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Show ,', BEAUTIFYING THE VILLAGE, jf The organisation- of society is stmpii. , ; A president, secretary and treasurer affc the necessary officers,' at.d the committees which are appointed may, be aa many.' sr as few as are required. lt Is very desirable desir-able to interest the town officials and tab prominent cltlsens of the place and st cure their co-operation. The school tench er should be enlisted, and through them ' the children may be reached.-. The youiig people also should have a Khar in making plans for the towns. The dues should be small, possihly 12 a year paid, la quarterly , sums, and- In some places s promise M two days' work , year also Is added, os day 'being given to. borne Improvement- ond the other to those of a public chafc acter. . - - ' ' The most important committee, oecanse the one whose work-la fundamental,. Is that on sanitation The members are (o Investigate the town's watvr supply, tc public sewers and .drains and, the .back premises of nouses '; The refuse too oiu'i thrown In rubbish heaps Is to be cartel." away and destroyed; a place Is to be pre ! Tided for ash piles, and one where garbage gar-bage may be carritd by a public official' and burnsd.- These unsightly spots should , be far from the center of the town and J a thick hedge may screen the place from the highway. In all public puces suc& ; ' as the railroad station, the village cot-M ners. the park and the schoolhouse yards; there should be neat rubbish boxes p laced t j fainted,' not a burning red as Is too often j the case, but a soft and Inconspicuous leaf j green. Harper's Baxar., i jt . |