Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-10-27

the special province Of municipal
leagues and their work in this line
has been exceedingly successful in
many cities and towns With their
auxilliaries, the womens clubs, they
have given many towns clean, well
kept streets. lined with shade trees,
handsome parks, pride in having
hcnes made CHEEKY and attractive by
lawns, flowers and perfect sanitary
conditions. The real prosperity Of
many towns had its beginning with
the better local conditions brought
about through the efforts of the local
municipal league and the womans
club.
Grants Pass now has both a munich
pal league and a woman's club, and
this city affords most excellent field
of labor for these organizations along
civic Improvement lines. OF things
that could be easily accomplished,
and which would do very much to
give strangers high opinion OF the
city, and to make it more homelike,
more pleasant and attractive, and
more prosperous the following are
some of the more important:
Secure a park block in the residence
section easy of access, yet so far from
the main part of the city as not to be
rendezvous for loafers, where
mothers, children and elderly people
could go and have an outing and en-
joy the fresh air, the trees, the flowers
and the birds.
Get park established on the sum.
NIT of one of the hills near town
with IA driveway leading to it, where
people could go for a stroll or a drive
and when at the park enjoy the mag
nificent view that can be bad of the
Rogue River Valley, and of the hills
In the foreground and tie mountains
in the background This summit
park could be made one of the chief
attractions of Grants Pass to
strangers.
Arrange with the Southern Pacific
for the improvement of that section
Of the depot grounds between Sixth
and Seventh streets and the main
track and + street, and make it into a
botanical garden where travellers on
the trains and visitors to the city
could see growing every tree and shrub
indigenous to Southern Oregon, as
we'll as all trees and ornam Etal
bushes that could be grown in this
climate. This park could be made
one of the best advertisements to be
had for Grants Pass.
Back up the county court and the
school board in the work they have
begrn of making the court house
square and the grounds about the
three city school buildings beauty
spots instead Of the eyesores they have
heretofore been. Public grounds, as
also public buildings, are unfailing
criterions to judge of the progressive
ness of community.
| The Grants Pass cemeteries are not
in the presentable shape that they
should be, for the brush and weeds
with which they are overgrown are
in strik ing contrast to the greer
grass. the flowers and the trees, that
adorn many cemeteries and give tt
them an air of peaceful rest for th,
d lad and Of awakening in the livinl
the finer feelings that go to make man
kind better. The moral tone of 1
community Is reheuted by the GENE
teries for if there is no thought of til,
dead there is little thought for thu
living
Get shade trees planted along al
the residence steets and have then
trimmed to a height of eight or i
feet so their branches would not tea
umbrellas and knock off hats, as /
now the exasperatiDg experience .
pedestrians with many shade tree
about town, and also to allow th
street lights TO better light up tn
sidewalks. And also have all hede
trimmed so the twgis will not switc
the eyes and during the rainy season
wet the clothes of persons travelin
the sidewalks, for there is muc
proyooation for justifiable proianit
from this cause in Grants Pass. Wer
all the streets lined with shade tree
the beauty Of the city would be s
much improved and the cool shad
would bring comfort to many pei
spring person on a hot summer day
Have all gates swing some otht