Cañon City record., 1911-04-13
A BIG MEETING
At MRS. HARD|NC'S s
Monday Night for the Purpose of Discuss.
ing the Work of Clean Up Day
to Be Held April u.

There vas a largely ATTENDED and
enthusiastic public meeting at the
residence OF Mr.. and Mrs. I. 81. Hard
ing. 5o7 Greenwood avenue. Monday
night for the purpose Of discussing
plans for the observance Of Cleanup
Day. 10 be celebrated on Friday, April
n. aia for the confederation OF ways
and means for promoting the enorts
OF the Civic Improvement League in
it's ambition TO create "a city beautl-
full" Fully hundred people ws-e
present and among them were repre-
senta,ives OF nearly every business
ana professional interest in the COM
rnunity; indicating the very general
concern in the cleanup movement
and in the work OF the league.
When tho Civic improvement
League was organized here fear ~
five years ago. TO encourage the public
to assist the authorities in cleaning
the streets and alleys and in planting
trees II was criticised in many quart
ers az a passing fancy" and 1t was
freely predicted that II would not last
long These prophesies. howeve-.
proved to be unfounded and Its splen-
did career OF usefulness has shown J.,
to be no idi. fad. launched to exploit
nne-spuh and Impractical theories o.
civic duty. The LEAGUE has demon
strat-d its value to the community IA
many ways and has come 10 stay. 3,
IL one OF the organizations OF the town
in which every property owner ami
resident takes sort Of patriotic in
terest
The meetinE at the home OF Mr.. aud
Mrs Harding Monday niEht vas one
~ the best in the hisiors Of the league
and demonstrated the fact that the
hinEs 1t stands for have the utmost
sympathy and eucouraEement ef the
public g. p Mari. nresidcn, of the
league. presided and related some 5'
the thinss that had been accomplished
By the organization durus The last
ieW years aud outlined its hopes FOR
the future One Of the primary OBJ
locta 81 The rathcring ,Nas 90 arranec
FOR The work 20 be done on ~Ciean-up
Day and T. ~ Harding, Ir, who Is
to have general supervision OF the
Undertaking. made an exhaustive se-
port dealing with the various commit
tees appointed TO help him and Of tae
cooperation he expected from the
public at large. Mr.. Harding's ad-
dress made an excellent impression
ON those who heard Il and proclaimed
him to be familiar with the duties
and esactions of the position upon
which he had entered. He has the
matter well In hand and will carry II
forward to successful conclusion.
A house to house canvass will be
made In every block in the city by
some member OF the cleanup commit
tee and property owners and tenants
urged to assist In the work to be don ;.
People will be requested TO cleanse
their premises OF all kinds OF rubbish
and h.ye II carted away 10 the public
dunn ig grounds before Cleanup
Nay" II possible, otherwise to pile Il
up In the alleys and have II hauled
away at the expense OF the civic inl-
proyement league on the 2l inst, The
cleanup campaign has been thorough
iy slstcmatizcd and magnificent re-
suits are expected under the leader
ship OF Mr.. Harding and his licuten-
ants.
Addresses commencing the civic I'M
provemcnt league and the cleanup
spirit which Il inauEurated. and which
It Is constantly eueouraeinE BY word