Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-09-28
TUESDAY EVENING
PUSH THIS TOWN ALONG

What this town needs is a good strong push to tae front-a push
with everybody doing the pushing, and every push pregnant with results.
But how can such be accomplished?
There is n . such thing as "cant" when you really want to do a
thng-provided, of course, you are a practical Ia and not dreaming
OF wild impossibiites.
But a steady and healthy forward movement for u town is o only
possible, but is easy of accomplishment when the people get together
and work together.
If left for IN Or two lei to do, it will not be done, and the
town will stagger along in the same old ut for years to come.
But if every citizen will just realize that advancement and improve
ment means more money for him, and will work with his neighbors te
make that advancement and Improvement a reality, it will be done n
you will get out OF the ut and onto the high ground o increase pros
perity.
We need a civic organization composed OF something besides dry
bones-an organization with life in it and red blood in its members
an organization that will do something besides smoke cigars and swap
jokes-one that will get right down to brass tacks and do something
and keep m doing more something's.
People who have been emulating the mule and pulling in the wrong
direction should wake up for once in their lives and compel themselves
to realize that property in or adjacent o a prosperous and growing town
is far valuable than property in a dead community.
Throw off that wild and frantic fear OF taxation and remember that
when a few more cents are added to your taxes the value OF your mold
ings is increased by many dollars.
Try to imbibe the idea that this is an age OF progress and accom-
plshment and big things.
Keep in mind the fact that the loyal citizen looks a few inches be-
~ his wv pocketbook O today and considers the welfare OF the
whole community, realizing to the fullest extent that what is of benefit
to all of the people musto OF necessity be of like benefit to him.
ruin and ver-burdensome taxation. As long as you give heed to him this
tongue will wag, and every a means a jb at the future of your town.
If you cant-convert him to the "a ways of progressveness. just
forget him. Let him go out in the woods and rave to his hearts content
The birds may hear him, but they will give him a wide berth Be a $
wise as the birds.
Get or people together and form that civic organization, with every
progressive man and woman n town as members.
Then let each one give careful thought to the natural advantages of
the town, what it needs, what is best for it, what new industries would
thrive n u midst and how best to get them, and what the people of
the town themselves a do toward developing industries of their own
If everybody writes out his own ideas, and W all assemble later and
compare notes. the chances ire ten to one some among or num-
Der will hit upon tine right thing for a beginning.
Then. go to work with mind and work until we get that one
thing.
See it we'll established and comfortably started o the road TO pros
penty for or town and go after it until we get it.
Do n thing at a time Too many irons spoil the fire and as a
result they all get cold and al not be used.
The first accomplishment will make you eager for the next, and each
successive will sharpen our intellect and whet our desire for greater
development.
The future of our town is up to III and others of II class. You
IA make it break it, as you choose-but as the town is, SC will you be.
Be a maker, and not a breaker.