Baxter Springs news., 1919-05-09
sanitary MEN n
Baxter SPRINGS
Nsxt Week, Beginning With
Monday, Has Been Desig-
mated by Mayor as
Clean-Up Week
Proclamation


Nv. C. Murdock. mayor Of the city
Of Baxter Springs, Kan, by authority
vested In me, and by the further
mandate Of the United States Health
oRicer, the State Sanitary Inspector.
ths County Health officers and the
city health officers, do hereby pro
claim the week of May l2, 1919, begin
ming Monday and continuing all week,
q clean up week in Baxter Springs.
An ay pest places, including manure
piles, outhouses, rubbish piles, old tin
cans, or any other breeding places for
hies, must be cleaned up and placed In
. sanitary condition. Otherwise the
city viii have same done and charge
the cost up TO the property owner.
W. C. MURDOCH, Mayor.
Swat the ny germs.
Swat the manure pile, where 80 per
cent Of fly germs are Matched.
Swat that old pile Of tin cans.
Swat that ever increasing smell OF
that filthy outhOuse.
Swat that rubbish pile.
These are some Of the things which
are going TO be required Of the citi-
zens Of Baxter are notified that the
IN proclamation to clean up Baxter.
The Daily Citizen is authorized to
state for Mayor Murdoch that the citi-
Gems of Baxte rare notified that the
States Public Health Service, and also
health officer, the county health Of
Acsrs and the city health officers have
required Of him to clean up Baxter Of
al fly germs, and he hereby issues o
warning that unless people get busy
and conform to the requirements OF
these conditions, pest places will be
cleaned by the city and the price
therefor charged up to the property.
Another thing. If this is done, it will
save you of being placed in a bad
light, for the u. s. Health officer,
who is here, will make thorough in
vestigation of the town and will pub
lish the particular dens for fly germs,
which you can avoid by cleaning up
before he sees your premises.
This interlude is to acquaint the
citizens that DR.. R. R. Sayers, United
States Publ cHealth Service, and also
deputy state health commissioners;
Dr.. ]. Dale Graham Of Columbus,
county health officer; Jas. Share, chief
sanitary inspector of Cherokee coun-
ty;- Drs. Wear, Boswell and Nichols
and Mayor Murdock held a meeting
this forenoon in the Chamber of Com
merce rooms and outlined plan to
clean Baxter up of her filth.
DR.: Sayers will make close inspec-
ton of the conditions here and point
out and have published such nuisance
places as menace good health. These
places will be visited and if not
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PEELED to use his authority.
The city at this time is without a
dump pile. It has been suggested
that the refuse filth might be burned
up. But as to these two propositions
the mayor and council will probably
take some action. In the meantime,
haul your clean up stuff to the river
bank east, or some where out Of reach
Of Baxter Springs.
There isn't any citizen who courts
the idea Of his name in public print
because he refused to clean up his
premises and stop the fly germs, yet
II such information is furnished this
paper it becomes our duty to publish
the same. So the better thing to do
right now Is to get extremely busy.
%Clean up Baxter" should be the
slogan Of every citizen.