Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1908-06-27
Will Begin at Once.

VIII Begin at Once.
At the meeting of the Bushes
Mems Union held at the armory Nor
day evening, matters were dicusse
rela tive to the best ways and NEAR
for the Improvement of the city an
it's thorofares. The citizens preser
were all united in the opinion that W
should inaugurate at once a thor
cleaning up movement of SO genera
a ma ture that all residents of Morri
would feel it their duty to fall int
line and do what they could towar,
the beatifying of the city. To thi
end committee of three, consisting
of G. B. Randall, M. I. Forkner ant
Paul spooner, were appointed to con
fer with the city authorities and Other
property owners and consider the
best method of procedure.
The members of the committee are
intent on doing their part toward
helping the city clean house and be-
lieve that the cause is not theirs
alone, but should interest everyone to
such an extent that there will be a
general cooperation among the citi-
zens from now until ''clean-up day.
which is not far distant.
There are great many, many ways
in which our city can be improved in
appearance. Our streets are full OF
weeds, especially along the outer
edges, where the soil is very produc-
tive this season on account of the ex-
cessive rains. These weeds should be
cut down and burned or removed
and kept out thereafter.
In portions of the streets where
there are no curbs, the grass, as well
as the weeds, is allowed to take care
of itself between the sidewalks and
the streets. This should be kept
trimmed along with the grass inside
of the sidewalk and inside of the
fence.
Those living next to vacant lots
should make it a point to prevail on
the owners of these lots or notify the
members of the committee, so that
steps will be Immediately taken to
have the grass and weeds cut down
and removed, and to have removed
also rubbish of every nature.
Of course, great deal of this
work belongs to the city council, but
they have no funds at their command
with which to carry on the work, SO
it becomes the duties of the citizens
On occasions of this kind to do with
but little effort. the work that is al
most impossible for the city council
to do.
There are great many lose planks
in the sidewalks and many planks that
are rotted out. These should be
nailed down Or removed as the case
may. There are also broken fences
that should be fixed up in order to
give the residence portion of the city
the best appearance possible.
Branches of trees that hang out
over the street or the sidewalk and
are menace in any way, should be
removed for they are unsightly as
we'll as nuisance. Heavy foliage that
reaches down near the sidewalks,
I~oM~e Tho c,nohipo orou from tho
latter and they remain wet and slimey
during the wet seasons like we have
had this spring. Trim up the trees i
they are the beauty spots of our town.
We have more than our share of line
shade trees, and they should be taken
care of. They should be trimmed up
far enough so that the tallest man in
town carrying a large umbrella will
not have to "duck" to keep out of
their way.
Garbage, grass and weeds should
be removed from the alleys, and they |
should be made as clean as the streets
-uot only in the residence portions |
of the city, but back of the business |
houses, where some work must be
done.
The above are only few of the |
that might be made re-
ative to successful cleanup of the |
city. Each one knows his Or hers |
premises better than does the COM
mittee, and if there is any way in
which Improvements can be made,
there should be no hesitancy on the
part of all those who want to see a |
'better Norris"
Gaffney-Keeshan
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