Show o 0 x c o 0 O mr 0 0 0 AY will you look at that deH demanded de- de SAY H Mr Grouch of or his wife as their theil automobile came to a 0 astop top stop In front of n a dead doad tree that a Q re rec recent recent re- re c cent nt wind had blown down Can Cnn you OU beat bent It For blank carelessness careless careless- ne ness s and criminal neglect the InhabItants Inhabitants of oC lJ this ls burG can cm put It over o er C every other community on the taco faco of or the tho earth To m my certain led knowledge e that tree was wan dead de whon the pioneers en entered entered en- en this valley but there the dear car dearold dearold carold old tiling thinK h ha has stood year car In and year ear out a menace to life und and limb because the tho elt city government doesn't enforce tho the thola la laws ws and tho the owners were nere too loo blamed shiftless to cut It down clown and cart awa away the tho corpse Rut But the winds pf It heaven hen have ha brought ht It low Jew so GO let lot us shod a passing passing- tear and see fee If IC we C can cnn get ret around the tho off ort ond end without upsetting Into the tho ditch Confound it we e gottA gO Ko back and tr try nn on unpaved street be because because because be- be cause the only decent thorough thoroughfare tare In town Is co d to traffic during the ob obsequies obsequies obsequies ob- ob of oC said tree If It you weren't along Maria Marla Id I'd sure suro sa say something careless right out here herc In the Ute middle of or the road rond Dont do It H. H William Willlam ur urged ed hl hH his wife You shouldn't get so 80 excited about little things s. And what do you OU know about tho pioneers They came to Utah man many years before you ou were born Just a figure 0 of speech m my dear replied Mr Grouch turning his auto Into a side Ride street As for or getting ex excited excited excited ex- ex cited seems to me mo Its It's up to someone to raise a row at least once a minute In Inthis Inthis inthis this little old town place I Icer over ever saw aw for letting things s sll slide c Ill I'll bet a million dollars you can cnn find from six to sixteen dead trees on ovary block In the city Nobody cares If It the they spoil the landscape or fall faU on the tho hea heads s of ot passers bj pass rs- rs except the man who gets hit City ordinance says they got gol to be cut down n and nd cleared awa away and the park board makes a n perennial holler along the tho same lines but what good docs does doest It t do do None Ion 0 That's the answer Kona perceptible to 10 the naked eye ec Look at that row of poplars and count the dead ones count Seven Seven count cm seven em seven Lifeless Lifeless Life Life- less stumps 8 with no beauty and no use except to breed worms First thing thin you know the trees on both sides the dead ones will begin to go Surest thing you ou know lenow the dead ones wilt will kill out the thelIe live lI ones In a row like that Inside Of t two years cars or thereabouts An Any other city on the face of ot the globs lobs wo would make the owners of oC such places l keep cep things In shape Other places other manners said Mrs Grouch that Inquired her husband I I know what I see Bee In other places and the first care of ot an up-to-date up city Is Its shade trees Some Som people dont don't like poplars but the they suit m my taste all right ht when they're straight and healthy Lots Lotsof Lotsof of ot em were planted In this valle valley alley because because be he- cause the they grow quick Mean to cut them down when others get started That's all aU right ht If IC f they do It but will thc they oPo I dont don't think If It the they die off and fall tall down you ou can kiss klas em good b e That's your our only chance of or losing em though the they've ve been dead as door nails for or twenty five years cars The They Thoy trim them back bacle sometimes observed Mrs Grouch Yes Ves and that's another piece of ot tomfoolery tomfoolery tom tom- foolery shows the they dont don't know In this country Cut back a whole grove on the high school grounds Next year e r thc they turned out out- outa a few tew leaves and a whole crop of ot new branches and everybody every every- body said how nice nIce aint aint It lo el lovely The Tho third year they died You cant can't take the whole top half halt off oft a tree and expect It to live JIve through the process an any more than you can amputate the brains of the officials responsible for forthe forthe forthe the damage Ial Takes cs twenty years ears to grow a good tree and about six minutes to kill It Lots of ot Injury done one to trees by b- Improper grading One Ono man I know got tho the start of ot the tho engineers Put Puta a avalue avalue value on each tr tree e and gave cave them to understand hed he'd sue for damages on ever every one that was Injured They let lethis lethis his hili trees alone though they took It out outon outon outon on eyer every other resident of ot the block Theres another row of poplars Look at the trunks Whiskers on em cm tho the whole length Jens Bet Bot they haven't seen a pruning knife since before the flood If It th- th thy y were my trees I Id I'd d have them off art In a no hol holy minute It does look unsightly said Mrs Grouch The They Thoy should be trimmed And AndI I often oCten wonder onder wh why people allow weeds to grow In their dooryards or on empty lots I should think the tho city would have havo laws about that Plenty Plent of or laws replied her husband huband Trouble Is to enforce them Ordinance says It shall be he unlawful for tor the owner of any property within the tho corporate limits of ot Salt lIt Lake to lo allow weeds to grow on his hi premises after aCter he has been dul duly notified to get et rid of oC them Cant Can't have hRYC them out In front o of your our place either But look at Brigham ham street Weeds s rl right ht along the sidewalk all the thc same samo as Murray Murra or Sanpete Nice la layout layout lay lay- out for tor tho the tourist who ho likes Ines to exclaim at the beauties of or this little gem cm of the tho mountains mountains' Pigweed mustard mustard mustard mus mus- tard burdocks and ancl thistles flourish nourish In wild profusion and give color an and odor to the landscape Ill I'll suro sure sue that man who ho lives across tho the street If Ie ho he dont don't get a n. move on op and clear out the weeds from his front yard Worst case of oC shiftlessness We wo ever er had on the block Alwa Always been a self self- respecting neighborhood until that roughneck bought Into It Wonder what ho ho he thinks hes he's doing Must have somo some seated deep reason for his depravity Cant Can't be bo Just ordinary everyday I an anco co or stupidity There not settled William WIlHam and haven't cleaned up yet jot et soothed his wife wire T r didn't know kno you 1 0 were coming uptown to the thc office Are Arc you ou going groinS In in How lon long are arc you OU going to stay Got the look over the mall Better come inside and wait Too cold sitting silting out here Going to call up the supervisor supervisor super super- visor Isor of ot streets and see e If It ho cant can't got get et action on those weeds weed Also remind him theres there's a dead tree out our way that needs a funeral Spoiling for a n. fight so will Just try tn It out on him Hello hello exclaimed Mr Ir Grouch Heros Heres Herosa Heresa a communication from the gentleman himself Must be a mind reader and Is writing to tell me he knows all ail about the tho weeds and will see sec the they dont don't happen happen happen hap hap- pen again Well b by gum did you ever eversee eversee eversee see the like of or that thal What is It It t William Inquired hl his wife wire My 1 friend the supervisor has written written written writ writ- ten me to clear oC off the weeds from my property on Ninth North Korth street within five ho days of serving this notice or hell he'll do clo unmentionable things By Judas Priest I 1 sure suro for forgot ol there was as an any such property Thought I 1 sold It It weeds arid and andall all to the dogcatcher dos How In thunder did his nibs find out I owned It and about the weed crop Hes He's never been within a thousand miles of oC the place Ill I'll bet a hat Well Yell Its It's up to me mo And say Marin Maria well we'll go gro cas easy on those other folks for a day or two I cant can't chew the rn rag with tho the street department with an any kind of ot craco raco until I square m my myown myown own game That's a cinch declared Mr 1 Grouch |