The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-07-13

ALLY WORLD. WENATCHEE,
of improvement; the soil, grim in its
nativity. laughs a harvest at the ask
ing. We are welcoming them to the
results of your efforts in tanning
these natural possibilities in part. to
a state of commercialism OF which
you have right to be proud.
But l want to ask if we, as in
dividuals., have done the best we
could with all that has been placed
at our disposal. In the moulding of
our efforts cOmmercialism has been
| the prime factor, and the beautiful
has been standing. ready to respond,
but as a guest unbidden.
Several of us were conversing,
among whom was a well known
Judge, long since gone to join the
majority. One remarked: Judge,
you have been great success, and
you must feel proud of your life's
work. Yes he responded, it may
be so, but how could it be other
wise? / was born in the beautiful
valley of so and so, and as a youth
received my education at their
schools. you know the place, and how
could any man be a failure who
breathed the air and looked upon
that environment in his boyhood
days.
How about the boys and girls of
Wenatchee? How about the woman
of middle age an dthe man taxed
with the struggles of life, a1d the
aged father and mother who read
Welcome as they entered the gates?
But we are going to have a city
beautiful. and 1t is going to start at
home with each and every one of u.s.
We intend to remove every insight
ly object about our places; keep our
lawns in the most perfect condition;
set out most choice shrubbery; keep
all buildings we'll painted: take good
care of the parkings in front of our
premises If you can get along with
out a Tense. do so. If it is a neces-
sity, make it attractive And if you
are intending to build, consult your
sentimental side long enough to ask
if that which you contemplate build
ing will add to the beauty of the
block in which 1t is to be erected.
Have the block in which you live the
best in the city.
1T adds to the interest to form
clubs in different parts of the city
and get everyone interested. The
initial step in cleaning and beautify-
ing city is to clean and beautify
your own premises. Just as soon as
you start to do these things. the
spirit of comparison will prevail, and
your neighbor will take it up. and
so on. and after a while our city
fathers, and some of you, as alder
men, will make things move in the
right direction
Every school ground in the city
should be put in shape. so that the
play ground is kept clean and a part
of the surroundings in greensward.
A competitive prize offered to the
ward school keeping their grounds
in the most perfect condition is
splendid idea
'No good parent will neglect a
childs mind, and let the purity which
has been nurtured within radiate in
all it's daily efforts an appreciation
for the beautiful, and not that to
make it so is drudgery, but a pleas
ure.
ornamental and shade tree plant
ing deserves the greatest and most
careful attention. Some of the more
rapid growth are desired as tempo
rary, interspersed with the more
hardy varieties and slow growers to
take their places later on. Great
care should be exercised as to the
varieties. Get something which will
appeal to the eye in it's growth, and
as a suggestion, would say that an
ordinance making it compulsory to
set trees in street parking by the
sidewalk when requested by the city
authorities. and prohibiting it's being
done other than by such order, or
granted by request OF owner, would
give uniformity and a most pleasing
effect
IF not already done. there should
be grade established on every
street so that the prospective builder
might have no hesitancy in building,
and when done. feel that he has
wisely builded for all time Every
| municiDal Improvement should be