The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-05-17
OTHER CITIES
FOLLOW SUIT
Club Women of Portland Are
Urging 1t to Clean up, Asking
for Garbage Collection
ART COMMITTEE OFFERS
NUMBER OF PRIZES
Suggestion Is Made That Flower
Lovers Grow a Row of Peren-
mails to Be Turned Over to
Portia Club for Distribution

North Yakima women who have
recently started the clean city cam
paicn will be interested to know that
the club women of Portland are
working along the same line and are
preparing to ask their city council
for a municipal garbage collection
system Their plan of work is much
like that pursued here. Representa-
tives of the different clubs are 70
form committee to inaugurate
"cleaning-up' campaign. In orc
gon the state federation of Women
clubs is offering certain prizes Tor
Improvement in yards and NUMBER
OF foreign born residents are rompct-
ing. The Portland women are hold-
ing mothers meetings in which sam
italv matters are talked over. All
house!;eepers are urged to exercise
the greatest care in keeping out
flies and are giving out directions tGS
a formalinc preparation which can
be used about the premises with
good results.
They are also giving prizes to
children for home gardens, the peas
to be inspected September 8.
For the Amateur.
Under the stimulus of prizes Of
fered by the art committee ana ny
the Portia club, there is llN2lN IN
tercst here this year in lawns, gar
dens and clean premises. inc ART
committee is superintcndinS two con-
tests. one for the best kept strip OF
parking for which there arc three
prizes $40. s. and S. respectively.
The other is for the best group of
photographs Of Yakima scenes show
ing backyards good or bad, front
lawns. nne bit of shrubberN or "A
handsome tree The prizes here are
$40 and s., tho second prize being
donated by the Bradbury Company,
and offer a chance for the amateur
photographer, 1t is understood that
a fine lot of pictures have already
hcan taken and viii be entered in
this contest
Registration Slow.
Registration for the parking prize
seems rs difficult as for the com
mission form of government. Though
the registration books have been
opened in the Larson Hardware
store for some time, less than doz-
en- have signed up, though IT is
known that many more are intend
ing to compete and Just have not got
around to registering.
For Shade Trees.
The art committee is also doing
what it can to promote the planting
and the care of shade trees. 1t viii
try to IMPRESS upon the city and
upon individuals the cn0rmity Of its
sins i'm luthicssly cutting down trees
which have acquired growth and
shape just because they happen to
be in the way of thc straight linr
of a side walk or Il Curbins. or be-
cause somebody wants to move a
house, or for some still more un-
worthy reason. Its members have
remarked with pleasure a recent in
stance where a curb'ng was run
around a tree rather than through
the place where it stood, and that
the effect was highly artistic,
Abroad, of course, in the beautiful
European cities, they understand the
value of the shade trees as orna-
ments and there Is no need to cry,
"W goldman. spHc the tr2e.' Tn"
walk goes around it,
Ncighbur to die Rescue.
ON North Eleventh avenue it was
recently planned to pipe or concrete
side of the street, aud it was pro-
posed To facilitate matters to take
ont whole row Of trees along the
parking. Fortunately, ono OF the
property owners in the ncishborhood