Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-06-08
PRIZES FOR WELL KEPT YARDS.
Offered to Parties in Emporium Liv-
ing in Rented Houses and Paying
not More Than $40 a nonth.
Two Prizes i'm Each Ward.

Two Prizes in Each Ward.
Emporium is on the eve of a new
period of business prosperity.
This means new residents, more
visitors, more people whose atten-
ton will be challenged to our busy
mountain town. There can be no
doubt that our success will be ma
terially helped, if the borough i'm
presses strangers and visitors with
the trim and well kept appearance
Of its streets and premises. A
visitor in a new place is always
kccnly alive to such Impressions.
DiIapidated walks, weed-grown
streets, Uttered with paper and tin
cans, neglected front yards and
back yards filled with unsightly
and unhealthful accumulations Of
rubbish, all combine to make upan
appearance that is far from inyit-
ing, and causes the visitor to enter
tain an unfavorable opioion of the
spirit of the inhabitants.
Emporium enjoys a most pleas
ant and slightly situation among
the mountains, and she is justly
proud Of her tree lined streets,
b3t we'll kept premises are all too
few in the borough. They are the
exception rather than the rule,
The fault has been due to want
of Il proper pervasive public senti-
ment in the matter. a lack that has
been intensified by the hard times
and a dubious outlook for the fu-
ture. When people have to work
hard to make ends meet, when
property is depreciating in value,
and when tenants are on the move,
there is little spirit and little
means for keeping up the most at
tractive appearances. Happily
these conditions are changing, and
with new life and a hopeful outlook,
we ought to set about at once to
make the appearance Of our
bosough improve as rapidly as our
prosperity lliNl 'oSN'''
Cleanliness is next to gOdliness.
A clean, trim, well kept town,
where everyone feels Il pride in do
ing his own part to make the
whole attractive, has taken an i'm
portant step towards realizing the
things that are pure and lovely
and Of good report.
On Monday evening. d commit
tee, composed OF one representative
each from the Methodist Episcopal,
Roman Catholic, Presbyterian,
Episcopal and Baptist Sunday
schools, met in the Reading Room,
and considered plan for a modest
step in the direction of village i'm
provemcnt. 1t was decided to
offer two prizes in each ward for
the best kept premises. AS the
prize fund is limited, and as it
would be manifestly unfair in
many cases to permit property
owners to compete on equal terms
with tenants, the committee decid
ed to exclude the former from the
contest.
Following are the conditions and
rules governing the contest:
Two prizes to be given in each
ward: First prize, 50; second, So.
Prizes to be awarded for the best
kept premises, including front and
back yards.
The contest to be limited to
parties living in rented houses, and
paying not more than SO a month
rent.
The prizes to be awarded the
first of September. Parties wish
to compete for the prizes are re-
quested to give their names to the
Committee not later than June 20.
Three judges will be appointed
by the Committee for each ward.
The members of the Committee
are Mrs. NJ. NJ. Larrabee, Miss
Coyle, Miss Mary Robinson, Mr..
G. S. Allen and Mr.. Chas. Felt.
Lovers Of base ball should re-
member the AuStin came Saturday