The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-02-22
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT
YOUR TOWN.
RNLeo /. ReiddIna,

ShAStftgGthNfAh RssNstSNS ~ - -
about your Town?
Yol may think you know all about,
81 at least all that is worth knowing.
Ii ny opinion your knowledge of this
Town Is next to nothing
Is obi iaagrya:lf you want to. That
doesn't increase yonr Store OF informa'
ton. II you want fattery, read In
some other column. You are not go
( ing to get 1t here-at least not to-day.
want to convince sou Of your L.
iorance so far as this Town goes.
want you to be ashamed Of your tgnor'
apce. Then maybe you will take step
to apply The proper remedy
YES, yes, of course, you know tht
population Of this Town Sccording to
the last school census; and you know
how much 1t has gained in the las
{, two years and ln'the last Ten years.
Yau know when the Town wa.
founded. And you know the name o.
Tile Grst white child born here. NJ
Joabt you can md your way aeros!
aaln street without having q police
man guide your steps.
Fl Ana what good, does that informa
Hon Al ,sou2 The bank won't accept
II as collateral FOR n loan,
Whats the death rate Of this Town
Isltgfeater Or less than 1t was lvc
years ago?
why HAS 1t changed?
How does the death rate OF this
Town compare with that rt Whining
ton, II. c.. which my friend, DR.. Mes
bttt, cleaned up?
Wilmington was almost pest hole
whei DR.. Nesbltt started his work o:
sanitation. People died there as flies
die on q piece Of poisoned paper. Now
Wilmington IS a health resort.
wouldn't your property he worth
more and wouldn't your business be
more prosperous II this Town had a
Nenbftt to make a sanitay survey and
see to 1T that the death rate was re
dneed to the lowest possible figure?
Mink that eyor and then determine
fol- yourselfhow much sou know about
me health Of this Town.
What rate do you pay for fire In
sifanceg
no doubt you pay just enough to
cover the risk taken by the insurance
company, and allow reasonable
profit.
But you pay too much. | don't care
where This Town is located. now how
ed1Sient a fire department you have.
You nay too much for your insurance.
II you are interested, write TO me
and viii give you the names of cities
apnroximating the size Of your Town
in which the fire loss is the merest
4raction OF that which you suffer-
why not inform yourself about in
slrafice and fire losses in your Town
and then go down to the Chamber OF
Commerce and with other llve'wires
work out remedy?
~ You, have been travelling the stretes
4of this Town seeing about as much
!, sas3Hlind Tom could see from an aero
pl5ne4zif he were alive and willing
ia take q chance. oulv Tom was
great hand to ask questions,
There are many things mis- Tow"
needs and could have II you went AFT
er Them. '>' ''
Mny don't you find out what they
ate?
lslye hundred men heard Of q gold
strike up in Alaska. and 400 of them
made rush for the new el dorado
Tie last man made an Industrial sur
yey and determined that the new
camp would need a provision store He
tasged along behind with his outfit
sof food, and made more money than
any Of the prospectors. Wise man.
one q the very best things that
could be done for this town would be
IN Industrial survey. II that were
made you who have been angrily scot
ding at me could learn something
worth while about the city In which
you live.
81 AN industrial survey would tell You
what garden products are going to
SgIstA on the farms near at hand and
sasther q, cannery, or two or three OF
tliem could flourish here. 1t would
tell you in what part OF town they
shonld be located. That would give
you d line on real estate values.
An industrial survey would tell your
commercial. organization what class OF
smanufactlring might be established
here with good prospects OF success
itMould show you where you are over
Sdoing things. It would uncover op
!. ssi,hrtunifies Won do not know about