For a Greater McDonald With the building of the new Montour railroad the town of McDonald may reasonably expect a new era of development. This new belt line touches on the edge of town and will connect with the Panhandle, the Wabash and the B. & O. The street railway is to be extended in both directions. Every thing in this section points toward prosperity and the time is ripe for the making of a larger or "greater" McDonald. At the present time there are three thousand people in the corporate limits of McDonald and fully as many more on the outskirts of the borough. The advantages of being in the borough are many. Aside from the fire and police protection and the school advantages, home pride should impel those who are living on the edge of a township in Allegheny or Washington Counties to come in and make one of us. Possibly it is because the people of the districts known as Belgian Hill, Robb Valley, Laurel Hill, Millers Crossing, Brier Hill, the Turntable and Jumbo have not been solicited to throw their lot in with the citizens of the borough that they have not made an effort toward annexation. The taxes paid into the various townships would do much toward grading their roads and eventually providing them with much better highways. That it is much easier to rent or sell a house in the borough goes without saying. Last year the schools of McDonald had over one hundred pay pupils. This year only sixty are pay pupils, the other forty having become residents of the borough, simply to enjoy the privileges of the school. The people of the outlying districts are just as public-spirited as the people of the town. All they need is a little encouragement from those within to bestir themselves, circulate a petition and present it to our borough council. Annexation is a step forward. Let everybody, whether in or without the borough, help it along. It will come eventually. Why not bring it about now.