Show CRYING NEED what is crying need of ogdene volney C gunnel 1 in a communication to the it ae lollop after an m lie baya the present city government ie doing well in BO many waya that he ia induced in an expectant hopeful spirit to write abia letter permit nie to call attention to a matter which may perhaps be appropriately pria tely referred to a a crying wed of loog standing tree along the sidewalks all over the 1 ought to have the attention al of anne one with authority to have for what would otherwise be tree ornamental and use ful itliong the outer aliee ot the eifle walks are in fact as general thing rough ugly brotea and about vacant lots in conspicuous places and un rb rush grov year after year and no aw or axe ever molesta them cent trebe are spoiled by the untrimmed eod kon low jims of largo size that augh to have cut oft year ago bend almost to the obstruction nf the pate of persona on foot and buggy tep can afford to approach the edge of th et 1 1 winde and enock occasionally try tip k aliet nian to per fonn n ti ayrf a i 1 M cd roots and trunk of the tree by break oil boughs jn judo and unsightly fashion and there hanging with constant threat to life limb and property these dead limb s and stay through the bossons of many years the city ought to keep a good man employed the greater martof part of every spring and fall looking after these things it ia truly wonderful that u few people get liburt when one considers the innumerable tiling and places of danger leftheres lef there and there throughout the city by trie failure of tho authorities id bestow needed attention great canala cross the streets with little bridges over them not wide enough for two vehicles to pass each other ditches and broken cu lverts a every street and every sidewalk promising each day to cause trouble to some one the next day its a good thing alic president and his party did not go out over the city streets much and it may be well to keep this in mind when the delegates to the irrigation congress arc here incidentally ci we might consider the point that when large affairs pertaining to city life such as waterworks water works street car systems etc arc in good fiands and the people feeling no oppression the city authorities might well give attention to and spend money upon smaller but very numerous things that help to make up a well regulated urban government and existence to pee the streams of water run down the streets and sidewalks cut ting the same into gullies all years haa been a tiling of shame and humiliation to all right thinking residents which the work now being done on twenty fourth and twenty fifth streets will to cure but there is a vast amount of improvement needed in many ways and in all parts of ogden personally have hoped for arara that some influential person or persons or political party or city officer mayor poad supervisor or large taxpaying tax paying corporation somebody besides my buim ble self would announce in vigorous and convincing shouts our shortcomings as city builders regarding things here indicated dica ted there hae been too much time labor and money expended on ahinga of little lasting account and too much ne elect of mall but important things that lie cloa to the doors and feet of the I 1 people 11 things are possible but mr gun adl ii somewhat impatient would revolutionize and modernize in a day but one of the essentials to extensive improvements is money and just at present ogden u being improved with all the energy warranted by the condition of the city treasury but he makes a good point when he calls attention to the neglect exhibited by property owners in the care of their trees etc Thi ahas to do with the relations of the individual to the caty it h the duly of owner to keep their premises in a presentable condition and free from a menace to life our people should show more pride in their city than they do and one of the first improvements they should make ia to properly care for the trees |