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Show HEW PARK BOARD OP OGDEN HAS MEETING Steps Are Taken to Beantifj City hv Adding Flowers to Its Parks. Special to The Tribune. OGDEN, May 27.- The Roqrd of Park Commissioners, appointed recently under the new law. met tonight in the parlors of the Weber club with the intention of organizing Mr Eaddish was not present ;md adjournment was taken until Tuesday evening, when he will be m Ogden. The commissioners, however, have n great, many plans for it improvements, especially applying lo the parks, on v, Inch some action had to be taken at once. Accordingly, John S. Iewi., one of the commissioners and president of the 1 ivic league, was elected temporary chairman of the meeting. He and Thomas Ff Carr, the other commission tr present, issued authority to William Stiiweil to purchase. $100 worth ol blooming plants to be planted under the direction of the commissioners in all t he park of I lie oil v. The matter of further improving the unimproved parts of the city was discussed, dis-cussed, and an application by the com-missioners com-missioners will be made 1o the citv officers isking for funds, that the pnrk may this rear at least be converted into ;a lawn. In this connection Penns - i Smyth has imported from I alifornia land Ireland a number of plants and Bhrubs, Htmng those from Ireland being the Qolden Irish yew There are some ' other choice plants to be put in t his park of the city hall square. i stated in Th" Tribune some days ago. the association of florists will eon tribute a bed of flowers, fifty feet, in length and fifteen feel wide, lo lie placed on the unimproved park of city ; hall srpinre, at a cost to them of (250 ; This is intended to he a tribute lo the park commissioners. |
