Show MAKING BILL BOARDS OF MOUNTAIN SCENERY The Tho defacing of of the tho CAn canyon on by making or 0 lie lIw clIffs bIllboards on whIch to haul paInt Is by br lh the of Ogden and vicinity ThIs form of Is Ute the civic Improvement organ In all parts oi of the countr and there If is now what in known as aa the Civic Association which hits has hasas as Its principal the hc of oC the billboard From the tho east cast to the tho wc wet t organ organIzed Izell effort to eliminate or oi regulate tho billboard has been beon taking definite and effective form Corm Carefully prepared ed have vc been Passed and others are being drawn Mawn for Cor passage Cincinnati recently scored against I h l the adoption of oC a building co code e containIng elaborate regulating advertising Un tier del that code a largo large number of sign spreads hw been heen ordered down Moreover man advertising mol iner chant chants are arc abandoning the tho lii In the th far west Portland and Seattle aro grappling with the in an intellIgent manner Tn In Cambridge Mass A rowans Womans CI Club Jh secured the tho of many monr stands by appealing to the tho advertisers II L Lynchburg Ya Va has placed a most effective han ban on the billboard The A In nit they thoy rend read advertisIng they ther advertisers hut but they are arc discrIminatIng tho they dont want the kInd of advertIsing that mars scenery that shuts out that depreciates adjoining property that offers a rca ren for neighborhood juvenile gatherIngs of dangerous tendencIes If the billboard must exist the tho day dayis is not far Car distant when whon it will bo be a subject of munIcIpal state and antl red fed federal eral regulatIon It will be regarded as a revenue producing structure as assessed and taxed accordingly it will not bo be permitted to exist as a menace menaco to health rime rhe rl of the theman theman man who hoes docs not believe in bIll billboards boards and refuses to grant space on his OWlS 01 lands for fol their erection will be regarded No amount or se seductive offers or of the bIllboard own owners ers em such as free Cree space for lau laudable able W like e the tho exploitation of oC prevent lye measures n against tuberculosIs as recently made to the National Ion lIOl fOl foi the tho Stud Study and Prevention of oC TuberculosIs wilI stem sLew the tho tide lIde of popular disapproval of the tho billboard I The Thc opposition is strong and amid Jt it Is growing It Ir W Is one olle of the most laud of oC the lie American CIvic Association whIch Is distin for Its achievements along lines hues for Cor the making oi of a Dettel and More Beautiful America T a |