The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-11-11
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and. second. whore they can cnioy
life because Of the beauty OF The city
and lis surrounding county. Alba
querque has many industries which
have employed many people who have
come here as heaith-seekers: but this
city Toes not 1urpasn some OF the
towns in the state In The beauty Of ifs
surrounding. In fact. we must adj
init that the country surrounding RAJ
ton, Las Vegas. Santa Fe and Roswell
Is more beautiful t1a1 hat surround
ing Albuquerque. We cannot change
nature for any grca. distance about
the city. but we can MAKO the c.t.
more beautiful thus making up IN
immediate SURROUNDINGS for WIN, we
lack ir distant surroundings.
/ believe the civ mas power. az q
matter of poliee regulation. To gou-
pei the owners of vacant lots 90 keen
them free from wcede DRY weeds
are a fire nj to the entire cts 100
the city should not Dee compelled to- do
This by law or Dy force: the spirit of
the town should demand 10. and the
property wners should desire Go
make vacant lots more attractive or
perhaps ! should ssy, less objection
able. As far as J can see there ha4
been little systematic work done rel
ative TO planting. Some citizens
have adopted the policy Of Furnish
ing good shade trees free to an who
will pledge themselves To plant AMI
care FOR the same. In q treelcss
country, such as surrounds Albuuucr-
que, trees In tho city are "a great att
traction ana comfort. not only TO tho
residents but 90 the casual visitor
We have here large. vacant townsitcs
IN which lots are being offered for
sale, but the owners thereof have done
very little To- make the townsl.es at
tractiye. II. n few years ago. "a small
amount of money had been spent iu
tree planting ami an additional
amount expended each year ln caring
Tor the trees. these place. would be
attractive, ana would De- worth muca
more In excess or the present price
than the investment for t-ree-rlanting
and culture would amount "a. II Is
not too late 20 beou.ify the city ny
this means. and d would hc well for
ms To start with this work the coming
spring
There are beautiful c.t!e2 ln the
United states which have not even tho
natural advantages possessed Dog Al
buquerque. Pasadena. California. BE-
one. This city, which was laii cut on
"a nat tract of desert land some twenty
Ave or thirty wears ago. g. now slid
60 be 70 city of ~milllo1aircs. an of
whom were at'acted Co 20 by lts beauty
and nothing else or course. pusa
dena has % fine climate. but there are
millions ana millions of acres in Cal-
ifornia with an equally good climate
upon which no cities have been built.
Real beauty costs very little.
Iglincss 10 vcry expensive. We
ought 20 have 20 general campaign for
the oeau.ifyiug of Albuquerque. THIS
IS one of the best investments that
We can make As I have s8iI we ran
never lose ON this sort OF ul invest.
meut. because. Dr. the price of prop
er'y b. not c1hunced by ltF being
heautiied. ,hr pleasure that each Iu-
diVidual VIII derive from these of
forts VIII more than compensate as
FOR an we spend.
The Commercial club of The city has
"a great work before it believe we
nre now entering upon al era of pros
ner'ts Mat is real suhstfut.al. and
'hnt VIII extend over mane years to
come.