The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-17

boxes and color and give a honey
look. The practice Of adjoining dwell
ing places becomes contagious and
spreads from house to house; one
we'll kept lawn is followed by an.
other and still another until whole
squares may present an unbroken
view Of beauty.
The Street a Hallway.
Until recently q street was consid-
cred a thoroughfare but a closer oh
servation makes 1t clear that a street
is a hallway which connects the
school. the church and the office with
the home: in this way. we find the
street is part of the home and like
the yards and lawns must be well
Kept. A noted civic worker of New
England said: Experience teaches
that for clean streets, we must organ
energize. supervise and philosophical"
Street Cleaning Department.
A street cleaning department is adj
vocated with a reliable person at its
mead. Grading. paving, curbing and
b~oulevarding are important and help
ways of business but Of
beauty. A novel plan of boulevard
ing has been adopted in some cities
whereby the property owner turns
over to the city an amount of ground
bordering the sidewalk and corre-
spending in width with the boulevard
outside of the walk and Of these
b%oulevards. the city takes full charge;
they sow the grass seed. set out trees
and shrubs and so in this way the
residential streets are developed into
entire stretches of parks.
Value of Trees.
1t would be hard to estimate the
value Of trees even beyond their
decorative service and the Arbor day
practice of planting trees by school
children is highly commendable.
Great care should be taken to pre-
serve beautiful trees. In some Euro
pean cities, It is required by law that
every tree that dies or is removed
unless removed to prevent crowding.
must he replaced by another and '',is
would be a fine ordinance for the
cities of this state. especially in the
western part where the scarcity OF
shade trees is so keenly felt. The
best trees are those that put forth
their foliage early and provide shade
and beauty until late fall.
Service of Parks.
There should be public provisions
for happiness in every town; the hu.
manizing services of parks are bound
less. the back to nature call is strong
in every individual and refreshing
parks with their broad swcnrir:
stretches Of green grass. beautiful
StSCos oua'oIILS loullldtUS. W1nld.
ture lakes. walks and d%riveways bring
pleasure into the life of every men,
Der of a community. Then there are
small plots in every town that with
little effort can be turned into gar
den spots refreshing to the eye and
beauty.
Architectural Beauty.
City planners and landscape archi.
tects say That street arrangement CON
trolls not only h appearance but the
life of the community. The grouping
and architecture of public buildings
is deserving of great consideration
and happily. communities are begin
ming to realize this and the general
style of architecture is improving.
To make a little city look citif1ed,
watch the skyline of the business
blocks. keep 1t even II overcome
the temptation to build your buildin-
a foot higher h a Your neighbours.
A block of buildings Of varied heights
gives a crude. haphazard appearance,
miserably lacking in true proportions.
Pipes and Wires.
With freshly painted garbage cans
placed at each corner of the business
streets. there will he no excuse for
loose papers and fruit parines in the
Eutters: water pipes and sewer pipes
should be laid in alleys instead Of in
the streets and. telephone and tele.
graph poles should also be in the
ALLEYS unless the wires are under
ground.
Junior Leagues.
i. The organization of junior civic
leagues or home gardening ~associa-
lions working chiefly through the
school children. transforming home
yards. school grounds. and vacant lots
from barren and d%isorderly spots, in
many cases. into beautiful flower and
vegetable gardens is a splendid plan.