The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1922-05-06
a FEW TIMELY SUGGESTIONS

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Mrs. w II Purdy. 1t makes many
timely suggestions:
First Of all we should have our
streets cleaned and kept clean, our
sidewalks repaired, the weeds on our
premises cut, our trees trimmed. our
lawns kept cut. our buildings painted.
In fact everything kept In beautiful
order.
Our walks should he of cement. not
poorly built as for example. one Of our
fellow-tOwnsman had cement walks
put In. and payed first class prices for
cheap inferior work
We should have the whole town un-
der Sewerage System, instead of 1t be-
ing az 1t is only u henefit to the few
The streets SHOULD all be shaled.
We should have clean sanitary
camping ground. well lighted and
equipped with convenienccs such as
city water and electric. lights. This
would be an asset not only to Meeker,
but the entire community as well.
This camping ground 81 .uld Ike. on The
Island.
Tourists remember towns that care
for the traveller and are not slow In
telling about such towns and cities
II the Woman's Club make this
reality .as they are planning to do.
Meeker's camping ground will he one
of the best stopping places for tour
lists In all our glorious western cOun.
try.
Then we must have good substan-
tial High School building. built for
beauty as well NJ for service. 1t should
he built In the city pnrk. and there
should Ike efficiency and honesty dis
played by those who engineer this
building.
This school building should stand
for all that is hest from our citizens.
Here Is where our boys and girls are
to Ike educated as future citizens and
leaders Of Rio BlancO County.
A County Court House should he
built in the County Park. this building
should also be beautiful architectvfe.
as well as convenient.
site should he reserved for oa,r.
future Public Library and2rown Hall.
Trees should be planted around the
Parks. either box elder or pin. The
cottonwood hs~-erU ~. ~ izailsy e,-so<
only fof beauty. but nse aR well. The
cotton flying renders the air unit to
breath. hence they are harmful. Our
peculiar climate limits the growth Of
trees and flowers; hut those that do
welt nre unsurpassed for beauty any
where. We should then select and
plant those that do thrive here.
We should have a fine impressive
Community Building. centrally located
A full basement with u gymnasium for
the boys and girls. men and women
IN auditorium for nil public meetings:
a beautiful room for the wornan's
Club; janitor who will look after
this building. and the people who
come to town and make them feel vel.
come. lie might also Ike the town
marshal. tis t'nc man. an cxar:oIr
in every va! 10 our young men.
You say this all takes money-to he
sure 1t does. It also takes money for
the sordid things of life Why not
use money to create rather than to re-
construct and re-create.
All these beautiful buildings and
ideal surroundings will not only make
yeeker beautiful, but make our lives
more beautiful. It will inspire in our
young an appreciation of the beauti-
full, will give our boys and girls high
.idcals-to be men and women worth
while.
Our store windows should be taste
fully and beautifully arranged. This
has been done at different times to the
extent that outsiders have remarked
how beautiful they were. Anyone look
ing at one of our store windows last
fall during hunting season, knows how
that window suggestion appealed to
the heart of the hunter. This not on
IL counts for beauty but for business
Beauty and warmth were often sug-
gested the past winter In our clothing
store. Just us Easter novelties sug-
gest spring and all beautiful things
that go with resurrection and growing
things. An example on beautifying a
place was given me by woman of
Meeker who visited an Oklahoma
town. This is her experience:
In the year 1919 she visited a GER
tain town in Oklahoma. She said 1t
was the dirtiest place one could i'm
agine. streets dirty. lawns unkept.
one might see rat traps displayed In
store windows with silks. ginghams.