The Detroit times., 1911-05-13
In the Meantime, Why
Not Simply Go Ahead and
CLEAN UP the Alleys?
That's the Imperative Move To Be-
Made Now-Let's Clean Up
and Talk About Ways and
Means After the DAN
ger Has Passed.


compliment home city quite often in the smoking
eompartment the Pullman where just naturally seem to get TO
+ talking with each other
Pse you to have some one throwing bu
Detroit and look around at the other races "
everybody taking what the who is talking to you saying
But one of you listening nice things that are
being about Detroit third in the smoking COMPARTMENT
going interrupt telling all about Drot beauties o
asking him if he took look under the piano
words third going to put red pepper on the
asking waxing enthusiastic about Detroit ne
EVER TOOK LOOK ONE OF OUR ALLEYS
stranger will be told ALL ABOUT our alleys and It's collars
to dougnus that change opinion Detroit quite suddenly
Just yourself What kind of husekeepr would
you your though the house looked neat and tidy
she sweepngs under the ndeboardf
That's this moment and that Deos COM
plant against the pays keep its house clean
Paving kept pretty well and the streets fairly respectable
shape but alleys ferch weepng all there and the
are holding high weather is setting In
When you things that being said about Deots
beauties these days Detroit being desirable city live in
unless Won get in fellow who knows about alleys
and admit YOURSELF DSGRACEFUL and DANGEROUS
condition YOU ACCEPTING COMPLIMENTS FOR YOUR CITY
UNDER FALSE PRETENSES
CITY IS ONLY AS CLEAN AS ITS ALLEYS
The Times repeatedly called the attention of the citizens the
\ filthy condition of city's alleys.
We did this last year year when conditions
bad as citizens who made it their business
to investigate
Now that the city real state affairs
and the public health everybody
70 be in quandary to what is to be done about it.
officials who would have the conditions remeolea are
running suggestions like chickens with their heads cut on
The suggestion which offers with view to adng
these citizens and officials
That suggestion is important take the CLEANING
4 OF THE ALLEYS.
As To how to keep them having cleaned them is
another matter but suggestion make that connection
Lets get cleaned up about keeping clean afterwards
The deuamen Of public responsible existing
ditons
It's excuse is of which the work but didn't
e the making great fuss
alleys good talk right from the shoulder might have got an
appropriation
Detroit hasn't the lets borrow from Wndsor-ets se IL
some way
Or here is another way by which funds might be raised
Last coming for their reunion we voted
identifying ourselves ON WOODWAhDAVE Win couple
81 arches a few posts.
seems to council find the
Next the Detroit College Of Medicine
Detroit and want to suggest nat we
the alleys we should De 10 give the doctos
rood opinion Of our looks
supposng we get the appropriation Tues
day night purpose of identifying OUR ALLEYS in honor OF the
toming Of the clinic
We ought to be able get $4,000 but
be well worth that much
Now suggestion how keep the alleys Clean we
them clean.
n can be done in one and only way
And that way by COOPERATION.
week appropriate until the
home will filthy from today unless each
nnd evy citizen himself HIS INDIVIDUAL RESPONSE
IrIITY AND LOOK AFTER HIS OWN BACK DOOR.
will late to the householder who
las pride city whose intelligence enables him to- look at the
the standpoint his his fami his neigh
boris and his citys health,
Citizens with pride by CLEANED UP
xxx Re told, refuse, MAKE THEM CLEAN UP