The Sentinel=record., 1914-03-22
COOPERATION WITH
 THE CITY OFFICERS
DUST AND FLIES ARE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE COMBAT.
 ED sY EVERY ONE.
Administration of Itself Can Not Do Many Things Unless the Citizen. ship Tenders Individual Support.


 ernment in order Co have such a city as We all wish for. is stoutly empha- sized in a very interesting talk which City Manager (. E. Ashburner made before Springfield (Ohio) meeting recently an dwhich is here with offered. Some of the criticisms would not apply locally but enough of them do to make the whole worthy of consideration. and perhaps 1t will be effective in giving to Mayor Me Clendon and the city administration the support it always needs under such conditions
 'The work of brotherhood such as this is. besides it's religious features had all educational work. the results of which will be shown in time in better and broader citizenship-in a better and more business like city administration. I will try and out line few of the things that you can do
 First and foremost, make it your business to support and help your city officials in the discharge of their duties They are your employees and there can be but two positions for them. They are either worthy of your support and you are to be blam- ed unless you make it your business to get rid of them. You can be of the greatest support to them by try ing to live up to all your city laws It is the little things in life that add ed together, bring the big results.
 "The man who buys city water on a flat rate and allows it to run to waste instead of fixing his pluming is using his fellow citizens money in an unfair manner. The man who keeps filthy premises is encouraging an epidemic that may cause unnec- cessary heartaches in ones family. The man who refuses to be vaccinat- ed may pay for refusing with his life, or he may murder his friends. IL is as l said-the little things"
 Talking of little things, I know of nothing that can cause more trou- ble for it's size than the common lit tie house fly. l notice that l was re ported to have said that one fly in tine early part of the year was the progenitor of fifteen million flies in a season. My friends, ! have said fifteen billions of flies and every one of them bred fin filth They carry disease germs from the stable man ure, from the garbage can, from the typhoid patient, and from the eXpec toration of the consumptive to your food Kill the fly,-keep on killing the fly If a foreign army were to invade Ohio, there would not be enough men left here to fill the city offices. The men would join the army of defense and yet let me tell you in all seriousness that the fly causes more deaths each year than has been caused by an army that has ever been organized. Swat him and starye him No filth,-no flies.
 Next to flies, the most prevalent cause of disease is dust. Dust be, comes laden with germs and is easily taken into the throat and lungs. Can any one tell me of anything more awful than to see a person fighting for life Wiho has been stricken down by tuberculosis? The misery. both mental and physical and the money loss from such a case can hardly be computed. Again. the destruction Of clothing. carpets and furniture caus- cd by dust is enormous. Let's try and keep it down Cut out macadam streets. Cut it out is hardly the right word. as it is too easy,--wagons and automobiles can do that for us. mean stop building them
 "fhe construction work of a good citizen will be shown in his home Clean yards. clean windows, floors and walls. It costs nothing to be clean, and very little to be neat have always noticed n life that a good workman, no matter how hum- hle he may be or how old and worn his clothing,-dOes not wear ripped and torn garments but somehow by the assistance Of his mother, sister UT NHtt or pA HIS own laSoI. HIS olother are patched and he looks neat do not speak lightly of this. as save myself worn patched clothes No man will get on in the world un less he has true ambition Always try to make your property look lit- tie cleaner than it was. If you can afford to, make it look a little more dressed up. Flowers. grass and paint If you cannot afford the money for flowers, the nearest civic league to you will. I am sure, furnish the flow CTS if you furnish the work. Now who gets the benefit? Why, every one who passes your place.
 T am glad that in America people are not like taem in Europe Here if- we are lucky enough to have a pretty yard. We let people see it, whilst 'in the older countries the rich people build high walls around iheir property. 1 believe the sight of God great work in nature has a wonder. fnl influence upon us all