The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-04-08
It IS TINE
TO CLEAN UP

in America today. AS soon as spring
creeps into the air, the snow begins to
melt enough for the boys to play NOR
bles and think of "hookey" from school
the "Clean Up and Paint Up" cam
paign bureau in St. Louis is on the
job. They have been on deck months
before but they sing their first song at
this time.
The "Clean Up and Paint Up" move
ment is national in it's scope. It be-
gan with the paint trade, got too big
for that and still 'going up" has reach
ed the place where governors of states
set aside special days for starting the
campaign.T The "White Plague" league
is in sympathy with the movement.
It saves lives. Commercial Clubs, Wo.
mems Clubs, Churches, Schools and
civic pride bodies are today working
tooth and nail on campaigns in their
particular localities. lis a big thing
and is accomplishing a lasting good
for towns and cities and humanity, as
well as selling thousands of dollars
worth of goods, such as paint, brooms,
wallpaper, house dresses, garden seeds
flower seeds, rakes, spades, carpets,
soap, grass seed, pots, pans, vacuum
cleaners, lumber, nails lawn mowers,
and thousands Of other articles. Its
a fine thing to start IN your town MI.
Dealer.
You can make more money and lead
in civic progress right now, by boost
ing the "Clean Up and Paint Up" cam
paign in your town. How can you
start it? Hop right to it! Dig in
get out and holler! Go see your bro
Their merchants the Give ones first
(the others will beg to get in later.)
Get the Mayor and the newspaper mar
with you agree to call a general meet
ing in a day or two. Each one of you
bring some one interested to that meet
ing. Then elect a chairman, a secret
airy. If you have a Farmers and
Merchants Club, so much the better
and easier. In a brief way explain
the idea oof the campaign; how it will
make a better town to live in, to trade
in, to do business in. A healthier
town, a more beautiful one. Here is
a general plan to follow in the explain
alton at the meeting: "We have an
invitation to start a local "Clean Up
and "Paint Up" campaign in the town.
The idea is to have every city and
town set aside one week for a general
public and private "Clean Up and
Paint Up" to establish the five word
slogan everywhere and create in the
public mind a spirit of enthusiasm and
a sense of intelligent cooperation; to
enlist the active cooperation of the
town authorities in all departments, in
fact, everybody, old and young, to be
asked to lend a hand to clean up prop
erty, indoors and out, during "Clean
Up an Paint Up" week, and thereafter.
We believe that there is great need
of a systematic "Clean Up" in this
town. A trip through this city shows
many streets, yards, and open places
that r Uttered with waste and rub
bish, and are unsightly and unsani-
tary. If these are the conditions out
doors, exposed to view, what must be
the conditions indoors in cellars, attics
etc? III i. :. &.
It is hardly necessary to dwell in
detail on these facts, as most of you
know that there is a great need for a
thorough "Clean Up, and with the
Clean Up goes the paint Up" so nee
essary to make the "Clean Up" per-
manent and to make things bright and
create better living conditions for ev-
cry one. I believe most of all citizens
mean to keep things tidy, but they are
careless and busy about regular dut-
les and neglect to do the cleaning.
A "Clean Up and Paint Up" cam
palgn will remind the general public
of the importance of this work. It
will result in everybody taking hold
and making a thorough job of it, and
experience in other places, where such
campaigns have been. held, indicates
that after the campaign is over prop
erty owners are much more apt to
keep things clean than was the case
before the matter had been so forcibly
brought to their attention.
This is inlead a movement for the
homes and towns beautiful and TO FRO
mote cleanliness, thrift, and civic
pride, and should APPEAL to every pub
lie spirited citizen.
The "Clean Up and Paint Up" cam
paign is along the line of other move
ments now being inaugurated for
community betterment. Activity along
this line means much to any comnlun-
ity in more wholesome and healthful
conditions. A campaign of this kind
is a step forward along Fire Preven-
ton Lines. It is bound to rid homes