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Show DEMENT LEAGUE WHS CLE! CITIES State-wide Campaign Is Inaugurated In-augurated Which Promises Great Things. A stato-wlde "clean city" contest was Inaugurated yesterday at tho monthly moetlnR.of the directors of tho Utah Development De-velopment leaffue. Every city and town of the stato with a population of 500 or more will bo Invited to enter tho contest. con-test. Tho entrants will bo divided Into classes, according to the population, and a prize will be plvon In each class for tho cleanest city or town. The stato board of health will co-opcr-ato with tho Utah Development league In tho general supervision of the contest. con-test. In each city and town It Is expected expect-ed that tho local municipal 'government and tho local Commercial club will work together In urging cleanliness In the towns. The local patriotism of the residents resi-dents of each town Is expected to work wonders jn making the cities and town3 nt TTtnl Mm rOnnriAUt- nf anv In tlin Unltnd States. Tho plan was discussed in detail by the directors of the Development league yesterday. yes-terday. At tho suggestion of Governor Spry. Dr. T. B. Beatty, secretary of tho state board of health, appeared before the directors of the leaguo and spoke of itlie relation of cleanliness to health. Ho said that a large percentage of the disease dis-ease and of tho deaths in Utah was duo to Insanitary and unclean conditions. Greater cleanliness In tho cities and towns of the stato. he pointed out. would greatly reduce tho death rate of the state. Members of the dlroctors of tho Development De-velopment league were enthusiastic over tho plan and believed that It would he posslblo to enlist every vlllago and city in the state In the contest. They believed be-lieved also that the contest would result In more direct good and In greater beneficial bene-ficial advertising for the state than any other movement with which the league has been associated. Tho committeo in charge of the contest consists of J. M. Klrkham of Lehl. chairman: chair-man: Governor William Spry. P- G. Peterson Pe-terson of Prox'o. and W. C. Alexander of Salt Lake. Tho committee worked out a tentative plan of the contest and a system sys-tem of scoring the cities and towns entering en-tering it that will probably be followed. Tho cities and towns are divided Into four classes: Class A. cities of moro than 15.000 population; class B, cities of from 5000 .to 15.000 population; class C. cltlc3 of from 2000 to 5000 population: class D, cities of from 500 to 2000 population; class E. towns of less than 500 population. Tho prizes will probably consist of an ornamental drinking fountain for cities which have their own water system and a bronzo tablet or other Hultuble prize for the smaller cities. |