Evening star., 1915-05-18
GEORGETOWN To FIGHT
FLY-BREED|NG PLACES
Citizens Association Will Take
Charge of Distribution
of Circulars.
Col. Harts Thanked for Band Con.
certs and Tennis Courts-Last
Meeting Of Season.

around the stables in Georgetown is to
be attempted under the direction of the
Georgetown Citizens Association. ac-
cording to a decision reached at its
meeting last night in Potomac Savings
Bank Hail. Wisconsin avenue and NJ
street. .....
Dr. n. E. Ames, U. s. n. retired, chair
man of the public health committee,
brought the matter up. He described
trap designed by the Department of
Agriculture, and proposed that the as
ISOLATION have printed a number Of cir
culars describing the method. These.
he said, should be sent to those in
Georgetown who maintained stables.
Ralph Collins opposed the appropria-
ton for printing such q circular, de-
claring that the Department of Agri-
culture would furnish as many as need
ed free, and that the association could
send them out. 1t then was decided to
obtain copies from the department to
be distributed by the public health
committee of the association.
Col. Harts Is Thanked.
A resolution Of thanks to Col. W. W.
Har,s, superintendent of public build
ings and grounds, for his promptness
in responding to the requests of the
organization for more tennis courts and
additional band concerts in Montrose
Park, Georgetown, was adopted. 1t was
introduced by Mr.. Collins, who an
nounced that since the special commit
tee called on Col. Harts during the
past month work had actually begun
on two additional tennis courts, and
that three additional band concerts
had been provided. Mr.. Collins fur
ther explained that If the people Of
Georgetown would show their proper
appreciation of these concerts Col
Harts would give them more.
Mr.. Collins then warned the associa-
tion that if it expected to get any
recommendations in the District esti-
mates this year last night was the time
to decide upon them. He declared that
man.y improvements needed in George
town were left out last year because
the organization was late getting them
in. He declared that in view of the
fact that last night was the last meet
ing OF the association for the season
and that another would not be held
until october it was absolutely neces-
sary to take action at the time.
Decided Not to Act.
President j. Hadley Doyle declared that
the association in the early part of the
season had decided not to ask for any
improvements in Georgetown in view Of
tn Borland amendment. which requires
citizens to bear half the cost of street i'm
provements.
Dr. Ames made further complaint last
night of the action of the District refuse
collecting contractors failing to take
away shrubbery. dead floral decora-
tions and the like. Such matter was
proper for the refuse men to take
away, he said. 1t was unhealthful to
have around, because it breeds mos
quitoes
The fault is with the contract system,
he remarked. There ought to be some
way of overcoming this, he argued the
people should stand together and demand
public incinerator. There is no reason
why a city like Washington should not be
able to get rid of its refuse by cremation
He declared that the cost of the plant
would be a small matter, because a con-
tractor in making an estimate for haul
ing out the refuse invariably included
the cost Of his plant in the contract
Dr. Ames also announced that a large
number of paint up-clean up circulars
had been distributed In Georgetown
under the direction of the association.
Frank P. Leetch Appointed.
President Doyle informed the asso-
citation that he had appointed Frank
p. Leetch. former president Of the as
ISOLATION. to represent the organiza-
ton on the citizens committee which
Is examining into the fiscal relations
between the federal government and
the District He declared that Mr..
Leetch had been assigned an important
place on one of the important commit
tees of the citizens committee, and " as
engaged in collecting data showing the
appropriations received by the District
am nv fnr
period far back as fifteen years.
In adtourning the organization for
the summer months. President DOYLE
thanked the members for their cour-
reous treatment during his term, ex-
pressed the hope Of seeing a big in
crease in membership when the or
ganiZation convenes next fall and also
expressed the hope that peace would
be smiling all over the world long be-
fore the time set for the association to
convene for its fall and winter
meetings