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Show i-o.J A l't. lU.il l'Al.'W Sr. Ce.jigj, Ma; .-h 23, JOU0.K.--...!, Washington- County Nkvvs. Dear sir: Allow me to suggest to the people of St. Georiro. through the modi am of your valuable paper, the advisability of taking stop, now to secure a Public Park or Plaza. Of course there are those who may think other improvements improve-ments are more needful, such as the betterment of the water system, the completion of the school buiiding, the erection of a new hall, the improvement improve-ment of streets and walks, etc.; but the principal factor in these improvements is money; times are hard and taxes already high, and they can be quickly secured when it shall seem best to raise tho money. On tho other hand, the principal factor in securing an attractive at-tractive city park is time. It takes time to gi'ow trees and shubbery, while the first cost is small. It will not be long before the matchless winter climate clim-ate of St. George will attract many pwplc who now "go further and fare worse." A pretty park will not only do much to give visitors a favorable impression of the city and show them at a glance the ornamented possibilities of "Dixie, " but will afford tho people whose homes are here tho greatest pleasure and satisfaction possible. In such a climate as this it is almost a public necessity, affording as it does almost the year 'round a protection from the sun's rays; a resting place for the weary; a resort for the babies and children; an opportunity for the evening eve-ning band concert; a suitable place for public gatherings, where one may in summer weather listen in comfort to the eloquence of the political orator, or the exhortation of the religious teacher. St. George has a winter climate unequalled un-equalled by any resort I have ever visited (and I have been at most places in the U. S.). Make it then attractive m other ways to the visitor, and thousands thou-sands of dollars will be spent hero each winter by those who now go to Phoenix or the coast to escape the more vigorous winters. I would suggest that a subscription of $1000 be raised to start the enterprise, enter-prise, and that it be thereafter maintained main-tained at the city's expense. I will be pleased to contribute to such a subscription, sub-scription, but let something be done in the matter now. H. H. Harder. |