Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-01
WHAT A MAN ONES
TO HIS Own TOWN.
I,obcrt j. lsurt;cttc HIS IL Few We'll
Chosen Words on the 8
Subject.

According TO Robert j. Burdette.
Ownership of land somewhere is essen
stiaI&to good citizenship IS local real
estate firm is much impressed witt,
the following from Mr.. Burdette. and is
using IT in advertising folder: i1y
What does : man owe to his town?
He owes this duty to himself and the
4town-to own u part of 1t. Ever SO
small a lot. If he can't own a big one.
"A 4o-foot front, If he cnn do no better.
But he should own n part Of the town.
That gives him a stake in it.
That man who owns a home In the
town never callsiit his town. When he
speaks of 1t, whether 1t be London or
Tail Holt. New York or Waikiki, he
says we--ours town. And he has right
4 to- He is a stockholder. a partner.
More than that, when he owns piece
of ground, farm or town lot, he has, a
stake In the earth. He Is n citizen of
the universe. Els property extends
from the brmstone out to the stars.
Even now, they are disputing concern
ing the right of an nirship to sail
through the air over n mans house
without the owners permission. The
very thought Is enough to make n man
feel chesty. And with good cause.
A man who owns his home begins to
study his ticket six weeks before cleo
ton day. He scrut;nizes every name
on II, and looks UP the candidates rec
ord. It is the man who can tie up his
real and personal property in a hand
ikerchief that shuts his eyes and votes
tho ticket the boss gives him without
unfolding 1t. $50 ~.
A man owes 1t to his town to boost It.
in public on all occasions, and at all
times. The correction OF its failings
and faults are for the privacy OF tho
home circle. A man who would thrash
his boy on the front steps of the court
house ought to be whipped out of town.
The citizen who welcomes the stranger
by telling him what q rotten city gov.
3ernment we have, what a corrupt set OF
officials lnisrule tho town: how the
town lags behind the age In all mat
ters Of progress and development. that
it Is a dead town and will be. so long as
certain mon rule it, is an undesirable
citizen. q
When a man tells you that what MS
town needs is half a dozen first class
funerals. he may he correct. but ne
should be the first to be!buricd.
A man owes 1t to his own town 70
shout its advantages from the mousse
tops. The entire registry list should Pc
the promotion committee. II necessary,
put blinders on the visitor, and let MN
see only what you want him TO see.
When he asks you what chance a poor
man has in town, tell him the truth.
Tell him the poor man Is the only man
who has a chance. And that is no joke.
SHOW him the beautiful homes OF the
mon who came here with capital OIL
tworLing hands and thinking brains.
Tel him the story OF the man who boz
rnn with day wages. Tell him you
think there should be law co1npell-
ing the poor man to give the rich man
a handicap when they come Into COM
petition with each other. so as to give
the rich man a chance. It Is penniless
boys like John Rockefeller. AnaseW
Carnegie. Phil Armour, and that class:
VINO backed tho rich mems sons, of
their poverty-laden days, clear off the
earth. IL 80