| Show REGARD POSTERITY Another Feature in the Old Fort Case A Spot Around Which Cluster OldTime Memories Mem-ories Should Not be Given Up to Spoliation Attention was attracted to and coagi toted upon by the writer after perusing an article from one of THE HERALDS HERADS contributors 1 con-tributors which should touch a core pending chord in every patriotic unsordid breast namely the subject of ruthlessly wiping out another historic feature of the bravo pioneers 47jV tho spot where foot sore and weary they gladly halted in their toilsome march to settle down in this valley 1 val-ley of the Great Salt lake and forty themselves for protection against the savage r sav-age foe While with commendable zeal we should strive to foster and encourage all praise I worthy endeavors to place our growing beautiful city in the front rank of the pros porous commercial marts of the nation we should also bear in mind that there is some thing due to p05tert lI1handlng down In tact as tangible souvenirs the sacrea spots sacreC where in after years the pilgrim and scholar can visit and refresh their historic love in contemplating the early struggles and hardships of the undaunted little band that after traversing the trackless desert entered this then secluded and desolate volley and made it possible to become the future metropolis of this intermountain region Therefore let us not in our haste and scramble after power and hat pent at leisure as hastoo often been the case In other rapidly growing cities Let us not barter away for sordid gold the legacy that we hold In trust for our chil I drens children chl Will the jingling of the Wi jinglng guinea help the hurt that honor feels Because this Old Fort square has not i yet been made available to the public as i i originally designed by reason of ino repressing re-pressing improvements and demands upon the public purse outs no figure as an argu ment for diverting it from the use for which it was always intended When the time comes as it will come eventually its I designated purpose will be carried into ef foot namely a public park for that quarter of the city fitly adorned to commemorate theadvent of the pioneers What was Now York Central park only a few decades ago I Only a barren waste outside the city limits Why it Is within the memory of the writer of this article thatthe famous artcle famousBostoucommot was a cow pasture and the superb public garden of the same city was a dumping place for the refuse of the street cleanings But when it was once proposed by some vandals to parcel out the old historic toa historc commonality to a syndicate of moneyed men for ulterior purposes pur-poses than the public good it was promptly mot vain a storm of indignation from the populace and was frowned down with that same degree of censure that their patriotic sires evinced when they denounced the stamp aot of the British parliament and so decidedly that no similar scheme was over afterward broached Tn conclusion we cannnt hlln tnn mn breathing spaces In i the near future In order to escape from the dusty noisy streets of traffic whete one can retreat to enjoy quietude Inhale the pure breezes and perfume of the floral realm while the eye may be gratified by fountains statuary and works of art So mote it boCONSERVATIVE CONSERVATIVE |
