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Show P CAMPAIGN ON FOR ' J CLEAN UTAH CITIES I . ," State Wide Campaign is Inaugurated r-y In the Interests of Health r, nnd Sanitazation. t , (Salt Lake Tribune.) A state-wide "clean city" contest i .,' was inaugurated yesterday at the ' monthly meeting of tho directors of 1 ? the Utah Development league. Ev- k (( cry city and town of tho Btato with- a population of 500 or more will bo in-, in-, i , vited to enter tho contest. The cn- , sy trants will bo divided' into classes, "t according to population, and a prize , tJ will bo given in each class for the Icieancst city or town. Tho state board of health will cooperate co-operate with tho Utah Development league in tho general supervision of tho contest. In each city and town it is expected that tho local municipal government and tho local Commercial club will work together in urging cleanliness in tho towns. The local patriotism of the residents of each town is expected to work wonders in making the cities nnd towns of Utah tho cleanest of any in tho United States. Tho plan was discussed in detail by tho directors of the Development lcaguo yesterday. At the suggestion of Governor Spry, Dr. T. B. .Bcatty, "& secretary of the state board of health, -A appeared before tho directors and 4jg spoke of the relation of cleanliness W to hcnlth. He said that a large pcr- f, centage .of the disease and of the jE deaths in Utah was duo to unsanitary nnd inclean conditions. Greater clean- Iness in tho cities and towns of the ' state, ho pointed out, would greatly reduce tho death rate of tho state. Members of the directors or the ! Development league were enthusias-tinover enthusias-tinover tho plan and believed it possible pos-sible to enlist every village and city in the state ih the contest. They believed be-lieved also that the contest would result re-sult in more direct good and in greater great-er beneficial advertising for the state than any other movement- with which tho league has been associated. The committee in charge of the contest consists of J. M. Kirkham of Lehi, chairman; Governor William Spry, P. G. Peterson of Provo, and W. C. Alexander of Salt Lake. The , rAmmitteo worked out a tentative ji.T5R 0 tn0 contest and a system of JnfcgjJho cities and towns entor---jj-jg-. .," flff " thafwill probably be carried ZSSrci out- & The cities and towns are divided 1 into four classes: Class A, cities of I ' more than 15,000 population; class ifm B, cities of from 5,000 to 15,000 pop- m ulation; class C, cities of from 2,000 J t& 5,000 population; class D, cities of from 500 to 2,000- population; class 4 E, towns of lesB than 500 population. , Tho prize will probably consist of 1,- an ornamental drinking fountain for '""1 cities that have their own water sys- jj tern and a bronze tablet or other suit- ! i able prizo for the smaller cities. ' . i" |