Show appearance ta a man who has been east for a year a little As if affairs were goin wrong little things which point to indifference okseo people are proud of their city 1 all statements to the contrary and yet there are conditions bibb obtain aust at present which should have been corrected early in the oprine A man who ocoa property here who formerly lived here and who i detill has faith in the future of ogden city voices the sentiments of many ol 01 the residents and visitors to ogden city regarding the appearance of ogden to the eye of a etra neer what is that which impresses tott most in ogden today eaid a reporter to the visitor you have been away a year and would note things that donld not be noticed by a resident well ill tell you the city from a look at the business streets has an improved appearance and the business bouses lave a more prosperous appearance than last year they are apparently doing more business there are morn people hurrying to and fro busy but the streets themselves would indicate that the sprinklers lers were not running as often as abry should dusty streets always j give a city a countrified appearance though salt lake is as bad and possibly worse the main feature which I 1 notice boweres bo and which detracts much flotd the good opinion of a visitor is that the houdes residences I 1 mean are not in a good state 0 repair the fences are looking old and dilapidated the gates are not hung right has been no paint used this year the weeds are getting the best of the lawns and it gives the city the appearance appear acce of being occupied by a people who do not expect to stay here paint your fences hang your gates clean out your weeds allx up the residences all this is an advertisement of a prosperous city I 1 and that there is work for everybody that no idle men are in the city there is more money afloat in aiden than in a majority 0 cities abd all this is good but that one thing of poorly kept residences is something which should be and can be easily corrected the above ii partially true borne of the residence properties are ill kept but the number of those well kept is in the majority though the improvements sug would help the general appear i ance of the city the streets ara beine sprinkled cow and there is nothing countrified about their appearance the dust is being conquered and the day is already here when agdens streets look like those of a city not like salt lake |