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Show MUNICIPAL GARBAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM, . DEMAND OF MEETING Representatives of Women's Clubs and Civic Organizations Organiza-tions Unanimously on Record as Favoring Additional Tax if Necessary for Cleaner City. THE mass mooting called by the Cnic league of Og'len and held last night at the county building with representatives of virtually every women's club and civic organization in attendance unanimously went on record as recommending that the city commis-don commis-don establish a municipal crnrliage collection st. it. The motion adopted In effect was as I follows: "That the mass meeting recommends to tho city commission that it establish estab-lish a municipal garbage system, the expense to be borne by taxation, that leech householder be required to buy and maintain his own rat proof garbage garb-age cans, and that the ordinances requiring re-quiring tho sanitary handling of garbage garb-age be rigidly enforced." OPPOSES T kTTON. Mayor Frank Francis was the only 'one in attendance who stood out against tho foregoing recommendation. Mayor Frar.eis we.s opposed to any plan which would mean tho Increasing of the rate of taxation In Ogdcn, although al-though he recognized the need of garbage collection. He ald he had been elected on a platform which promised the voters that Ogden's rate of taxation would not be advanced, and he desired' to carry out his promise. prom-ise. Mayor Francis favored the estab-'ilshment estab-'ilshment of a system whereby each housonolder would be obliged to pay at la monthly rate for the removal of tho , P:ivhii frnrn til., rn-f. mica 2iv-erTll speakers declared that under the mayor's proposed system there would be difficulties in collection, that "ackers'1 would evade payment, that non-rssident property owner would not be made to share in tho expenso of keeping the city clean, and that it made do difference whether the money na.i paid directly or through taxation, tno money must be paid Out for garbage garb-age removal service Just tho same. II Yi Ht'fi IJdEM dment. When the motion tlnally was adopted, adopt-ed, it contained an amendment suggested sug-gested by tho mayor whereby a commute com-mute made up of F. A. Huish, O. J. Stilwcll and Mrs. Mary Matson was to go over figures on the city's finances. The mayor said he wanted tho citizens to know just what problems the city commission Is facing. Mrs. Matson opened the meeting and introduced Supt. W. Karl Hopkins, who was the chairman. Superintendent Superintend-ent Hopkins road an article on rats In which it was estimated that rats In the United States cause damage to, the amount of nearly $1,000,000 a day. i i .GNIZES Ml N I Mayor Francis said he recognized the rat menace In Ogden, and he proposed pro-posed the establishment of a garbage collection system whereby the city should contribute the amount It annually annu-ally evponds In clean-up week and that the Cltlxenf pay the remaining expense by direct collection. Dr. Edward I. Rich, the next speaker, speak-er, emphatically announced that it was his opinion tho only right Ray to handle han-dle the problem was to establish a municipal mu-nicipal system to be paid by taxation and to enforce With vigor the ordinances ordin-ances which require each citizen to keep his premises scrupulously clean. MUST COMPEL THEM. ' They should not bo asked to clean up," Doctor Rich said. "They should be compelled to do it." "There Is nothing of more Importance Impor-tance right now in Ogden than this problem of the disposal of Cue garb-ago." garb-ago." LJ. B. Richards of the U S. Biological Biologi-cal survey, who came here to OSS 1st In the extermination of ruts, said be v as hoi rifled when ho began to examine the back yards of Ogden homes. He add he found rii dumps filled with rats who were getting fat on the garbage garb-age dumped there. Ho declared there was no use trying to exterminate rats here while every back yard and every dumping ground was supplying tjpod for millions of the rodents. "Take care of the Karbage and Immediately Im-mediately there will be a decrease of 76 per cent of tho nits," ho said. 'Tho government will take a hand in the elimination of the remainder." To show how difficult la the task of getting citizens voluntarily to pay for the removal of gurbago and other re-' re-' f use. Commissioner J. Ray Ward and Dr. Elliott, former city sanitary inspector, in-spector, told tho meeting the RGo homes were canvassed and asked If they would pay $1 a month to have refuse removed. Of these 5i3 citizens only IS expressed a willingness to keep their premises sanitary by regular collection col-lection of refuse. Commissioner Ward said It will cost about $15,000 a year to maintain a garbage collection service. This will mean the addition of one-half mill to the present rate of t:ixatlon. The taxpayer tax-payer will be called upon to pay only one-sixtieth more than lie is paying now. Commissioner Ward said it was his opinion the matter Was one for the municipality to handle, that It must be compulsory and paid for by taxation in order that everybody shall bear a proportionate pro-portionate burden and tho absentco owner of property shall not escape tho burden. The motion as finally adopted was put by F. A. Huish. There W04 more discussion and then it was unanimously unanimous-ly adopted. |