The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-05-15
Is
PREP AIRING FOR
CLEANUP DAY
NEXT FRIDAY
No Ashes Will Be Hauled and
Cooperation of Everyone is
Urged.

Alderman Harry G. NcIlvaney of the
Fourth ward. captain of the municipal
Cleanup day movement. has ap-
pointed as lieutenants in the super
vision of the undertaking his associate
aldermen of the city council. each of
whom will have direction of the work
within certain prescribed boundaries
i in his home ward. 1t is the ambition
to make cleanup day this year mo-
less popular and successful than its
predecessors.
Already a bunch of men have been
engaged at the instance of the street
commissioner in raking the rubbish.
trash and accumulations of the winter
into piles in the alleys in the business
portion of town in readiness TO be
carted off to the public dumping
grounds next Friday. Alderman Nc
Ilyaney and his assistants are desirous
that property owners and tenants in
the residence districts of the city clean
up their premises before Thursday
night and pile all rubbish that cannot
be burned in the alleys where it can
be conveniently reached by the team
sters and shovel brigade the next
morning
No ashes will be hauled off at the
expense of the city on cleanup day.
under any circumstances and all brush
and infiammable rubbish should be
burned Wherever it can be done
the committee desires that broken
glass of any kind and tin cans be put
into sacks for convenience in loading
into tho ua uruc enc. God ~, The ssba.,I
ing away processi"-
There is not residence property in
Canon City that is not more or less un-
tidy in consequence of piles of rubbish
in the back yard. Many of them are
littred with tin cans. broken glass
ware. waste paper. dry grass and other
accumuiations that should be gotten
rid of in the interest of neatness. san
itation and good health These
should all be raked into the nearest
alley and piled up where they will be
easily accessible to the teamsters. The
public can be OF great help in this en-
terprise by cooperating as heartily as
possible with the city authorities Peo-
| pie. should remember that il is essen
,tial to get ti}enrrubbfsh into the alley
not later than Thursday evening so
as to be ready for the carriers early
the next morning. After the team
sters have been along the alley once
they viii not return and il is neces-
sary that all rubbish which il is de-
sired to have taken away be in Place
when the teamsters cal for it.
The rubbish will be dumped on
South Fourth street in the morass
crossed by the Third street viaduct-
A sufficient number of men will be
stationed there by the street superin-
tendent to rapidly remove the trash
from the wagons and level the dump
to prevent its becoming disagreeable
or unsightly to people living in the
neighborhood The city officials will
be accorded lot of gratuitous help
and assistance in the undertaking by
public-spirited citizens. Many OF them
will either furnish men and teams for
the days work. or provide money for
their employment. Others will con-
tribute days labor Just how many
teams. or how much labor. will be do
mated for the cleanup day" is not
yet known. although those at the heal
! of the matter have received assur-
ances of generous help and co-opera-
ton. Warden Tynan of the peniter-
tiary following bis custom. will supply
number of both men and teams ~
make the undertaking success.
Canon City people have proved them
selves in years past to be no less
loyal to the enterprises OF cleanup
day than they have been to the finan-
ciai camnaigns OF the government in
Liberty loan drives. They will be
given an opportunity next Friday to
add another triumph 20 IN already
long list OF patriotic and public-spirited
achievements.