Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-08-24
CARELESS owners
Of PROPERTY ARE
To GET SURPRISE
Mayor and Other CITY Off
Gals Determined That
Weeds 2e Gut.

HIS ltlnS Is NOT Il N'At, ~ some
| people appear to cO0sidor +, and Ne
are goinc to have the p}arortv oNu-
! crs come into court, to a>pIqm why
I hey have not cut Tie We, Is TN their
! premises" s1io Mayor SIMON Bloom
! yesterday.
! That there arc many 4fsG eff prop
! crty in the city, on which weeds gg0w
rampant and that there liz many lo-
cations in the city whore he Voc dis
have grown over onto sidewalks. r.
generally admitted. Naror simon
Bloom, the police and o her Officials,
have been urging and eNhortine prop
erty owners to have these weeds cut.
md have even threatened that var
rants would be issued against the of
tenders, yet in the great majority Of
cases, no attention has been paid the
officials, and it has been decided that
action instead Of words viii follow.
Deputy Street Commissioner Evan
Tarnell started yesterday, formally
notifying such property owners that
The weeds must be cut within three
days, ard ne is going to devote all his
time for several days to serving such
notices and to assume warrants
against property owners who do not
comply within the time specified.
"We're getting more money from
fines for violations Of the stree tax
ordinance than from the street tax
itself now said Mr. Parneu, land
the fines that Will be collected from
property owners who do not cut the
weeds will be quite welcome 20 the
city treasury, which is not overbur-
dened with cash. | am going after
these property owners, and | intend
to warn every one of them, and also
to see that those who do not comply
with the warning are brought before
Judge Stewart in the police court"
Urges Cooperation.
:, The case of the citizen who takes
pride in the appearance Of his prem
ises and his city is we'll presented in
a letter received by Mayor Bloom
from J. w Blackburn, master me-
chanic at the Cotton Belt shops Mr..
Blakeburns attitude is that of every
good citizen, and should be the atti-
tude of all. He writes. under date
of August %, as follows:
"Simon Bloom, Mayor City of Pine
Bluff, Pine Bluff, Ark.
Your Honor For some time past
| have realized that you have a deep
interest in this city's welfare and
good appearance, and ii may be pos
sible that your attention has been
called to the matter to which [ refer,
and that you are unable to take any
action.
1.-THE majority of property owners
r3~
want nice lawns, to keep their prem
Uses clean and have weeds cut from
curbing, etc, so their walks will not
be obstructed and pedestrians have
10 get out in the street when the
weeds are wet to keep from getting
their clothes wet-but this is a con-
dition that exists in quite number of
places.
"Of what use is il for you and me
to either do lot of hard work on
our lawns or pay to have it done. and
then have the adjoining lot grow
up in weeds, go to seed and seeds !
from these weeds blow over on our
lot, resulting in our having nothing |
but a weed patch in our front yards
the next year?
who hold vacant lots for high prices.
were compelled to keep them in a |
clearly condition. free from weeds,
etc, they would probably make a lit
tie more effort to dispose of them,
and il you will glance around the |
city I believe you will find that the
property owners who are the best able
financially to keep their vacant prem
Uses in good condition, allow them to
become the worst, for fear of spend !
ing few cents. | also believe that |
the physicians will agree with mt that |
the city would be more healthful if !
the weeds were cut and burned.
81 hope you will not consider this
in any way criticism of you and |
your force. because | have great re-
spect for your civic pride and your
continual hammering for betterments
also trust that you will consider |
this matter strictly personal, and if |
you see fit to handle it, to do so at |
your own vOlitiOn.
yours respectfully,