The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-04-01

ter of cleaning up and beautify
ing the city, a lot of thought, and
there were many good suggestions
offered. One found most frequent,
ly was a suggestion regarding the
need of paint both on public build
ings and private residences. Some
would have all the fences in the
city painted and others wanted
the playground equipment at the
school given a coat of paint.
Among the civic enterprises sug-
gested were the planting of trees
along the boulevards, filling in the
dips in the gravel on Main street,
sprinkling Main street, repairing
of sidewalks where needed, a gar
bage system that would prevent
the accumulation of refuse and
rubbish on premises, cleaning up
the alleys, putting r~eceptacles
downtown for rubbish and paper,
the filling in of old Easements
where houses have been moved a.
way, establishment of a swimming
pool, passing an ordinance against
keeping horses or cattle within the
city limits, tearing down old un-
used buildings and sign boards,
Zone suggested that the lumber
from these old unused buildings
might go to build a community
house,, improving of the tourist
park with flowers and grass, put
ting a fountain and benches in
the city park, improvement of the
cemetery, that the stores be com
PEELED to clean up their surround
ings and have attractive window
displays, that the churches improve
their lawns, that a new tourist
park be established at the bridge,
that the vacant SwitZer lots at the
corner of Third and Custer be made
into a park by the Boy Scouts, i'm
provement of the lots around the
city hall, that there be a new rail
road crossing, that a hitching rack
for farmers horses be erected on
a vacant lot, that a day or week be
named as cleanup period, with con-
tests for greatest Improvement,
etc, that the city boulevards be
kept free from weeds, and the boy
scouts be enlisted to keep vacant
lots clean
Suggestions regarding improve
ments individuals could make a.
bout their premises included paint
ing up, planting lawns, trees, shrub
berry and flowers, having rubbish
carried away, cleaning away weeds,
caring for the boulevards, having
garbage cans instead of garbage
piles, planting gardens and cultivat-
ing them, pruning trees, making
birdhouses, and keeping b%arnyards
clean.
The old machinery to be seen
in many yards is evidently an eye
sore to some of the young people,
and one suggestion was that a
place be rented by those who had
machinery to store, and be used
comparatively, that a fence be
built around this place and vines
along the fence. Another
would have the city dump ground
designated at some distance from
he city in some ravine where 1t
could not be seen either from the
,ity or highways. The painting of
he stampede ground fence and
yrandstands was suggested. In
connection with the swimming pool
some of the civic minded young
people would have playground e.
1uipment set up with sand piles
or the younger children. Some OF
he writer's would have a city gar
disposal system, while n
boy suggested that a group OF
0OOr DOyS, VINO uccuSu "
money, be given the job of carting
away ashes, etc.
One of the suggestions about dis
posal of the spring collection OF
would be to have a huge
bonfire OF all the accumulated
rash and to make a party out OF
It by serving shot dogs.
After reading the essays sub
the judges were convinced
hat the young people of Wolf
Point are an observant lot, that
hey would like to have surround
that are attractive to the
eys as we'll as sanitary. While
some of the suggestions are i'm
practicable, the boys and girls
nave given the citizens of Wolf
Point something to aim at in bring
ng the city up to the ideals OF