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Show Plans for Reforesting City-Owned Land in Canyon Outlined by Keyser a)BaixeixeB.xeBxcaB Plans for reforesting 7000 acres' of city-owned land - forming the George Washington memorial (rove in Parley's canyon and making the area into a public recreation center be furnished by th forestry eervlc Mr. Keyser said, while elm, locust and olive trees will come from the lUtah Stat Agricultural college. were outlined Monday by City Coro-mlsiioner Coro-mlsiioner George D. Keyser. - Commissioner Keyser, head of the city water department told of the project In an address before member! nf the Salt Lake district ef the Utah Federation of Women's cluba in a meeting at the Newhouae haicL The program will include planting of 10600 tree on the sit, which is near tb Mountain Dell reservoir. In addition to approximately 4000 trees planted laat rummer, he aald." "Former City Engineer Lou la C. Kelsey planted numerous tree there In 1007 and mad eleborst plan for hug public center," Commissioner Keyser declared. "Now his vision are about to become a reality. "From a aanitary standpoint It will be bettor to have thl area, adjoining a culinary water supply, regulated as a public center than have it remain open, unrestricted to campers and hunter. Few public recreation centers cen-ters remain in other canyon because most beauty spots are privately owned. Thi will be a real public iplace." ' More than tOOO tree. Including pinions, pin-ions, lodgepol pin and Junipers, will |