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Show CHWNNUgp Stewart and Abbey of University Suggest PlanIf Commercial Clubp0! CAN USE VACANT M 1 Advocates Report s"aijl' 4 tory Results Achieved Other Cities, . A new and Important plan ffl, JH ing tho Commercial club's "dtlM ful" campaign was made i-? M -L meeting or the committee onL provements and parks yatJTSK 1 1 noon, when Professor W. y b'- II Professor M. J. Abbey of t'hs 'SWt N verslty suggested the entlsfniw S , 1 children In an effective effort Sr form vacant lots ana waste ibW fi beautirul garden spots. This J 7M " beer, carried out with great "rB'. other cities and those bonlnM,. move hone to aehiov.r ,na.4 flit through its application beret Plans Are Definite, v Tho plan Is to be outlined I, jfclW at a conference of iMessni stH Abbey with a special aubcommiK slstlng of Georgo M. CanMfcfllia man; Walter J. ftocltB aM 'F The committee members 1 elded favor for thq plan aiiinflUirtd doubtlessly be approve,? thiiMT1 governors. Professor Stewart L?WJ of water was assured for th StiM: Uit purposes and that the cWldmT 52flW Interested with tolling wsuRTB nal expense. An effort will b l , carry out tho achomo bforo tliifll78 tlon of the National Educatlo" tlon hero next year. flT- y In telling of the splendid fMtiJflVlS ' talnod In such cities as MtawjK Dayton and Cleveland, ProftaoTcJM figures h fol,OTvlns HlKnlflwt hcuSffni1 The Garden club of JflusJIft this year bos brought h jYWrnlT Ing of 1002 vacant lots to TmSSF and flowcra. This should l lX' pared with 302 In 1311 and"c",7m 1310. In addition. 279 liogS-.-, aro being cultivated, cud to VW gardens twice ?,s many roe taflV and apple trees havo Ven titfflfc by the members. There wwitaflUf'H gardens In 1311 under tha AurAdWuJ11 the club. " Good Work Is Planned. 1 The club has brought atwit:flWd decoration with flowert and tfmm 140 front yards in the corujuUdaflVt slan-JewIsb district of North &2wfl.nf1 apollH. Children under IB tiulB this wolc, and not ono of tit Uflt -affectod had been prcvtouily 'flUMt proved. Grass seed. Tlns wd1Plw a dozen varieties of flowor stedlflfT' been distributed to each child. ?fl It Of the 302 gnrdeners of ISU'Bpl nut sixteen (excluding tbwe have left town) nre gardening uflV . this year Of all the H30 aUdaflMl . 81 per cent have never gardeae4 fore. In all, 7725 personi ir& flf corned In tho garden moYcmit'lflflflli ery ono of last year's cbuily dens becamo a cash member aB liclted this year. This ! a. rant A,Df nlficant feature of tho work. -iflPW Tho vegetable and flower tvit-of tvit-of the club cover 160 acrea, cttdlH quarter section. About ttti UK- of this area. Is planted to flwBTH The frontago of the rardeTU litbH, over cloven miles. Based on thi.Hr . turns of 1011, the, total value ctK m crop will bo slightly over IS0.CM.w- i The total cost for all rurpowMi '01 less than 20 per cent Teatr tiuMV.. . was In 1011, although tht edMHin have Increased In number iM H.. cent, and this coat Include tMTJifl'jfe offico equipment, which are pKflJjv nent. Q |