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Show TREES. Among the things which eaterners- who take up their residence in Salt Lake ruiss and pine for are the woods, the "templed hills" over which they wandered in days gone by in the old home country on the other side of the mountains. In nearly all seasons the woods hold out an attraction for visitors. visit-ors. The wild flowers of the springtime, the grateful grate-ful shade and cool breezes of the summer, the nuts ami pawpaws of the fall and the wild game of the winter made the woods a source of perennial delight. de-light. Of course, a great many of the wooded acres of the east have been denuded, but memory chooses to recall .that country as it was "when, we were boys." There are compensating advantages in -the Salt Lake valley, however, which the absence of woods does not entirely offset. Salt Lake has been, and is becoming more and more each day. a city of homes and trees. Homes are the solid foundation "upon which any city may base its hojes of permanency and prosperity. But homes without trees seem to indicate a temporary habitation. It is not an uncommon un-common thing to sec beautiful houses set upon large lots with not a tree about them. Indeed, hardly a shrub or bush breaks the monotony of the lawn, elegantly severe in its uniformity. A big Xew England Eng-land elm free set in the midst of an expansive lawn would add the touch ..of nature which city wealth tries to imitate. The early settlers of the city had a just appreciation appre-ciation of trees. They planted thousands along the streets, and most of these still remain to add to the beauty of the city and the comfort of its inhabitants. in-habitants. But. now. with the march of improvements! improve-ments! there are places in the residence districts where these have been destroyed, and although some have been replaced, there is room for more. The citizens cit-izens of the city can make no public improvement at so small a cost that will "show a better return than planting trees. And in the' country; along irrigation ditches where the sycamore and willow trees would thrive, and bordering the public highways, even if the land is too valuable to permit the planting of broad acres to trees, there could be nothing which would add greater comfort to our people'. Each year should see a hundred thousand trees planted in the state of Utah. If such a feat were accomplished, in twenty years Utah would be known as a wooded state whose forests extended from one end to the other, and these forests would conserve a great deal of the moisture which is so invaluable during the dry season. By all means, let us have trees. |
