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Show Better Bingham What is undoubtedly the biggest civic movement ever launched in Bingham Canyon waA launched by the Kiwanis Club on last Thursday night, when by Invitation the County Commissioners Com-missioners and the Town board (sat toiTither nt a banquet in Kiwanis hall, A full atetidunce of these two mu-nk'ipal mu-nk'ipal boards and the membeis of the club filled two ions (aides ex-U ex-U :din,", f rou;jl) the hall. After the formal opening of the meeting l're.ddent Wardlow Introduced Intro-duced Mr. Evans of the Highland High-land Boy Merc. Co., and Father Davis of the Catholic church as new mein-I mein-I -1.. ni' die club. Dr. I'huI S. Richard; Rich-ard; in. id - the address of welcome iti h"' .ill of the club. !r. Fred Turin.-. .Superintendent of the Ohio Copper Cop-per Co.. was called to preside over th business meeting and hlj remark when Introducing speakers worn both humorous and sarcastic and caused no end of mirth. Thti various com- ' mittees made comprehensive report.; on Sanitation, Streets, School coudl-tions coudl-tions and Health. Mr. J. B. Myers as c! airman of the. Committee on sanitation for the el'y district, Mr. L. A. Walker, chairman for Copperfield and Mr. Earl Shelly, chairman for Highland Boy district, reported fully on present conditions at all these placej. Conditions wer-j .reported bad In Bingham, veiy ,)ad in Highland Boy, and good in Copper-field. Copper-field. The need In Highland Boy li for sewer laterals, aceptic tanks and tightly closed recepticals for garbage. The public must be educated to these inodtrn sanitary appliances. It was suggested an inspector with "The big stick" to enforce rules and regulations regula-tions would b necessary here. "The quarantine laws mean nothing to many people here," Mr. Shelly stated. "The keeping of pigs and . , other live stock here is a nuisance trat ought to be prohibited." Mr. Myers reported need of attention atten-tion to the remdVar' of the doorway j ,,. . of homes in the city and suggested an incinerator to dispose of tho same ! be located below the mouth of the j Canyon. "Some people come to town ' to make a stake, go away, and don't give a da," he said. Mr. Walker aald "Sanitary Education Educa-tion is the crulx of the wIole eitna- tion." Hi? recommended the Kiwanis Club offer a suitable prize to the individual in-dividual who makes the most im- . provement to the exterior of the place they occupy. It was suggested the Town Boa-d I pass an ordinance to prohibit the stabling of ?-orscs in the city and throwing the manure and bog from i these places into tho pwer as these tend to dog thP flume and flood tha , street. I Commissioner Stenaker said the county had no s-ewerae ordinance ! with which to compel residents to connect, or permit the county to build ? a sewerage system. He suggested the .city could enforce an ordinance requiring residents to maintain clos- i 1 t ed cans or recepticals for garbage. "The county has been threatened ' with lawsuits over the duniDine of garbage at the mouth of the Canyon. The suggestion of Incinerator is a good one," he said. Mr. Stenacker said the-commissioners would be glad to cooperate with local authorities in any feasible plan that could be worked out to take care of the flood waters in Highland I Boy, and to better local conditions , . generally. He said, "anything we J can do we will be glad to help you all we can." f Commissioner Labrum, who is in charge of county roads, spoke briefly; 'I he said, "I am glad to see so much interest in civic affairs here, I am 5 heartily in sympathy with this move- j ment for improvement and will give them my support." I Mr. Cooley, County Health Inspec- tor, said that heretofore no complaint ' had been made to his department ; f ' about health and sanitary conditions in this district. Mayor Flynn stated that apparent- Z . ly Intelligent people were rebellious I when improved sanitary conditions were suggested, and some of them I ' . became insulted If the authorities I even suggest to them that they clean I up their premises. A number of peo- ? pie seem to think the posting of I i quarantine signs on homes where contagious diseases exist, deprive them of personal liberties to which they feel entitled. I (Continued on page 6.) I . - i : . ? : (Contlnucd from page 1) j BETTER BINGHAM. i ! Commissioner D&hlqulst stated j that the authorities have full pow.r to enforce ordinances condemn ajv.', abate all places which' are a nui.auce , to the community, and le Bald, "I j have lived in Bingham for considerable consider-able time, myself and I can sympathize sympa-thize with you on your local conditions. condi-tions. Anythln;; I can do to h"lp better bet-ter your conditions I will bo ylad to do. I am for Bingham." , Coach McMullin, of the High j School, who Is also a member of the Town Hoard, was called upon to five an "account of hi., basketball team, lie said, "Our team has developed beyond my expectations. We Vave a Ho oil little team with plenty of Kilt which has enabled them to pluck many done Karnes. " He said "The boys have some hard guilds before them but with good luck and rood support they have a fair chance to go to the State Tournament." Tour-nament." Mayor Flynn a.ked for some Information Infor-mation about the County's Road Program, Pro-gram, and it was decided to take this mater up with the Board later. He aluo inquired about the Health Program Pro-gram for the children. Commissioner Stenaker stated that the Hoard appropriated ap-propriated 500.0t last year, which was matclfed by the Granite School Board, for the providing of Dental equipment in the schools. