Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-03-29
CLEANUP DAY
BIC SUCCESS
Dozen Teams Insufficient
TO Carry off Rubbish
Collected

Everything is moving nicely fol-
lowing out the activity planned for
our general cleaning up day." said
Health Officer Roe at noon today.
1T have been all over the city and
find that the people are everywhere
busily engaged in collecting the rub
bish and dbris, and bonfires are 70
be seen in every block. There are
12 wagons gathering the material
that cannot be burned and the su-
perintendents of the several districts
are directing the work.
| ""The dampneSS has interferred
some with the burning, but not at
all with the interest with which the
citizens have taken hold of the work.
School Children Helping.
'I hardly think it possible to get
through in al parts of the city today,
but the school children have been
added to the forces this afternoon,
and the work of assembling the rub
bish will be done very rapidly.
ut may be that the teams cannot
keep up with the work, and wan
to saw to those who have been over
looked today that if they will either
report to the superintendent OF thell
district or to me, will have the
teams call at their places tomorrow
Success in East End.
Nothing is being overlooked II
; east Lewiston in the cleaning-up res
that is going on today" SAID orr NC
Minimy this morning.
THE smoke ascending from IN
bonfires gives the city IN that seC
ton the appearance of an indian en-
campment with the tepee fires burn
ing, But che remedy is reacninl
the spot, Cleaning-up day is pro
nounced success" -,
Vacant lots in the vicinity OF u
county court house which have bee
n bugbear to the believer IN the ci
beautiful, were cleared up.
\ The old wood yard adjacent to II
Idaho grocery has had all old chi
and debris taken care of. Lols d
e ioinine the Merriman grocery whl'
have been adorned by delapioat
sign boards, have been raked ciea
the sign boards taken away anu v
Il remainder of the rubbish disposed
school Property Raked Cieah.
A crew Of about 20 younes''
| vert working In tne Iloi'
tbe whitman skhool T1is norm,
under the direction of Janitor sm'
~ the school, All were Wiling
clear away the leaves.
On @ street probably the great
i,,,nrovement of any one spot IN
IT. east end of the city is not1cea'
of r,..,rel old stables which nave
h wears occupied the same loca'
ay without ever thought entering
IS owners mind that they needed at'
,e- tion were cleaned up.
one of the prominent
women of Lewiston was Ih.s a
. .ne noon supervising personally the W
'he of removing the rubbish from an
lhu s+ob,e great pile of cnlps W
DOT also taken from this same bnlldhs
pusv scene From the Bridge.
or Looking from the Lew1ston-ola d
ing +o, bridge this morning, casual
server would have seen one OF
ster citizens at work on each lot
esi- about each residence on Snake X
de- avenue. and particularly on
not Boulevard. o,,
Ronfres kindled with the accu
in lated rubbish made the scene
lare pear spring 49,, oetar,
but At a late hour this altei'
.'r,o nothing had been done. towards
'sNe inc M fallen leaves and brus
u - scbliescher pard, where the sun
Nelll or,usement club holds forth.
nark is probably the only vacan
not cleaned on East Main street