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Show I s THE PROVO POST FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1922 A THE PROVO POST PROVO, THE CITY OF TREES Provos Popular Newspaper Published Tuesday and Friday Evenings by Bv H. R. Merrill THE POST PUBLISHING COMPANY ' give ! EARLY every town, as every tions. He says in his individual, has some pecular- - the Apple .Tree": ity which distinguishes it Editor and Manager NEPHI C. HICKS may vou stand before my from every other town. This What plant we in this apple tree? Long door. Associate Editor RASMUSON peculiarity is usually what the Sweets for a hundred flowery springs Oh, kindly restless remembers longest about To load the May-winstranger green, : a city he has visited. Subscription Rates (In Advance) wings, If asked And bend with rustling welcome oer , orchard-rowhe $2.50 about One Year which When, from the a place through The many friends who pass be-- I pours will the he has traveler Sir Months tween; passed, Let me see, thats the town Its fragrance through our open And Where the little children play 75 say, Three Months doors ; with crooked sidewalks; or Thats Look down with gracious mien. A world of blossoms for the bee. If the town with the wide streets. walk in he has been to Provo he will undoubt- Flowers for the sick girls silent During an afternoon ABRAHAM LINCOLN room, Oh, yes, I remember Proone can visit nearly all of the edly say; Proo bloom, dPSirable trees that will grow m thi vo. Thats the city of trees Truly, For the glad infant sprigs of We plant with the apple tree lfiimate The Ohio Buckeve, the mul- The thoughts of all America Sunday wander back to the days Provo can be distinguished from all the Ruian oliie, the horse of Abraham Lincoln, the great emancipator, and dwell for some of the cities of the west by that one Xo one can come into the presence berrv, he4nut feature. Lin-the black willow, the tamar-o- f charming To ! the achievements. wonderful on his time young people a a ditree, large especially from Provo living whlch Hiawatha sang: any of Upon entering afk coin will no doubt be known mainly through his masterful oration rection one is struck with the rich one. without feeling that he is in the; at Gettysburg, which will go down in history as a masterpiece abundance of fine specimens of near- - presence of a distinct personality. me yGur roots, O Tamarack, - can easily imagine that the tree can flourO Larch Tree will of tree that kind of American literature. fibrous every ly A writer, qj youroanoe to roots, and see and hear (Renter on Even speak, ish this climate. in bind Far-together yjy f It is interesting in this connection to read what .A. B. Magazine street there are still artistic clumps in the National Geographic Hie ends together bjnj Linla with man was To as who mankind, intimately acquainted young of gigantic locusts whose graceful makes this statement: quhar, tke water may not enter coln and who attended the Gettysburg ceremonies, writes in a branches overhang the sidewalk and t hroughout the ages, trees have been pat water may not wet me. Entered at the Postoffice at Provo, Utah, as Second-clas- s Matter. Saturday ence due, bend And their wise heads as I go, Planting of As courteous ladies do. Phone 13 125 West Center St. them greeting night and morn, I like to think they answer, too, With that benign assurance born When youth gives ag the reverI N UNTIL NOON j N.-GUNN- ds 19-l- 5 I Veal Roasts, anvcut, , j I ! J s j f&t' i iu, A- - 4 Cy-- 1 I ne . C H & ; i ' circle?- Have you used your best efforts to make your store an attractive place to trade, and what method will you use to continue along these lines? Have you rearranged your interior lately, or do think the fixtures you used for years are good enough?you Have you made it a point to keep pace with the times, or do you still think your way is ab&ut as good as can be found? Have you decided on a course of procedure in y,our , life, and do you stick to its Have you adopted a businessteachings? creed, and do 'you work by 'its teachings Have you tried to make improvement on vour profits and accomplished this by cutting out the waste?' - Have you discovered any business leaks you feel can be stopped ? Have you taken the trouble to visit the markets as often as you know. you, should, and. if not, what excuse have you for neglecting this important item? jHave you. discovered that the man who is a good boss behaves as if Tie was not a boss, and thus increases the of clerks and customers alike? Have you failed to keep a want book or a system of checking j'; . 1 busi-'-Mie- on-short- ss s? 1 e 8r 2:le 1 8e 2:1c 1 5e 25c ,21'c . 