Show THAT MAX MAN OTT I 1 if the commercial club does not accomplish another thing this year it has earned a right to a place among the real live organizations in getting edward amherst ott to preach the gospel of civic righteousness as he did last tuesday morning at tile the high school 3 sir 1 r ott came in the busiest time of a busy season but he had a good audience his talk on oil the things that keep communities apart was timely what richfield needs now is an all expert with a free hand to start things and get us out of the rut of sectionalism if we but had bad a joshua to break up this north and solid south idea and banish parti zan politics out of our midst richfield could go on oil to eternal perfection with the honest and faithful but we fear the undertaker has many sad rites to perform before the joshua gets in his work one thing that the city administration got out of otts lecture was how to treat main street and other streets after a storm heretofore the mud was permitted to dry before any dragging was done mayor jensen listened to ott and when the tha last storm struck us he ordered t the he city teamster to drag main street while the mud was yet in its wettest state and to keep dragging it until dry the mayor was ridiculed by wise ones who know all there is to lin know ow about mud and streets but the mayor insisted on otts pa plan an as an c experiment peri m ent and lo 10 and behold the street was dragged while wet it was made smooth it dried in one tenth the usual time it dried uniformly smooth and the sc offers were scoffed at while man mayor or jensen the commercial club and ott were praised tile the reaper says now to the county road men go thou and do likewise and so it if otts visit does nothing else we have learned how to drag dirt roads and streets after a storm may otts shadow never grow less anda and may ay the commercial club blossom into the community club that will be the sought for joshua to lead us s into community spirit and an all work n ork together organization |