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148 with a charter. This money is raised by taxes, and buys fire engines and schoolbooks and street lights and other important things. The town grew quite rich at last, and it was decided to spend some of this tax money to make Hilldale beautiful. That was how the park came, and the bridge, and the new town hall. A wide street, called a boulevard, with a row of trees in the center of it was laid out along the river front. There was a monument to the brave soldiers and sailors put up in the center of the town. The new High School with its wide lawn and stone pillars was built.

ALL THE FAMILY WORKING TO IMPROVE THE BACK YARD