Williams news., 1922-05-05
BEST LITTLE TOWN ALONG THE SANTA FEE

Every and then some resident of Will Hams opens up on the town and delivers funer- l al oration quite oblivious to the fact that they
 have no corpse present to supply the occasion for
 the obituary This is not peculiar to Williams
 alone, for this same type of crepe hanger is to be found inmost towns and cities, but Williams lis perhaps a little more encumbered in this way than the average town. These tirades bound to have an i. effect and retard the progress of lke c'nnlui ity. It is important that all proper ity owners wage ceaseless warfare against this pessimistc knocking.
 Williams is not dead. Williams is growing
 the past few years Williams today is much
 better town than it ten years ago or five years ago, and Williams five years hence will be a much better town still. As finances this section of the United States-particularly the 12th Federal Reserve District gradually inn prove, the prosperity. of Williams will continu- lily accelerate. There is shortage of houses in Williams today, despite the fact that there are
 more houses in the town now than ever before and the shortage is becoming more and more acute. This demand for more houses will con- tinue to grow for many years to come necessitat- ing the building of many more houses There is a great need for strictly summer residence type also to accommodate the hundreds of summer visitors who would like to come here. What is holding the town back even more than the tight money situation, is lack of cooperation between ton between these citizens the town will pros per despite all obstacles
 As the editor of the News goes about the streets soliciting business and gathering news he hears the situation discussed from a hundred [ different angles by as many citizens. MT. A. pours out tale about the mistakes and narrow vision of MT. E. He goes so far to accuse B of being not only incompetent but of doing things which irregular to say the least. When talking with B in casual manner the editor | discovers that is a very fine fellow at heart and IS making a sincere effort to do the square thing all around. but what he terms the back wardness and opposition of MT. to town pro- gress Is very distressing to him. And with C and all the rest. Eachis a very good man and a sincere and upright citizen yet they so misun- derstand one another that they are kept busy knocking one another and have little ime for boosting the general good of the community.
 Citizens of Williams, whot is the use in this sort of thing? If you would prosper, your neigh bors must prosper also. Your business is headed for the undertaken unless your neighbors prosper for you must have prospectus customers. Boost the other fellow. Furthermore, do not throw up your hands and quit just beca use things do not go you think they should. Get out and take part in every public gathering called for better ing the community. Get better acquainted. You you will be surprised to find out what fine lot of men Williams has for citizens and your criti- cisms, your boosts and your suggestions may prove just what IS needed. But let do all of l. our criticising in meeting and then unite in put ting thru the will of the maj jority.