The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-03-23
Now is the Accepted Time. Today
the Day Of Salvation.
FILTHY CONDITION OF STREETS
Back and Front Yards Filled With
Garbage, Streets Filled With Wood
and Rubbish, Furnish Employment
for the More Enterprisine Citizens.

The time is opportune for spring
housecieaning in Astoria. The peo-
pie OF the city ought to be actuateS by
sufficient pride to at least put the front
and back yards of their residences in a
sanitary condition. A yard filed with
choice roses, flowers and shrubbery 10
more conducive to health and happi-
ness than a yard filed with hoopskirts.
oyster and tomato cans and cast-off
clothing. Some of the yards in As
toria resemble more the hog ranch OF
a farmer, and the odor is about as in
viting. People should realize that
cleanliness is next TO godliness and a
great deal of sickness this spring can
be prevented by placing residence
property in a more sanitary condition.
The streets are ankle deep with mud,
but this win soon be obviated and when
the street improvement department Is
fully organized and equipped better
results will be obtained. There is not
a city in the United States. but that
civic improvement leagues are taking
hold of this work and assisting the
authorities in purifying the existing
conditions In every newspaper are
accounts of what the women are doing
in this direction The Seattle Post
Intelligencer contains the following on
the work being done in the small town
OF Chehallis Wash:
The citizens of Chehalis are getting
ready to receive visitors. They expect
to entertain many strangers during the
coming summer and autumn. Among
these coming are homeseekers and per-
sons interested in locations for invest
ing capital They will probably judge
the people by the appearance Of the
streets and public buildings. Because
Of this general method of passing opin-
ions the civic organizations Of Che
halls desire to make some important
changes in the city. They are work.
ing for future development and seek
ing a good class of homebuilders.
II is a good thing to have strangers
visit our western cities and towns.
Their coming is a signal for cleaning
up and polishing the rusty spots. They
should not be permitted to witness the
stagnant mud pools, broken sidewalks
and tumbled down fences. Private
lawns should not be used for public
grazing purposes in feeding the town
COWS. In a land where flowers grow
to perfection and bloom every month
in the year, there should be paradise
Of Ioveliness from the storehouse of
nature. All these desirable features
can be obtained by the people working
harmoniously for better towns.
Visitors are always interested In the
health of the inhabitants of cities they
expect to make their future homes. Nc
city can appeal with force to the home
seeker when it's cemetery is the most
frequented spot and it's Office buildings
are filled with physicians Such condi'
tions are not necessary They come
from poor sanitary laws and genera
neglect of public Improvements. Nov
is the time to remedy those evils il
every town where they exist. 1t woul'
be well to make a general cleaning VI
all along the line for fear that tn
best localities might be overlooked.