routes apparently are being noglocted In plans for welcoming Centennial visitors. 1 Paul Ashworth of Richfield, Tel-luride Tel-luride Power company official, also was Invited to attend the meeting 'and present new Ideas on modern street lighting methods. I Many towns and cities in other sections of the nation have engaged In similar community reconstruction reconstruc-tion projects, and Milford bnslnens men, convinced such a project would not only vastly improve the appearance of their city, but also attract many new citizens and greatly increased business revenues, reve-nues, are almost 100 per cent In favor of the project. |