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Show WATCH THE STREETS After traveling over almost every state in the Union, gathering data of various kinds for the government, an expert has returned to Washington Washing-ton with the statement that the thing which impressed him most was the way the smaller towns of the nation permit their streets to be littered up. We read his report and we wondered won-dered if he had passed through Delta. Del-ta. For even though we are far ahead of our neighbors in this respect, re-spect, we must confess we have a class which apparently sees no harm In throwing, that which they don't want into the street. Banana skins, apple peel, tin cans, waste paper, sometimes cast-off shoes and hats are tossed In the street and left to the elements to dispose of. All of which Is a very ugly practice, as well as an unhealthy one. If we keep our houses healthful on the inside we've got to keep the surroundings healthful. And we can't do that by littering up the streets with matter that will decay and breed flies and ' disease-carrying insects. The thing to do is to prevent this, though the person wilfully doing so could be punished under the law, is for each citizen to appoint himself a committee of one to see that our streetB and sidewalks are kept clean. Don't throw anything on them yourself, your-self, and if you see the other fellow doing It, take a moment to tell him in a kindly, neighborly way that he ought to have more pride In his home town than to do so. Let's protect pro-tect our own health and the health of those who come here to visit us by keeping our streets clean, no matter mat-ter what neighboring towns may be doing long this line. |