The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-21
KANSAS cOGMENT
YOIrR TOWN.

| XOOh IOWN.
People do not usually treat their
! possessions with indifference. me
town you live in is your town. II
! you reside on a farm, the town near
est to you is your town. 1t be
longs to you just as much as 1t does
to anyone. The existence of that town
| is a blessing to you and you are q
benefit to it whether you want to be
or not. Your town offers you ana
yours many. advantages. Be loyal TO
your town. Civic pride and loyalty to
your town makes for your happiness
and financial prosperity Never knock
your town. If you cannot see any
thing about your town worth boosting,
move-keep on moving, until you find
the town you can enthusiastically
boost. Be a booster. Boosters are
the stuff good towns are made of. Your
schools, churches, society, and your
merchants are always just what you
make them. Do your duty to your
town, and that example will be the
best argument you can make TO otn-
erS that community loyalty pays Pat
ronize the merchants of your town.
If they should not have in stock what
you want have them order it for you
on approval. The mail order house
will make you put up your cash be
fore you even see the article and the
city merchant will treat you with but
little consideration. Who contributes
to your churches, street or park i'm
provements school, library or to the
the mail order house or the city mer-
chant, no, indeed, they would be
mighty peeved if you should ask them
to. You must depend upon the BUSH
A wise merchant will not turn
booster down on any reasonable re-
quest. Let your motto be: my Town,
First, Last and Always" Boost,
boost, everlastingly boost. That is the
only fuel that will get up a head of
steam sufficient to make the wheels
go around fast enough to get you and
your town anywhere. Resolve to say
day during 1913. Be it ever so little
say something complimentary of your
town every day. Remember this reso-
luton and at the dawn of 1914 you
and the town will be enjoying prosper
ity unparalleled in it's history. Your
property will be worth more. your
trade will be increased, your job will
be more certain and there will be gen.
eral prosperity. Make this resolution
and stick to it and these conditions
will surely exist within twelve months.
1t is so easysto do, it is Christian-like,
it is conducive to sound sleep and
good health. The only good men in
your town that could possibly suffer
because of your keeping such a reso-
luton are the physicians.-Marysvill
News.
SKUNKS CAN NOW BE KILLED.
The skunk season opened recently.
This isn't a joke. There is really
fool law on the statute books of the
state which prohibits the killing Of
skunks between March Is and Novem-
Der 10. During that period no matter
how heavily laden the breezes are in
your neighborhood with the delicate
fragrance of sweet scented mephitis,
you can be jerked into court and fined
for killing one of them. You still think
you are being trified with, don't you?
But the Tribune crosses it's heart and
hopes to die if it isn't telling the truth,
as you can find it by searching the
pages of the great and mighty law
books of Kansas. An open season for
skunks, wouldn't that make a corpse
laugh at the funeral?-Chanute Tri-
bune.