Show I Open Forum Contributions to this column col are limited d to three tl word words Contributors must furnish names name and aDd addresses Names arnes will be withheld from publication on 00 request Articles personal advertising promoting arguments ariU- ariU meets ments or reporting to o language will not Dot bo be printed Opinions expressed in this column are not to be regarded a athose as those of or The n Herald Believes Memorial Effort Should Be Concentrated The Tho question of ot civic improvement improvement- I Involving as It docs does the tho m making of ot a a. I city beautiful ls is Is one ono that Is now addressing Itself to the good people o ol of I Salt Lake In no uncertain terms It ItI presents many Important elements for tor I consideration not tho the least of or which Is that of or financial outlay but equally so soIs soIs sois Is tho the matter of or deciding deciding- just at t what places the tho initial work worle should be In In- In This latter may be bo considered considered considered consid consid- ered under the general head of or artistic featuring and Inlew of or the great reat expenditures ex ex- that ma may bo ultimately necessary nee nee-j essar essary to carl carry Into effect the full objects objects ob ob- ob- ob arrived at tho the element of ot utility cannot bo be overlooked Closely allied aWed to the tho right consideration tion of or this Is the tho Important matter of ot suitable memorials which memorials which It Is purposed purposed pur pur- posed to erect In the tho proper observance ance of or the gr gren n work of our soldiers in inthe tho the recent war var A memorial grove ro e or park a memorial building and a memorial memorial me me- morial bridge should If It possible be grouped in one ono place so as to secure a combination e effect as well as the Individual Indi vidual effect produced by each memorial memorial memo memo- rial alone If It such a harmonious combination I can be attained it will not be a case merely of or three times the Individual effect of ot each alone but of or many times that r result sul in fact a. a new and striking result all Its own making making- an Imposing whole a a. pantheon to keep fragrant ra rant the tho memory o of or the band o of Immortals ls who b by the sacrifice of ot life itself have ha brou brought ht Utah Into the ranks of or glory glory- Salt I Lake e has an extremely rare Taro and valuable asset in a canyon placed within with with- in ITT a few ow ew minutes minutes' walk walle of or the very heart of or the metropolis and yet so 50 Isolated Isolated Iso Iso- and hedged in from it that upon entering you OU pass at on once co out of or sig and sound of ot the ct city with its heat and glare and combination of ot stone ston brick and pavements into the environment and atmosphere of or an unblemished mountain fastness with puro pure air and refreshing surround surroundings Ings In most cases choice has to be made between tho the city and tho the country countr and the tho advantages ad and disadvantages of at each Hero Here we have right together tho advantages of ot both and fn n so far as the tho country side of ot It Is Is' concern concerned d In Its highest and for tor our purposes most useful form orm namely mountain air all and environment t. t This canyon touched with water and lending itself so 80 unreservedly as it to the skill of or the tho landscape artist can readily bo be made a a. veritable bower of ot foliage and fragrant flowers A memorial memorial memo memo- rial building rising rising- In its midst and still within six blocks s of or the heart of ot the elt city city will b by Its ver very environment be a shrine and with a and ornamental ornamental or or- bridge spanning the canyon In tho the background will wo we believe bellove give o I tho the whole holo an effect sought sought- Unceasingly un unceasingly un- un I the world over with endless outpourings of of money and und skill slem but I attained Wo We have havo all seen acres of or memorial tombs but none that reached us like tho Iho Tomb of ot Napoleon in Paris we wo have seen parl parks 8 crowded with costly monuments but what one abides with us like Shaw and his Negro Soldiers the I spiritualizes on tho the March arch which of no Boston ton commons we have I countless 3 Imaginings in statuary but bill I I what ono fills the eye cye more than Dal I lins lin's Indian Signal o of or Peace which af affects at- at feeLs tho the entire atmosphere of ot Utah's stately Capitol building With Uh s such ch an asset as City Creek Creck canyon canon to work with and for or Its th theme me tho the commemoration of or deeds the tho very en of or civic sacrifice and discharge dis dis- charge oC e-oC d t Salt has rare material material ma ma- with which to to mankind mankind man man- kind the tl attitude of ot tho the soul of or Utah to tho the souls soul of ot Its Immortal dead and andrare rare opportunity to place the effort of oC this city In time the he vcr very forefront amon among the thousands thousand of cities the tho world o over cr 1 l that at this this' very hour arc are generously I I I I I I 1 l contending with each other to secure such priceless results Alread Already steps are aro In contemplation to make mako the entrance to this canyon spacious convenient con and ornamental and a n. bridge ge connecting the tho magnificent cent Capitol region with the large resi resl- territory to the cast east has now become Indispensable and will win servo serve as asono asono ono one of or the A approaches for tho the scenic I 1 driveway to be established by tho the I count county There Is la another prose of at this ques Ques- tion which tion-which which wo we think accentuates the wisdom of or making an carl early z start tort oven even In a a. limited way to develop tho canyon canyon canyon can can- yon as a a. park and that Is ono one of ot put puo- lie health A leading ph of ot our city eity has recently declared that the lives lIvos of oC a a. larS largo number of or Infant children In the tho city and count county are arc saved saed each year b by taking them Into the tho c canyon m on I during the tho hot season and the health of all others would bo be greatly bencI benc- benc Cited If it a n chan change e could be readily had This Is now flOW all the moro more worth considering consid ering since the railway up canyon hast been aban abandoned But anyway anyway any any- wa way the ease caso with which City Creek canyon can be reached the tho saving in time and expense will enable every family to avail Itself of dally daily or weekly weekly week week- ly use of its Ita Unparalleled advantages To erect a n. costly and Isolated o oso so far fal out of or sight or reach of or the tho masses of or the tho people with no supportIng support- support lug Ing or congenial surroundings s. s where even the practical necessity it not great seems beyond the pale of ot dl discus discus- u sion slon With equal force It would seem also ilso clearly out of or place to consider the erection of ot a a. memorial building In the tho midst of or the business district when such a home homo awaits It In this canyon canon and where in conjunction with the Capitol and other public structures that will wili arise a civic center easily reached readily to be seen and representing the the most advanced thought of ot tho the entire community can be firmly established and where the useful and ond the beautiful will blend In the the- greatest harmony MEMORIAL L BELIEVER |