Arizona republican., 1903-10-19

places are ursishtiy. unhealthy.
Lreeder of disease and line. Is there
q way in the world t. get rid Of them?
Some of the penl e wlIt OF owe the visi-
It's about ye'I,r.iJ" T. ust nave heen
vow proud If these old eve sores. They
Ist have pointed With fTide to the
ruined orchards there ale abo:tt this
town. I'll" fact is there are more dead
trees in Phoenix now than live ones.
simply because the owners of properly
upon which these trees stand nave
been too lazy to water them. Water
can be had almost for the asking, ard
ii is really astonishing to find the in
difference of tenants and land owners
on this question. The writer knows
from observation and experience that
it Is impossible to depend upon the
tenant 10 turn the water upon n yard.
The average Phoenician would rather
have ne blazing rays of the su re-
Elected from the bare ground around
his house than to raise a head .y.l.e
and watch the water for thirty min
utes Il week and thereby grow grass
and trees.
These are little things to think about
but we are building a city n3W and
with the prospect of good times we
ought to be thinking about plenty Of
trees. flowers and grass. Why could Tot
the town plant ornamental trees along
all the streets where the owners have
not already planted them. and charge
the expense to the property? If we
are ever tC have d beautiful city we
must begin. Not only should our streets
be shaded. but it is high time that we
started some city parks. There ought
a.
distance cut. for public park. The
street car company's celebrated East
lake park is too ridiculous for mo-
ment's consideration. Why can't we
start a park?
Really, was it rot strange that none
of the speakers at the jollification
meeting Thursday night thought OF
mentioning the newspapers in their
generous distribution of praise? For
the first time in the history OF Phoenix
our newspapers were Il unit and none
OF them neglected the Tonic PROPOSE
ton. All of them have devoted much
space and time to the Tonic reservoir.
Great credit is due to al the news
papers for their efforts to further the
interests of the Water Users' Associa =
ton. Personal differences have been
suppressed, personal ambitions have
been smothered men personally object
ionable TO the several papers in vari-
| Gus ways have been advanced by these
papers in the int, est Of harmony and
! the common good. I. for one, feel like
| giving three cheers and a tiger for the
newspapers of Phoenix for their mag
nifiCent fight to secure the Tonic res
| ervoir.
! The Kicker realizes that this effort
| has no merit from the standpoint of
! graceful writing ara good composition.
/ 1t is not an effort calculated to amuse.
! it is simply a starter in the direction
! of calling attention to some public ne
oesstes which can be easily obtained
/ without the expenditure of any more
| public money thar we are now spend
! ing. The busy man or woman seldom
/ thinks of these general matters unless
, they are directly called to mind. There
| are a rumber of things that can be
! discussed in these columns. and I hope
! that this feature of the Republican
may arouse some effort on the part
of our citizens in the direction of bet
! ter municipal conditions.
! THE KICkER