| Show Phone Calls and Flit Fail So Women Scour Gutter Irate Wives Get Tired of Wigglers Fermented Leaf Odors Mosquitoes Things were happening Saturday morning at No 1000 Windsor Wind Wind- sor street Like the man who was so mad I could eat a whole pumpkin Die tie nie four irate with Salt Lake City's street t department because of sodden and f fer fermented e r m men e n t e d tree leaves and dirt the odor of stagnant w yater ater and the sight of wigglers in the gutter armed themselves with brooms and garden hoses and arid did the job ourselves Weve made at least 10 telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone calls to the streets department department department depart depart- ment to have them clean the gutter gut gut- ter and ter-and and they paid no attention said Mrs L. L A. A McNeill 1015 Windsor Windsor Windsor Wind Wind- sor st. st giving the gutter another swish with a worn well-worn broom She and the other women women Mrs D. D T. T Kearns 1011 Windsor st at Mrs Alice G. G Farrimond 1019 Windsor st. st wife wile of J. J J. J Farrimond Farrimond Farrimond Far Far- rimond and Mrs J John o 0 h n Goudy Santaquin a guest at the Farrimond Farrimond Farrimond Farri Farri- mond home termed home termed the long un- un uni i cleaned gutters a mosquito breeding breeding breeding breed breed- ing place One day after a man who professed professed professed pro pro- to be from the city health department inspected the stagnant waters an official looking woman came out with what looked like ike a Flit gun and daintily sprayed the gutters gutters but but it did no good the women agreed Driver Charge Signed M. M C. C Larson Logan ave was charged with reckless driving in a complaint signed Saturday in city court Merrill Russell 2475 Walker lane complaining witness alleged that Larson was driving too fast July 17 on South between between between be be- I tween and East and collided collided collided col col- col- col with the rear end of a car driven by Mr Russell i And it was difficult to enjoy the cool of the evening by loafing on the lawn the women added The mosquitoes w we were e r e terrific they asserted If the wind was from the west odors made such the out-of-the-house excursions more unpleasant they added John B. B Matheson streets commissioner commissioner com corn missioner a avowed vowed no telephone or written complaint about the condition condition condition condi condi- tion of the Windsor street gutter had come to his And even if it had that is no assurance that it would have been cleaned up immediately he said Our crews have schedules to fol fol- fol- fol low He added that such gutter clean ing work is supposed to be the duty of motor sweepers if the gutters are accessible or not blocked off by parked automo automo- biles However Mrs McNeill told of once Intercepting a motor sweeper operator to find out why he refused to clean the east gutter gutter gutter gut gut- ter of Windsor street Its too dirty he answered I Mr Matheson said he understood the gutters on Windsor street were used as irrigation ditches ditches but but the Windsor st. st women countered with the ass assertion e r t Ion that irrigation waters course only in the west gut gut- ter The cleaning required only an hour hour but but the women were looking looking looking look look- ing forward to a Saturday evening of no odors and fewer mo mo- When they were satisfied satisfied satis satis- fied with their work they had cleaned the gutter from 1000 South to Belmont st approximately st.-approximately approximately yards 1 i 4 55 q tai m 5 c S 4 S S 1 w 1 i S AL ii S WW 1 ir 5 diP When When you ou Want Something Done Do It If Yourself Declared these sor SOl street 1000 block who did their own street gutter cleaning housewives of Windsor Wind Wind- after futile the Salt Lake City streets Left to ri right ht are Mrs appeals to D D. D T T T. Farrimond Mrs John Goudy Gaudy and Mrs L. L A. A McNeill Kearns Mrs J. J J J. J |
