Show scraps from the mayors office I 1 I 1 for the people aad and especially for those living in in G 8 1 L city first your fences in what condition are they and ana in what condition should they b to be worthy of imitation by other cities this city should be a pattern in all bit things for the fhe m multitude ui of or cities now building through this wide wile e spread P read territory heretofore you could not have been called upon to build substantial feltes around your city lots with the same propriety as you can bannow I 1 now for you had to build houses and raise grain for your famines lami ims ies at the present time with but very few exceptions ou on have llave comfortable houses lio ilo uses and more land than you can farm farma as it should be farmed for if the lots of this city were properly fenced and cultivated they thes would yield an abundance of grain fruits and vegetables for all the inhabit inhabitants t ants of orthis this corporation and it is confidently believed there would be a largo surplus to supply tho th wan cants s of others other you who have not are hereby very respectfully called upon to go to with bour your mind might and anil strength and fence in houi your lots with 4 good and substantial fence fc e all who will do this may your 8 leep sleep be sweet and undisturbed and your bodi bodis bodies s invigorated with a clear conscience may all the tile sluggards slug gards aad and the drones who will not do this be bit by bedbugs bugs a aad ad tormented by the nightmare and have their lodies bodies clogged s wilh ith a conscience clear as mud mui v second your water ditches are thoy tho ahry y kept clean and bridges built over them as the ordinance of the city requires all the city supervisors arid arld water misters masters mil mii without with wilh put delay do t their h ein eln 1 duty calling loudly upon the people to do ao theirs until every ditch is put where it should be and kept itcan clean with cros swava a and rid bridges placed where they are needed the supervisors in their thel r respective wards have all ati the tire authority they call can asic ask or wish for to improve and keep in order the tha water ditches that health and ilfe life may fl evv RIV in fit oar oun our streets instead of filth aith gith and death dealt clean your ditches 0 israel why will you die work with shovel spade and hoa while hiie hile it is day for when the night cometh the clean nov mtv m tv ret rest hut filth I 1 hats hate the tha tl and und drone orone deserve their thein fate third what attention are you paying to setting out shad trees along the he ditches fo to ornament ani and und make maka beautiful the side walks of this great city great because it is good good because the great are here when the fhe ha angels came to visit abraham lle lie could cluid invite them to rest under the tree until the tender and good calf was dressed and with butter and milk eaten by b them wh ahlie lie lle he and his guests enjoyed the shade if angels wait until some men in our city raise a tree as large arge as ats the one the calf was eaten under it will be a 0 o ig time before their women laugh the laugh of ssarah sarah but it if the tree is rais rals raised ed and the angels arivell come and a nd deliver a similar simlar message causing some ofsha daughters an liters of sarah a rah to laugh I 1 b hope ope tiie tile they wiil will not of deny langhi ng I 1 lain iain pleased with the pios prospects acts in many of our streets several thousands of fine fina shade trees treed already add much to the tha beauty and comfort of our city and many thousands more might be growing to break still more the treeless monotony that did ald exist here herey as it does now over almost this entire territory many have failed in rising trees in consequence of setting them put too late lata in the spring the fall is the time for setting out pine fir lir and cedar I 1 think balm of gilead cottonwood box elder quaking asp birch sugar bugar maple and mahogany will all live if set out in ili february oy or early in march now is the time to make y calculations our and fix your ditche and arid bo be ready for setting out trees fees my experience has taught me that it is wisdom to keep the wild trees ip the streets and out of our lots as those that are in it them cumber the ground without yielding any income of or importance if vou you will listen to my advice or take governor governor young for a pattern you youl will prepare your ground ili in a proper manner for all kinds of fruit trees adapted to this climate to start with set out the appletree apple tree the tha pear cherry peach and apricot not forgetting the grape gooseberry raspberry currant and strawberry and soon very soon all will have plenty of the tha best fruit ever eaten since adam was driven out of the garden of eden foden or since the bugs buas and flies commenced tormenting the tile drones and sluggards slug gards fourth I 1 wish with many others to see our side walks kept clear of wagons carts carriages wood poles fencing materials and even building materials as far es as those thosa building can do so without too great a sacrifice the tho city marshal marshat and police have been ordered to aid in enforcing the ordinance nance in ili relation to cleaning streets and side walks the cow pens pigsties pig sties ac nearer the street than 20 feet unless unie they are cleaned every day will be removed forthwith at the expense of the owner ac OE 00 occupant cu a n I 1 this may make the drones and sluggards slug 1 gears gards grunt and whine I 1 and arid perhaps leave the hive lif f so there will be more room for the industrious bees to store their honey |