The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-04-07
ALL HANDS JOIN
CLEAN Up WEEK
COMMISSIONERS ANNOUNCE CITY
HOUSECLEANlNG DRIVE
NEXT WEEK
NOTHING WILL ESCAPE WIDE BROOM
Campaign Spirit to Make Brookinss
the Prettiest and Cleanest
In the State.

Spring is the time for houseclean-
ing for cities as we'll as homes. Rec
ognizing that fact Mayor T. |. Flittle
and commissioners II. B. Mathews
and T.. j. Ray have designated the
coming week, April II to 10, as the
annual clean up week for the city of
Bookings. The annual clean up and
paint up and fix up campaign held IN
former years in this city have always
been fruitful of the best results. They
have not only made property more
valuable with less danger OF fire and
deterioration, but they have also made
the city more attractive in the eyes
of tourists and have made Brookin5s
a pleasanter place to live in.
To safeguard health, TO promote
thrift, to prevent fire, TO stimulate
civic pride, and to make Bookings
a city beautiful are some of the rea-
sons for a clean up campaign. The
work next week consists in cleaning
the streets, alleys, backyards, base
ments, clearing away rubbish, refuse,
cans, ashes, grading up the lawn,
planting grass, trees, bushes and flow
ers, painting up the house, barn, ga
rage and fences, and Frightening and
repairing everything that detracts
from or mars the splendid appearance
Of our city.
Vacant lots are a particular eyesore
as a rule, and the clean up campaign
aims especially against them for no
matter how beautiful and well kept
the %neighbors premises are, a vacant
lot full of weeds, rubbish, stagnant
pools Of water, and other filth, spoils
the whole effect and is a direct menace
to health. In some cities the clean
I'D campaign endeavors to make every
vacant lot into a playground for the
children of the ne~ighborhood, thus
turning an unsanitary eyesore into
useful community service.
Agitation for an adequate garbage
system for the city Of Brookings is
another thing that the clean up cam
paign might bring home with added
force as one of the big needs Of the
city in making and keeping it beauti-
full and sanitary. Without adequate
garbage removal facilities, it is diff
cult TO successfully combat the menace
of the fly and the spread of disease in
the hot summer months.
Judicious use Of paint works o
ders in improving the appearance and
value of buildings. Repairing chin
neys, fixing up the roof, remodeling
the porch and many other little things
of like nature prove to be paying in
vestments. A little extra care with
the lawn, trimming trees, planting
gardens, setting out a few flowers and
ornamentals often work a marvellous
transformation. Thousands of sug-
gestions might be offered but with the
incentive of the entire community at
work cleaning up h town as a unit
it is hoped that everyone Will catch
the spirit of the campaign and make
Brookings truly the most desirable
city in the state in which to live.
The rural communities, too, will
catch the spirit and beautify their
country homes and make them more
attractive, SO that tourists passing will
see and believe that a farm home in
Brookings county is a most lovely
and desirable place to live. The op-
portunities for making a farm home
beautiful are numerous and when they
are made attractive, then the back
to the farm movement will take on
huge proportions.
--w.S s. S.