The log cabin Democrat., 1916-03-23
HOW LITTLE ROCK
 IS CLEANING CITY
USEFUL HINTS ARE GIVEN
SOME OF THEM MAY BE ADOPTED TO AN ADVAN-
 FACE IN CONWAY.

4 cleanup camp3lgn IS also on m Little Rock at present, and reports from the capital city are to the effect that much good is being done. The "ewspapers of that city are publish ing in large display advertisements some useful hints as to cleaning and beautifying premises, many of which would be of value If adopted at Con way. One of the advertisements is reproduced below:
 Let's Clean and Beautify Our City.
 "A Garden for Every Home.
 Make Little Rock City of Homes.
 Another Rose in Every Yard.
 Tn order that the city of Little Rock may De absolutely clean and that the germs of disease and death which thrive so well in the spring and sumner months may he entirely destroyed every good citizen in Little Rock will clean up his premises; and, that the work may be thoroughly done, 1t is urged that each and every person do this work in the following order:
 Il. Remove every piece of useless trash from the attic.
 "2. Remove all accumulated trash from the basement. Be sure to gath CT in oily rags and things of that character from all closets; such things undergo spontaneous combus- tion and burn many homes.
 "3. Thoroughly clean all out houses, including barns and stables and whitewash the buildings when possible.
 A. Put the back yard in good or der; be sure to gather in every mos Quito-breeding tin can.
 "5. Let the work extend to the al- ley; and ask your neighbor to clean his half of the alley.
 "6. If trash has accumulated un- der the house drag it out; such trash offers most convenient breeding place for rats and mice and is a con stant menace.
 ''7. See to it that the front yard IS in it's usual spick and span condi- tlon; if it has a fence see that the necessary repairs are made; paint or Whitewash the fence.
 ''8. Do not dump rubbish from at tic. basement CT yard into the alley {; put it in boxes, barrels, or sacks and have 1t hauled away and delivered to the city incinerating plat at Eight eenth street and Barber avenue.
 "9. Plant one rose bush in the spot that suits you best; then plant ornamental plants, shrubs, flowers and garden vegetables ad libitum.
 TO. Ask owners of vacant lots if they are going to clean them on these days; if they are not do it for them.
 I'll. Fill all stagnant pools with dirt or drain them.
 '12. Do not let the water from your refrigerator drip through a fun nel to the ground under the house; this practice affords breeding places for millions of disease bearing mos quitoes; connect the waste pipe of your refrigerator with the sewer.
 "13. See if the butcher shops and grocery stores in your district are kept in a sanitary condition; report those that are not to the chairman of your club; and do not eat any thing that comes from grocery store or butcher shop that has flies; it is both filthy and dangerous.
 "A. Call your club together when ever in the future you notice flies or mosquitoes in your district; they are signals sent out by nature of disease and death lurking in your neighbor- hood.
 "15. Let's keep our city clean-a City of Homes in Land of Oppor- tunity.
 ~16. Call M 240 or write the may OTIS office for further information.
 "17. All persons having extra plants or rose bushes to donate will please send them to the nearest pub