Arizona republican., 1911-03-15

and alleys most likely to be traverscd
by the visitors will be looked after
first and the rest Of them just a5
soon as they can be reached.
Yesterday was the day set apart
for hauling the rubbish away from
the first ward Two two horse and
two four-horse teams worked faith
fully but in the evening Mr. Doheney
reported that il seemed as II there
was more left than there was To begin
with. People had piled out the ac-
cumulated rubbish Of the last TWEEN
ty years; everything from tin cans
To discarded cook stoves and from
old shoes to broken bookcases. There
is no complaint on this score for that
is Just what was wanted. a general
cleanup. but il was most surpris-
ing to learn how much old plumber
had accumulated around the homes al
the city.
But while there was no complaint
there is one suggestion that it is
hoped people viii act upon and that
is that a very large part Of what
was left on the rubbish heaps might
easily be burned. IL is surprising
how much rubbish can be burned II
one will just put a match to it. 1t
is said by some that even the green
weeds, certain of them at least, will
burn If given a half chance and
after they are cut and piled they
will not stay green many days. so
it is very practicable To burn up a
whole lot of the rubbish that Is now
waiting for the wagons, making the
removal of the rest of IL great deal
easier The weeds will probably be
left therefore until the last and In
the meantime they can be burned.
Nor was II supposed that such
heavy refuse az old cook stoves would
be left for the rubbish man: not that
he is unwilling but that il is asking
a little too much. People who have
property that might be called wreck
age rather than rubbish. should pile
il out just as they have but if posi-
bile they should remove il themselves
The plan of action has not been
changed. Monday was first ward
day for the teams at command. Tues
day they were working in the fourth
ward Wednesday will be devoted 10
the second ward and Thursday To the
fourth ward. What will happen then
il is too early To speculate about. The
ladies are hoping for more teams and
will guarantee to give any team that
may be offered, plenty of employ
ment. AS stated before the main OBJ
ject of the cleanup is for the good
of the city and the health Of its peO-
pie. The Roosevelt visit was merely
utilized as n very timely incentive and
IL is sincerely hoped that the enthu-
siasm will be maintained until the
work is finished even IL il takes until
Mr.. RoOsevelt's next visit.
The pleasing conviction has struck
home to the women that Phoenix isn't
dirty because her people want il TO
be. but merely because the facilities
have been lacking for keeping ii
clean However much they may fail
Of doing n perfect job the women are
glad they began II and ask for hearty
corporation until ii is finished And
they are willing to admit too. that
the men who have had the cleanli-
ness of the city on their hands for
the past twenty years have had more
to do than the women had ever sup
posed. though that is not offered as
an excuse for negligence but only as
a hint that they should have asked
the women to help them long ago.
The first fear that confronted the
women was that they could not en-
list sufficient cooperation in piling
the rubbish. Last week Mrs. h. y.
Fowler who has been directing oper-
ations, arranged for the use of ten
county prisoners for four days. on
condition of course that the women
would give them a good dinner each
day They worked faithfully at de
signated places and ate heartily.
which was pleasure to the women
as well as to the prisoners But il
was demonstrated Saturday that there
would be plenty of rubbish without
the further use Of the prisoners.
There were numerous telephone
calls to headquarters yesterday com
planning that the piled rubbish had
not been taken as anticipated To
some extent this was expected but
not to so large an extent and all the
management can do is To ask the
people To be patient. Everything pos
sible is being done. Let nobody stop
cleaning uD or resume littering his
ward just because the wagons have
not appeared. They will come as soon
as possible and in the meantime let
everybody burn everything that can
he burned This should be done
carefully OF course and fires should
rot be kindled in dangerous places
without the knowledge Of the pOlicy
or firemen.