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Show : WHAT ROOSEVELT ! J: NEEDS AS SEEN BY. '6 "YE" editor ;; iTs :; WHAT'S WRONG WITH ROOSEVELT? Take it from us there is nothing noth-ing wrong with Roosevelt, in fact it is one of the finest cities in the entire state. It has several up-to-date business houses, a splendid hospital, City Municipal building, church houses, a sanitary sani-tary sewer system, miles of sidewalks side-walks and several blocks of pav-1 ed streets, a very nice city park and two good tourist parks, then I may you ask what is wrong, and the answer as we sec it is simply this, we, as business men are asleep on the possibilities for future development. A city just can't grow as fast as it should without its business and professional profes-sional men taking an active part at all times. We mean by this, that they should take a pride in keeping up the appearance of thei,r business houses, fresh coat of paint once in awhile, clean up their windows, awnings and signs should be properly taken care of, they should help the marshal mar-shal in keeping their sidewalks and gutters clean. They above all. should take an active cart in 'all civic affairs of mutual benefit bene-fit to all citizens, and last but not least, they should be willing to spend a little of their time and some of their money in promotion promo-tion of worthwhile projects. Several Thinas Needed We need most of all,- a good recreational park, such as a race track, grand stand and ball diamond. dia-mond. Our boys and girls are now coming home and we should by all means, provide them with plenty of good clean recreation, if not, they are 'not going to stay long, and we shall be the great losers. Such a park can be made, the city has the property but not the finance and have no way of getting it, so it must be up to the citizens of Roosevelt to supply same. If all the civic and religious relig-ious organizations would get behind be-hind a move of this kind, and the business and professional men put up some money, it would not take long to develop one of the best parks in the Basin, but, it cannot be built on talk or wind. Do you realize that Roosevelt city, the trade center of Uintah Basin, should have more celebrations celebra-tions a year than the '.'Utah Indian In-dian Day". Why not look ahead and be happy? It is the only way to build for the future. |