| Show S AL LAKES SPOT ithe he joint building square surrounding the most beautiful building in the united states i somewhere between the lids of 0 the abl Is in a prop prophecy becy ot of good things tor for be it nian mm who makes waste places to mile A fulfillment of 0 this ihla arll pro action may mean much to the nan a who have belabored bla bored with the at building square I 1 if accord ng 9 to ancient philosophy tho the betat tt t benefactor ot of mankind to la h he e hem ho kes two blades of 0 grass to grow here but one prow grew before nhat can e bai bald d of 0 tho the man or men who make ill flon llona s of blades of 0 grass grow where here one nine had ever been seen from the time w n ilch even the oldest I 1 habitants memory recalls but dimy dimi until 1891 1991 tho the square bounded by itale te second east fourth and fifth south uth streets wits was jump 1 I 1 grounds er here all who had haa tin dump ump nied e them ern away nere here do w this the w ash ah carriers fou found ad chir way lid id frescoed the despised spot until attl it aked like a relief relict map of 0 the mount ins ln ot of the world the lot was sunken about six elx feet beet nl nd people deemed it a patriotic fluty duty a fill it just what the filling m was as noody I 1 seemed to care cam the main point tented to be to raise the level of 0 the vitro so brickbats brick bats battered cook ss g utensils ashes and all kinds ot of auk that possibly be used und their way to the tha dumping round und CHEAT possibilities A more uninviting spot could hardly lavo v a bem been fa found und than this lot when in f L the foundation for or the joint builds AAB as jai laid d even alter after the iagmin int t structure had nearly reached com letlon the grounds were still negi toted ted the same eunia old tin cani were here ere the same old brickbats brick bats and th the luie ina old ash viles it was As not until that those there in 5 ut bority thought of 0 beautifying the 0 3 cuare martin Christo pherson at f 0 1 amt t time baie a county commissioner and 1 1 obit ob it N X ba liln thi the myor mayor took the P latter atter in hand A scheme tit of land t tp gardening w wr conceived to 10 bo be r out jointly by the municipality e d t the co county u nty the refuse was w hauled 0 ly 11 ny to li some now forgotten and 1 lass it bored site tho the grounds brounda were I 1 icv e v iea and bi aron d aind ing were laid ii paths that led by embryo bower r 0 10 o fun fontaina onota taina lna go hed the surface r came caine and tho the work ani fill abandoned until the spring ot of ida v n this acar the I 1 build ina u as a for if ill opened and the nece necessity sItY tor for a I golous on tho the grounds be 1 mo me more inor it par tit lit 1 on lie morning a man with nith bog of 0 f uteri ut gri e 4 went over the lot act 4 ring the as he albed A tew few eaf later r i odar green blad aln d pu ii d it heir pir delicate pointe above the ui ac if the earth th ch lot was to I 1 sf bok k well thou thone bi ht as M 10 0 passed th that atway way not long afterward the ater was turned on in the fountains on the west side people sighed ecstatically and declared that wonders had been accomplished still 1111 the work went perseveringly on for a time the cites end fell behind its care was left to laboring rilen men who knew little of landscape gardening da 1 toina and cared rel to do only enough work k to entitle e them to thel their daily wanes wages meanwhile the county end un under der the care of an experienced hand band mado made steady progress flowers dowers and trees were set out ambs began to line the pt haya and the lawns as burned bumen a silky sheen MAYOR BASKIN was the chief magician in working the agle change early this year lars lan P madsen madien was wag given charge of both city and county ends mr madsen has worked early and late ills ilia lovo love for trees and grass grasa and boners and grovanz things dominates his being abeln and he never grows tired of watching witch lne over his province today the joint brounda u ads aro are as s tre breakly t y and Otra extravagantly vagan aly a admired b by all 11 visitors igors to salt sail lake cl city ty as 03 Is the th to it itself rohe the box hedge which surrounds them I 1 broken a only 1 by the broad entrances la Is in its prime every two weeks it la is trimmed as carefully cart fully and as Is s tho the hair ot of the most finical salt letter laker A favorite walk tor for citizens as well as visitors takes them through tho the northwest entrance forty feet eastward east waid 4 a by leads around to the fountains the way la in flanked on either cither tide side by velvety lawns dotted with flower beds la in fanciful tul shapes and buech smelling shrubs around the BO s ith end of 0 the building V the is paths conco converge 1 ae into one broad way until at the southeast cast cornor corner they start in again and invite the wayfarer along their lengths there are anre light broad ways cowing in into to a promenade around the big stone pile bur buc the narrow barrot w ways though not straight aro arthe rn most ol 01 sl e eo aking it Is by them that the visitor gets into the very gheant OF THE BEAUTIES ot of tho the grounds which at this season acason are at their brightest and best all the boners in all the beds are in full bloom moral ig and night sixteen streams of oe water are sprayed them and upon the lawns in this their freshness Is retained the tha day and we well oo do they repay care bestowed upon them it mould lie bo hard to catalogue all th items that go BO to make up the and pleasing whole in the troa line are arc elms clma lin gindels dels weeping kiil ns weeping elms pussy willows ca and add rines pines among the shrubs are arc the scotch leh fern syringa syrl nga bridal wreath eri 9 almond huney Ruckle shrub and sh shrub rub roses the list or oc floars flow rs ind includes udes ger pet petunias unias dahlias kahlias dah lias castor beans canas marigolds lobe biats dantice pan tice aud al a half i dozen 0 ot roses ropes t the park made by nil all tho thi w alth of i fellas and apt greatt ft I 1 ich th t bome nur rounda a building of striking arhl 1 tec tc tural alch liaa has been pronounced by good judges judge the most beautiful building in tho the united states |
