The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-08-02

THE plan will be- tried at Detroit
this year on a more elaborate scale. az
the commission will have $1,000 10
appropriated by the common council.
and they Authorized me TO appoint a
| commission 10 serve without pay.
which have done. That commission
IL composed Of the best citizens. those
who have time TO spare for the work
The commission IL appointed 10 remove
the objection Of Us being purely a poor
commission object or charitable work.
We shall use the rolls Of the poor com
mission. however. to get the names Of
the needy.
THE land has not been all subscribed
yet. but rs soon ~ II IL the street sweep
lngs will be- hauled to the different lots
and used for top dressing. and In the
future We will store these sweeplngs In
the winter on the lots Of land In differ
ent parts Of the city which are TO be-
used by the agricultural commission
the following season. The willingnesB
Of the poor 10 take advantage Of the
oifer and help themselves In every way
they can n shown by the large number
Of applicants who have already asked
for land.
The returns this year should be-
more than double those Of last season
from the fact that the land can be-
plowcd earlier and those who had their
first experience last year viii profit
by II. and we viii have a more perfect
system Of supervision. have obtained
from the agricultural board Of the state
the authority for the statement that
planting even as late M the middle Of
June ia often attended with better re-
suits than planting done In May.
\ would recommend to cities In
tending to Try the plan that the educa-
tlonal part Of II II really worth more
than the thousands OF dollars Of benefit
received In the crops. Every one will
concede that We have driftcd from ma
lures own way OF getting livelihood.
The Idea OF the many In rushing TO the
cities and trying to got living by
their wits In not natures way. aud this
agricultural plan will he, I believe. n
step In the right direction. would
advise the hiring Of fcw paid men.
practical farmers. for a short time dur
Ink the planting season. aud this ~ all
the help that need be hired. These men
should be very practical and men
whose hearts are In the work.
From the results Of this plan am
satisfied that In the future large cities
viii do well TO set apart certain Sec
lions OF land for permanent use In this
direction. This viii become more and
more apparent ns the large cities be-
come more and more popuious, and no
man can do a more philanthroplc act
than to donate land Tor such use.
would even favor municipalities pur-
chasing for this purpose.
These ariculturally cultivated
parks will. believe be found ~ bcnc-
nclal In results aa the purely plasurc
parks. and viii be- as useful for the
prosperity OF a city's inhabitants. and
by this do not mean TO advocate at
all the giving up or lcssenlng OF the
number OF our breathing spots. the
parks devoted TO pleasure and recroa-
tion
AS the battle Of life grows sharper
and more bitter and the cities Increase
In age and size, the needs OF such use
ful agricultural parks will become more
and more evident. There will be no
trouble In finding those both competent
and willing to act as teachers and TO
serve on the commission. and Il viii be
Of inestlmable benefit to cities, from
a standpoint OF mere utllltarlanlsm.
from the fact that Il uses the street
refuse. which Is now wasted.