The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1913-04-17

In Counsei uuuer the ~ cSiooh>s ~
Mrs. ]. w. Cannon, whose love and
efficiency for and in civic work was
we'll known. The civic spirit thor
oughly aroused in this club has the
earnest cooperation of every woman's
club in the city.
Information was sought from many
cities along the lines OF civic work
and from these statistics the best
suggestions were selected as a stand
ard by which to measure progress.
call was issued by the ladies OF
this club to the citizens in general for
a mass meeting to discuss the subject
of forming "Civic Improvement
League" The pride and loyalty of the
citizens was shown at this meeting.
when upward OF six hundred repre-
sentative citizens linen and women)
crowded the hall and pledge their
support and hearty corporation In the
efforts of the league. The Civic I'M
provement League was then and there
organized (January IL. 1906 and the
following officers and directors elect
ed: President, Mr.. J. F. Mari: Vice
President, Mrs. J. W. Cannon; Secre-
tary, Mrs. T. NJ. Harding; Treasurer.
Mr.. F. p. Smith: Directors. Mrs. NJ. s.
Reynolds, Mr.. r. Houle. and Mr.. J. w.
Work. Later Mrs. D. E. Gibson was
added to the directory.
"The City Beautiful" was chosen
as their inspiring motto. To have
city beautiful 1t was first necessary
to have a clean. sanitary city. After
arranging in a general way for sew
eraI parks, the first real work to call
the attention OF the league was to es-
tablish a Clean-Up- Day. Arbor Day.
1906. set apart for the first Clean-up-
Day was well advertised. through the
kindness of the press. and several
weeks before that date the community
had thoroughly taken up the spirit
and back yards, vacant lots. md IL
Ieys we're taking on a very different
aspect. Transfers with their teams
offered assistance In carrying away
the debris. Business houses closed
for the day and merchants personally
superintended the loading and dump
ing OF the accumulation am going
to quote the press on the result OF
this. the first Clean Up-Day Canon
City ever had:
Canon City never had such clean
mg up in its lift as 1t received last
Friday. Have you ever seen little
chap starting for Sunday school with
his hair still wet and plastered down
his round little head. his cheeks fair
ly glowing with the scrubbing he had
undergone, and his little nose shin
ing with soap and sanctity? Satur-
day morning you could fairly see the
suds still sparkling from end to end
of our pretty town. Every alley was
cleaned spick and span, every vacant
lot was left trim and neat Sixty con-
victs With eight guards were put 20
work on the streets, some Of them
worked at the trash pile at the corner
Of Main and First streets. where 800
loads of trash and refuse was dump
ed. The d. & r. G. is going to furnish
dirt and fill in this place for another
park. The Civic Improvement League
planted over 500 trees, 200 were plant
ed in the Penitentiary park. and any
number OF householders planted more.
Probably 1000 were planted in all
Everyone tldied up to the very best Of
his ability and no longer have we
Queen Ann front yards and Mary Ann
back yards"
This must have been a source Of
satisfaction to everyone in Canon City.
Ripht here | think n would he of in
terest for the citizens in general %
know that the original Arbor Day pro-
clamation in Colorado. and one Of the
ar.a IL md TIM ,o.x axat Or, ha iaauod