The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-17
BAY VIEW REPRESEN.
TATYES ARE ACTIVE
Paper Full of Suggestions
To Citizens and Munici-
pal Laws Commended and
Enforcement Advocated.
CLEAN UP rs
THE SLOGAN

The committee on clNic Improvement
have been looking up the law bearing
on sanitation during the past week and
find that Tucumcari has been blnst
with wise lawmakers from her infancy.
1t will take but n rigid enforcement of
the existing ordinances to rid our city
uf most of the nuisnnccs committed
against her.
George Washington has said, "In
proportion ~ government rests on pub
lie opinion must be enlightened - 80
We take il upon ourselves TO quote the
following from the city ordances
Ordinance V, section N:--If any per.
son shall throw, place ar deposit into
any street, alley, avenue or vacant lot
in the city OF Tucumcari any wrapping
paper, waste paper, old clothes, hats,
boots, bottles. cans. broken glass, shoes.
or any other substance or filth, or who
who shall sweep from his or her place
of business into any street or alley any
straw or paper, any filth, litter or other
refuse stuff such person shall Ice pun.
i,hcd as hereinafter provided, Section
VII
Any person offending against the
foregoing provision shall be punished
for each Offcnse by Il fine in any sum
not less than five dollars-nor more than
fifty dollars, or by Imprisonment in the
city jul for Il period not exceeding
thirty days or by both such fine aud
Imprisonment in the discretion of the
trial courts.
Sectio | and " of the same ordi.
nance still further forbid these and
other nuisances detrimental TO public
health. II is our determination to see
that these laws are rigidly enforced
IN the future. AS the late Benja.
mcen Harrison once said. "As a citizen
may not elect what laws he will obey,
neither may the executive elect which
he will enforce We are fortunate in
having at the head of our city govern.
mental affairs men whose desire is 20
enforce our laws.
Our latest act 10 place before our
Mayor aud City Council the following
petition which we feel sure will meet
with the hearty approval of all our
citizens:
TO the Mayor and Members of the
city Council of Tucmcari, \. NJ, Gen
tlemen:
We the undersigned committee act
ing in behalf of the members of the
BAY View Reading Club, feeling the
great importance of civic cleanliness as
n factor in the preservation of health
and in the prevention of diseases, do
hereby petition your honorable body %
set aside convenient time within the
next thirty days for the purpose Of
collecting and cnrting away all such
rubbish as may have accumulated in
the various alleys and other places in
our city. The expense of said collecting
aud curting to be borne by the city
treasury.
We further petition that, II consist
NUl WIN INV l'"''E N'T''' ~ '''
body, you make such a cleaning"up
day an annual event.
Signed:
Mrs. Eugene Gordon,
Mrs. Edwin CudS
Mrs. Earl George,
Mrs. Z. II. Sanders.
Mrs. X. j. Thomson
Mrs. +. =. Hines.
Tucumcari, n. NJ,
May 18th, 1910,
II our prayer is granted we hope that
no one will fail to have their rubbish
collected and ready for the wagons.
Mrs. +. :. Hines, Secretary.
Looks like Tucumeari might indulge
in the luxury of deep well II com
al. Gan Inn ann nat In and