The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-08-15

we AMefle1 IRE ~ wv ~ ~ ~,
Wa are Proud cf ONT to8n even V a
when It has cobblest onas where Az
phall ought 10 be,5 OF asphalt ~ three
dollars tIia if.f @iiich s6ilgtt have
been laid icr half tEllla price. u
Goodness knows N d i've eefS told
often enohgif ia Ne a genius ot our
instituionsz hasn't much lent Itself 20
lie degeicpnieHt 81 ideal n1unicipal
conditions.3 s0iTy about that,
feonfse jut not having seen any
model cities, insist on being ias
pleased al possible with what we
have least we can. brag about the
bleness ind raf Did growth Of our dit.
ies, aid the ptlrpose, at least
iii oIae stat zeal iiend comes along
nnd insist tiiat they are not growing
faster thai some Of the European
ores IA
Mere bigness 81 course, isn't very
saflsfyiIi when yoli think Of it. Why
should ON own he u leaged that 1t has
twerty-nine per cent more human be-
ings c6ndeliheJ to breathe miasnatic
air and drink typloid germs than IT
nnmbered ten years ago? Yet we
have an heard the Nominations Of the
Chicago man who plurnes himself on
me superlatiye wide .openness Of his
city, and 4 once saw a BostoniaI peel
ils cont Tor a fight when he was earn
estly ssntad that New Orleans really
liati ~ Si0ise sifi Ill IN summer than the
5gaterslf mont 1f the Hub!
It,sa good thing, though, that every.
bodg peTslsts In being proud OF his
town II we can only set up better
standard BY which to measure; five
could et as much newspaper space
fpr most honest alderman as for
lie biggest boodler; II public work
erected att small cost commanded as
much TIT fast as one produced at pre-,
post efousis high cost; II towns would
brag about how well their working
people were housed, instead Of how
many they had then we should be
on the road to better municipal things,
ard the ancient reproach Of bad city
government in America would close.
That new standard, in fact, has al
readg been established, The move.
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3, 4 !, I "a tba o,tv hoss MIN
as iIltifnate reIa tionship ia State and
tip1al boss-sllfps II Is making our
asaiig and ,,I,gs si1s, r. Z
'iss ;Ss oyeI ~ ya w ~ r. raf!boies
hove ~ ,o nm a mr., city
fIs " tsacSino3 ths naon1s
IN ar,,iao sr :, ahisa
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~ sost n 'iiving Il ths aa,i.ans i
ey5,,s NM ;afviI1p. better living
rs MI sTm s.11s' q hetng ,yron,b,
3, ea,,int,s S4svava N diffarant cities.
81 III goys+n n,e,t hy
y, mi MIN its iIirect rasno,5s;
y M tfbs naanle no close cnncsn,
1,.st III "A I III borify and ne eimnItfl,
z NV ! ans isEfbs narticrilar
ssI,s q sg5,sb is here to he considered
Il M, ( 4 denartt,re from ancient an.
'eTsfitsons abont the trlnartite diyi.
Inn N p6yarnment and has done
4 a iSc, t6WaTd dJsnrovInp some :.
i,nse sgIse I'D saws which hayine
\ Iisn teo IN anon patls have Iosi
!fiia 5adee n their annlicahilitv 10 nre.
ssSSt gcendIlions IN IT, heptnnirps
( men 81 academic mind viewed Il
4 rsss j,era,,se Al sonaht IN anal
n slaflslatiye and Seyecntive an
fh6piEy Horrif,c tho,rpbtEEexcant
III I,;s 5,sn Mas ,vor,ssS u wall Noe :
,T'lIe5 eofbmission Man n government
+, M. macs M merpe tha legislatfve fnnc
oneaJ eyaiaeised nv fhe city cnnn
Nj ", ans IN st NO chsmb b, ,snd I'M M
II ~ .sMt IA mowers, Formerly hold ~
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X ,s5;,, Va ssinn " cnm mon,y ~ Sve nam man
is have tI,is corni.s,o / e,a e,sf,f
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Ssn 1t 1SarS Ia os sorn n,sI ''s t.
mike tl,s commissIoners s1biect f. f.
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