Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-03-08
THE PEST LAW.
Some Of the Reasons Which Caused
the Appeal to Change Front.

the Appeal to Change Front.
The News of last evening takes the
Appeal to task for changing methods
in regard to the carrying out of the
city of tree scale and pests, not cal
culated to rid the city of her trees.
The Appeal at the outset, regarded
the law as a just one; one that would
be benefit to the community, but it
did not realize the amount of destruc
ton that it has caused. 1t was only
last Saturday that the writer had o.
casion to drive about this city. in
doing so the entire magnitude of will
full destruction was presented. Trees
that were objects of beauty, that TOOK
half a century to grow and that were
the sole property value of the home
stead that they surrounded, were care
fully cut down at the roots, the re-
mains stacked into pile where they
are worth about S. per cord. There is
hardly a block in this entire city that
has not been visited by this wanda
lism by property holders. They have
simply taken the law at it's fullest
meaning and have gone into the bust
ness of demolishing what Carson prid-
ed herself on; her beautiful trees,
the sole object of attraction in this
little valley and village.
To the casual observer who walks
to his home within a block or two of
the main street, the amount of damage
is not shown, but to anyone who has
the time to drive through the city,
the work of the law, together with
the unthinking people, will be an OBJ
iect lesson that will make the home
lover curse the day that the law was
passed and be ready to damn the
man who passed it.
There is no doubt but that Carson
is a beautiful village during the sum-
mer days, but look at the work viii
now reveal an entirely different sto-
ry Homes that were of cosy cast
on account of the dense foliage are
net very inviting at present. Many
of the little homes now stand out as
sheds, in fact Fences that were hi l.
den by the aid Of fathering trees now
sand out in all their ugliness, show
ing the want Of paint or care. The fact
is, that the applying of the bug law
has shown what little town we have
and how many of the homes depend
entirely on the graceful trees to lead
us all to believe that we have been
living in paradise.
1t was after sizing up the entire sit
uation that Appeal believed that the
law is detriment and that many pep
pie have lost their reason in applying
it.
There is no quetion but that the law
as intended, would have been bene-
fit 1t was intended to protect, not
destroy, but it has not been so used.
1t intended to merely trim and help
nature in her way, but instead the law
has given the people latitude that has
gone beyond the bounds and has r.
suited in more damage in the two
months of it's existence than all the
bugs this side of Hades would have
done in lifetime.
There are many things to consider
about the law and enforcing it. In the
first place many people cannot afford
to go into the business as should be
done to preserve the tree or to help
them Many people have to scratch
the year through to pay taxes which
are comparatively low, but when it
comes to throwing an additional cost
of more than the taxes on the people
done in a half score Of cases anc
will continue il the people will stand
for it. People live here as a wory-a-da!
race; the rich are the exceptions and
when a tax such as is proposed is
thrust upon them, there is something
radically wrons. There is only one
way to avoid it; refuse to obey the law
or shut up shop.
To round the entire situation up, l
is simply the case of law that J:
working more destruction than good
1t is removing the sole object OF thi
city's beauty and causing more dis
turbance than it is doing good. Thu
trees have lived through ten years
of the pest and not one has died ans
from the count over 100 of the fines
trees of the city have been cut dow
inside Of a month complying with thu
law. Carson had better struggle aloni
with her bugs than with her bugg.
laws
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The Carson and Colorado compan
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