Imperial Valley press., 1908-08-15
FL CENTRO WILL HAVE WHEN TEN THOUSAND CLUBS PLAN
 IS CONSUMMATED.
PUBLIC SERVICE ASSUMED
Property Owners Asked to Leave Planting and Care of Trees for Two Years to the Club and to Pay Their Share of the Cost of the Work.

The tree-planting committe of the Ten housand Club has sent to every owner of lot in the City of Fl Cen tro the following circular letter:
 Trees are an unquestioned necessity in the Imperial Valley. The comfort of our people depends on the wise dis tribution of shade. In equal degree the beauty and attractiveness of our city as a desirable residence center depends in a great degree on the uni fOrmity and system with which our streets are bordered with shade trees.
 Tree planting and care of trees along our streets are clearly public duty. The nature OI the work, togeth- CT with the conditions of property ownership in our new city makes it highly ineXpedient to leave these tasks to private initiative. Different choices of trees by different owners of adjoining property no choice at all by nonresident owners; lack of uni f0rmity in caring for trees once plant ed, and the necessity of replanting and nuturing the young stock all unite to make private effort fore doomed to failure
 On the other hand the city govern ment has too numerous and too heavy demands on the public treasury to be justified to take over this work as a public charge.
 The Centro Ten Thousand Club, as it's name indicates, is organized by practically all the public spirited cit izens of the city, to make Ell CentrO worthy a population of ten thousand people, as soon as that number can be induced to locate here. The club has taken up the matter of syStema- tic and uniform tree planting, among other things general public interest. A committee has been appointed con- sisting of Geo. A. Carter, President of the Valley State Bank; H. c. Gris- wold real estate dealer; Irving Ja- quay experienced HorticulturiSt, and w. o. Hamilton, of the Valley Hard ware and Implement Go.
 After investigation and study of local conditions, this committee, i'll be- half of the Ten Thousand Club, makes the following offer to owners of res idence lots in the city of Ell CentrO.
 The Committee will furnish desir able shade trees, suited to our clim- ate, plant them, furnish water for irri- gation and care for the trees during a period of two years at total cost of eight dollars on each inside lot and twelve dollars for each corner lot The committe agrees to keep growing trees in each designated place, replacing such trees as may die during the two year period.
 If you approve this plan, please send at once eight dollars for each in side residence lot owned by you in El Centro and twelve dollars for each corner lot, to Geo. A. Carter. Fl Gen. tro. who is treasurer of the Club and Chairman of this important commit tee. About two thousand trees must be engaged now for fall planting and the work begun as soon as the money Is available.
 The consent of all will be neces- sary to accomplish the work in a sys- tematic and satisfactory way.
 The cost to you Is a very moderate one in view of the assured results, and We confidentially counC on your hearty and prompt cooperation in this effort to beautify and adorn our city and add materilly to the value of all our property, and minister to the com fort and pleasure of both residents and visitors to the real Central City of the Imperial Valley.