7c 464 West Center Provo, Utah e be-jewel- ed ed THE PEOPLES STORE ever-livin- g - 17c Percale Sc Calico WHERE YOU CAN SAVE MONEY Here Are a Few of Our Prices 12 Fleece 25c Gingham, yard 25c Towling 40c Linen Towling 40c Curtain Scrim $1.20 Table Linen 35c Children Bear Brand Hoe. pair $1.25 Ladies Blousing ? $1.00 Ladies Silk Hose $1.25 Ladies Silk Hose $1.25 Ladies Silk' Hose $2.00 Ladies Silk Hose 20c Men Linen Collars, 2 for 20c Mens Hose, black or brown, 2 pair 98c Mens Work Shirts 1 $1.25 Mens Knit Ties $1.00 Mens Knit Ties 30c Boys Ties 35c Leather Faced Glove 15c Mens Work Socks 1 7 xi c 2 c 15c 14c 1 113 j x r : r 1 1 20c 20c 35c 30c 98c 25c 98c 75c 75c $1.00 $1.65 25c 25c 79c 98c 75c 23c 30c lQc North University Avenue FY sMi Government Income Tax Report For 1921 The following editorial from the Philadelphia Public Ledger stripped bare Have you raised the salary of deserving clerks or do you compel them fairly to beg for that increase you know they deserve? Have you taken a careful account of the money outstanding op your books and do you really try to collect it in a systematic manner? Have you gone into the reserve stock, rooting out the odd lot and, the remnant and placing them where people will see and buy them? Have you taken enough exercise lately to keep you fit, or are you one of those who think they dq not need it? Are you one of those who carry their business home in their pockets to the discomfort' and ' miserv of your familv - Gash and Carry Market Phone 53 i Yet, the edict has gone forth from Dame Fashion that a town shall be assist you? 1 S. W. KITCHEN, PROP. And supplication. of its arboreal vestments that it may more perfectly 'show the cunning more often aw-thandiwork of man As a result many modern towns that were oik e delightful shady nooks have be-- ( omo bare jind emaciated skeletons whose ugly bones protrude upon evStieets bare and burnt ery street where the stranger within the gates lias no jilac e to rest a moment from A Magnificent Spcimen. Stately Old Aristocrats. the stilling heat of the summer sail, fsiuh is not the case in Provo, where variety of trees that line the walks removal is begun soon. When such every walk is walled on either side and droop gracefully over the side- a campaign is inaugurated it is to walks. Walnuts elbow lor usts; ma- be hoped that the city will secure the of a good tree man and reples crowd against catalpas; grace- services ful hanging birches interlock their move the surplus trees according to the outline of some definite plan. It dainty feathery branches with elms, will be sad indeed, if a reckless polwhiteash. or boxelder in most de-- 1 of should be carried icy lightful confusion. Standing on the out. tree removaltrees Magnificent that have re-- ! orner of First East and Fourth! w suns the snows and quired of a half North, one can see a bewildering va- V Li to to them century the bring fulness riety of trees, many of which are of their mature 5r can be glory magnificent specimens Silver maple, stroved m a few minutes with an axe black locusts, blue sprur e, white ash, boxelder. Carolina poplar, silver pop- inthethe hands of one who hears not in trees, sermons in lar, Ameriran elm, English elm, stones,tongues in books the running brooks American sycamore, native maples, and in gnod everything. spruce, pine. oak. ctalpa. black walHow delightful it A to rest on an nut, blue ash and a number of other autumn kinds line the streets, while rarer eves is exening where before ones spread out in noble proportrees, such as the Kentucky coffee, tions against reddening evening cedar. sport Arboj vitae, and other sky the mightythebranches of a tree. ornamental trees adorn the lawns of And. how much yet, full of more, surrounding bamesrFrom this point, meaning is the shade w'hich pleasant in too, the distaicp can be seen, ris- makes of the summer noon a dein ing straight spires above the- lightful rendezvous for the rest of the trees, spreading graceful dignffied forms of some Lombardy pop- the weary, for lars. As one gazes upon; their tall, The kindliest thing God ever made, prim forms he is reminded of TheoI of very healing laid dosia Garrisons charming word pic- His hand ture of some poplars which stood by Upon a fevered world, is shade. her home. The Literary Digest, in His which the poem was reprinted, sug- Throwglorious company of trees. out their mantlets, and gests that it causes us to see them, these Artistic Clumps of Gigantic n like French of the The d wanderers Locust,. eighteenth century, dancing a stately ease. and canopied with artistic tracery of minuet: Green temples, closed against the heat branches and cool interlacing fresh, My poplars are like ladies trim. Of noontimes blinding glare and leaves. Each conscious of