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Show WHY NOT HERE? Nearly every town of medium size and upwards in Utah has a park, and a baseball team. There are still some towns that do not have either. Those that do not have a park have a good project for the local woman's club or civic improvement society. It would also make a good plank for the platform of one of the local political parties par-ties in the fall election. That "a thing of beauty is a joy forever" is proved by the community com-munity ownership of a beautiful park. It becomes a meeting place for the people of the community on public occasions in the summer time. It is "somewhere to go" for the young people of the town on Sunday after church. It is a playground for the children, and may become a center of attraction for the entire population. The town of Payson has an attractive park, and have caught some bears and other wild animals and placed them in cages in the lot. This is just the beginning of a menagerie and constitutes a Hource of interest to the children of the community. Every town should have a park, we think. From Utah Farmer. If Gunnison had just such a park, or either one siiriilar, where the children could go and enjoy the shade and romp on a clean, smooth lawn, and avoid loitering on the streets as many are now wont to do, it would prove a boon to all children here. Gunnison is amply able, and large enough to establish and maintain a playground play-ground for the children and a place where tired mothers could go and enjoy a cool and refreshing rest, away from the monotony of the continual home-work. The present city park could, in time, be made an ideal place. An artificial lake could be made, trees, flowers flow-ers and shrubbery could be planted, and a wading and swimming pond could be made. All this could be done, and cheaply. Why not start a movement to this end? |
