The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-05-05
SPOKANE STRIVES
FOR "SPOTLESS CITY,
POPULATION OF NORTHWEST
ERIN CITY cELEBRATED BY
A GOOD OBTAINING.

One Of the most wholesome spec.
tacles ever witnessed ON the mainland
was the cleaning and special Arbor
Day celebration in Spokane the latter
part Of April, when the city commits
sioners cooperated with the residents
in an effort to make Spokane ''spot-
less towns1' Mayor William J. Hind
ley proclaimed public holiday to
start the campaign, after which the
city beautiful committee Of the cham
Der of commerce and allied organiza-
tions took charge.
''I believe we can bring out from
$4,000 to $4,000 men and women, in
GLIDING railroad and bank presidents,
manufacturers, wholesale and retail
dealers and society matrons on the
opening day, to assist in beautitylng
the residence districts,'' said Mayor
Hindley, and he made his boast good.
''The city crematory department win
take care of the business streets and
alleys and special detachments of
firemen will be on hand to avert fires.
The refuse will be destroyed under
their direction.n
Aubrey Lee White, president of the
Spokane Park Commission, is the orig
inatOr of the municipal cleaning day
plan, first worked out in this city early
in the spring of 1906 through the city
beautiful committee on the 100000
club, now headed by @. Herbert Moore,
formerly mayor of the city. 1t has be.
come an annual institution in Spokane
and has been taken-up by other cities
in the United States and the Dominion
of Canada.
Twenty thousand men, women and
school children participated in the first
annual cleaning day five years ago. The
army of volunteer workers, composed of
people from all walks of life, was under
the direction of City Engineer Henry
j. Lilienthal, who was marshal of the
day, The men and boys were armed
with shovels, pruning instruments and
rakes, while the women and girls as
sisted in planting trees and shrubs and
flower seeds. They worked from early
morning until the sun passed from view
behind the western hills, and the results
were highly satisfactory.
Five hundred teams were provided by
| the 10000 club, mill owners, business
houses and residents generally to haul
| the garbage to the municipal ineinerat-
ing plant, and special firemen were sta
! toned in various parts of the city and
/ In ntIT1 ha as
of refuse by bonfres. Business was
suspended during the hours the people
were engaged, in cleaning the city.
The 10000 club turned out its entire
membership of 1900 in command of Ben
III. Rice, then secretary of the organiza-
tion, and the Ne-Mow- g. Nak-0ps, the
woman's auxiliary, headed by Mrs. T..
/ r. Emery, assisted the schoolgirls with
the planting of shrubs and Towering
vines and seeding plots of ground. Ten
thousand packets of flower seeds were
used. When Spokane awakened the
next morning the city presented the APP
pearanee of new pin.
The city beautiful committee is de-
clared to be one of the best organized
bodies in America. In addition to the
chairman and permanent secretary there
us vice chairman in each ward, a cap.
tain in each precinct, and lieutenant
in every block within the incorporated
city limits. There also is O joint com
mittee of twenty business men, making
4 up the subcommittee on cleaning day
public buildings, parks, driveways and
alleys, streets, bridges and tree plant.
ing. The joint committee meets twice
a week, when plans are submitted for
discussion, and upon adoption the work
is carried out through the captains in
1.-THE various wards.
The older boys in colleges and high
schools are organized to assist the of.
fieers of the association In reporting
districts or lots that require attention
The captains and lieutenants of the
companies of boys make tours of every
block in their neigaborhoods to oversee
the work.
The success Of the several campaigns
resulted ia the formation of a civic
plan commission, consisting of fits
liberal and aesthetiealiy educated busi
meas and professional men, 70 work oui
Q practical program for water, sewer
transportation, parks and boulevard
system and municipal art IN Spokane
for the next lfty years. Experts de
clare this Is one Of the most lmportanl
! and farseeing pieces 81 business Wis
dom yet advanced BY any Americas
city,