Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-04
OMAHA GARDENS TO
BEAUTIFY THE CITY
Civic League Begins Its Active
Spring Campaign for Improv-
ing Home Plots.
PLANS FOR ITS SUMMER WORK


city on broader lines and onlisting the
hearty. sympathetic cooperation OF every
man, woman and child in its earnest ef-
fort to make the city a cleaner, more
beautiful one to live in. We have the
materials the climate, the opportunities
and the people to do 1t, as II is being done
" other places. splendidly, enthusiast
tically. and certainly we must not fall In
rank-behind other cities Of our class.
Spring is the season OF energy. II
brings new STRINGS, and everyone. in
spite OF himself and his cares, gets cheer
full and grows optimistic,
The simplest garden may reveal love
Illness the most deliberately designed one
may never know. There s no age limit,
and no fee required to enter in the con
test now opened, and Il is. hoped that
among the entrants there win be many
hundreds Of children, for the home gar
den movement ties the interest of the
little ones TO their own homes and gar
dens and such property as may be avail
able 10 them.
Committees In Charge.
The committees OF the Civic league that
will have charge of the gardening in
Omaha during the coming season are;
Garden Contest Committee-R. e. Pc
ters, chairman Mrs. LowPie Childs, Mrs,
Mrs. Gurdon ". Wsttles, Mrs. Albert W. ".
JeffeTis, Mrs Milton r. Barlow, Mrs Ar
thur Z. Smith, Mrs, Luther KountSe, \,
Bod En0 Pro. W ii k Sps E s s%ser
G. c. Chase. c. W. Hamilton, f, A, Bro
gan, Edgar II. Scott, Robert Cowell, Roy
FOWL. secretary.
Advisory Committee-T, r. KimbaiI.
chairman; Mrs. George A, Josyn, MRS,
Mrs. Albert W. Jefferls. r, c. Peters,
Southeast Visiting Committeo-Mrs, Vic
tor Caldwell chairman; Mrs, Charles
oifutt. Mrs, Theodore 4, Rnsw,Alt, Mrs.
Mss s5 Gretchen Mcco Com Dr. RaroIS Gif
ford Victor b. Caldwell Clement Chase.
Northeast Visiting Committee Mrs.
George b. Prinz, chairman. Mrs., Charles
N. Dietz. Mrs. y. T., Lindsey, Miss Gladys
Peters Miss Elizabeth Pickens. Gurdop
W. Wattles, c. w. Hamilton, Herbert
Rogers.
#. Crofoot, chelfmani Mrs. John Betd-
win, Mrs. Joseph Barker, Miss Daphne
Peters, Miss Catherine Thummel Charles
T. Kountze. Mrs. Edward Nash, Edgar
H. Scott, Osgood I. Eastman.
Northwest Visiting Committee--Mrs. +.
7. Kirkendel. chairman; Mrs. A. L.
5. Blackwell. Miss Harriet II. Smith, Miss
Helen scohie, c, M. Wflhslm. Iosoph
Baldrige. Henry Wymau.
Division Into Dihtricts.
Districts-The city is divided into four
districts by Farnam and Twenty-fourth
streets. The southeast district lies south
of Farnam and east, of Twenty-fourth,
the northeast district lies north of Far
nam and east of Twenty-fourth the
southwest district lies south of Fernam
and west of Twenty-fourth THE north
west district lies north of Farnam and
west of Twenty-fourth. and all are within
the city limits. 81 54
Prizes-In each of the four district
there will be awarded three cash prizes
for the greatest Improvement in any
lot or group OF lots, made during the
Season Of 1915 The first prize will be
49, the second $40 and the third IS.
Entries-Application blanks may be
, filled out and mailed to Roy Towl, 1122
City National bank building, Omaha, on
or before May Is, 1916. judgment viii
be made in September and the prizes
awarded shortly thereafter.
Rules of Competition.
First-The object OF the competition is
Improvement. Improvement to the lot
or lots Of the competitors, with consider
alton for adjoining property and the city
generally.
Sscond-The competition is open to all,
without ago limit or entrance fee.
Third-The importance of the work 20
Be done is valued as follows:
= General cleanup OF premises and sur
rOundings with Improvement to buildings,
General plan OF gardening, design,
group planting, avoiding geometric forms
leaving open spaces, consideration for
general effect and influence on neighbor-
Areas and condition of lawns.
Trees for shade, general effect and hid
ing unstghtly objects and outiooSs.
Shrubs. vines and perennials
Temporary Improvement. ANIMALS. etc.
Vegetables. quality and quantity, with
out detSlrnsnt; to appearance Of lot; s.,,nr
all the help he or she can get 4
ANY number may club together to i'm
prove any lot or group of lots.
story of the Prize winner.
Last years puzs for first place was
awarded 10 G. w. Preston of 1912 Marcy
street Perhaps the most important les
son to be derived from Mr.. Preston's ex-.
perience is the knowledge of what can
be done In the face of seemingly insur-
mountable difficulties. II a beautiful
garden picture can be produced in n
single season from a bare clay bank.
what can't be accomplished on the aver
age Omaha lot where the natural soil
is almost the best to be had anywhere.
One thing Mr.. Preston failed to enumerate
among the tools with which he worked.
is brains. The work that makes q garden
possible must be intelligent and must
come from a desire that is borne only to
those who love nature. Mr.. Peston tells
how he made his garden possible IN the
following:
Having lived in nv home for year
before + bought it, was quite well &C
quainted with the work 20 be done 20
make the grounds surrounding the house
presentable.
MY lot Is 5sx1s7 feet facing south and
on account OF IT'S extreme length four
lots facing west back up on 1t. Then my
neighbors 20 the east do not happen 10
have their yards enclo. vi so during my
years occupancy as tenant l noted
nearly all Of the grocery boys.N laundry
men, peddlars, mikmen. tramps. etc,
canvasslng OF delivering to these houses
10 the east and west Of me made a run
way across the rear Of my lot
Plans Well Thought Out.
Lang bAfore NV rveara lease WAS Nm