The San Francisco call., 1903-12-15
LIFE IN THE OPEN.

the exposition of California climate made by Pres-
| dent Chapman of the State Board OF Trade appear
/ facts which we have constantly insisted should be
kept foremost in the interest of the State 10 our c
mate there serious drawback which lies III
the lure of it to the sufferers by consumption the white
terror" of the world Now, however ample experiment
has shown that the best locality for consumptves
the desert where outdoor life and the promise
means of relief and cure.
The deserts in Southern California being increas
ingly utilized for this purpose and the balmy climate of
the rest OF the State becoming less the OF dan
ger President Chapman exploits the health and blessing
of that life in the open which of the charms OF
istence in California 1t is prime of avoiding
pulmonary and other diseases OF the respiratory system
and of gaining ruggedness and vigor OF constitution
which fortify against all of the ills of the flesh
But bodily health the only advantage gained by
living in California Nor all the benefits exhibited
in the demonstration of the relation of climate
vast and varied production which is scale unknown
to any other the world The satisfactions
of life inherent in our climate also the esthetc
1t possible here adorn the landscape and garnish
cities with flora that exists nowhere else the conti
such variety and beauty California should take
advantage OF this for is the outward and visible sign
of peculiarly clement and hosptabe climate.
This very question up in neghboring cities
OF Oakland and Berkeley in the matter of lining their
aQd highways with During the discussion
of this subject parties have appeared, alive to
climatic advantages and the other under the spell of
sentiment and memory What may be called the eli
matte party desires to improve the advantages OF our
sem-ropicaI and equable climate by lining the streets
with palms, which bat little shade, do litter the
street and walk by shedding leaves do the deciduous
and which being root do not invade the
up the sidewalks. Besides these distinct
advantages tile palms. being associated in the mind with
the tropics, give permanent tropical aspect city,
which IS very auring to the people of the East.
Ohahi, he hear
aspect than Sacramento because any attention has
been given to systematic tree planting the streets but
because holders everywhere the different
ties of palms, and nearly every home has also planted
around orange and lemon which either snowy
with fragrant bloom beautiful with loads of the yell
low fruit Orange trees with the ripe fruit, sharing
lawn with date and fan palms join present the most
enchanting picture the Eastern eye and Sacramento
should of the show places of the State and will be
when attention paid to streets and the making
of public parks with ample drveways and bride paths
lined with tropical fora. Oakland has the oppor-
tunity should improve The fan and canary palms
grow there great form and give of luxury and
beauty that is impaired by other trees
The other party the bay to represent
memory and sentiment and contends for deciduous and
lateral rooted trees It's favorite be the elm.
Now the elm thirsty 1t goes far with its
water and when it finds moisture the
exutng in the supply send up suckers to make new
trees creating an unsghtly thicke Other deciduous
have the bad habits but if they not
drouthy as Tam O'Shanter deciduous should be
sparngly used in Our cities. Eastern people here
in the winter months They leave landscape that is
brown and forbddng and which the have shed
their and stand naked in the wintry blast If they
come to a California city and find the lined with
the lifeess looking trees, bare of foliage and
interesting as cothespns lose in them proper i'm
preston that could be made by writing climate upon
our very streets in the glad language of the palm
Visitors to Southern California cities more
sumptuous sight than the and long lined
with palms If the sky be chill matter, the palms
speak of sunshine of eternal summer OF life in the open
If lot owner in Oakland wish customer for his realty
let him plant it with palms That is the He would
it in maple, sycamore, ems the evergreen
acacia which is hardly interesting and is thirsty
as topper Every FIVE dollars spent in palms will add
fifty dollars the value of the property This being
the community value of the streets is capable of being
enhanced by the Oakland is just now
quckened with ambition She wants the great gifts OF
the future Let her stretch forth her palms suppca-
! tion for the good time coming.
In TO that he