Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-04-16
Preparations will be under way
this week for the Music Fest which
will be held some time in May.
DOES CRESCO NEED Al
CLEAN UP" WEEK?
An Appeal to Citizens by the, Secre-
tary of the Commercial Club.

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Do we need to "Clean Up Cresco?''
Not in western cowboy style. but in
the good housewife way of doing
/ things.
"Clean Up Day" or Clean Up
Week" has become a national slogan,
yes, might say worldwide slo-
gan.
| Many of the circular letters and
pamphlets coming to the secretary of
the Commercial club tell of the ex-
periences of cities, and of the meth
DDS employed by them to clean up
and beautify their home city.
Why should all this be-is it fad
of this generation?
Clean up week is becoming popular
not only in Iowa, but in America, be-
cause it means the getting together
in the interest of sanitation. good
health and an attractive, lfvable
town or city.
It has been said, "that as man
liveth, so is his home town." True it
!! is that city or town is as dirty, or
as attractive and clean as its people
make it. 1t cannot rise above the
level of it's citizens.
Wherever Uncle Sans soldiers
have gone in tropics, Cuba, the Phil
Iippines, Panama and Mexico, they
have cleaned up first, filth and all
unsanitary conditions have fled be-
fore the Stars and Stripes. Their
health demanded proper sanitation
and cleanliness. What an object les
son it has been to the people of those
countries; and how it ought to bring
home to us the value of getting rid
| of dirt and filth in all its forms.
We are all proud of Cresco; it has
lived up to the meaning of the word
lCresco ito grow" We are proud of
our substantial building growth, of
the fine increase in population, and
of the large and ever increasing
amount of business done in Cresco.
iCannot we be proud of our Cresco
because it is the cleanest city In the
state! 1t is up to US, as individuals,
Ito answer that question. BY doing
your part you can make 1t fact.
It is simply impossible for our city
|officials to see that every foot of
street and alley in Cresco is kept
Iclean of rubbish, tin cans. ashes
weeds, the hundred and one things
THAT Just naturally accumulate. MOI
would you as . taxpayer. sanction
their spending city funds to acc0m'
Iplish it. The city Dads" have certain
duties to perform in the task Of clean
ling up. But we as individuals have oul
task in the cleaning up Of our cit,
land keeping 1t clean.
Do you let rubbish gather in the
Istreet in front of your home? Dc
lyou let the weeds grow there? Is the
|alley back of your place sight t.
behold only by the blind?
My friend, w. B. Perry. tells M
lhe has. an incubator that will hatcf
la thousand chicks at once. Can YOU
lgo him one better-have you an In
cubator in your alley that will hatcl
la million flies at once. You, go VISITING
and come back and say that you would
mot care to live in such a town o.
|city because it is dirty place. M!
brother and sister Crescoites. did yo'
lever stop to ask yourself, what d.
Iour visitors say of Cresco?
The last of this month the North
eastern Iowa convention of the ODD
Fellows and Rebekahs will be helt
lin Cresco. Will we be dressed in oul
Ibest to receive our guests? Will the!
return to their homes telling of thu
good things about Cresco, not thu
least of which will be that It is
clean city!
Thousands of automobile tourists
Ipass through Cresco each season
Twin their report spread broadcast b'
favorable to Cresco? Mr.. Citizen, !
|rests with you. General sanitation
Cleanliness and beauty is the desire
lof every good citizen. All that II
necessary is that we work together
II we need q "Clean Up Week.
lets have 1t. Every week ought to bt
Ia clean up week.
j Cleaning up represents the best In
|vestment of energy American hom'
makers can make.
It stands for healthier families
happier homes, higher real estate
values, and better citizenship.
Will you do your part? I know
, you will, for you are a Crescoite,
booster for the best city in Iowa.
w. H. TILLSON,
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