Show MAYOR PLEADS FOR I i PRESENT FORM Of GOVERNMENT Warns Against Return of City to Political Parties A strong plea to keep party pol politics tics out of municipal affairs featured the address today of Mayor C. C Clarence before belore members of the Progressive Progressive Pro Pro- Business club at their reg- reg gular guiar weekly luncheon meeting at the Hotel Utah Mayor plea followed a statement there was now a movement movement movement move move- ment on foot to return to the coun- coun form of ot government in Salt Lake He declared such a move would tend lend eo to inject politics i Into o municipal government r n and result t In is a turning rn over of city affairs to political parties par par- ties much to the detriment of civic government and the city's general wel wel- fare PROBLEMS OP OR CITY Mayor addressed the the- club members on Our Biggest Municipal Problems and d How to Meet Them He lIe subdivided his address into short talks on the smoke and water problems lems hems now confronting the city the proper zoning of the city into industrial industrial Indus indus- trial manufacturing and residential sections the development of parking and playground facilities faculties the utilization utilization tion of the Jordan river and its shores in a beautification project and the proper relationship between citizens and municipal officials The mayor d declared lared the smoke proU- proU lem hem could be solved only by a com coin com I cooperation between home owners own own- ers err i and i. i the c city ff government in the carrying out in every detail of the recently enacted smoke ordinance He held the water problem to be be- one of greatest importance and warned of imminent danger to the city through lack of preparing water supplies sup- sup P plies pIles f to take care of ot the city's otys water needs durin dunn spells He argued for the immediate purchase or acs acI ac ac- s I g er eb of f b water rt rights right by the c city before they e became e unobtainable unobtainable i be be- be cause of ot high prices or otherwise TION TEED NEED Mayor declared that there was T 1 not at Present a proper relationship relationship relation- relation ship snip between citizens and public of- of facials He cited complaints com com- plaints received by city officers and the small amount of ot encouragement received by them in the performance perform perform- ance of their duties He recommended the beautifying of ot the Jordan river through acquirement by the city suggesting sug sug- sug- sug gesting that boulevards be built along both shores to connect with the various various va va- rious canyons about the city and its other boulevards The beautifying of City Creek canyon canyon can can- yon and aDd the building of a big city park there was urged as a problem to be worked out sooner or later Mayor urged the getting away from the one park idea and the opening of small spots throughout the city He 16 declared e lared that City creek i should be bridged over by a conduit and the water supply protected thereby from contamination When this was done aone he said the city was ready to turn over the canyon Tor for park pur pur- poses He advocated the building of ot a beautiful entrance to the canyon at the end nd of North West Temple street |