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Show Gunnison "Cleans Up" Now "City Beautiful" Last Friday proved one of the most beneficial days for the city of Gunnison known to its history. It was "clean-up'!' day, and such a "scrubbing" the ci,ty received at the hands of the hundreds that assembled assem-bled to rout the breeding places oi flies, to dispose of' the myriads of rubbish, tin cans, ash piles and all clases of debris that have been an eye-sore, even to the owners of the property where such were allowed to accumulate, for many years pas; . Generally speaking, the day was devoted to cleaning up the city and in accord with the proclamation issued is-sued by- Mayor Joius all business houses closed for the entire day. An organization, arranged by President Ira Overfelt cf the Entre Nous club and N. L. Hermansen, president oi the Commercial club, worked systematically sys-tematically and dilligently and the transformation .of Wie mam thoroughfares thor-oughfares of the city, the aileys. the yards and plots around the private homes was wonderful to behold. And -t had this result everybody was more cheerful, the fly looked clean er and the spirit of cheerfulness was evident in every face. But with all the good that was obtained in the movement of making mak-ing the city clean, there was evidence of some "slacking." There are many vacant lots in the city. These are a sea of dead weeds and debris. And, too, there are some places occupied where piles of tin cans, ash piles and places where the dread disease oven tier--'.he fly will thrive. It is net too late, however, to clear these places, and if those living there will ! -not voluntarily "rlenn up" compul-1 compul-1 sory action should be resorted to. I Now that the rubbish has been cleared and the s: reels and yards I put in prie-winning shape, would it put in prize-winning shape, would it 2nd go a little farther? There are a number of broken down fences and shackle houses in the city. Tear down the houses and build new ones. Build new fences and use a little paint; do a little landscape garden- ing and plant, flowers. Follow out :bee plans and soon Gunnison will ; bo known throughout the west, as the most beautiful and healthful city in the hit ennou n i ain west. |