Show THE OLD SETTLER by albeit R lyman theline Th the efine fine hope of youth enters into 1 the he building of the young town leven even though the buil builders Aers themselves i are along in years the work is made alive by the fire of f ambition and the lureon lure of lofty ideals the output has a quality of excellence which is too often missing in the sluggish life of the town which has come com 01 of age L like ike the old shoe run down at the he heel 11 and open a at the seams the old I 1 town presents a picture of indolence and no has the heart to doctor it up revamp it and start it off anew I 1 the symptoms of its bad circulation and general debility are seen in the crowds of listless men and boys lounging around its stores and other pla plages cies and the homes of these men are dilapidated and rickety and their wives are chopp anz n the wood for tile alie kitchen fire purpose Is is lost out of their operations like i the sap Is lost from a log and it becomes lifeless and soggy and speckled with dry rot the potent spirit of town building has other fields than the raw wilderness in which to exercise its creative powers if the old towns rheumatic and apoplectic can be made to function again with anything like the vigor of youth their enthusiasm may boil over with the material for new nev places sn in rew now locations with improve ampro cl c l stanlas but the dead umber timber like dry limbs on a tree need to be removed removing and finding a dumping place for this trash is the big problem in some places the life aoud be worked into it again at least enough life to arrest the decay which otherwise will still further inthe the most healthy neighborhood of the town by increasing its industry and putting on a more healthy appearance pe arance may be able to kindle j tastes and ambitions whose influences will mill reach the homes where p pride ride I 1 i and push have flickered out 1 the symptoms of enfeebling age creeping 0 on n the town are unmistaken able listless crowds of men and boys boya lounging ar around oil nd public places tuni tum ble down fences dilapidated houses broken wagons and other discarded machinery and trash accumulating in the streets also if you have access access to the records you will find Bild accounts in arrears obliga obligations obligating tig nil s neglected lind and forgotten and comm community in ity confidence sinking to a point of collapse co lapse all this like chronic constipation is throw throwing ing off a deadly badly toxin in the town system it is is no doubt tr true ue that certain value values of sociability are developed OR on the ifie tienchu iches or afi on the door steps where 1 the q loafers gouge I 1 their jack kni knives ives into every every wi fioden wooden oden surface the they y can reach aut out idleness is always th ae e quick tul culture ture of sure decay it wi will U eat the itan standards dards and the life put out of the home homenu ou out t of the put of the go government fernnen at A thousand times better thin than the dole system bette rAhan improvised work better than anyon where men w 0 ig juith no en enthusiasm th under a boas boa would be the gripping stimulus of thi the hew town or of the reawakened co community mv unity whereto where hopes ea are reborn x and ideas of youth ire arc anew I 1 pride id 6 an and d 10 nope pe and d ambition not no tonly eilf make near ton a but they th e Y are build old ola towns and Andje trus us add right here without feat of successful contradiction tl on no ne newtown V town is ia ever built balt and no old aa town ii is ever reclaimed from the riv ages agai of age without pride and nope ana and ambition fori forthe for i the h e sake saie of towns JR in parti patti cular calar 1 and fr for the sake bof everything 4 progressive in general let us say for all three of aiese ciali what some age has said for one cease case every joy to center in t the he mind bui lea leavea leave 0 leavette lea hope holie behind |