Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-01-06

realization that Wnlle they were WoTh"
ing for the same goal they were vast
ing effort in useless competitions 80
with one accord the churches united.
The bringing together of the church
memberships also brought the church
eOers together In number there IL
strength. Others were attracted. 1T
l1ecame IA popular thing to go soI
church. The church became crowded
and Over-fiowing. The policy OF the
church was changed to meet the new
conditions. There were preaching SER
vices. moving picture services, depat-
ing nv laymen. bible and history class
es, athletics something for every
body on Sunday, and all devoted 10 the
general uplft The moral tone OF The
town at once took rise. Gradually
| crime ceased. wages increased, prices
Of commodities fell as the people lost
their avarice. The Golden Rule became
! the rule of practice, the lawyers lost
| their jobs and the courts closed Tor
want of grist to grind.
The Service to Others" Spirit
With people happy, prosperous and
we'll housed with the doctors. catch
| ing the service to others spirit ana
anxious to prevent sickness rather than
| to cure: with the public nurses OF the
city and schools. aided by an intelliv
gent public sentiment sickness became
practically an unknown thing and
made the general uplift complete. CAV.
| i( pride was reborn. AS the service
| to others spirit became joyous, llY-
! inc thing, civic pride began first 10
| manifest itself in plans for the kid
| dies. Fairgrounds were provided at
many places in the city. For instance,
| the hole across the road from the
| state Bank was cleaned out. the
dumping and burning Of rubbish was
| stopped and the children allowed to
slide there in the winter with peace
and comfort Many other lots were
| similarly utilized. The school grounds
were equipped with playground appa-
ratus: the Riverside park was fenced.
| the grass kept down, large trees trans
planted, and camp site, Fairgrounds.
swimming pool and skating rink con-
| structed.
! The start being made Greenwood
park was next tackled. BY concerted
effort Of the people the park was
thinned out where required. several
drives built. fo0t-bridges thrown
! across the creek and f0ot-paths laid
out. small, log shelter cabins put up
| and an 0pen-air ampitheater erected,
! Not satisfied with that. the field east
| of Greenwood park was obtained and
made into a park for field sports,
! Parenthetically ii may be remarked
| that this park and pleasure drive idea
spread throughout the country and the
beauty spots were obtained and beau
! titled for the use OF all the people.
The start being made community
! spirit grew apace. and broadened ana
| h came more enlightened as It grew
| The white way was extended and sup
plemented by food lighting paved
block after paved block was added,
ma king Ladysmith the best lighted ana
rayed city OF its size in the state Ar
| tistically designed cast-iron road signs
were substituted f}r the unslghtlv
wooden ones: community Dulletin
boards took the place OF the display
notices on trees and poles and III the
shops: litter cans were distributed
over the town. the railroad station was
cleaneds up and kept clean and the
grounds surrounding il were turned
into landscape gardens: uniform slde-
walks ordered a slightly. sanitary ana
convenient place for farmers 70 hitch
their horses was secured and roads
and streets uniformly swept, cleaned
and oiled.
Five Years Work In One
"The service TO others spirit De
came so strong that thugs were done
in one year that ordinarily took hive. !
This attracted so much attention that
people began to come in TO the already
oyer.crowded city. This necess1tatea
new houses and additions. Definite, |
scientific and artistic city planning
was now in order and the best learned |
men i'm these arts were secured and Ill
rected the work Their planning
eventually made Ladysmith the most
beautiful city i'll the state.
CAPITAL was now attracted and no
difficulty was encountered in securing |
the necessary funds for all these ac-
tivities
1t was now discovered that there |
were two kinds of people: the ser
vice to others" kind, and the ser
vice to self" kind. A way was found
to pick out the desirable and discour
age the entrance of the undesirable
The civic spirit increased in a !