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THIS IS liLEANUPDAY IN JOPLINEVERY CITIZEN IS SUPPOSED TOCLEAN UP HIS PREMISES SODIRT CAN BE HAULED AWAY.This morning several hundredschool children, and as many adults, will begin the work of cleaning lawns, backy# ds and alleys. All citizens areiifurged to clean their premises and pile the debris in the alley where it uan be gathered up Monday morning bv the city wagons.Clearing skies and a cool north wind yesterday evening presaged a lino duy for the initial cleaning operations today. The warm sunshine yesterday dried up the mud in the alleys and the wet yurds so that it , j will be possible to rake up the trash11 and debris.William Ash, street commissioner, wants fifty teams and as many men to report eurlv Monday morning. The f | teams will be kept at work all day and if the alleys are not all cleaned Monday they will continue on the job until all the trash piles have been 11 hauled from the city. It is the intention of the committee of ladies from the Century club to insist on a thorough job of cleaning this year. Some good work was done last year in spite of a had rain storm, but the ladles declare that twice as much must be accomplished this year.1 j Property owners should bear in * j mind that tin cans, manure, ashes must he placed In separate piles. Manure and largo limbs from trees will not be removed by the city. The trash must be piled In the allev where it can he loaded into the wagons. Remember that the wagons start out early Monday morning and do your , , raking of trash today.1 I To “Prod” Those Who Fail.When Commissioner Ash reports“ I all heaps of trash have been removed, j | (he committee of ladies from the Century club, who are pushing the plans for “clean un” day, will make a close inspection of the city and those persons who have neglected to co-operate will be asked to do so, and if they persist in keeping dirty and unsanitary premises, steps will be taken and the necessary pressure will he applied to make them comnly in tidying up and removing unsightly and unsanitary accumulations of dirt and debris.When satisfied that Joplin is really cleaned up, the /ommittee intends to work unceasingly to educate the citizens to keep their premises clean and prevent any great accumulation of trash during t’ i summer season.In addition to that the ladies, aided by the city health deoartment,intend to wage an unending war against the weeds during the summer months. The city ordinance covering the matter will be enforced, declare the ladles Begin the work of cleaning up Jon-Hn this morning by raking up the trash from the lawns, back yards and f alleys; pile the trash in the alleyI and see to it that the accumulationis hauled away. Premises thus cleaned will look one hundred ner cent better to say nothing about the Improved sanitarv condition.' Remember, clean premises tend to cut down the fiv population. Begin swatting Mr. Fly today by a general out-door1etVi.tefsIIatn« fnnrnhf3.edekmpit-ie
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Joplin Morning Tribune
Joplin, Missouri, US
Sat, Apr 05, 1913
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