her oivn estate; heat. Trees are wonderful things. They In costume somewhat over prim. Open to any Pilgrims feet. are ever living links that bind the In manner cordially sedate. to i the emote or immediate Like two old neighbors met to chat present The white road blisters in the sun; past. Around them cling, like the Beside my garden, gate. half the weary journey done, Now, tendrils of the ivy, the sweetest Enter and rest, O weary one! memories of home and outh. They My stately old aristocrats are the living message of a dead gen-- I I fancy still their talk must be eration to the builders of the future. Of rose conserves and Persian cats. And feel the dew of dawn still wet Beneath thy feet, and so forget When we plant a tree, as suggested) And lavender and India tea; The burning highways ache and fret. by Bryant we are pleasing ourselves I wonder sometimes as I pass as wtll as blessing future genera- If they approve of me. (Continued on Page 5) was read to the members of the Provo Kiwanis club yesterday by John D. Spence), which we are glad to transmit to our local business men for their consideration: Have you done anything out of the ordinary lately some-- J thing that will make your store talked about and help to lift you out of the common fold? Have you made it a point lately to read all the trade journals, newspapers and other sources of information that will I 2 HINDMARSHi CO. I r ....... . I I 2(c 10c Leg Roasts, lb. 20c Shoulder Boasts, lb. . 21c Loin and Bib Boasts, lb. 18c Chops, lb. . . 17c Shoulder Loin Chops, lh 2)c Sausage', lb. 14c 3IUTTOX l(c lf . !)c Legs, . Oc Loin ('hops, lh lOc Shoulder, lh . 15c Ste'ws, lb Bound Steak, lb. . . Loin Steak, lb. . Steak, lb. Shoulder Steak, lb Bump Roasts, lb. . ITime Bib Boast, Pot Boast, lb Heel Boil, lb Bib Boast, lb. . Shanks, Hi Suet (Kidne.v), lb. Hamburger, lb. . . ( j s 28c . OUR MEAT DEPARTMENT TORK AND VEAL IiEEI ; vari-color- 1 THE MERCHANT WHO WINS . , ; 1 ,)C tree-line- t c-- V' unes, Ii Di j oration. People on such occasions were expected to deliver ora- tions. During it all the President never once changed his ex-- j beings sacrifice comtort, and some- the pression. I' was watching him more closely than I followedEver-Mr. when and I He seemed very, very weary, oration. finally to he ett had finished and it was time for the President speak, rose very slowly, reached into his pocket and took out a small, discolored leaf which looked as though it might have been torn from an old memorandum book. He glanced at the paper, and then, still slowly ,but with great force and also something of the air of benediction, said: Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal, Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper t. that we should do this. But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot A! consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here'have consecrated it j. far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will Vi i note nor long remember what we say here, but it can Si- tlittle NS t never forget what they did here. It is for us, the living, zzr .l td unfinished to be work here dedicated which rather jthe they Everj Walk is Walled on Either Side who fought here have thus far so" nobly advanced. It is and Canopied with Inter rather for, us to be here dedicated to the great task remain- Branches. ing before us that from these honored dead we take in- creased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last times good sene, to the goddess of full measure of devotion that we here highly resolve that style, so clo mestTowns which ares strugelimr to hove attui hod to them-these dead 'shall not have died in vain that this nation, Modern that t magic word lcs towns under God, shall have a new birth oi freedom, and that gov-- - f Scull roi iuen v to.cr up the By tBe people, for the people, sVinll ernment of IVie people, magnilicent trees which were planted not. perish front live eartlr. by the pioneers, under most trying circumstances that loved ones might Almost before we knew he had begun he had finished. He be sheltered from the scor hing had spoken so clearly that I am sure everyone in the audience mountain sun, and lay the streets heard every word and I am equally sure that none of us com- bare once more to the burning heat. prehended its marvelous power. Most great moments live in Gods first temretrospect. That was one. Edward Everett, either because he The grovesErewere man learned ples .believed it, or because he thought it a nice thing to say, I do not To hew the shaft and lay the archix know which, complimented him : trave. Mr. President, you have made a great speech. My ad- And spread the roof above them ere he framed