The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-20
WOMEN UNITE
FOR CLEAN CITY
All the Clubs of Salt Lake Have
Joined Hands.
WORK of THE HEALTH BOARD
DIFFICULTY Is FOUND IN FoRC-
ING SEWER CONNECTIONS.
n HE MEMBERS Of the Ladies Lit

TT He MEMBERS Of the Ladies Lit
erary club who have interested
themselves in the clean city move
ment have secured the cooperation Of
all the other wOmens clubs in the city
The women have been active in pre-
senting the matter to the other organ
izatiOns. and without exception all
agreed to do what they could to assist
the perfection of the work and aid in
spreading the spirit Of cleanliness
throughout the city.
The button badges to be worn by
the members of the Clean City club
have arrived and already large num-
Der of them have been sold. The mem
bers Of the literary club have each tax
en- d supply of the badges and it was
reported yesterday afternoon that sew
eral hundred had been disposed Of by
these women alone.
Each of the other clubs taking hold
of the movement has taken quantity
of the buttons and viii sell them TO all
who can be induced to become mem
bers of the club. The badges have a
neat appearance and bear on their
faces the words. "Clean City Club
Badges For Children
They will be distributed among all
the school children who have organ
lied clubs in the various schools, and
the members who desire TO induce par
ents and others to join viii be fur
nished with badges 20 sell. The funds
raised in this manner viii be used to
further the NTH crusade
The women Of the club report that
wide interest is being manifested in
the cleaning up movement, and they
propose to keep agitating it until the
city Is perfectly clean and sanitary
They are abroad with the pledge given
to the school children TO sign. and
every effort is being made to get the
name of every citizen TO the pledge.
The pledge is as follows:
7 hereby become q member Of the
/ Clean City club, by pledging by word
OF honor not to scatter any scraps Of
/ paper, or peeling, or tin cans. or brok-
en- dishes, or old clothing, or any rub
/ bish whatever. upon any street, alley,
/ sidewalk, gutter or vacant lot 1 also
/ agree, if possible, to keep the sidewalk
in front of my house swept, and, fur
] thermore, viii do all within my power
/ to make our city clean
! The majority Of children in every
/ school, it is said, have signed the
pledge and they are making visible eff
forts to live up TO the agreement.
Work of Health Officers.
The work or the part Of the health
authorities is being pushed forward
with all the speed possible and every
/ effort is being made to have the work
entirely completed before the meeting
of the Elks' grand lodge here in Aug
ust The greatest drawback to their
progress. according TO their statements
/ is the lack of crematory to dispose
of the garbage All the scavengers
that can be secured are kept busy all
night removing filth, and it is estimat-
ed that enough filth to make small
mountain, if it were all piled together
has already been hauled away and
buried upon the dumping grounds.
The most difficult sanitary measure
to enforce, according to the report OF
the health authorities, is that ordi-
nance compelling sewer connections IT
places where they can be made. The
property owners, it is stated, freely ad-
NIT the superior advantages of the
sewer system, but plead all kinds OF
excuses to keep from expending the
necessary amount to have the connec-
tions made.