Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-03-02
SALEM
CIVIC
IMPROVE
All Streets, Alleys and
Grounds Should Be
Cleaned Up

A suggestion has been made that a
Salem Civic Improvement association
be formed, the organization to embrace
every resident of the city of Salem,
whose duty it shall be to make cas-.
ual inspection, every morning, of the
condition of his neighbours yard and
to mediate upon the improvements
which could be easily made in it's ap-
pearanee by tearing down few old
fences, sidewalks and the application
of a small amount of fresh paint. Then
/. it shall be the duty of the members,
after having made this morning in
speetion, and having meditated during
spare moments in the day upon the
improvements which could be made. to
90 home in the evening and make
bike inspection of his own yard and
compare the two, noting which of the
two needs improvement the most and
after this has been done, if the con-
aelusion has been reached that the mem.
ber's yard does not need more inn
provement than the neighbours, it
bhall be his duty to ascertain how
much improvement could be made, and
then and there forget the appearance
pf his neighbor's 8 yard and undertake
he task of beautifying the one in
Front, and the back yard should not
be entirely overlooked, of his own
lomicile.
A crying need of some organization,
IS has been suggested, is evident in
his city, the old fences, barns, out
houses and sidewalks, which are to be
een in q walk of two blocks in any
part Of the city, even on Commercial
ftreet, would be a desgrace even to
Ome old New England town which has
leen dead for years and from which
&ll the young and live people have
AOved away, not to mention a city To-
tRted in the best part of the best state
b the Union, the capital of the state
md supposedly up-to-date and alive.
N Now is the time to break up the
Food and coal trust, deal them to death
Slow by burning up one-half of the.
nlbbish which is to be found in the
Areets and yards of beautiful" Sa-
BIN, and at the same time put the
6ty in condition 80 that the resi-
ents may truthfully say "We have
Ae prettiest, best and most enterpris-
kg city in Oregon" Can this be said
bw with any degree of truthi Can
byone eonscientiously ask friend or
acquaintance to make their home in a.
BY where there are more delapidated
fences, buildings, etc, to the block,
hn any other city of the size on the
0Sasts And from another point of
sew, the strangers themselves will
be apt to choose their future home
a city of that kind, more especially
Ter having been dumped OFF the train
the depot, in the mud or dust, and
"a that there is not a paved street
the city. What inducement is be-
offered the homeseeker by our
h, compared with the California
les, who have their streets paved,
ir yards clean and their houses
nteds
Fhe time for the opening of the
lSis and Clark fair win soon be at
bd, but if this matter is taken up
nediately by every individual and
by paper in the state, for the most
fgOn cities are in like condition
Salem, but which is a very poor ex-
p for our uneleanliness, something
~ be done before the country is
rAooded with Fasteners and it may
safely said that $1,000 expended for
ht will increase the property i'm
Fed in value 100000.