The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1906-11-02
Louisville Letter
Louisville, Ky, Oct. 20, 1906.
the Editor Of THE RECORD,
Iouiavil

10 the cdltor OF THE RECORD,
DEAR Sir; Allow, il you please, one
who is subcriber to your valued pub
lication, TO "chjrp in" for few min
utes, TO second your various motions
Tor the betterment Of Marion and the
mining district. In the first place.
your suggestion Of the organizing Of a
Commercial Club (perhaps should say
a renewal Of the old club, for under
stand previous to the big fire there was
IN force such an institu,ion) Is a splen-
did one and should be accepted with
much enthusiastically every male citizen
WITHIN the corporate limits, Of your
beautiful city. might suggest that
IN addition TO the regular Commercial
Club, that there be organized an aux
Hilary Club composed Of the ladies of
Marion and the purpose and efforts Of
their organization should be in the same
direction a. that Of the regular club
composed Of the opposite sex. only that
their efforts should be In the direction
OF making a beautiful Marion. also to
Keep in touch with the educational in.
sIiIuiions and the like. You know our
goof women are power and can ac-
e"mplish anything II they will pull To.
gelher.
Now as 10 your county affairs, only
recently hnd the pie sure 10 pay Crit
tenden county a visit, and during my
ak or seven weeks stay. by paying
close attention observed some things
that sirue me most forcibly. The
subject lof vast interest 10 mine own
ers) Of my observation vas the very,
very poor roads that exist in your
euunty and | wondered whether your
god residents were ever asked 10 pay
any taxes. Now ! should think that
these conditions can be greatly improy.
ed. Here Is where your Commercial
Club and Ladies Auxiliary could do
wonders. For instance. say out Of the
taxes collected each year. the proper
authorities set aside out Of the county
rads fund, a certain prot ortinn to be
expended for the building Of pixies or
maeadam roads. No mattet how small
the distance each year. still the pixies
would gradually take the place Of the
bad dirt roads. believe ! could voice
the sentiment Of the whole district,
when ] say that every mine owner
would be more than willing 10 supply
all the rock frum their Jump piles IA
the county road authorities, which in
itself would be great saving. Their
again. instead Of the citizens doing as
they usually do during certain seasons
Of the year. that Is. lend their assist
ancc or a substitute to work their roads
30 many days each season. Let a Ger.
tain number out Of each district haul
rock from the nearest mine aud then
let the rest break and scatter them.
OF course this is only crude suggcs
ton. but I, may be the beginning Of a
discussion and out Of discussion come a
more perfected plan.
Keep up your good work of encour.
agcmcnt 10 outside apital. fan the
spirit Of a Greater Marion into a glow.
ing. burning. blazing ere. Make each
individual feel his Importance in that
making and Il won't be long before
everyone will be saying. "Myl but isn't
Marion growingll" There seems TO be
an absence Of true pride for the dis.
trict Put ginger into your business
and professional life. Whop them up.
u they don't toe the marx with thrir
part tell your inhabitants about the
dead ones. Publicity will awaken them.
Let everybody In busine . support the
newspapers by librrali,y In adyerti.ing
and getting more subscribers Every.
body on the hustle for six months and
see whether or not thrsi efforts are in
vain.
Let Marion help the mining mcn-
the owners 4 TO get god ruads. In re.
turn Tor the many dollars she gets di.
tecily and indirectly frpm their pvk.
ets. Let them stop 10 consider what
god roads mean and no doubt they will
put their shoulders 10 the wheel for all
ohcy are worth.
would be greatly obliged 10 you IN
dccd. Mr. Editor. n you wuuli publish
a strong notice along the lines set out
herein and let Uur mine owners see
what we mightexpect IN the future for
our money expended, whether TO eon.
tinue TO patroniie without anything In
return. IL h time, for one think,
that hfe be put into this subject and
that we get some results for our outlay.
With very best wishes, beg TO ~.
main, Very truly yours,
ZNc. LEAD a fLUoRsrAR Co.