dress will only be remembered because it was made the same day lofty vault, to gather and roll The audience does not seem to agree with you answered The back the President wearily and the President was right. Not one of The sound of anthems, in the dark- us knew that we had just heard the greatest speech that has v. ling wood, ever been delivered. The newspapers did not know it. It was Amid the cool and silence, he knelt down not really until after the death of Lincoln that his marvelous adAnd offered to the Mightiest solemn dress came into its own. thanks J? lbs igs, g lh. omedur.v Date's, phj lOe T 1 - J t , 1 c 1Uc Carnation,' large Bordens, large .! Sega, small DRIED FRUITS -- the the most Ipanionable, of all inanimate things. Many other rare trees may be Aristotle thought they must have foun(j 'jn mot unexpected places, perceptions andl passions. An infi-- j Besides the wide range of v arieties nitely more scientific generation still Provo trees are strikingly luxuriant in growth and symetrical deIn the old country and ti emendously interesting tales they velopment in the eastern states magnificent trees are common, but here in the west where nearly all of the ornamental trees are out of their natural environment, they are found to be dwarfed or blighted, or puny shadows of what they ought to be In Piovo there are specimens of every variety ot trees growing that will compare favorably m beauty of form and spread of boughs, and general hoalthfulness with similar trees anywhere in the world. Not only are the Provo trees wonderfully beautiful for a themselves setting of alone but they have PPA near a seen seldom is that beauty a As size. fitting andd city of Provo's the for shady grand background streets, the steel slopes of the rv Wasatch mountains rise to enchantcliffs, ing heights of with emeralds of v? topaz of spreadpines; rubies and oak crownmountain and ing maples ed with the eternal sapphire of a Utah sky. On the other side of the city, shimmering through the clear, mountain atmosphere, beautiful Utah lake, like solidified crystals of the turquoise heavens, reposes among its Trees Are Wonderful Things. encradling mountains. Undoubtedly the renowned traveler whef had encircould tell! Old General Sherman, the cled the glo.be twelve times and had in giant Sequoia, cne of the oldest liv- been in every city of importancesaid ing things on earth, standing 208 the world, was sincere when he feet high, was waving in the Califor- that Provo is one of the foremost nia breeze on the day that Abraham beautiful cities on earth. in Provo, as elsewrhere, some misolteied liis son Isaac as a sa nticp of the' in planting wei o much t Biovo ol have takes tiees Many seen Utah county change from a barThose who set the tiees out ould ren desert to a garden of Paradise not see the" wide expanse of foliage Even though they are oung, what that would surround every slender splendid stories of achievement they sapling. As a result, the trees in could tell! many places are becoming crowded As one travels about in Provo, he and will eventually become deformed soon becomes interested in the great and unsightly unless a campaign of offer pleasant protection from therecent issue of Colliers burning sun. This is lather surprisI gained a place very close to the platform. Edward Everett ing to the tourist who has been was most eloquent in through towns that boast of their made the opening address, and although-ithe eloquence of that day, it was very long indeed. It was an modernity; tor, m most cases, being : com-- mo-,- t 1 10c Sego, large t e, 1 CHEESE CAA NED MILK ; human-lik- 2 SOME REGULAR PRICES He-..Qjv- ! 1 lb ! . $1.00 40c b. ; ! 29c 10c Package Encore Pancake Flour 1 lb. Package Encore Pancake Flour 22 Bars Pearl White Laundry Soap . Bag Rolled Oats Pot Roasts, any cut, lb Pork Roasts, any cut, lb 3 lb. ul Trfj- l3- - SHOULD BE ATTENDED TO AT ONCE muf-- be flled not Iater than March 15, , aooA Mreport? e are-touch, with the office of the Collector of Internal Revenue, and can guarantee your report to be made correctly. m r" t L s We will make your report for ( $1.25 J. Harold Dunn Accountant and Income Tax Counsellor, t Telephone 740. 145 E. Third North. . , noble-wome- 5 1 1 1 dust-staine- 1 1 1 FOR SALE 1 National Cash Register Sherer Grocery Counter Bowser Oil Tank McKasky Register Refrigerator Platform Scale 2 Counter Scales Computing 1 Folding Top Writing Desk 1 'Oval Show Case 1 1 Herring Hall 'Safe Cheese Cutter Large Coffee Mill 1 332 West Center or 210 North Third West I Work, work, work! Hold on with a bull-do- g grip. Its all in the one word, THOROUGH. tGod bless my mother! All I am or hope t to be I owe to her. The Post Dqes Job Printing A |