, 1924-04-09
Cody---the City Beautiful
(By Mrs. E. w. Oskins)

TIC pldceS should all be beautiful.
The city management owe that much
to h people who elect them. Take
for instance a tidy and neat home
owner. He may have a beautiful
lawn, beautiful flowers and plants,
and a cosy and well painted house,
but If the man next door to him
lets the grass grow, permits the
dandelions and other weeds to flour
ish and multiply and never gives
his house a needed coat of paint.
the house mex door is in the same
position. People may look at the
rose but they always see the thorns.
and so it is with a well kept lawn
set between W shabby ones.
The regulation of city beautifyine
should be cared for and sponsored
by some person or a few individuals
appointed by the city for the task.
Unhappily, no such condition exists
in a majority of communities and it
then devolves upon some one or
more citizens to assume voluntarily
the responsibility and task of in
fluencing the city heads and towns
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beauty. To make a city beautiful
every yard should be plotted out
with lawns, flowers and plant beds.
The citizens should be appealed to
and the newspapers are a
lent medium to use. Newspapers
stand for city progress and city
beauty and it would probably not
be a difficult matter to interest the
editor in this objective.
Many ways and plans could be
suggested for identifying a city.
At Fredonia, Kansas, last year a
city beautiful movement was started
by the Florists Association. The
visitors were treated to a lemon
stration of what progress could be
made along line. In this city, can
mas were used for this
They were placed in tubs around
the city square. The merchants
placed them in front of their stores.
They soon appreciated the effect
that the plants made upon the bust
ness district, and soon a spirit was
forthcoming for decorating the park
ings at the sides of corner build
fngs. The court house lawn was
measured off and beds of cannas and
saliva planted. Gasoline stations
were also quick to take up the idea,
and they too were beautified by
plants. The school yards and fair
grounds were planted to great beds
Of cannas. Cannas serve admirab-
ly for such a purpose, and withstand
all weather conditions, and unlike
h bloom to make them
really attractive. However, there
are a number of other flowers that
can be used for this same purpose.
Since Cody Way is the most scenic
entrance to the Yellowstone Park,
why not make this town also the
most attractive town along the hi
ways. The fact that we have at
our door a statue that ranks with
the five greatest equestrian statues
of the world, should make every en-
citizen of Cody do his
part in making Buffalo Bills town
one of beauty and one that will
linger in the memory of all who
see it. hink of the disappoint-
ment to the tourist who has had our
advertised town in mind and
expects to find a place which will
do credit to the great scout whose
name it bears, to find a town of
sordid appearance.
Strangers + quick to notice the
little neglected orne we perhaps
grown accustomed to. We
ever keep in mind that we
are living in a tourist town and
that there is no better advertising
for our town and business than a
good impression made upon the
minds of the tourists from far and
Such little things as neglect
back yards, fences partly down,
lots growing full of weeds,
a de~lapidated old building, cannot
help but make an impression upon
mind of the tourist. Cody,
situated al it is among these beauti-
full mountains, a be made a town
of distinction if every one will get
the spirit of the great nation
wide movement, and plant trees and
flowers, and each try to make his
home the most beautiful home,
he can, then be proud of Buffalo
Bills town.
Ugly orne may be made attrac-
tive by the use of shrubs and rose
Vacant lots can be plant
ed to vegetables, grass or flowers.
Lattice fences can be made good
use of by n who is publicly To-
Gated. One of these fences in the
back yard will serve as a screen
between you and the public. Such
q screen if well nlaced and desipped