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Show PlANS ARE COMPlETED FOR FORf FORYARD - YARD ANDGARDEN f , CONTEST CONTESTSUFFICIENT SUFFICIENT F Al\IILIES Al IILIES FAMILIES \ ENTER TO JUSTIFY COMPETI- COMPETI COMPETITION COMPETITION - TION FOR MORE BEAUTIFUL CITY ; COl\Il\IITTEE COl Il IITTEE COMMITTEE COlIlIITTEEORGANIZES COMMITTEEORGANIZES \ \ ORGANIZES , PLANS LAID . I I , . I I I I At a meeting meetmg of the th Yard and Gar Garden Gar- Gar Garden - - IAt den Contest committee appointed by bythe bythe the Lions club last week , held Tuesday Tuesdayevening Tuesdayevening evenmg evening , it lt was found that enough enoughfamilies enoughfamilies famUles families had entered to justify the thecontest thecontest thecontest contest , and definite defmlte decision was wasmade wasmade wasmade made to proceed with the competition competitionA A request for the necessary blanks blanksand blanksand blanksand and Instructions was sent to the Yard Yardand Yardand Yardand and Garden Contest Association Assoclation of ofDavenport ofDavenport ofDavenport Davenport Iowa When these arnve arrive arnvethe arrivethe arrivethe the committee will w111 Inspect the prem prem- premlses prem- prem premises premises - - ises lses of those entering , and the contest contestwill contestwill w111 will be officially openedIt opened openedIt It was decided to offer a total of $35 35 $35In $35in $35in 35in $ In priyesAt pr17esAt prizesAt priyes pr17es prizes At the committees committee s meeting meetmg . , Rev . W WE WE WE E Parks was chosen as chairman , and andL andL andL L L Taylor was asked to assist the thecommittee thecommittee committee in the capacity capaclty of photo photo- photographer photographer - grapher and publicity director dlrector . C S SThomson SThomson SThomson Thomson and Geoige GeOlge George J Burck will win be bem bein bein m in charge of Inspection and vill "Vl11 Vl11 will " * coop coop- cooperate cooperate cooperate - erate with the contest judges Judges Judgesare Judgesare Judgesare are now being chosen and will JudgesI be an- an announced announced an announced - I nounced in the near futureThose futureThose future futureThose Those wishing to enter the contest contestand , and who have not yet signified their theirdesire theirdesire theirdesire desire to do so , are asked to file their theirnames theirnames theirnames names either at the office offlce of C J J.Meador JMeador . Meador or with L L Taylor at TheTimes-Independent TheTimes Independent The TheTimesIndependent TheTimesIndependent Times-Independent Times Independent - officeThe officeThe office officeThe The contest will wlll be absolutely free freeno , no entry fee whatsoever to be charg charg- charged charged charged - - ed Joining the contest has been beenmade beenmade beenmade made as easy as possible posslble All AIl that an anentrant anentrant anentrant entrant need do is to telephone or man mail manhis mailhis mailhis his or her name and address to the thecontest thecontest thecontest contest sponsor . This act means that thatan thatan thatan an honest attempt will wlll be made to im- im improve im improve - imIprove prove the appearance of the home im-I im I lot lotthis lotthis lotthis this spnngThe springThe spring spnng springThe The contest is a planting and im- im improvement improvement im improvement - provement campaign rather than a acompetition acompetition I competition in landscape architecture architectureJust architectureJust architectureJust Just a small measure mea.sure . of beautUlcation beautification beautUlcationwork beautificationwork beautificatlonwork work done in each yard will wiIl In the theaggregate theaggregate theaggregate aggregate make a most noticeable im- im improvement improvement Im Improvement - provement in the appearance of the thecommunity thecommunity thecommunity community as a whole . And it is this thisgeneral thisgeneral thisgeneral general sprucing up that will prove a abig abig abig big influence 1nIluence In bettering cvndIUons condition cvndIUonshere conditionhere conditionshere here this spring , according to the Yard Yardand Yardand Yardand and Garden Contest sponsors sponsorsNeIgbbors sponsorsNeighbors sponsorsNeighbors NeIgbbors Neighbors Take Notice Nohce . When one family has begun to clean cleanup cleanup cleanup up their premises , dig up an unsightly unsightlyold unsightlyold unsightlyold old stump and replace It with a new newtree newtree newtree tree or two t\\O t O \ \ and set out some flowers flowersto flowersto flowersto to brighten bnghten up the yard , , it isn Ian isnt t long longbefore longbefore longbefore before the Improvements arc are noUced noticed noUcedby noticedby noticedby by the neighbors Then