The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-02

note with the keenest pleasure the
fact that our Commercial club has
recognized the fact that the greatest
works in the interest of civic improve.
ment can and should he effected
through the efforts of our little ones.
In nearly every large city in the conn
Try the children are organized and in
the performance of the several lines
OF work which they have undertaken.
ara m everv instance greatly exceed.
ing the fondest hopes of the organizers.
.-asl year the Civic Improvement
league of st. Louis undertook the
greatest, most far reaching work vet
put into effect by any city which is
enlsting the aid of its children. The
Tree planting committee of their league
on March of last year sat aside $500.
to be used for premiums and issued
pamphlet setting forth to the child
rem the great necessity of tree plant
ing IN all cities. The following rea-
sons were given.
l.. They increase the value of sur
rounding property.
2. They protect the pavement from
the heat of the sun.
3. They add both beauty and COM
fort to the streets.
4. They cool the air in summer and
radiate heat in winter.
8. They purify the air, the leaves
inhaling carbonic acid gas and exhal-
ing oxygen.
6. They aid in counteracting the
unnatural conditions of city life.
Suggestions as to the best varieties
OF trees to plant, time of planting etc.
were also given and the residents of
each street were urged to get together
and agree upon the kind of tree to be
used on that particular street. the com
mittee claiming that the beauty of
tree avenue depends upon the uniform
size and specie of the trees used. The
children were supplied with blank con-
tracts and their work consisted of in
duclng property owners to sign a con-
tract for as many trees as possible.
Inc nfty prizes to be given those turn
ing IN contracts for the largest num-
per OF trees were to be awarded on Fri
ga" CT this week, the first day of June.
work along many lines, all leading
10 tne petterment and greater beauty
ana nealthfulness of our cities and
towns should be accomplished through
~ INC SAAlultu. Every child
should be provided with healthful.
invigorating outdoor work for recrea-
ton after his hours of confinement and
study are over during the school year
and during the summer vacation. The
more work of this kind the child is
encouraged to do the more healthful
and beautiful does he grow in mind,
body and soul. l want to assure Won
that the old saying that Beauty is
only skin deep, is deeply false: beauty
IS as deep as the rosy flesh. the blood
and the very bones. Don't you remem-
Der that when the emaciated Trilby
lay dying one of her friends said,
Even in this state is she beautiful,
her bones were so good" 1t is even
SO with the beauty advocated by i'm
provement societies. 1t is founded on
the soundest economic principles and
laws 1t is the frame work on which
is founded the science of government
and the only way municipal civics may
be made to yield all their beauties, is
through the cooperative work of our
children. Let all parents encourage
their children in the good work, to the
END that not only the cities and
villages of the future may be more