Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-12
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
SPRING CLEANUP CAMPAIGN.
A Movement to Promote Cleanliness,
OrderlinesS and Civic Pride.

a Movement to Promote Cleanliness,
0rdeTlinesS and Civic Pride.
Every householder in Lancaster can
add to his own pleasure, and to the
beauty Of the town by observing
Cleanup Day, next Saturday, and
making his home surroundings beau
tiful Beautiful and healthful sur
rOundings increase values and refine
UgIiness and filth cheaper and de-
grade.
Civic patriotism is the need of the
hour i'm Lancaster. Patriotism is more
than rallying round the flag, and
while patriotism at the front is in
spring and beautiful, patriotism at
the rear that manifests itself in the
improvement of ones own town is al
SO commendabIe. Common folk, who
without the incentive of martial mus
ic and often without appreciation,
enlist for life in the moral and phys
zeal welfare Of the town in which they
live, are opponents of genuine patriot
ism.
Seven Commandments.
Remember thy cleaning day and
keep it wholly.
Thou shalt honor thy neighbOrhoOd
and keep it clean.
Thou shalt take care Of thy rubbish
heap, else thy neighbOr may bear wit
ness against thee.
Thou shalt keep in order thy alley,
thy front yard and thy back yard.
Thou shalt not let the wicked fly
breed.
Thou shalt not injure thy neighbor
by poisoning the air with garbage.
Thou shalt not consider myself a
good citizen until thou hast dis
charged all thy community obliga-
tiOns.
Al spring cleanup day is only one
step in the right direction.
Cleanliness and order alone do not
always make for beauty. It should
be followed by a campaign for beau
tifying the city by the intelligent
planting of shrubs and vines and
flowers. An opportunity for advocat-
ing this kind of Identification comes
with Arbor day, which should, by all
means be celebrated in Lancaster
this year.
Fly Catechism.
1. Where is the fly born? In man
Ure and filth.
?. Where does the fly live? In
every kind of filth
3. Is anything too filthy for the fly
to eat? No.
4. Where does he go when he
leaves his filth? Into the kitchen and
dining room. CD What does he do
there? Walks on the bread and fruit
and vegetables, wipes his feet on the
butter, and bathes in the milk.
3. Does the fly visit the patient
sick with typhoid fever, and other
contagious diseases? He does, and he
may call on you next.
6. Is the fly dangerous? He is
more dangerous than wild beasts or
rattlesnakes. He is mans worst pest.
z. Did he ever kill any one? The
number of Americans he has killed
is greater than all the men who have
fell in battle in the great European
war.
s. Where are the most flies?
Where there is the most filth.
9. Are screens sufficient protection
against flies? No, they must be pre-
vented from breeding.
10. How shall we kill the fly? Des-
troy all the filth about the house and
yard before the fly season comes, pour
chloride of lime into vaults and man
ure piles, kill the fly with swatters,
especially the early fly. Kill the fly
i'm any Way-but kill the fly.
Who's ReSnonsible9
Is this town what it ought to be?
is it ali that it could and should be-?
Yes or No?
Can I answer yes to these ques-
items or can I not?
If not, why not?
Who's keeping it back?
Who's responsible?
Isn't this town equal to the sum of
all its parts?
Am / not a part?
You bet.
Then who's responsible?
AMI
Do
Make your street and yard in front
and rear as clean and attractive as
possible.
Destroy weeds.
Burn or bury rubbish.
Pick up loose paper.
Plant shrubs, vines and flower
seeds.
DON'T
Throw paper and fruit skins onto
the sidewalks.
Mark walls Of buildings.
Injure shade trees or flower beds.
Spit on floors or sidewalks.
Throw stones at birds, for they de-
stroy worms and insects and help
make the town beautiful