Show Need Municipal Golf 0 Links s sg Hi j There are several things thighs g that tha Salt Lake City must do before it is entitled to be called a thoroughly progressive city i One of the first of these is the establishment of a municipal golf Minks links s jj l' l A great many Western Vestern cities have public golf rolf links and the they Y i at ire proven extremely popular wherever they have been established if 1 f Golf never never had so many followers as it has today It has been steadily st growing in iii popularity during the last four or five years au H It is a game that affords th the middle aged man the exercise exercise ho meeds heeds without his running any risk of working too strenuously and harming h instead of benefiting himself 1 H It keeps an office man in the open air and health giving sunshine for several hours a week and entices him to walk a great deal III In flis modern day when wIlen most business men have automobiles they cert thinly t need something to lure them away from the tho easy cushions and make them exercise a bit n Golf not only furnishes the fresh air and the sunshine and the exercise but further it gives such pleasure and creates such an ir inter inter- ter- ter jet es t in the player that for the time timo being it frees his mind from the heavy loads of business care and sends him back to his family a more la agreeable companion and a healthier man Many men and women need golf but cannot afford to pay the tf fees es charged at the exclusive clubs and even if they could afford it itt t the e clubs have not room enough to accommodate all who wish to play r Salt Lake City could establish one or two oo public courses while t ere is yet cheap land to be found The plan should not be delayed Uio to long Suggestions have been made that the city eity might lease some of the he ground on the Fort Douglas reservation for fora a golf goIt course This could probably be done and it would be a splendid location and two 8 street j car lines could carry the players to the grounds The game that furnishes so much much- innocent pleasure and is so soi i beneficial from a health standpoint should hate have every encouragement encouragement encouragement encourage encourage- ment possible We Ve believe the city eity commissioners would find almost I universal public approval if they would take up this question and andl bi l Have ve one or two municipal golf courses laid out before the next playing aying season opens |