OUR VILLAGE 



Each summer affords us fresh proof of the 

 wisdom of our undertaking. Visitors from the 

 city compliment us on the spirit of progress 

 visible on every hand. "It doesn't look like 

 the same place," they tell us. " You have made 

 a model village of it, so far as outside appear- 

 ances go. Your sidewalks put our city pave- 

 ments to shame because of their trustworthi- 

 ness. Your homes show thrift. Your public 

 places are kept in as tidy condition as your 

 homes are, and that's something that can't be 

 said of many villages. We like it here, and 

 we're coming again." And they keep their 

 word, and our village is becoming quite a sum- 

 mer resort. So we have found that what we 

 have done with very little inconvenience to 

 ourselves has proved a good advertisement for 

 the place and its people, and the present pros- 

 pect is that we shall get back many times the 

 value of the labor and money expended in im- 

 provement, for several sales of property have 

 been made at much better figures than pre- 

 vailed before we began our work. The increase 

 in the value of real estate is directly attribu- 

 table to the improvements which have been 

 made by our society. 



What we have done others may do. We 



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