The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-07
TOMAKEAPARK.
J, S. Kerr Of Sherman Gives.
Helpful Talk Before the
Civic League,
"PLANT A TREE" MOTTO.
Will be The WaIUhwOrd Of tho Civic League
In Their Crusade for Park and
Street Improvements,

(From Thursdays Daily Panhandle)
Tho mayor Of my town has a
saying that is truism, 1t is, In
every work, in every enterprise
there is a supreme moment" Ladies
and gentlemen the supreme moment
in tree planting for Amarillo is
now" Mr.. John Kerr, Of sherman
,cinched his talk before the civic
league and a number OF citizens yes
today afternoon at the courthouse by
this statement. He then gave some
Of his reasons for making this tate
ment.
This is the supreme moment for
Amarillo for moro than one reason
but the greatest is from the fact that
we have an unusual tree growing
season in the ground. There isn't
any fixed time for planting trees.
or course you can plant trees at
any time of the year and make them
grow but there are certain times
when they are much more likely to
grow and grow fast than at other
times. And that particular condi-
ton of the trees development does
not come at the same time every
year. 1t Is best to plant the tree
when it is just getting ready to
grow, ready to burst out into life
This year owing to the unusual con-
ditions during the winter sap in the
trees has begun to rise much earlier
than usual. From my observation,
see that these conditions are es-
pecially true in the Panhandle.
Therefore / say that to get the best
results you should begin soon with
the work Of planting trees. With
the season already in the ground
here, the trees will make a fine start
this year"
| Start Now md Start RiUht
The mayor and the Civic league
had called the meeting for the pur-
pose of getting the advice of Mr..
Kerr on the park proposition and to
get bids from him on the trees to be
furnished Mr., Kerr, is manager of
the Texas Nurseries company at
sherman and is not only a thorough
tree man but is an enthusiastic pro-
moter of civic improvement. His
ideas on the planting and arrange,
ment of trees and on the laying out
OF park improvements were of sound
practical value.
Don't plan to put in all the trees
this year, but make start this year
and start right" said Mr.. Kerr. "It
will be all right for you to plant
the straight roms Of trees around the
park, the double row makes a goot
start, but inside the park don't be
gin that mistake, OF course it's
easier to lay out the park in rows
of trees with a square bed of flowers
here or a round one there, but The
effect is not leasing. Your curvlni
walks and drives, your groups O.
trees and the little touches of ar
tistlc though in the arranging o
shrubbery and flowers take effor
but they are worth it,
Parks the Streets"
another matter to which | can
not help calling your attention Il
your fine wide streets. Insist on {
fair division Of them and max,
parks all over these eighty foo
streets. Make a twenty foot side
walk line, Louisville has twenty
four. For sidewalks? No. The.
have the ordinary sidewalk width
such as you are building here, ant
the rest of that twenty-four feet il
the most beautiful greensward l eve
saw. Around the great white elm
trees that stand along the street
there Is clean cut circle of spade'
ground for the trees to breathe II
and the rest clear out to the curb i
that magnificent Kentucky blu
grass.