The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-06
Children's Cleanup

she got broom and swept. the side
walk. !
Then she raked the grass. took out
all OF the dead leaves and picked up
the sticks so that the yard looked
neat and tidy.
After everything was clean she and
some other little girls had their pic
ture taken. Perhaps If you see that
picture you may recognize me in it.
HELEN REEVES.
Garfield schools grade.
Likes keokuk Now.
Iack-"Say, What does your back
yard look hke.
John'wen. think have cleaned
il up good enough
Jack-.T went out 70 clean up mine
and what do you think founde There
were ashes six feet high. ! think. and
In cans galore. Well. piled up the
cans and had the ashes and cans haul
ed away
joint didn't ind anything Ike
that. You known. had been clean
ing VI the yard for week, but had
enough to keep me busy. went into
the attic, the first time / had been In
il for q yesr. and Of all the old rub
bish, Now | thought. clean up day did
not mean only to clean up out Of
doors but in the house as we'll So
had the rubbish taken out"
Jack-I didn't think of that before
but ! viii clean the house too. "
joint don't mind living in Keo-
kuk now. it is so clean and nice. .
JOYCE BROWN.
Garfield school-i-7 grade.
Pony Takes Part.
I am little pony and am generally
keft busy, but one day not long ago
when awoke, found my feed and
water in my box and my hay in my
manger. never saw anything of my
master until about three o'clock.
About noon, Billy. the dog, came in
and told me the cause of it. my
MASTER he said. ''is hauling and rak-
ing tin cans into piles and your wagon
loaded. He has also painted my ken
mel and planted flowers around it,
About three my master came in, har-
hitched me to my wagon. Then we
drove off to big hole where the dirt
/ and cans were dumped We made this
! trip FIVE times. Then | was put back
and heard no more till Billy came in
| and said, Cleanup day is over"
| LEON RAYBURN.
Garfield school, 2-e grade.
A Very Busy Girl.
First cleaned the gutter and the
alley. Then | cleaned the yard
I picked UP all the stones, buried the tin
cans and rubbish and leveled the
garden In the alley swept and
cleaned 1t for Mrs. Smith and Mrs
4 Fortune swept and cleaned the gar.
dens and piled up all the loose boards
| I went in under the porch and cleaned
| il too. went down In the ditch and
cleaned it for Riders and pulled all
| the weeds UP. and burned them. Then
Z Tdheu up dill l4S CAildciS, anu put VI =
all the broken wires, swept off all the
sidewalks and fixed the sewer where
lit had been stopped up, SO 1t could
run. That was ali did. But still
have more to do.
j GENEyIEvE WALKER.
Fourth grade. Lincoln school.
Made Dime in Ten Minutes.
I First raked the yard and alley.
piled up tin cans till / thought my
back would break. I piled rocks as
high as my head. After cleaned my
own yard I helped my friends. got
dime for helping a lady about ten
minutes.
Now we can walk along the street
with some satisfaction as there is no
/ danger of falling over rocks or tin
cans which were put there by some
careless hands.
saw CID people and young people
working as If their lives depended
upon that one thing. keokuk is clean
from top to bottom and We all should
try and keep IT clean
ELIZA SMITH.
% grade, Lincoln school.
Gave Place General Cleaning.
+. Tuesday We had no school because