| Show AN ANNUAL PLEA PLEA FOR FOR OR BEAUTIFICATION r i iThe The calendar says aYS its it's Springtime even though h e we up here in the hills know differently Still there are an- impressions of the approach h of ot Spring and not the least leat of these is the de desire to beautify our or own surroundings l And so again we make the annual plea to homeowners everywhere to tear down those old decrepit useless dangerous danger danger- ous buildings They are eyesores they are arc traps fire they are actually a liability to the value of property A year ago ago we asked for good reasons reasons why liy residents 0 of f Utah allow their property to be so cluttered with ugly tumbledown shacks We got two Heres Here's one Some folks believe that if the place loo j neat and cl clean then it must look prosperous and so the t taxes would go up In view of the fact that theres there's invariably a 8 television aerial on the house and a big model late-model ear CHI out in front this sounds a little silly Heres Here's the other reason I a asked a kd the folks down the road a II piece why they di didn't nt tear flown clown own that old shack because some day it will fall in and kill their kids and amI our kids playing t there here They said Mid they just t couldn't bear to because was Willi Granddads Granddad Granddads Granddad's Grand Grand- dad dads dad's f first home I told em ant if dad Granddad were here hed he'd tell em th they were craz crazy and 11 he would be he the first to level it before it kills somebody I told em too tou that Ive I've always insisted any allY place plate worth keeping for sentimental reasons was a. a worth maintaining Well Nell our om informant might have hl had something there Whatever the reason we still cant ant understand why the folks will polish the dust off the family car car and and l let t a a. decrepit ramshackle worthless and dangerous croll building ing j 6 stand in ill the back yard 81 1 |
