The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-03-20
FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1914
THIRD STREET.

By freak of early surveys few OF
Moscow's east and west streets ex-
tend to the city limits in both of these
directions. First street is cut off on the
west; Second, on the west and east;
Fourth on both west and east; there is
no Fifth street at all west of Main
and for only few blocks east of it;
and so on down to the southern limits
of the city.
Third street is one of the few that
are open the entire extent of the city
in both directions. 1t will always be
one of our principal thoroughfares and
will, Main street alone excepted, be
travelled more than any other. Its
easy slope invites both pedestrians AM
drivers On it are located the city
park, the federal building, two schools
a large church, business houses, and
expensive residences During the
passing of year every resident and ey-
cry visitor will unavoidably traverse
its length either in the course of or
binary business or in the pursuit Of
pleasure.
the eyes of most persons, the typical
street of Moscow 1t will determine
the reputation we will bear as to our
standards in city building, plann as
and management. Whatever ideals we
may be following in making this
"City Beautiful" will be eXemplified
somewhere along that street, and it
will serve as the criterion by which
the world will judge the sort of houses
in which we live and the sort of build
ings and grounds we maintain for bus
mess and recreation.
1t is, therefore, most important that
the city and the owners of pr ate
property on Third street should alike
feel the responsibility of making it
a thoroughfare by the reputation of
which we are all willing to stand or
fall That this responsibility is real
lied and invited rather than shirkel is
shown by the excellent appearance
great part of the street now presents.
Since the pavement was laid and the
curbings were placed, many property
owners have put down cement side
walks both in front of their lots and
inside their yards; have leveled and
seeded their parkings; have filled in
their lots to conform to the new grade;
have terraced their lawns, trimmed
their trees, painted their houses, made
flower beds, set out shrubbery, and, in
short. have done everything in their
power to bring what they own up to |
the high standard that should be |
maintained in university town.
These improvements, though numer-
Gus, are not universal. We have not
recently observed what has been done
in the way of cleaning up and remod-
cling on the east side of Main street,
but on the west side we have just
been at some pains to note the prog
ress that has been made. Not all the
blocks on west Third look as we'll as
the one between Asbury and Lilly
which is certainly as attractive as any
in town. In few places still the
parkings remain untouched since the
paving crew left them. Back yards
have not been cleaned up, sidewalks
have not been mended, and other in
expensive but effective improvements
have not been made If the parkings
along the whole west side could be
eyeled, spaded, raked, and seeded as
carefully as some of them have been,
he entire street would soon look as
we'll as parts of it now look. Those
Who have done 50. much to make Third
street one of the 'showiest and most at
ractive avenues in town ought. to be
copied by their less progressive neigh