Show SENATOR SM SMOOTS STORY SUGGESTS CITY CITY FOREST ABOUT ENSIGN PEAK K Much Interest In the Ensign Peak park project has been stirred by Senator Reed Smoot In his his travels through Europe to study conservation for the government the senator found that the city of or Zurich owns its own forest from rom which trees are cut every ever year and new trees planted to take their places The rhe story of Zu richs forest orest is contained in Senator Smoots report of ot his trip rip Those who ho advocate the opening of at a large public park in the vicinity of ot En Ensign Ensign Ensign sign peak peal state that the forest orest idea could be successfully carried out here At the I base of o Ensign peak is a large flat upon j which many man trees could be planted and back ot or the peak leak are hills and hollows which when planted In trees would make as forest orest as any city could de do desire desire sire It was suggested yesterday that ar arrangements arrangements i be made for tor a lar lare e school picnic in Ensign Peak park on Arbor Arborday Arborday Arborday day next year ear when the school children of Salt Lake could plant hundreds of ot trees and make the beginning of the for forest forest forest est which by h the time they reach man manhood manhood manhood hood and womanhood would become one of the interesting possessions of or the city The rho planting of or the trees by the children it is said would give them a keen per personal personal personal Interest in the development of at the park and would cause them greater pleas pleasure ure In visiting the big bis public playground as its beauties multiply By having ai al annual school picnic at Ensign peak on Arbor day it is said the theland theland theland land would within a few tew years be cov coy covered covered ered with thousands of trees at small cost to the city and each tree would have havea a to watch over it and a d care for tor It Several Sever 1 citizens while discussing the Ensign Peak park project in the office of at the Manufacturers Merchants as association assocIation association at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday expressed a willingness to bear the expense of at planting trees at the base ot of Ensign peak this fall It If assured that the ground would be protected from the encroachments of o the sand and gravel diggers who are now defacing the land landscape landscape landscape back of Salt Lake They also dis discussed dl discussed cussed the idea of ot scattering the seed of ot hardy flowers upon the Ensign Peak flat and the surrounding hills with the thc idea that when these flowers are arc in bIos blos blossom som they will give Ive convincing proof that thit Ensign Peak park could be made a beau beautiful and attractive place for the citizens of Salt Lake L ke |