The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-28
Spokane s Great Cleaning up System
Told Wolf Secretary Of the Publicity Committee Chamber
of Commerce, Spokane, Washington.

! ed States and Canada took up the
work the following year, many others
/ joining later.
One of the many beneficial effects of
the campaign was the widespread
publicity received by Spokane. The
! announcement that the city had de-
| cided upon house-cleaning day was
! SO novel that it attracted the atten-
ton of publishers all over the con.
tinent and resulted in thousands of
columns of space being devoted to
descriptive articles and illustrations.
This in turn was followed by capital
making inquiries for investment, the
development of industries and COM
mercial institutions and the influx of
desirable settlers to the city and into
the tributary country.
Fifteen thousand school children
We're organized by the City Beautiful
committee to devote the last Satur-
day in April, 1905. to the planting of
trees, shrubs and lowering vines as
a fitting climax TO the annual clean
ing, which was extended over 4 per.
iod OF six days. From its green.
houses the city supplied free of cost
the cuttings and slips required to
heautify the grounds OF the central
high school and - graded schools.
The trees were contributed by resi-
dents
Another movement was TO organize
the Spokane Tree Planting associa-
ton with 10000 certified members
among the children above the third
grade in the publie schools. Any pu-
PHI promising to plant one tree or
shrub year was eligible te member
ship, free OF all cost, The certificates
presented 10 the children contained
full instructions in how to take up and
transplant. trees and shrubs also hints
on caring for the paintings. To de-
fray the expense of forming the as
ISOLATION special membership certif-
Gates were sold to adults at 81 each.
Many Of the older boys in the high
and graded schools were organized TO
assist the officers OF the association
in reporting places that required at
Jenuon Captains and iieutenants in
charge OF companies OF hoss made
tours of every block in their neignbor-
hoods, gathering reports Of the pro-
gress OF the cleaning work The boys
asre supplied with blanks 10 make
reports on the number of ash-piles.
refnsssit5srsd alleys. neglected lawns.
broken fences and sidewalks and they
dI1 their work thoroughly The zeal
1d me caEsarsz became infectious, and
many WHO had given civic beartv only
= giE1ss5ng aauEssl #sre reminded of
t:Hfsssssssssnssss and asssa Immediately
20 MfHEH aF Hzg Ihsd- s1sr1Gazizgs
Taas rEamguIrrs in 1853 and 1910
1sgtarsad week s:aEh- aES from 4Q.9E9
ms aSiE,iih g,srs1Ss se5n@d IN the soian-
1srr vark. moi pnnr being contrib
wTad through saF solrce On the
whgEs 5hs w1-k Tss more effective
shan il cosE5 hare been BIZ hired taher
The people take pride IN having their
hone su-ro7n55ngs as beautiful as It
Is possible TO make them. and it is in
this that The campaign made its
strongest appeal 20 the residents of
SPokzne. Not only that. but they en-
listed the services Of visitors in the
ciry, thus auzmentinE their own
forces.
Frederic J. Haskin. noted traveller
and newspaper correspondent, VINO
has Visited practically every part Of
INC United States and Canada and
much Of Europe and the orient, vas
IN Spokane during the height of a cam
paign- He said Of the cleaning das-
ides.
The Spokane plan has everything
70 commend il and its adoption by
everg town and city on the continent