nature. There were others that have been felled 
by progressive men and hauled to the mill and 
the idle andirons. 
How much of life’s rapture is your right, 
In earth’s joy what may your position be, 
Rocked by breezes, touched by tender light, 
Fed by dews and sung to by the breeze? 
Something of delight and of content 
Must be yours however vaguely known, 
And your grace is mutely eloquent 
And your beauty makes the Ridge a throne. 
More sad the thought, these remaining will 
fall before the devastations of nature’s open 
fields, unless a protest or a plea be raised in 
their behalf. Here is an opportunity for the 
citizens of Pine Hills. Why not secure Oak 
Ridge and the adjoining plots of ground, front 
and rear, for a district park, a pleasure ground, 
where for a brief time at least, the ever-present, 
every-day business thought of ‘“ Wherewithal 
shall I be clothed and fed” shall be banished. 
Citizens of other districts in the city are making 
strenuous efforts to secure the privilege and place 
for district parks. Pine Hills has the oppor- 
tunity at its door; such an opportunity as other 
districts may seek and not find. Why not se- 
cure it while it is not too late and in so doing 
not only add an attraction to our already attract- 
ive district of homes, but leave for the genera- 
tions to follow a chance for grateful remem- 
brance of their forbears. 
Oak Ridge just west of Pine avenue and the 
junction of Myrtle was named for the marked 
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