Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-02-23

Whats the matter with Pin, Bluff? Why can not we have con. ceIted action on matters of this Kind which so vitally interests the city and which would bring results not only from an aesthetic standpoint but from a financial one
 A well kept, attractive city will appeal to investors, in any line be- cause it bespeaks a live, progressive , citizenship, the backbone of every community. ya
 In Little Rock at present, city beautiful ~movement;~is growing rapid ly; but it is not confined to few of Little Rocks patriotic ladies.
 The business men have taken it up, and are leading it, aided by the earn est efforts of Little Rock women. They are doing what Pine Bluff has to date refused to do-taking an active in. terest in a City Beautiful plan. They have made Carl voss, former prom ineht Pine Bluffian the president of the Association, and many of the most brominent 'busbness and pro- fessional men of Little Rock are lin ing up as active workers. They have gone to work in earnest. Leading men have consented to go on district committees, as leaders. with the ladies cooperating as workers.
 Small boys have been offered prizes of $5 to contest in a clean up cru sade
 The following practical and valuable suggestions for district leaders were adopted, and co .ies sent to each leader:
 Select two ladies for advisory com mi1tee.
 Select block leaders. or street lead CT, or neighborhood leaders.
 Appoint leader to interview or write owners of vacant lots to have them planted to wheat or oats Pool orders for rose bushes, bulbs, etc., so as to get cheaper prices by hundreds or thousands.
 Keep list of what different per- sons do for the cause.
 Address the sidewalk inspector and the street commissioner upon urgent needs in district.
 Get information of all persons who have cuttings, bulbs, plants, etc., to give. Arrange times and places for. receiving these and for distributing them
 Urge proper pruning and multchinc of roses now growing, also proper care of other plants, trimming of trees, and cleaning of both front and back yards.
 Bring repcrts' and suggestions to meetings of Executive committee.
 Appoint committeeman or com mittee, on house painting and fence repair.
 Make arrangeents with express wagons for cleanup days, so that trash, etc, can be taken from several yards in one load at small coast to the individul householder.
 Try to get the chickens corralled.
 Interest the small boy, so he will be help instead of a menace.
 Red and whiteflower schemes for sidewalk parkways.
 , Warn your merchants about the hungry delivery horse, keep him rein ed up, not uncomfortably and have the hiaching weight placed so the horse cannot eat flowers, shrubs, etc. Put good springs on back gates so the delivery boy cannot leave them open.
 Interest school children in planting flowers.
 Additional Committees on City Law, Publicity, School and Streets and Ali leys were appointed with prominent men at the head of each.
 The above suggestions are so valu- able that we submit them for seri- ous consideration by our own peOp!a
 True, Pine Bluff is not going to have a big convention soon or any thing of that kind, but the need is just as great nevertheless, for a clean CT, more beautiful place in which 10 live and move and have our being.
 We will answer our own question:: There is nothing the matter with