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Show EXPENDITURES !'l BIG OTIC Plfi ProgTam of Spokane uommittce Involves Investment o' . ,25 Million. gpokarjo, Wash., Feb. 3. Improvements Improve-ments Involving the expend. ture of more than ?25.i0O.000 arc c.-.nt:n-plated m part of tho program ct tho rlvlc pl3n committor, to bo appointed by Charles M. Fnssett, president ol the chamber of commerce, to iva're Spokane not only the largest city on tho inland continent, but al; o the best place Id which to work and lle. Mr. Fasselt said In outlining tho pre-llmlnar'es pre-llmlnar'es for the work, to bo started this year: "Wo want Spokane to be beautiful, eane, healthy and happy. V.'e wan: parks, boulevards, paved stree's. :in 1 a scheme of public buildings that wiM bo a credit to ur people. We want perfect water, sewage, nnd g.T'i.-i'-? rtystems. We want anything that will make Srokane a belter r!?ce I i which to live, nnd with these we m.'.y trust Implicitly that It will ! po .--later! by the right kind of u en nnd women and become as great i-.-I n , strong as the aggregate of It- ri'l.r :-ship. :-ship. We want to combine the beautiful beau-tiful and the practical. "In connection with these p'fii: we fball a'uo begin a movement to Ik tier the condition of the ranchi . ;;n:I other wealth-producers. Wo 1 e!!evo thai If the country tributary to th o city, with the right kind of firri- rs. ; whose lives may be made as ro-nfor' able as possible. Spokane will tal:c , core of Itself Tho committee to be appointed I-a I-a lew ij;iya ju in. divided in'o committees on legislation. iV-'r rl development, mun.clpal I'drn'ril:-,:' t Ion. commerce and economics, p.-l c building' and civic art and evr.lo t-. lion, but will not be limited to nny one Improvement or class of Improvements. Improve-ments. We are more anxious to uow wherein Si e' me Is weak than whore-in whore-in It Is strong, so that wc ivay bul'd accordingly." |