Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1907 — Progress is Evolution. [ARTICLE]

Progress is Evolution.

Oxford Tribune : 'w y The ft ret sidewalks used in Oxford were virgiu sod in gammer and black deep mud in winter. Thie encouraged pedestrains whoViahed to visit the marts of trade to “cot ’cross lots” thus destroying what sod theTibgs had nTFrbofed up, So improvements was demanded. It came iu walks construced of gravel, six inches in thickness. The car pets were soon cut ont. Board walks were laid over them. The boards soon rotted, Brick was laid. Nature abhors a scar aDd hid them with a bountiful covering of grass. Cement met all requirements. A ceme nt sidewalk in the early days of the town would have been as far removed from the ex.« pectatioas of the town as the location of a 300 employee factory to dsy. The town had to grow from dirt walks to tho eof cement. It must begin with email industries to secure large ones. It'« simply a ts atter of growth. Wake up!