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Show CLUB DISCUSSES I HEALTH OF CITY; Civic League Hears Government Govern-ment Agent on Rodent Control; Con-trol; Seek Garbage System ' Plans for cn anti-rodent campaign in Oerden were discussed by the mem-; br-- of the Civic League Wednesday at the home ot Mrs. Joseph Wintle. B B. Richards, governm.-nt agent ill- i 'rectlng antl-rodcnt dampaiffh, gave ai ; brief talk on the rat pest lie stated ilhat rats could not be eradicated while! they were so generously fed. ami that Ithe only way to cut off the food fup- p!y was the careful attention to gaib-, :if?e collection arid disposal Rats multiply nt Ihe rate of a million Oar year. The flrsl thing to be done I in a rodent campaign Is to cut their food supply. This will lend to lessen j and diminish their number, he naid. i J Mayor Frank Francis said that he, realized the importance of a city garb-age garb-age system, but be estimated the cost j Of such a movement would reach Into; fifteen and ma be twenty thous.in.ii dollars II; stated that the city was willing to do more than Ita share, bull lis not able to do much owing to the Inadequate finances. "The members of th Civic league nol easily Suppressed!" Mrs. A. W. j Agee, the secretary said. The league. Will pursue this ejueotlon until Kome-i llhliiB Is donc to relieve tbe situation- ;Dgdcn City Is in need of. and should! have under munclpal control, a system I I Of collecting and disposing of garbage. 'SO long on garbage IS thrown Into,. .back yards and Uumpel upon strecta A USt sti long will Ogtfen remain In an' unsanitary condition, the health of her (Citizens be jeopui di.ed and the rats . ontlnue t multipi) "Let US arouse ourselves and display some civic pride. j$very, woman ami child should icel sufficiently ln-itcrested ln-itcrested to do all within his or her power to bring about sarfllar: condi-1 , lions. "Instead of th annual cleanup in ithe spring let us endeavor to be clean ;th entire year and thus make otir lit-jtlo lit-jtlo lty a safe place m which to live Health depends upon leanUriesp. 'Cleanliness is next to (iodllness'." 1 1 |