TO PAY A DEBT 



"My community owes me nothing. 



If accounts were balanced at this date, I would be the debtor. 



All these years I have lived within the limits of the community 

 and shared all its benefits. I have had the use of its library, 

 park and public places; I have had the protection of its fire, 

 police and health departments: its people, during all this time, 

 have been gathering for me, from the four comers of the earth, 

 food for my table, clothing for mv body and material for my home. 



This community has furnished the patronage by which I have been 

 successful in my business. It has furnished the best friends of 

 my life, whose ideals have been my inspiration, xjhose kind words 

 have been my cheer, and whose helpfulness has carried me over the 

 greatest difficulties. 



^•Jhat shall I give in return? Not simply taxes; I want to give 

 more; enough that I can rightfully say, 'This is my community', 

 so that I can take deserved pride in its prosperity, in the honors 

 V7hich come to its citizens and all that makes it greater and better. 



I can do this only by becoming a part of my community ; by 

 giving of myself. In that v;ay only can I pay the debt I owe 

 to my community." - The Three Forks Herald 



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MONTANA ASSOCIATION OF SOIL & WATER 

 CONSERVATION DISTRICTS 

 422 Mitchell Building Helena, Montana 



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