they , too , getbusy get getbusy getbusy busy cleaning up and planting Soon Soonthe Soonthe Soonthe the appearance of the entire enUre block has hasbeen hasbeen I Ibeen been changed for the better . A fev fevsuch fevsuch fevsuch such blocks will gh give gate e a new aspect to toa toa toa a residential street or district A d j as asthe asthe asthe the mo\ mo movement moement mosement \ ement spreads from np n " : ; shbor-hood shbor hood , , hbor- hbor hborhood hborhood - - hood to neighborhood under i 1 ic 1C ne kindly kindlyskies kindlyskies kindlyskies skies of spring time , witli with Mother MotherNature MotherNature MotherNature Nature helping helpmg with warm sunshine sunshineand sunshineand sunshineand and gentle rain , it Is only a few weeks weeksunUl weeksuntil weeksuntil unUl until a noticeable improvement has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been . made In'lde Inlde ' in the appearance of ot the - entire city cityEvery CItyEvery cityEvery Every assistance possible \ will tti11 \ ill begiven be beglven begiven glven given the contestants An lmpartial impartial lmpartialboard impartialboard impartialboard board of contest judges will visit every everyhome everyhome everyhome , home which joins Joms the campaign and andoffer andoffer , offer suggestions if desired as to how howthe howthe howthe the appearance of the place may be beI beimproved beImproved beimproved I improved Sometimes the removal of ofa ofa ofa a ramshackle ramshach.Ie ramshachIe . old fence and the "ettmg ettmg setting settingout "ettmgout " settingout out of some hedge plants will wll1 be the thesolution thesolution thesolution solution Again a tree to screen out outu.nslghtly outunsightly outu'nsightly outunsightly u.nslghtly unslghtly unsightly ' . objects such as telephone telephonepoles telephonepoles telephonepoles poles or wires WlIes may answer the individ individ- individual Individual individual - - ual s beautification problem Then Thentoo Thentoo Thentoo too , many a home garden can well wellstand wellstand wellstand stand the addition addltion of a fruit tree , grape grapevme grapevine grapevine vme vine or berry patch In 111 addition addltlon to toprovmg toproving toproving provmg proving quite an economy item , home homegrown homegrown homegrown grown fruit al\\ al always alays \ ays tastes the bestAnother bestAnother best bestAnother Another way that the entrants wIll wIllbe willbe willbe be helped is 15 by advice on the smlpler simpler smlplerforms simplerforms simplerforms forms of landscaping For instance instancethe , . the judgesill judges \ will \\ill ill point out that it is lS a abetter abetter abetter better plan to tc place one ones s hardy flow low- low flow- flowers lowers ! flowers - ers in a perennial border , as a general generalrule generallule 1 rule ule , . than to break up an open s\\ s seep sweep sweepof sweepof \ \ eep eepof of lawn with an old-fashioned old fashioned - - circular circularfIO1er circularflower circularflower fIO\1er fIO 1er flower \ ; bed , and that plantings of tree treeshrub , shrub and flower may well wen be grouped groupedalong groupedalong groupedalong along the lot borders or about the thehouse thehouse thehouse house foundationsAlthough foundationsAlthough foundations foundationsAlthough Although valuable prizes will sill \ ill beawarded be beaarded beawarded a\\arded a arded awarded \ the Yard and Garden contest contestwinners Contestwinners Contestwinners winners each family entering entermg is urged urgedto urgedto urgedto to bear in mind that they will wlll profit profitin profitin profitin in a definite defmlte way by fixing flxing up their theirplace theirplace theirplace place whether they win a prize or not notIn notIn notIn In fact . , this idea ldea . is so true that it has hasbeen hasbeen been adopted as the slogan of the con- con contest contest con contest - test , expressed in the words ' " "YOU YOU " WIN IF YOU LOSE " It Is a well wen established fact that thate'l thatevery thatevery e'l el every ' ; ery cent v . wisely isely expended in planting plantingand plantingand plantingand and beautifying the home groun grounds s isa is isa Isa a sound Investment , . actually making makingthat makingthat makingthat that place plate more desirable as it be- be becomes becomes be becomes - comes more attractive and therefore thereforeincreasing thereforeincreasing thereforeIncreasing increasing its real estate value Such Suchhomes Suchhomes Suchhomes homes find readier sale and are like- like likewise likewise like likewise - wise rented much easier than homes homesthe homesthe homesthe the desirability of which must rest restentirely restentirely restentirely entirely on house appeal |