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Show ' Metropolis in War on Dirt and Unsightlinesa For years Kansas City baa bnd Its spring clean-up campaigns. Agitation and organization have proceeded for a few weeks, with intensive efforts at actually Improving the city's appearance appear-ance lasting for a shorter period. Something worth while has been accomplished ac-complished each year, but its effects soon have been lost. Work that should be continuous has been restricted re-stricted to a small fraction of the year. A clean and attractive city cannot can-not be had that way. A condition of order and cleanliness that Is Indispensable Indispen-sable to the Individual home or place of business and Its premises applies to the city as a whole. It Is constant vigilance, Keeping an eye out for dirt and unslghtllness and shaping an assault as-sault against both wherever and whenever when-ever they appear. In the city-wide bcantlficatlon movement move-ment started by the real estate board and now well advanced, there Is promise prom-ise that this condition of attractiveness attractive-ness and cleanliness will be met. The movement has enlisted the support of various civic and other organizations about town. No duubt It will carry a strong appeal to others. The aim Is to allot definite portions of the work to those agencies that are specially equipped to deal with them, to divide the city Into districts, to fix responsibility responsi-bility In each of them and to wage incessant warfare against dumps, against ugliness of whntever form and against Insanitary conditions with respect re-spect to dwellings and surroundings. The plan Is not untried and It Is not lacking in practicability. It has already al-ready demonstrated Its value In attractive, attrac-tive, restricted areas of this city and of other centers. It Is the only meth-, meth-, od that can be relied upon to get re-suits. re-suits. It ought to have official as well as . general public support. Kansae City Times. |