Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1910-07-07
YOUR rows-lrs UP TO YOU
a story That viii Be Of Interest
To The Boosters Of paystts.

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The town il Just a. good a. the
man that damns a.
Every ,own IL Just what 10 citizens
want Il 70 b..
A desire on the part Of the PEG
pie for better town Is prayer
that - always answered
The advantages Of one town over
another are the results Of the people
rather than the natural conditions.
n any event. II vas the people
Who first saw the natural adyantag.
81 frequently some one individual
saw them first
I There 10 no reason why Cleveland
should have heon the oil center Of
the world. There are no oil wells
there. and shipping facilities are no
bottles than a dozen others % Tar
a. Oh h concerned. Il was simply
John -. Rockefeller. lie wanted 10
/ live there. and his personality. his
individuality. brought the oil 70
him Ia pipe lines,
There Is no reason why Boston
should be- the shoe manufacturing
center o. tho world No hides are
thare they are shipped from the
West Simply some man who knew
how 70 make shoes on a large scale
wanted % live there. aud his sue
cess started others along the same
line
There 10 physical reason why
Chicago should have been the beef
packing center Il mlgie az we'll
have been g. Louis Simply Old phil
Arnor wanted to live there.
"a nearly every town one visits
you hear residents say "Aw. this
Amt nothln' but an overgrown coun'
~ town"
The resident OF any town who
makes such statement wears
whlskers aud boots In his own
heart
or course. n your town isnb sporty
enough for you. why you can move
that isn't tho towns fault
n you ge' too sporty you1l have
20 move away
Cincinnati IL stlli the mercantile
supply point for all The territory
south OF the Smith and NELSON'S
limo
Years aEo, a. the waning OF the
river traffic. Il was about to give
place 10 Louisville and Memphis,
The citizens got busy ana built
the Cincinnati Southern Railroad,
The road was once dream In one
mind
They called him a dreamer
Yet his dream saved the town.
You hear people Of the west In
mercantile. Industrial. artistic aud
scientific pursuits. saying NJ We
we're only Ia New York When you
are Ia New York You hear them
say "it only we were in London
OF Paris"
Chicago, New York. London, Paris,
are simply the results Of their citl.
gems taking the material at hand
aud doing the best they could with
Il Just a. you can DO.
Once a man died and went 10
Heaven there might have been more
than one Cor all we know
Hat Ia this particular man tho
beauties Of that tale Of mind" did
not come up to bis expectations. The
golden streets lacked much OF their
pictured mster and he saw none
Of hle old friends.
Coins up 20 S. Peter he asked
n there was not some way he could
visit the other terminals, that he
doubtless had many former earthly
associates there h
why. yes. certainly" said 81
Pctor trains running almost every
hour" Grabbing a timetable OF
nau on the throne upon which he
was seated. he turned the pages rap
IDLY. Yes. he continued. you can
80 down a, cisht.tittecn and return
AZ five fortytlyc. Just buy you
round trip ticket
The newcomer boarded the next
express. lolled back IN tho rich pur
pie velvet upholstery OF It's beautiful
carriage as be rode swiftly over the
well hallaated roadbed
Furher and narthcr down tho
right.of.way the country grew more
fertile. beautiful; the traveller look
"a out upon 4 all, a. the trccs,
streams. hills aud fields whiried
seemingly Ia the other direction.
The train slowed down. tho brake
man stuck In his head and yelled
fIeilt"
., stopped and the traveller alight'
"a before an elaborate stone station.
On the corner % streeA outside he