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Show RUBBISH AND DISEASE GERMS Spring Cleaning Is Strongly Urged TJpon Citizens of Salt Lake. The following Is an appeal to the citizens cit-izens of Salt Lake from (ho Commercial Commer-cial club committee on sanitation and public welfare: "The spring season Is at hand, and., as well, is tho 'spring cleaning. During Dur-ing the fall and winter months more or less rubbish, dirt, old cans, ashes, etc., have accumulated around your home, In the back yards, alleys, vacant lots and other places. It Is a well-known well-known fact that if tills filth and dirt is allowed to remain undisturbed It will soon become the breeding place of innumerable in-numerable germs, and eventually the causing of more or less sickness In the community. "While commending the good work done by our Boards of Health, yet It'ls Impossible for a . few Individuals lo look after each and every premise of this city. Tt Is for this reason that the Commercial club, through tho columns of our dally papers, make an earnest and urgent appeal to you and every citizen cit-izen of this city to give your premises, at once, a 'thorough cleaning. up.' The back yards should be freed from all accumulated ac-cumulated rubbish, the grease-traps, cesspools and outhouses cleaned and disinfected. The disinfectant may bo optional, but a chetp and effective one, within the reach of all, Is common burning lime, or a still better one chloride chlo-ride of lime. An abundant sprinkling 'of cither, wherever needed, will soon destroy germ life and thus eradicate the cause of a great deal of sickness and death. "Salt Lake enjoj exceptional natural nat-ural advantagea from a sanitary standpoint, and there is no reason why, with the united crforts of one and all, our city cannot be freed from the periodical pe-riodical returns of sickness and disease. dis-ease. She appeals to you to do vour part, and the community, acting as one. can and will make Salt Lake City tho cleanest, prettiest and most healthful health-ful city on earth. "Do your duty, clean up, and the results re-sults will not be wanting." |