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Show MANTI DECLARED WINNER IN "CLEAN TOWN" CONTEST Manti is the cleanest town in the state of Utah, according to the scoring of the judges of the statewide "clean town contest," made public this week by Secretary T- B. Beatty of the state board of health. The contest, suggested suggest-ed by J. M. Kirkham, secretary of the Utah Development league, was carried on under the joint auspices of the Development De-velopment league nnd the state board of health. Fifty-three towns were entered and were scored under classification based upon population. However, Manti won the "sweepstakes," having a higher percentage for general cleanliness than any other community in the state. Man-ti's Man-ti's score was 82.5 points out of a possible pos-sible 100. Manti headed class "D." Salt Lake was beaten by Ogden in the scaring of classi "A" towns. The Weber county metropolis had it over the state capital by a margin of but j three points. Salt Lake City scored 70 ; and Ogden 73. These two cities were ; the only ones in class "A." Officers of the Utah Development ! league and the state board of health I and others who have followed tbe j (Continued om page 8) MANTI DECLARED WINNER IN "CLEAN TOWN" CONTEST (Continued from page 1) "clean town contest," including the hundreds of citizens who had helptd beautify their respective communities, characterize the contest as a tremendous tremen-dous success. Hurricane, down Dixie way, is the second cleanest town in the state, by the way. Hurricane had a total score of 78. Ogden was third. Lehi was fourth with 71.7. Winners of the various class contests are as follows: Class "A," cities of more than 25,000 population, Ogden; class "B." from 3,500 to 9,000, Brig-ham; Brig-ham; class "C," from 2,500 to 3,500, Lehi; class "D," from 1,500 to 2,500, Manti; class "E," from 750 to 1,500, Farmington; class "F," less than 750, Hurricane. The contest was begun early in the year. Through the Development league commercial clubs and bnard of health the terms were made clear. Classifications, Classifica-tions, objects, points to be considered and so on, were all explained. Clean sewage facilities, clean stables and corrals, cor-rals, sanitary disposition of garbage, water snpplv, condition of streets, boulevards, boule-vards, parks, private premises and vacant va-cant lots, home sanitation, pretty lawns nd gardens, neat dwellings, fences and all that figured as factors in the con-i con-i test. Those who have followed the contest 1 have ample proof of the interest shown by the various to .ins enterod. In Manti, the sweepstakes winner, it is reported j that 300 loads of stonos wero removed from the streets in one day. In Provo 600 householders competed in a local prize beautiful-yard contest. In Lehi 200 homes scored 75 points out of a possible pos-sible 100. And so on. Utah has received a great amount of advertising throughout the nation because be-cause of it, they say, in addition to the boon gained by the stimulation cf local pride and enterprise in city beautifying. For one thing, the contest had the distinction of being the first statewide "clean town contest" evr held in the United States. It attracted attention for that reason. The nearest approach to it attempted in any Btate was a somewhat similar movement started in Texas by a newspaper. Utah's contest, however, wan official, the scoring and judging being done under the official direction of the bo-ird of health Identity of the judges and the time they would officially inspect a community commun-ity was riot divulged to the public. Salt Lake City did not know when the scorers would jot down the city's points; nor did Manti, or Hurricane, or Park City, or any of the rest of the competing cities. |
