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Show MILFORD MAKES strides IN CIVIC IMPROVEMENT It has recently been said, and at some length, that Milford is the greatest little town in, the state. Won der how many there are in thow who really believe this statement; how many, were they forced to stand up in a strange place and tell about our town, would make this statement, and then proceed .to ,prove that it was true; and above all, themselves' believe be-lieve in what they were telling? Whether you believe it or not, there are quite a number who would do this thing and this number is growing grow-ing every day: It's true, Townpeople of Milford, and the sooner we all arrive at that : condition where we can believe and publish that statement, just that much sooner will Milford be known j as the biggest and best town south I of Provo; just tha.tsmuch sooner will : the people here be able to realize on the investment of time and money that has gone into the town up to the present time. Then we will hear all over the state and elsewhere "When can we make arrangements to move to Milford?" instead of the reverse, as we hear it so often now. Did it ever occur to you that there has been a greater improvement in our town in the last two years, tian ever before? Perhaps you will take exception to this statement, but stop and figure.it out a second, for yourself. your-self. There has not been so much constructive building as in former years, but there certainly has been an effort put forth by the owners of property to repair fix up, plant trees and lawns, build what little was built with the idea of making this a home, and install in the home, the little conveniences that make for com fort and) happiness. Streets have been graded, sidewalks repaired, new and better drain ditches made, and unsightly and dangerous streets have been straightened'. A desire on the part of the citizens to cooperate with the authorities in keeping the town clean has been and is being shown more than ever before in the history of the town. The development of civic pride, is, after all the best improvement any town, county, state or nation can make. Without it, there can be nothing no-thing worth while for any of us. With it all things needed by any community commun-ity are possible, and nearly always probable. Business men who figure a town merely a temporary place, who forget civic pride when entering the town, are content to do business in any old building, provided it has a roof over head and locks on the doors Residents want nothing more than a furnished place to stay during the short time they plan on remaining in town. The investor looks at the with a smile, then takes his money elsewhere, where there is security, (continued on page 5) MILFORO-MAKES STRIDES IN CIVIC IMl'ROV 1.MJ3NT .: (from page- one) backed by the desire of the -people for civic betterment. ... There, has always existed in the1 minds of a good many people - the thought-that outside of the railroad and a, little mining, Milford has nothing no-thing iOji which a. real homo-town-i could be - erected. Mining might be I good for a time, but no one knew'! how long It- would last.- The railroad might at .anytime decide -that -this place, was not as good-as some other for the shops and roundhouse,-and-over, night move elsewhere.--'There being nothing else to furnish employ-' ment, the; resident population - all J would be forced to leave what they" had ..gained, . for better, fields.- This1 thought has existed; as above stated! and has, been allowed to go out, with-1 -out the voice. of the good people here ; being raised against it. . It -is so -far; from the truth,: and seems so foolish ; to- all, .of, iisv,that wa have 'no!t-done much.:to counteract the impression Naturally when -we know-that'there: is a Iakei of water underneath-thousands of acres of- fine- land,' and close1 enough' to; the surface -tO'-ma-ke"the jeaiest.kind.' of plumping -'conditions-, we, can't imagine-anyone doubting for a minute, ihe type of-foundation 'We rha,ve .for, .our i town, and- agara' -when we make a trip to -Beaver and see the ATinprftVillo reservoir with more'Wnt-- f. er than ever before1 in its history,1 Snd the, high water 'not yet1 started,' "we" smile,, with-, the smile of all w'ise men1' whp build , their homes on the' 'rock, a,nd not sn the-sand. All you ''Doubting ''Doubt-ing Thomases"- and all yon who have" heard and have not known 'Whaf to ' say. in..nefutatioii when the; fleath''of Milford. has .been- iredicted'-wifh 'the 1 closing: of;th& mines, and1 the remo'Val of the, railroad shops, take your pehi cil .and figure in numbers1 of people1 nd in. dollars and cents, what twenty thousand acres of the finest soil there is to be found beneath the stars, under. un-der. eult.iyaio,n.will. .mean- to " this town; and then forever ; ofterw;ard boost Milford, talk Milford,'-"and 'it-will 'it-will surprise you how quickly you willl have developed a state of CIVIC PR IDE, that, .will - help- .wonderfully to make your town tha.biggostumd bes city south of Provo. |