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Show Big Strides Made In Local Progress In Last Few Years A typographical error in last y.-eek's News made it appear that the interest rate on the proposed $7500 issue of parking and town beautificaticn bonds to be voted on this coming Tuesday was instead of 3, which is the proper figure. The error occurred in connection with the statement that this was much the lowest rate of interest ever negotiated in local bending operations but the error does not detract from the fact. Perhaps never in the history of the community will the people ever again have an apportunity to raise money for decidedly worthwhile projects under such favorable circumstances cir-cumstances and at a time when it will work in so admirably with the present noticeable trend to improve im-prove our town. The 1939 Beaver County Fair to be held at Milford, combined with Milford's first organized Homecoming, Home-coming, is going to bring at least 3000 out-of-town people to Milford for the weekend of September 14-15-16, and we have the opportunity, with the proper use of these funds, to beautify our town in such a way as to leave a lasting and most creditable opinion of the town with every visitor. Milford has made notable progress as a home town during the last three or four years and we must go on. The extensive curb planting of trees three years ago as a school-town school-town project, the suggestion of Principal E. R. Moody and Town Trustee W. B. Gardner, seemed to provide the spark for town improvement, im-provement, followed 'by the removal re-moval of fences, planting of residential resi-dential lots and curb plots to lawns and shrubbery, and the extensive remodeling of homes. The near-completion near-completion of the new gymnasium-shop gymnasium-shop building on the high school campus, the finest building of its kind south of Provo, and the new library building occupying a commanding com-manding situation in the center of town, are further landmarks in the way of permanent betterments, and now we have the opportunity of setting them all off with the improvements to be financed by the bond issue. Under these conditions, con-ditions, and with the raising of the funds possible without any increase in the tax levy, who can stand in the way of bringing these things about ? The bond issue, as stated, is for $7500, to provide funds as follows: $1000 for cemetery beautification; $3000 as matching funds with which to improve the fair grounds area adjoining the high school athletic ath-letic field; and $3500 for parking park-ing the area contiguous to the new library building. The bonds, if voted, will be dated to come due after the maturity of the present waterworks and library bonds, bearing only 3 interest in the interim. Voting in Tuesday's special election will be confined to otherwise other-wise qualified electors who have paid real or personal property taxes for the year 1938, and it is recommended recom-mended that would-be voters take with them to the polls their tax receipts covering real estate or personal property taxes. Taxes paid on furniture or an automobile are acceptable for this purpose. Voting booths will be set up in the Milford Firemen's hall for this election and the polls will be open from 7 o'clock in the morning until un-til 7 o'clock in the evening. Only voters residing within the town limits may take part in this election, elec-tion, of course. |