The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-13
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District No. 3.-Southwestern
Portion of City.

\ District No. 3.-Southwestern =
y Portion of City. y
\ Front Yards
y First prize-R H Cottrell 759 \
y South First West street SIS. \
= Second prize-G. NJ. Gillett, $50 JEFF =
4 ferson street, s..
+ Third prize-Mrs Mary Olson, 443 =
y South Second West street, 50. =
= Fourth prize-John Hartman, 624 \
= South Eighth West street, $3.50. \
4 Back Yards
First prize-R Moore. sss West Sec !
4 ond South street, $40
4 Second prize-W. H. Young. IA =
\ South First West street. s.. y
Third prize-Mrs: J. Bidwell, S4S :
y jefferson street. s..
Fourth prize-Eugene C. Miller, sl4 4
4 South First West street, $3.50.
y Flower Plot
y Fifth South street, clock. \
y Judges-John ID. Spencer, Isaac =
\ Russell. o. H. Hewlett. 4
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has inspired all the neighborhood to
emulation.
OF all the beautiful Sack yards OBJ
served by the committee. few could
equal that of Mrs. ]. H. Woodmansee
at $50 p street. The little space of
three by four rods is laid out in ex
quisite taste. and shows the results of
many years work. For sixteen years
1t has been a beauty spot in the neigh
borhood, and has grown more beautiful
as time matured the fine roses and
shrubs which adorn it. The place is
cared for by Mr.. Woodmansee. who
makes of its care recreation from the
confinement of his office.
The second prize in the beautiful
back yards went to Mrs. lie Grande
Robbins of 523 Eighth avenue, and here
again the garden is the work of the
pioneer family of the neighborhood. The
PLOT of ground Is about 21ax3 rods and
il is devoted almost entirely to an I'M
broken lawn, giving beautiful ex-
panse. Around the edge are well-se-
lected flowers for cutting and grape
vines. combining use and beauty. cover
the back fences ond the barn. which is
as much a beauty spot as any house.
The Robbins family has lived on the
place for ten years, but the lawn Is the
growth of only one year, as the yard
was used prior to that time as garden
patch.
/ The third prize in back yards went to
Mr.. and Mrs. J. z. Anderson at 173 T
street. although Mr.. Anderson claims
that most of the beauty of the place is
due to Mrs. Anderson. Il have always
loved flowers said Mrs. Anderson.
land long before there were any yard
/ contests / tried to beautify my yard.
But there Is no doubt the contests year
by year have made people pay more at
tention to the condition of their yards.
and when they see neighbors taking
| pains with flowers and keeping their
places neat they make a similar effort y
Mrs. Mary NJ. May, whose home at
273 Tenth avenue Is one of the new
places, has shown particularly good
| judgment in her selection of flowers
! for the first showing. Mrs. May is a
lover of flowers, and her plot of 3xa
rods has a variety Of sweet peas. asters
and nasturtiums. while numbers OF
rose bushes too young to be bearing
have been set out. The growth is en-
tirely OF this year. and the results ac-
length of time. A barren lot has beer
converted into a bower of flowers and
shrubbery. The yard is one of a very
| few 10 win a prize after one year OF
| cultivation.
| The Sugden home at III c street was
given a special prize for the beauty OF
its little flower plot. The tiny back
yard has been plated off and contains
we'll filled star. a crescent. two dia-
nond-shaped beds and two round beds
Here all varieties of old-fashioned gar
den flowers run rfot, ana around the
fences enclosing the place gay-coloret
hollyhocks stand sentinels.
| District No. z.
The competition for both the from
and back yard prizes of The HeralC
yard contest was exceptionally keen II
the southeastern section of the city
The number of contestants was larg,
and some splendid exhibits were pro
duced. Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Thomp
son of 1855 East Ninth South street wor
the front yard prize for the third time
In succession. John z. Emms. 1909 LAX,
street. was the successful contender To-
the back yard prize. 1t Is remarka bl,
that both Mr.. Thompson and Mr.
Emms keep poultry and horses. but tn,
yards Of both are kept in such orderl.
condition that they were able to secur,
the prizes in spite of being Handicapped
by the disadvantage OF keeping live