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Improvements Gast Money.
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When a live merchant finds that his ~ m.
business ie outgrowing hls preaont i ki
quarters and that he is loe(ng money I
in Consequence he errlar$ea his store
rtaom end hires more clerks. It coats
money, bat 'he knows that he must !
spend money in order to make mare
money. If he is o "dead one" he dr•aga on
along in the same old rut and allows I to
Cho trade that he cannot accommodate I o"
with his present facilities to go else- ('CO
where. cil
When a live, progreeaive farmer ,lid
Ands that his old straw+eofed stable I ~"
dose not furnish proper protectlori for I co
hle stock and that malty oP his calved
and lambs and young pigs- die during ~
the Winter he bailden comfortable new ~
bam. It costs him money, but it pays ~ eta
himin the end Lf he ie a "dead one" a I
i`<egeta along with the old straw-roofed ~ Ch
shod and late the stock $le and the I Gr
farming implements rot in the weather '
and his !hay spoil d rho stacks and in t
a few years gives the sheriff a job Fore- ,
Closing a mortgage on hie farm. `
Whoa the live people of a-live town; '
Aod that they are paying ethorbitart't ~
inauranee rates for the protection of~
their property, that the old wells in {
their back yards are aetting bad, that
the dose IA Summer .ie a nuisance, as ~ •.
wall ae s menace to ffyte psbhc henlth
that they cannel have a decent bath-
room in tfae{r home nor a bit of green ` .
grass on their Iawne because their'
town has no water system, they forth-'
with honi t6o town and secure plenty
of water for elf purposes. It costa ~ ,
same money, but, 6a addition to.gettitq, '
8re protection and some of tho modern ~
comforts of lift, theq find that the;
value e[ their propet~~• ae arauc6 en- {
hanced and the baeiness and population 1+
of their town is largely increased. If
they are "dead ones" they howl about
taxes, scenes their dry a>fiuals of being
-~rsPtertl and mourttahasita -and tl+en-i~
vote down the bonding progoattion end ~ ~
ooatinua to dtsg along is the same old
way, - ~
Which kimdoi atown is Central Point'
going to breve 6ersElf to be next Mon-~
day? A _esapltig modern town or a .
doad+ aleopy llretrap village? ; r
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