Show KEEP UP THE PUBLIC MENTS it is 19 regrettable reg retable to observe that in many localities because of the war there here is already evidences of a lack of p public alic spirit and push in the matter of necessary necea sarv public utilities chere is a tendency to put off till a later day needed improvements le on the plea of the high cost ot of labor and material this la is a great mistake and th the town or section of country that Is enticed into it will wake up UD in the ties jeaa fut future U re to find itself out at of the rina running ag from a t business point of view itis it is very tru that labor is ii scarce and material hiah it of these is as expensive as is neglect of the material interests if f th i i humility A county needs a bridge across a stream but h because use of the added cost refuses to build As aa a result the people of the c hom tv are aff put to r binic a arv art i f pense en eairel irel out it nl I 1 r ri pi at I 1 i it 1 11 the small added ent cost A pike oo 00 ron should be irp i hot hm the wr war to in Cefer ter feres koo still the d I 1 i lett to gri go h e lor onide and worst worse with the raub that hat a good road goes down in the mud and will have to co be entirely re built in the future E eer ry business man or knows he ken keen foresight ne cessare to keep alli h hu megi up I 1 t the standard 4 f the kirnos it hi it knew that thai coral t viila c h la nac c sary to prevent deterioration and decay the business man who re baxes on maintenance because of a slight increase indrea a in the cost of repairs is the he man who must sooner or rater ter make the acquaintance of the riff just so with tile the peoples business the community that keeps p up with the demands 0 ot th the times yen even th ill ugh it do dom require greater effort art ini I 1 in an add addid d out ay in expense is he community that when the heavy demands demand re oke ma male ie uon its faculties I 1 is abla I 1 meet them there I 1 is also the added reason that if we wait until times vw prow better we ate may have to wait ok i very long time indeed the prospects of lower prices on the necessities of life fre are in the dim and distant future the scarcity of labor anstad of re lexing nial is almo kno sure to intensity intensify for some tha lim to come in view of ill ahr e facts it is 15 incur hen bint upon thoe these charged with the conduct of the peoples business ti I 1 see it aral A all public utilities are kept up to the highest point of efficiency the time may come in th ana future when he n we may mav he be compelled to tn neg nee I 1 ei bliem oho to in sinne tom 1 t t but that time lime is nt not here yet and until it do dues corno come we should strain every aaram nerve in the effort t to place our country ig 18 the first rank of efficiency the efficiency of the count country is 13 a already heine being put to a very severe and the b tet t will crow harder as ag the war drags on the only way we can meet this test aay is by keeping our ourselves selve and our fee fac to up to t the tob notch |