Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-06 | Page 4 | Cleaning up the City Ogden

CLEANING UP THE CITY OF OGDEN Having reached the point where they deem publicity necessary, the Civic League is calling on tho different differ-ent organizations of the city to help solve tho rat problem, at the bottom of which is the broader question of garbage disposal j Representatives of the league have jmet with the mayor und city commis-BlOnera commis-BlOnera and have urged the necessity Jof a more comprehensive garbage system. sys-tem. A government expert, after a surve of the rat nuisance, has reported that 'while garbage on which the rodents imay feed, is in every' badk yard, it is an impossible task to rid the city of .rats. While food is lu abundance, the rat multiplies to an alarming rate, jbut when starved, the animal almost j ceases to reproduce The expert ad-, I vises, first, that tho garbage of the Icily be cared for In a proper way, and. j Instead of a clean-up week once a I year, there be a daily task of clean up. ' To put in effect a free garbage system sys-tem would call for a burden on the city treasury which cannot be me1 1 without increasing taxes, and. as tho city administration Is opposed to a lax increase, It has bt-en suggested that the Civic League work out a method ol voluntary contributions covering all homes to be benefited It is esti-j mated that, with the amount of money expended by the city each year on the clean up. the average home would be called on lo pay less than 15 cent? a week to have all its ashes, tin cans I and waste foods carried away to the dumps. This is a most important subject bearing on the health of the commu nity and the appeal being made by the Civic League should meet with a J hearty response.