Boom Ann Arbor

lhe Chicago ínter ucean bad un agent in the city this week to write up the advantages of the place for manufactures and as a town of residence. In other live towns in the state he rcceived such encouragement in the way of subscriptions as to warrant a full-page description uith illustrations of the principal buildings. That would cali the attention of outsiders to the city and its peculiar advantages. It is evident that this fair "Maple City" of ours can never be much larger than it is ifit does not receive niany accessions of families from other poiuts. But liow In the workl can outsiders know of the place unless we who live here boom it? Other towns certainly will not boom us for they are busy booming themselves. We all want to have a large city and as the luter-Ocean has an immense circulation in the Northwest it would have aflorded a fine opportunity to have shown the world who and what we are. Ann Arbor is one of the very fairest cities of the whole union. We feel proud of it, and if many others in the country knew of us accurately the town would rapklly grow by families moving here. Butsomehow our merchants and university people did not sec the importance of this opportunity. Accordingly they did not propeily encourage it. However, in next Wednesday's issue the Intcr-Ocean will devote some of its space to a desciiption of this city. The Free Press last Saturday brought out a tempting array of poütical plums with which to whet the appetltes of its politica! brethren. It gave u list of the presidential postoffices in Michigan, with the salary of each and amount allowed for clerk hln. Washtenaw couuty was represented in the list as follows: Clerk Salary. Hlre. Ann Arbor 12,675 $3,016 89 Ypsllantl 2,150 1,109 52 Manchester 1,100 Cbelsea 1,200 Besides the above there will be the Dexter, Saline, and Milán offices that will come well up to the $1,000 point. Get ready to grab, boys. The Ilon. Edwin Wlllets, to wliom the prcsidency of the agricultural college at Lansing was tendered some weeks ago, has signifled his intention of accepting the same, witb a proviso that the scope of the college shall be broadened, so as to build up a thoioughly equipped institutiou for igtionltoral and mechanical Instruction. It is with regret that the above fact is announced. Mr. Willits is a man whose piesence in any community is an honor to it,and old Washtenaw feit proud of the fact that lie was one of her cltlzens.