The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-11


should be stigmatized by community
as an organized movement with unter-
fior motives and for personal aggran-
fdizment
Are there no longer citizens endow-
led with sense of public spirit? Are
there no longer individuals with lofty
ideals? The ideals of the Individual
steer him on his sea Of destiny.
1.-THE city is made Of individuals, the
human clement which gives character
to the community, and the composite
lof the ideals of those individuals is
THE city's reputation.
THE city sensible is one OF the
means Of expressing the idea that the
city should have ideals. that is to
say high standards for it's material
development, a perfected plan which
it may never reach but up to which
it can be growing all the time. TO
have these ideals means that forces
will be set at work to stem the tide
of i'll spent appropriations, that the
individual ideals will be co-ordinated
with reference to those of the COM
munity, and that the far distant view
of the city will be brought home
through the big ends of the glass.
"'Down through the centuries, in
10 of oil fha
power to which humanity has been
subject, the saving grace of ideals has
ever turned back the Beating waves
Of the worlds temptations
Meacham Reads Report.
Publicity Manager L. e. Meacham
then read the report, of the Olmstead
Brothers made last year, to Mr. Lang
don, and which has been pigeon-holed
in the city clerks office ever since. The
report gave some fine plans for the
Improvement of the streets, parks and
driveways. Mr. Olmstead said that
there should be some law by which no
land owner would be permitted to plot
subdivision until it had been
adopted and approved by commission,
appointed by the council to pass on
such matters. In this way, narrow
crooked streets plotted with little
forethought would be avoided. Mr..
Olmstead also said that Walla Walla's
city plan was one which could be
easily improved and with the erection
Of a city hall near the court house,
covering an entire block, the procuring
of the property on Sixth and Sumach
streets, north OF the gas works for
city park, the building of boulevards
to the places of interest around the
city such as the penitentiary, the fort,
the cemetery, and up Mill creek would
improve the city, beyond expectation.
The report is an excellent plan for
adoption by the people of Walla Wal
Ia The Olmstead brothers being the
highest authority on city improve
ments in the country.
Mr. Edward c. Cheasty then gave an
other talk on the subject OF. parks. Mr..
Cheasty is one of the best authorities,
if not the best ON the Pacific coast,
having had entire charge of the Sc
attic parks and who has travelled over
the whole of Europe and America, Wis
iting the largest cities and their parks.
and is therefore well acquainted with
different ideas of park improvement.
Mr.. Cheasty highly recommended the
appointment of a commission to have
charge of the park movement here,
same to have full power in every way
over the park question. He thinks that
every dollar invested in city parks will
be repaid threefold and his remarks
were we'll received by all present, ev-
eryone realizing the worth of his opin-
ion and the truth of his statements.