Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 165, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1920 — Billboards Versus Beauty. [ARTICLE]

Billboards Versus Beauty.

Thus it comes about that people w ride out into the country, eager ft the rest and refreshment which only the open country can give, find every field and every little hill dotted by V-shaped signs, erected in the most approved fashion, and ornamented with the approved moldings and machinemade cornices, while the beautiful vistas that might otherwise make each turn in the road a new delight are cut short by successive examples of the approved “head-on” “showings.” One needs but to test his own sensations, on such a motor ride to know how completely the - billboard men are stifling his power to enjoy “natural scenic beauty spots.” All their scruples have not preserved to him his native rights in the open country.—Christian Science Monitor.