The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-15
some Of the state boards in designing

anti.fiy posters.
In concluding. Mr.. Hatch said that
the committee. while pleased with the
results. realized that the war against
the ay was to be a long one.
Swat the ny campaigns help" he
arouse such a consciousness Of our
duty to ourselves and to others. that
we will first swat our own dies by de-
priving them Of breeding and feeding
places. and then compel our neigh
bors to do likewise-compel them by
force Of public opinion and of the
law as represented by that benefcent
car. the health officer. He 10 on our
side. and with the support which he
ucated by our two years campaign.
eventually will be able to make house
flies infreQuent, II not absolutely ex-
tinct."
Garden Club Campaign.
Civic, economic and social benefits
were derived by Minneapolis from the
garden club campaign" carried on
there during the past season for the
purpose Of having all the city's va
.S< beds. according to Leroy J..
s., ar Of Minneapolis. who spoke
Of sce<,. ant lot garden" work done
1t was % ter Of civic pride. not
an economic. Aotive, which early last
spring started the garden idea. Mr..
Baughner explained. A civic celebra-
tion was to be held early in July. he
said. 80 we decided to have gardens
thousand visitors" The fact that
there were 5000 acres Of vacant lots
in the city. Sufficient to supply the
entire state with vegetables" was not
enough appeal to get the citizens Of
Minneapolis interested; but the ap-
peal to their civic pride caused them
to plant 100000 square feet to vege-
tables and $50. 900 to flowers, said the
speaker.
Mr.. Boughner held Minneapolis up
as a model for other cities. pointing
out in detail how the vacant lots
there had been transformed into bow
ers Of flowers and vegetable beauty,
and called attention to some Of the
mistakes which had been made. So
successful was this years garden club
campaign. however. that 1t will be
continued with renewed vigor. Mr..
Boughner declared during the COM
ing year; as.,.,, :. . ,,. .. ,. ~
plants and people grow and love each
other" said the speaker in describ-
ing the benefits Of the work. First
and foremost he placed the fact that
the use Of vacant lots had satisfied
the farm craze. had taught more than
700 men and women whether he de-
sired to go hack to the land. How
better could a man find out that upon
to his home?"
From an economic standpoint. Mr..
Boughner declared that 80 many
vegetables were grown on the vacant
lots Of Minneapolis that tomatoes
were plentiful at Is cents a bushel
whereas year ago they we're scarce
and sold for $3.50 bushel.''
A third benefit he found in this,
that most of these who had gardens
portunities for getting out in the
fresh air are small" Travelling about
he said he saw hundreds of Glowing
faces" as a result Of "hoeing and
wedding and numbering cut worms" :"
Again there was such contrast
this year, he declared. y between the
lots operated by the garden club and
those which 1t had not touched that
"thes mayor has instructed the police
the ordinance covering the cutting
OF weeda and removal Of rubbish from
vacant lot" which ordiance had fall
en- somewhat into disuse. ......,..
The excellent impression which Wis
ttors gain Of a city. Mr.. Boughner
pointed out as great advantage. The
model vacant lot garden at the fair
grounds. he said. was seen by 750, 900
people.
In a social way the results were
great, he asserted. AS concrete ex-
ample Of this he cited garden in a
block where lived two Jews, a Nor
wegian. two Germans and New Eng
land family. Before the garden ex.
pertinent none of the families had
ever had anything in common, but
before the summer was over, said Mr..
Roughner. "all the families were vis-
tttng freely. The gardens in many
instances were social centers."
In telling Of how the citizens were
aroused to join the garden club, Mr..
Boughner. who is it's president and
who was chairman of the garden
committee Of this years 'civic cele-
bration." declared that various meth.
DDS were used but that he found that
Intelligent newspaper publicity alone
will cover city with gardens"