Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-04-14
AN INTERESTING MEETING.
Good Attendance of the Citizens
League Meeting and Great
Enthusiasm.

League Meeting and Ureat
Enthusiasm.
The meeting of the Citizens
League which was held in the
City Hall, Tuesday evening, was
quite we'll attended. President
B. w. johnson called the meet
ing to order and John F. Allen,
secretary of the league, read the
minutes of the former meeting.
Great interest in the matter of
advancing the Interests of the
people of Corvallis and Benton
county was manifested and on all
sides there seemed naught but
sincere and Nunselfish desire to ac-
complish something that would
benefit all classes. The matter
of having Benton thoroughly ad-
vertised at the Lewis and Clark
Fair was considered of vital i'm
portance and was discussed quite
freely and many excellent sug-
gestions made. The matter is
IN the hands of competent COM
mittees and in all likelihood they
will be enabled to report some
thing satisfactory at the next
meeting.
When it came to the matter OF
an effort to have the town clean
ed up and made presentable,
various suggestions were made.
A. ]. Johnson, who in the capa-
CITY of bank inspector travels
over a greater part Of the Pacific
Northwest several times each
year, took the floor and told
what he had observed in various
cities, large and small, in the
way of cleaning up. In every
place he has been the cry i:
s'clean up" Every conceivable
means is resorted to in order tt
bring this about. He considered
''cleanliness" the greatest ad
vertisement for any town or city
He said, and truly, too, tina
Nature has been lavish in Cor
wallis. But the people must d.
their part-not few people, bu
everybody. Let each man star
in to shame his neighbor ant
something will result.
Captain George A. Robinson
took the floor and created littl
diversion with a suggestion ol
the proper manner for securing
clean town. He went over tn
ground and briefly outlined
plan of action, after which b
advocated that those people VIII
would not clean up their propert
be given to understand that the
would be sold out and he sugges'
ed that property of this class {
people, if any can be found i
Corvallis. be listed with th
various real estate firms of th
city to be sold out. The captai
is real estate dealer and we b.
lieve he meant all he said. The
is something about his propos
ton that s'takes hold" anywa,
A crusade against things III
cleanly is soon to be waged &
vigorous lines. Acting on su'
gestion of A. ]. johnson to Il
effect that a woman would con
nearer making a man clean ,
his yard than any other pow
could hope to do, DR.. ]. A. Ha
per proposed to enlist the asst
tance of the ladies of the city
this matter. Naturally, VIII
casting about for body col
posed entirely of women, t
Ladies' Coffee Club was mentio
ed and as result the doci
found himself appointed a col
mittee of one to confer with Il
organization and report at t
next regular meeting of t
league. It the ladies will VIC
in harmony with the league, a
beyond a doubt they will, ii
safe to predict that the town "
soon have polish that you c
see your face in.
In the course of the event
President B. w. johnson re
quite a lenghthy paper in VIII
he briefly touched on conditio
good and evil, and propo:
remedies in some instances. I
president is thoroughly in earn