Show MAKING NG ATTRACT IVE two announcements in last weeks issue of the reaper ought to be a source of joy to every richfield citizen who possesses a spark of that fine quality called local patriotism the two announcements we mean are those taking reference to the erection of a new business block by the standard meat and produce co under the management of al C nelson and the building of a new colonial style residence by mr and mrs C J sumner both on our paved main thoroughfare the poulson block has just been completed by the addition of the wing that now houses leo martins jewelery shop and when the two new structures will be finished which will be before the coming fall Richt Rich ields fields main street will have gained much in appearance ppe arance and attractiveness it Is a good start and ought to be continued there Is still a good deal to be done not only on main street with the badly neglected city square and its band stand that ought to be repaired and repainted with the old eye sore of f the tabernacle ruins with weeds growing in front of many an otherwise fine structure but also in all our side streets none except the sites of less pretentious but mostly good and substantial country places only need a good cleaning and painting to be made neat and attractive too many of our farmers and village people are 1 lacking aking in the spirit to make their dwellings more livable more salable and more of an advertisement Ei ti for our city the committees appointed for the clean home clean town campaign ought to get busy and do it immediately any home owner can assist in the campaign with comparatively little effort it if he is not willing to devote time each year to his garden and flower culture he can at least see that his bis grounds are well provided with trees and shrubs and vines that will grow year after year with little or no care or he can set out perennial flowers that will come up every spring and give his place a wonderful touch of color and life when hen a place has been developed in that way and if disorder and litter have been carefully removed the change is marvellous marcellous marv ellous any bayer would pay considerably more tor for such a home because it would appeal so much more to his bis imagination people who desire to have business dealings with the owner of such a place are favorably impressed with the spirit of improvement that he be shows and will believe that a man of that type will be more useful and r successful the man who thus improves his hie place makes it more attractive to his family and helps keep them contented his improvement must influence his bis neighbors and incite them to do something tor for beautification when t that h at spirit gets started in a town it will in due time raise the whole tone an and d character of the place and give it a reputation for progressiveness thus beautification of oven even a single g I 1 0 home does something for the public welfare let us go to it |