Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-09-04
MAKING The NEW ST. LOUIS.
what The civic Improvement League y
Doing Toward Making NJ. I.ouis
The city Bcauiifui,"

have been in the ST. Louis market
within the past month. Merchants
from the south and southwest have
been here buying their winter STOCKS
So many strangers continually coming
to this market year after year, have
impressed many new ideas upon IN"
81. Louis merchants. These strangers
must be ENTERTAINERS while in the city.
the question Of what has ST. LOUIS 10
show Il stranger has presented ltseli'
Strangers want to sec the clty al'er
they have made their purchases. East
ern cities have fine statuary, fine pup
| bic buildings and "A grand water front.
What has 81, Louis to show in mat
line? Very little.
The citizens are waking up to the
scarcity of such attractions. The civic
Improvement League of 81. Louis ha5
done much to stimulate such Il spirit,
and II has many larger plans for the
future. The league is designed to
unite the efforts of all citizens who
want to make St. Louis a better place
TO live in. lus general purposes are
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OF better administration of municipal
affairs, without in n way invadinh
the domain Of politics. The league -
working for a strict enforcement OF
all the ordinances now existing may
are designed 10 make the city clean
healthy and attractive. 1t VIII work
for the enactment of such other Ordi-
nanccs as may be needed To improve
the city. The league is carrying on a
continuous campaign among the PEG
pie. BIZ lectures before social and fra
tcrnal organizations of all sorts, in
which the advantages of "A finer city
are brought home to all. These lcci-
urc8 do not set up impossible ideals
of city-bcautiiying but are Addressed
To the practical reforms that suggest
themselves 10 even the most unob-
servant persons in their daily walks in
the city. The league docs not hope to
transform 81. Louis into another Paris
al once. The organization disseminate
literature ON The general subject Of city
improvement. showing What has been
or is bciul done elsewhere. Tho
league Will cooperate earnestly with
every other organization that has sim
liar objects. aud viii interest itself III
Che efforts for bct'crmcnt made by
residents in all sections Of tho city.
Ia starting its WORK, the LEAGUE
adopted III" wise policy Of solvins
many Of what might be termed III,
smaller municipal problems. Other or
CARNATIONS had tried tn" large one.
first, and on account of failure cease
to exist. As a result Of n year
work. the civic LEAGUE has many &C
cpmplisLmcnts TO its crcIit. II frs
assisted in the condomuing of the oil
Exposition building, which is locate.
I, in one Of The city parks. Three play
, grounds in the crowded poorer district
were established last year, and thrc
C more were erected this yea maxim
I six in all. Siy free bath houses w"r
. also established in connection with tn
$ play grounds. Fifty illustrated lecture
G. on the "City Beautiful" were given las
o winter before societies of all kinds. A
}, the suggestion of the league, Il hOll'
ward commission was established an
a broad plan for connecting all III
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plants and lessons in making their Ow
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