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tivation, protection and enforcement of the riglits and interest of the 

 former." In simpler words, more closely applicable to our own case, 

 we may say that the ignorance and perverted ideas of some individ- 

 uals should not be allowed to prevent the accomplishment of any 

 project that will benefit the majority of the citizens. A lot owner 

 who persists in making his yard the receptacle for rubbish and refuse 

 to the injury in value of the remainder of a block or neighborhood 

 should come under a specific law forcing him to clean up, if example 

 and precept fail to accomplish the reformation. The law covers 

 nuisances that offend the sense of smell, taste and of hearing, and 

 whv not of sight, also? 



FJower bed in trout of court house in Lake City. 



It is difficult to overcome the prejudices of the ignorant against 

 public improvement. A plea for a much needed sidewalk was suc- 

 cessfully opposed on the ground c-i its increasing the amount of city 

 taxation, not taking into consideration the personal comfort, to- 

 gether with the general comfort, and also the increased value of the 

 property. They have "got along well enough all their lives without 

 one, and what is good enough for us is good enough for others." 



Our hope for permanent progress lies with the children. From 

 a leaflet just received from the civic association is quoted the fol- 

 lowing: "When boys' clubs were started by a certain Chicago set- 

 tlement a few years ago, no one realized that from the membership 



