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Show WHY OGDEN SHOULD HAVE A CLEAN UP Prominent Physician Points Out the Necessity of Removing Rubbish and Germ Breeding Garbage and Making Possible Sanitary Conditions Around the Home Proolama,- tion by "Good Citizenship League." i Tomorrow and Saturday are "Clean-Up" "Clean-Up" days, mado so by proclamation of the mayor, backed by the good women wo-men of the clubs of tho city and by the League of Good Citizenship. Why thero should be a clean-up is set forth by one of Ogden's most prominent physicians in this statement to tho Standard. Physician's Reason. "That a clean place Is more attractive at-tractive than a dirty, filthy one, all will admit, and, from a sanitary point of view a few facts should be stated. "In all dirty, filthy, docaylng vegetable vege-table and animal matter dlscaso producing pro-ducing serms abound In great numbers. num-bers. All such matter contains germs, and is the natuial feeding and breeding breed-ing ground for these germs and bacteria; bac-teria; and when germs avo present and conditions aro favorable for their development, they multiply so fast that our present methods of calculation calcula-tion cannot keep pace with them. They simply multiply by the millions, mil-lions, and what were only a few germs of yesterday, under tavorable conditions, condi-tions, will be millions today. Therefore, There-fore, in removing dirt and 111th from our homes, yards, streets and citios, we arc simply removing deadly poison In the shape of diseased germs, and If wo do this early and often, we get rid of them before they hocome oer-whelmlng. oer-whelmlng. In other words, wo dispose of them before they become strong enough to attack us with success. Our bodies can overcome a certain doso of poison or a certain number of germs, but an number of germs aro a tax upon our vital forces, and should be avoided. "The greatest purifiors and germ killers on earth are sunshine and fresh, dry air. They are also given to us In the greatest abundance, and at tho least cost, but note how little we utilize these great germ killers and health promoters. Obsorve how many houses are dark and damp, containing con-taining foul air, having small windows, win-dows, probably shaded by vines, trees and shiubs, tnus snuuing urn. every ray of sunshine that might otherwise oth-erwise enter Every tree, shrub or plant that prevents sun from shining into a room should be removed. They are gifts of nature misplaced when tboy shut out sunshine rrom the home, because tho sunshine Is nature's na-ture's greatest purifier, and shutting it out of the homo is often locking up disease within the houso. "Build your houses above tho ground, so they will bo dry. mako many large south windows, and let tho sun and fresh air corao In unobstructed. unob-structed. "Krop vour vards and surroundings clean, cat good, fresh, wholesomo food, keep vour bodies clean, and the results will" bo so apparont that you will not need to ask your physician If vou had better continue thus to live." Beautify Ogdcn. The "Central Committee" of the ' League of Good Citizenship," has issued is-sued tho following: "To tho Citizens of Ogdcn: "On Friday and Saturday, April 12 and 13, Ogden Is to have a Municipal Cleaning day. Will you not give your support to the mocment' Tho Mayor May-or and City Commissioners and tne Board of Education have .given It their hearty endorsement Tho pupils pu-pils of tho schools are organized into a League of Good Citizenship. Each member of tho league is committed to cleaning up his own yard. The grown-up citizen, too, must help In older to make the undertaking a complete com-plete succesB "Every loyal citizen of Ogden desires de-sires this city to bo known far and wide for its beauty and its healthful-ness. healthful-ness. In order to have a beautiful Citya healthful city wo must have a clean city." -rxi |