The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-02-21
CIVIC CLEAN ANLINESS.

for there can be no civic beauty with
out civic cleanliness. So we speak for
both, and commend TO the present city
administration the energetic enforce
ment OF every ordinance and every
principle which can make for the re-
generation OF tho city. materially as
well as ideally. But the ideal can be
reached only through the material; and
as faith without works Is dead, so the
Ideal perishes when the material TO
which II gives life Is paralyzed.
We have with us now the premonl-
| tions Of spring. the time which is recog-
niZed by every one as the period for re-
generation: the spring cleaning so
| universally INDUCED i'm is the term
which expresses this universal assent
| that new order of things must be er-
| tered upon, 1t is important that this
| spring cleaning should be thorough,
and that every one should take part In
| It, the city most of all. both by way OF
| example and requirement And the et
! feet of the spring cleaning must not be
| lost with the passing of the spring SEE
| son, but must be continuous. When
the city is once cleaned up II should be
mandatory that it must keep clean
| summer season, autumn season. and
winter season; and then the next spring
| cleanup Will not need to be made "a
| special event. for every one, The city
| included VIII keep clean as a matter OF
| course,
| ctr nd rla
first 1t is important that they should
be kept clean, 1t is of even greater i'm
portance that all should recognize that
| the streets and public places ought TO
| be clean all the time. When all the pco-
| pie recognize this, they will not strew
paper promiscuously about. they won't
throw fruit-rnds on the sidewalks; they
won't indulge in the disgustngly filthy
| and unlawful practice of splitting or
the sidewalks; they won't litter up the
streets or walks with any kind OF rub
bish, and if for a time they find 1t ne
cessary to occupy the sidewalks with
goods or merchandise. they will clear
their stuff away as soon as practlcabie.
Then, the residence premises must lie
| cleaned. and kept clean; this as a Sani-
| tary measure as much as a means for
beauty and good order. To aid effect
| ually in this, and do away with all
pleas that back yards must be :he re-
ceptacles of filth because the garbage
wagons are not available when needed,
there should be a revision of the regu-
lations with respect to their functions.
they should be required to go into back
Yards on occasion, and their visits
Should be oftener than they have been
! In the past.
We are engaged in a great See
America first" movement. But when
we invite our w-Americans to come
out and see us. do We want to show
| them flthily or even carelessly kept
city? Far from It. we want to show
them an example Of civic energy and
city pride in purity and beauty. We
don't want them TO see here dirty ano
Uttered streets, parks. and repulsive
grounds in which there are schools and
churches Quite the contrary. We
want to show them models, examples In
|
asking them to come at all. Nor do we
want to force upon their attention TN
slightly billboards with demeanlng and
often indecent pictures but we should
show them how all these signs can be
properly or fairly managed. or if they
can't. that they should be suppressed
altogether,
We have added to our health depart
ment an assistant commissioner. This
was criticised by the reactionary Gle
ment. TO which cleanliness means moth
anlSe commercially and to which il a
thing means nothing commercially, II
means nothing at all. But The Tribune
commended this addition TO the health
force; II commends 1t now even strong
er than 1t did before. There is plenty
for that department to do; even with
the reinforcement referred to. 1t viii
have it's hands full. And besides hav-
ing active work Itself to do, IT must ex-
ercise to the full its authority to re-
mind good citizens OF their duty,
(Which they Will cheerfully perform.)
and to compel those who In this respect
may not be good citizens, to do what
sanitation. cleanliness, and good order
require,
The work to be done is good work. a
necessary work. Now is the time to
begin 1t; and The Tribune commends
the doing of 1t with zeal and thorough
ness to every resident, and most of all
to the city Itself. and to its good Amer
lean authorities. whom all will hold re-
sponsible for seeing that the work is
done well.
INDIAN BOYS TROUBLE.