Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 200, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1918 — Home Town Helps [ARTICLE]

Home Town Helps

APPEAL FOR STREET TREES Loe Angeles Newspaper Recognizes Their Value In Residential Streets of the Community. Los Angeles is more in need of street trees than ever before, declares the Times of that city. We have lately annexed territory far more in need of shade trees than any other part of the city.” There are miles of bare streets now, and as subdivision comes, which will be soon, there must be planted thousands of shade trees. This work should be done only under municipal control and the only debatable qpestion is how. In a city so large, having a magnificent park area, the park commission has all it may easily do in the proper development and maintenance of the parks. And it must not be supposed that, the two lines are identical in their demands, in either theory or practice, or In necessary technical knowledge. These local problems, if controlled by the same commission, would cause a division of interest, whereas the opposite, should If one body controls the two, which shall be the tall and which the dog? Today a majority of the commission may favor upbuilding our parks, and little realize or recognize the necessity or desirability for street trees. In two years changes in the personnel might put the shoe on the other foot.