CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1906-04-19
Everybody Urged to
Clean Up Premises
City Civic Society
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q The Civic Improvement League re-
lis being made by reason of the ap-
peals to the people OF this town to
make a grand cleaning up before Ar
bor Day.
q Without having any knowledge OF
the methods used in other cities to
systematically clean up the town.
they have followed, it appears. the
method practically adopted by Spo-
kane, which was Arbor Day in that
4 city last year, and in letter received
from the secretary of the Civic League
y of that place he is of the opinion that
s we should accomplish as great things,
4 in proportion, as was done by the peo-
Il pie of Spokane.
Il II any citizen of this place will take
Il the time to make even casual in
spection of what is needed to beau
tify Canon City, he will be able to see
that the city can be improved 25 per
cent. at least. in appearance, without
the expenditure, practically. of any
Lfnoney, but by simply pulling down
and removing the unsightly and use
less things that can be seen from any
street corner. or from looking down
any alley, almost. in the city of Canon
City.
1t takes no keen observer to see
that there are old fences, old out
buildings that are never used for any
purpose, vehicles. both old and other
wise obstructing the public streets
and alleys, all of which could be re-
moved at very slight expense, and the
improvement that can be brought
about in this way is hardly conceiya-
BILE until one has noticed the improve
ment by reason of pulling down some
OF these old and unsightly things.
The Civic Improvement League
which is made up only of people who
are interested In bringing about these
results. are working hard. They can
only do a small portion. The grand
result must rest with each individual
OF this city.
Look over your premises, and i'm
mediately commence to do away with
what is unsightly. II IL is something
that may be required for practical
use. try and overcome the insight
liness, by paint or other means. II
this cannot be done, pull IL TO pieces
and build IL with new material ana
give II coat of paint
There is no use in deceiving our
selves about the condition OF this city
We are way behind towns of like size
IN the northern part Of the state in
cleaning up and beautifying. and we
are losing lot of people who ought
to come to us and who would II we
| had the attractions TO offer that other
towns Of like size offer. Natural ad-
Ayantages cannot overcome our fail
ives In this respect.
The Civic Improvement League has
been granted the privilege by the
council OF this city to have appointed
a deputy marshal whose business 1t
shall be to work in connection with the
Civic League In enforcing some of the
ordinances that are being constantly
violated in this city
The League hopes TO bring about
the results desired without invoking
the law, but where II is not possible
to do this then there will be no other
recourse than to enforce the ordi-
nances by the legal methods II will
perhaps astonish some of the people
of this town to know of some of the
ordinances that are on the statute
books OF the city. and If any one Will
take the trouble to get copy of these