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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.P. Herald 03/04/1909 (2):sy ~m m, ;er wo fly ~e- of an on It Ily ~a9 er ar 'ly he of ho ia' no', In n- tg r_ he of is rn to! ail tol ae a a? e- to nt~ col ~n nd or :v to ly e- VC ~t- :i- nr C.P. Herald ir: /1,1G i~ I g o~ ~, ~ Improvements Gast Money. Y( at sy 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 ~~