Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1921-11-10

Of whom are the direct desceDdA1ts
Of those who built these structures,
They, are only Interested III the rev,
enues derived from these buildings.
This condition has ever been and Will
continue to be q very sore problem to
those who would develop the city to
a higher degree OF usefulness, but II
is a significant fact that despite these
handicaps, which do not exist In any
other community In the nation, as
they do In N'Awlns, that city Is max.
ing rapid strides toward the goal OF
modern methods and prosperity.
A visit to the telephone and light
and power plants developed the fact
that these utilities, In common win
similar utilities throughout the rest
Of the c0unry, are suffering for the
new capital necessary Il aid them In
keeping pace with the requirements
for service. Rates for telephone SER
vice In the South are relatively high
or than they are through this section,
due largely to difference in engineer
ing Ond operating problems. The
rate at Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
town but little larger than Abilene,
Is $3.50 for business phones and
S4.5O and $500 for residence service.
Memphis, where we stopped for al
most two hours, Is In most respects
modern American city, and particu-
larly is this modern spirit evidenced
In the manner In which automobile
row" is crowding out the beautiful
residential districts for which that
city has been famous for many years.
This city has a wonderful city park
Of thousands of acres, donated by
public spirited citizen, zoo second
only to the Lincoln Park zoo in Chi
cagO, and ten or twelve public golf
links, all Of which seemed to be In
general use the Sunday morning we
drove through the park. Lumber,
cotton and tobacco vie with each
other for supremacy as the CONNER
cial back bone of this growing South
ern metropolis.
OF all the towns visited, however.
Dallas, Texas, seems to have the most
push and hustle and, listen fellows,
l saw more pretty girls during few
hours spent in Dallas than l saw
throughout the entire South. Mrs.
Clevenger was with me all the time.)
Another feature that stamps Dallas
as in a class all Of its own, Is the pre-
pOnderance of fine retail establish
ments, office buildings and miles upon
miles of wonderful boulevards, lined
on either side by the largest collec-
ton Of uniformly handsome and
spacious homes and lawns have seen
in any American city, bar none. Chi
cagO may have more beautiful homes,
but not the proportion Of them that
Dallas has. Building was going on in
every section of the city to much
greater extent than was evidenced in
any other city on our trip, and while
we were not able to ascertain the
fact during our brief stay we would
Judge that a most effective city plan
ming commission has supervision over
the building in Dallas, as there SEEM
ed to be certain limits within which
certain definite types Of building only
were permitted. Also, Dallas has
what are probably the strictest and
most stringent traffic ordinances Of
any city in the country. Passing a
street car which has stopped at an in
tersectiOn is punishable by fine Of
$3.50 or more; exceeding the speed
limit 5000 or more, and the singular
thing is there is no excusing a care
less mOtorist because it Is his first
Offense.
1t may seem that it has taken u
long time, and the use of great deal
Of printers ink to get to the main
conclusion Of this rather disconnected
article, but If the article itself is long.
the conclusion Is short and sweet. 1t
is this-that after all, there Is 10
place like Kansas in which to live and
labor, there is no place under the
shining sun today where effort and
production comes nearer receiving its
fullest compensation than right here
in Kansas, there is no place where
real money is available as it is in
Kansas, there is no place where OPP
pOrtunity beckOns more persistently to
the man and women of initiative, en-
terprise and thrift than it does in
Kansas. Let's buckle down to bus
mess, put aside whatever of DISPOSE
ton to bicker and complain that may
come to us, and realize on the op-