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Show HAS YOUR GITf A CITY FORESTER? Every town of any civic prldo In Utah should havo one, says tho committee com-mittee on Agricultural Production ot tho Stato Council of Defense. This comnilttio, In a recent sosslon held at tho Agricultural Colcge, declared I Itself In favor ot such a municipal officer and thus dettnod his dutleg: I "The City Forester would havOt for his duty tho supervision ot the I well being ot the trees ot this community. com-munity. Perhaps the most important task ho would he called on to per-form per-form would bo to hold In cheek tho ruthless mutlllatlons ot tree Tho .corporate greed and tho dlslnterogt-edness dlslnterogt-edness In civic beauty of telephono 'and oleo'.rlc light companies aro well known. Beautiful trees aro dug out, 'pruned of their branches, or othor-Iwlso othor-Iwlso "butchered" until thoy uro nothing but loplded remnants of tho once symmetrical beauty. But ' this Is not tho worst. Tho butchor- Ing Is not the only crude nnd Inartistic, Inar-tistic, but It Is ilonu In such a wny ( as to reader It nlmost linposslblo for the trees to recover. Instead of cutting cut-ting the limbs closo up to tho branches, branch-es, great stubs aro left to which cannot heal nnd Into which diseases organize and readily mako their' way. Tho tree becomes, unsightly and soon dies. "'Tress requlro years to, reach maturity but in an afternoon a whole row Ig mutilated beyond repair. Tho disgraceful part about It all Is that It Is doco for no more elevated purpose pur-pose thiu to permit tolophone and light wires to be put up nt smaller expenditure and maintained at less cost'. A little more time In stringing string-ing tho wires, longer polos, or less ruthlessnoss would save hundreds of trees every year. "Paving contractors are often no more public spirited. They cut down or uproot magnificent trees In order to lay concrete in any particular snot. The walk could not possibly be a foot to ono side. Nor do the agonts of thoso concerns seek permission. per-mission. To compel them to respect civic and personal rights by at least making a sincere effort to learn the wishes of tho people whoso property they destroy would bo tho principal duty of tho City Forester. "In addition, this officer coud" tako out trees whero thoy nro beginning begin-ning to crowd and spj that dead trees were replanted. A few days dovoted to Intelligent pruning out of doad and mlsshapon limbs or stubs would In a' half dozen years work wonders. Moreover, this nocil not bo expensive work. Ono hundred hun-dred dollnrs Is n small sum for a town, hut would pay for tho eaulvu!- H cnt of fvanty full days of surcrvls- H Ion and pruning." H |