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Show IMPROVE TEMPLE SQUABEIGROUNDS President Budge Is Proud of Work Done. Thomas Stlrland Foreman On the Job President Wllllnm'Budgo ot iho Lo-(. Lo-(. in temple. Is very proud of tho many .mrrovcincnts made on thfl, templet gr, Mnds this summer, nnd w oil he im'i-ht bo, for tho cast half ot these grounds aro n .veritable Eonjen of Eden. .,, Tlio work accomplished on these grounds can only ho appreciated by p i r perlencod landscape pardoner. 'I1 rough und native state In which t -fast half of this square, was foaud this spring can 'only bo 'appreciated when their present condition U compared com-pared with tho west half ot tho square Tho work lm? been In th hands of Thomas Stlrlattd an experienced experi-enced man who hns removed -the large unsightly trees nnd subutltuted In their place, trees that, add beauty to, ttie place. Four hundred to outyfour trees have beon.uprooted nnd removed remov-ed from the grounds.. Twenty-six hundred Joads of Hue soil liayo boon hauled onto the squaro0 arid- lu this ii growing jnttny flno groEby 'awns i d flower courtsi All'-this foliage r s been planted slnca-sprlng, tho old sod having beeiTdovoi cfl spverr.l Pitches dc'op ly tho noW aoll. A well iroIse(,wnte,r system hag been Installed In-stalled j pt considerable expense, Thera 1ms been 25731 foot of galvanized galvaniz-ed plpo laid In Installing this syscm which carries the water to all parts of tho grounds, thus eliminating tho old ditch system which formerly, was used fa Ueoplpg. (he foliage green. Tho dirt which, has been used, In constructing theso'courts has .been donated by 'Thomas Smart, William Davidson and Logan City. It has all been contributed freo ot charge. Over Ov-er holt of tho full amount has been taken from the Smart ranch In tho, Island. Some more Improvements will be. mado this fall bofore freezing weath-tr weath-tr sots In. It Is tho Intention to construct con-struct concroto wnlks about tho north wing of tho templo. The reason the entlro squaro has not been Improved has been from lack of funds. It is the Intention to make tho west halt Just its Inviting as the east half as I soon as funds fpr doing tho work are I u sight. When this 'square has been ,'m" entirely parked, thero will bo no more r beautiful squaro to be found In the entlro state, , |