The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-01
Mayor Freeman Attends
Meeting M on day and
Pledges Laws on Keep
ing City Clean
ENTIRE CITY SEEMS
TO BE COOPERATING
WARD COMMITTEES ARE AP-
POINTED TO VISIT SCHOOLS
AND ANNOUNCE CLEANUP
DAYS, MARCH 34-5

Mayor Freeman was present Mon
day afternoon at the meeting Of the
Ardmore Civic League in the directors
room OF the Guaranty State Bank.
The mayor congratulated the wo-
men upon their work in building up
Il sentiment for u clean, wholesome
town and stated that law must be
backed BY sentiment in order to have
ii enforced. He stated that he would
fine persons who were brought into
the municipal court who had not
given obedience TO cleanup orders and
ordinances and said there were some
people here maintaining nuisances who
would be fined $40 a day until those
fuisances We're abated. He also stated
that suitable ordinances would he
passed requiring people to keep their
premises clean and also for the pro
lection Of trees and shrubbery.
City Health Officer DR.. A. Y. East
orwood was at the meeting and made
q very sensible talk on the matter
Of hauling off trash and also spoke III
favor of rigid enforcement of the
health laws which result in the clean.
in,s OF the city OF trash.
Secretary Barron invited the wo
men Of The league to meet at the
Chamber of Commerce rooms and
made talk on the interest that is be
ing manifested in Ardmore in cleaning
VI the alleys and back lots and vacant
( alts and also in the establishment
~ numerous small parks over the
city. He said that q power spray
would be purchased for each ward
u. the city and that the best atten'
on would be- given to forest trees
nat are growing in the city.
Hugo Stromherg Of the Lions Clut
Vas presC it and stalled THAI the pro
aganda Of the league for q more
ucautiful Ardrnore was producing
'onderful results, that every citizeI
,cmed to be doing something toward
making the city more beautiful ano
aid the awakening that had come Il
the people would result in the en-
forcement Of such laws as are re-
quired to induce the stubborn ones tC
comply with the ordinances Of the
city.
Secretary Mrs. Walter +. Lindsay
read letter from Mrs c. T.. Wash
ington, principal OF the Second ward
in which she urged the planting o
flowers about the schools The dis
cussion OF the letter resulted in many
suggestions OF favor for the ideas d
Mrs " ashington.
MIR Wallis, manager Of Joe Curtis
plant here, made talk on the build
ing Of the park near the Curtis plan
and offered his services and his team!
Tor any work that the league had tt
do Ills remarks were greeted will
applause and the league expressed
much interest In the Joe Curtis Park
Judge A. Eddleman Of the kiwanii
club made n talk along the line o
the care for trees on the Memoria
Highway and urged that some mcan
be provided for watering dhe t'ee
and taking care OF them through III
heated portion Of the year. Ii, place.
his services at the command o. tn
league for any work they desired =
have him do.
ice NJ. London. president Of tn
Douglas Boulevard civic League. Wa
present and told OF the work IN IN
Fourth ward. lie said the par!slui
IN the street had been plon'ei T.
trees OF uniform size and Kind nn
means Ind been provided Of watcrln
and caring for them, lie also spok
of IN. willing response that the pee
ule had given 10 the work and state
that each member paid monthly int
the organization 80 cents. Tho prop
erty owners along this thorOughfar
hnVe plantt-d trees on their own prop
,rty In harmony With the trees IN III
parking
Mrs lanes Stanscl from the sun
club reported that between ouch Nv
trees In the parking plans had bee
made to plant beds Of flowers In Whic
Gamma lilies win predominant. Tic
soil rs tn be hauled In a'm man
noNcrs are To be planted.
Mrs :. W. Wilson made u rcpo'
ON the railroad parks Botn the Sant
II, and the Rock Island are cheerful
,o.opcratng with tha league.
President, Mrs. II. T.. Foster ~
norted that the Gait Park on ID stree
rorthW,st is to be curbed and she alb
.,lye "A very favorable report on II
work being done ut the cemetery. tn
f.nce ls nearing completion. the street
In the cemetery are TO be graded an
rcople generally are beautlfying the
property ut Rose Hin.
Nri. Minnie, b. Church was al
nolnted to see the county commi
fCnntfnupd on pnrp ~