The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20
Make Montgomery
 A City Beautiful
Plea to Rational Motives and Suggestions of Practical Persons to Accomplish
 The End.

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 BY MARIE BANxHEAD OWEN.
 Montgomery is a good business town. During the recent financial panie Y was often said by the commercial trax- elers that this point was practically immune from the general depressioh
 Montgomery Is delightful city SO cially, and has the possibilities by na- tural situation of being q beautiful city. The question before the house is wnat can be done to make It beauu-
 we came by our knowledge through three sourceB, hearsay, observation and experience. We've been told by partial aJnirers and commercisl .,ss- sa- fuf city. But hearsay evidence IS not trustworthy. We have taken a care full survey of the facts--a step com prising the second medium. onseryation and we conclude that the possibilities arc limitless for City Beautiful"
 Fer the third count--expeFfenee. let us turn to our sister city in old Jones's valley--BirminKham
 The young mayor of that place. with the co-operati0n of the club women and other patriotic and zeaious citi- gems have been laboring upon the idea of the City Beautiful for some months.
 There are two courses os proce1nre nlss 2 tip. The other is to beauttfy. Fer hape 1t ie wiser to say only one, to heautify. for naturally that means q thorouehIy clean condition precedent.
 On "Wednesday of the past week the No-Name Club passed Q resolution Co memorabilia the City Federation of Women's Clubs Of Montgomery to inc ausurate a campaien tor City Beau tifuI. In accordance with this action Mrs. Burwell Boykin, president of the City Federation, was asked for an ex- pression on the subject. Her response Szas most heartily fayorable to such 2 movement She realized, she said, thaa there was 8 tremendous amount of real work before the club women # such step were undertaken and Drac- teal results accomplished. With her characteristic energy and executive inc ftiative she has already begun to form uiate plans for the campaign. Her first step was to communicate with the leaders of the movement In Birn- ingham, and by the, time the January meeting of the City Federation is held. presented. Mrs. Boylxin will have some tangible plans to be acted upon.
 What BEen Say.
 A number of business men ware also Interviewed upon the subject. and the following suggestions for betternent
 MT. A.-Td like to see the sheds re- moved from the stores, and ali out side wooden 5tsir-Hays ,:s yS EaaIo torn gown a,t enough. but I'd love to see the fruit stands run with stores. The boot black stands could do quite as much business indoors also"
 Mir. C.--If we had a thousand wire baskets scattered throughout the city and an ordinance passed compelling all perishable litter to be thrown in them, we would have cleaner streets and sidewalks. Sewanee, Tenn.s uses this method, and the baskets. are inex- pensiYe, being made of chicken fence wire, ana are hung to phone posts or any convenient place along the way. Papers can be burned right in the
 Mir. D.-There should be a street sweeper with his broom, trash pan and push cart In each of the busy down. town blocks. Tn that way the streets could be kept in condition to, make driving and walking uiqFe as teeab le and slightly than tue pres3nk fnade- quatO service pHE9nEfgs E
 Afr. E.1.a lilsa for the Salvation Army Co have. C chahcs at keeping fha
 MT. F.-The unslgh4Iy hill boards and the trash behind them. conptitute the chief eye-sores for me, I'd like to sec them go.
 Mr. G.-The garbage pilel Let's get rid Of that first of all The first our community as his train rolls Into the station is the garbage dump ct the