Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 234, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1918 — HOME TOWN HELPS [ARTICLE]

HOME TOWN HELPS

COMMUNITY LIFE IS BEST Under That System Every Citizen Has an Equal Interest In His Own Home Town. Community life is the ideal life. People have more time to spend in and about their homes and as a result take greater interest in the development of their immediate neighborhood. They are more congenial and neighborly; they take greater pride in keeping their homes and yards in good condition; they are contented, more progressive and incidentally more prosperous; their children are raised and educated in the proper moral environment; they associate with good companions and grow up to be sound, healthy, clear-thinking men and women of the type that make the best citizens. Much more could, be said of the community proposition, but I believe I have said sufficient to prove beyond a doubt that the development of communities on a broad, systematic basis will have a tendency to increase the number of home, lovers and home owners. Real estate companies should avoid as much as possible the placing of a mere allotment on the market. It takes censiderable time, trouble and money to work on the community plan, but the results achieved make the extra effort and expense well worth while.: —Exchange.