Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-04-12
REMARKABLE RESULTS AcHiey
ED AT SPOKANE.
A SYSTEMATIC EFFORT
Mayor Proclalms Certain Day for
the Work, Public Offices Close,
Banks are Shut and the Whole
People Devote Themselves to the
Good Work.

Spokane, Wash, April 1l.~-Reports
are still coming from the organized
work done in this city March 81,
which was proclaimed special arbor
day and cleaning up day by Mayor
Daggett, but enough already is known
to show that never before was there
such concerted and general move,
ment In any American city to make It
both clearly and beautiful The city
beautiful committee Of the 100000
club, the latter an organization formed
to double the population OF Spokane
by the time OF the next United States
months, had planned this work for two
months, and accomplished more than
II ever expected would be possible
and met with a remarkable response
from all classes. Most remarkable
of all is the fact that not one dollar
was raised or used for the work, all
being done by voluntary service, Be.
cause spring comes so early here,
the mayor proclaimed a special ar
Dor day at this early date, and prob
ably 10000 people, or half the entire
population, some time during the day
ao0k hand In the cleaning and tree.
planting movement Public Offices
closed, business men closed their Of
fees, and even the doors of the banks
were not opened all day Bankers
could only be found In their yards,
cleaning, or planting trees,
The city beautiful committee Is
organized like Tammany hall, A. l..
White Is chairman of the head com.
mlttee, and he and Rem Rice. secre.
tary of the 100000 club, had general
supervision OF the work, while II. l..
Llllenthal acted as master of the day
and had charge of a wagon train, the
teams of which were donated by in.
divlduals and corporations, but were
not able to cart away more than a
fifth Of all the rubbish which was
piled In front Of residences during the
day, The city government has agreed
to 500 that the rest Is removed, and
Is doing 80 as rapidly rs possible.
Besides the city beautiful commit
too and tree planting committee co.
operated Tho general city beautiful
committee Is divided into Il number OF
subcommittee, each one having II spe-
clal purpose In Wow, The governing
board Is composed Of a chairman, n
vice chairman IN each ward, n cap
tain in each precinct and Il lieutenant
In onch block. The man In charge
of each block was expected to ask
each resident to do all he could that
day to make his own premises, the
street in front of him, and the alley
In tho rear Of his lot as presentablo
az possible Owners Of vacant lots
were asked to clean up these In the
same way, aud public spirited citizens
provided vegetable seed to be planted
on these vacant lots to remove their
baren appearance
by I o'clock smoke hung so heavi.
~ over the city that II gave u dull
appearance TO the usually clear at.
mosphere. The smoke waa from
thousands of honhres which were per
mttcd by the mayor for that day
only Mr.. Rice reported that that
morning he found II bonnres IN Il
distance Of three blocks ON one street.
Six thousand trees Is the estimate
% the nuniber planted that day. One
syndicate planted 1000, aud the
Woodmen donated many hundreds TO
churches and other organizations, to
be planted In front of their properties
Nursery men prepared in advance for
large orders, but were unable TO sup.
ply all that We're wanted on that
day, with the result that the tree
planting Is still going on
The city beautiful committee aud
It's remarkable organization Is not 4
temporary affair, but Is a permanent
movement, planned to make Spokane
. the city beautiful OF America, MIR
White said yesterday This is only a
starter, In midsummer weed da,
will be proclaimed, in which an effort
will be made to pull up, cut or kill nj
woods In the city before they So t
seed and spread
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