. What to do for Uncle Sam; a first book of citizenship. en. So all the people met and decided to callyour town Hilldale. They asked the state togrant them a charter which would give them aright to elect town officers, and make town laws,and enforce these. When Hilldale grew from athousand to many thousand inhabitants, it wasgiven a new charter, and became a city. Everyone in your town who owns land or build-ings helps to pay for, the comforts that come 148 WHAT TO DO FOR UNCLE SAM with a charter. This money is raised by taxes,and buys fire engines and schoolbooks and streetlights and other im
. What to do for Uncle Sam; a first book of citizenship. en. So all the people met and decided to callyour town Hilldale. They asked the state togrant them a charter which would give them aright to elect town officers, and make town laws,and enforce these. When Hilldale grew from athousand to many thousand inhabitants, it wasgiven a new charter, and became a city. Everyone in your town who owns land or build-ings helps to pay for, the comforts that come 148 WHAT TO DO FOR UNCLE SAM with a charter. This money is raised by taxes,and buys fire engines and schoolbooks and streetlights and other important things. The town grewquite rich at last, and it was decided to spendsome of this tax money to make Hilldale beauti-ful. That was how the park came, and the bridge,and the new town hall. A wide street, called aboulevard, with a row of trees in the center ofit was laid out along the river front. There wasa monument to the brave soldiers and sailors putup in the center of the town. The new High Schoolwith its wide lawn and stone pillars was ALL THE FAMILY WORKING TO IMPROVE THE BACK YARD KEEPING YOUR TOWN BEAUTIFUL 149 And the town built a band stand in the squarein front of the town hall so that you might havemusic on holidays. It is a beautifulplace for a boy or girlto live. And there isever so much that youand the others can doto help in keeping yourtown beautiful. Your home is one ofthe older ones andfaces Main Street, set-ting rather far backfrom the street. Thereis a wooden fence infront of it, and whenyou stood up on thefence not long ago towatch the soldiers march by, you broke two orthree of the pickets. The gate is loose on itshinges, too. There is an alley back of your housethrough which the tradesmen and the men whocollect refuse drive. This alley is littered withtin cans and scattered papers. The trees in thestreet in front of your house do not seem to besending out their spring leaves as early as theyshould, and your front yard is untidy with the
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