Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 168, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1915 — Making the Town Worth Living In. [ARTICLE]

Making the Town Worth Living In.

The following, from the pen of Judge Nelson Case of Oswego, applies to any Kansas town: “Taxes paid for good roads, for libraries and schools, for any improvement which adds to the comfort, the enlightenment, the* happiness of a people, are among the most valuable investments a person can make, even though he cannot see that he has any direct interest in them. The most prosperous cities are those whose inhabitants have the most advantages for education, religious culture, recreation and such amusements and diversions as are elevating in their tendencies, and are free from demoralizing Influences. Kansas City is a fine example of this spirit and policy. It is what her citizens have done to make the city beautiful and a desirable place in which to live, fully as much as her direct efforts to secure trade, that has given her the prestige she enjoys.”—Kansas City Star.