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Show DUMPING OF GARBAGE CAUSES OBJECTIONS A vigorous protest against the maintenance main-tenance of a garbage dumping ground at Sixteenth East nnd Eleventh South streets was made to Mayor Samuel C. Park and Dr. Samuel G, Paul, health commissioner, by a delegation of residents of the neighborhood neigh-borhood yesterday morning. The protestants declared that property values were being depreciated bv the preaoncc of the dump nnd that the stench from the refuse deposited there was such when the wind blows down the canyon . as to render life In the neighborhood in-' in-' 'tolerable at times. Dr. Paul explained that It was necessary neces-sary to maintain a dumping ground somewhere some-where In that part of the city, but he gave assurance that, everything possible would he done to find a less objectionable dump or at least to alleviate the conditions condi-tions arising from the present one. Teams will be put to work today covering cover-ing over the refuse with dirt. |