Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1916 — Value of a Clean City. [ARTICLE]

Value of a Clean City.

When a stranger visits a city the lasting impression which he carries away with him is usually his first impression. If the city Is neat and attractive his first thought about It Is apt to be enthusiastically favorable; if the city is unkempt and ugly he is glad to leave it, never to return. He is far more likely to come and settle down in an attractive city than he is in an unattractive one, apd the citizens take an interest in and are proud of their city Just In proportion to it* attractiveness. It is the duty of our city to be attractive.—-From the recent report of the city plan commission Newark, N. J.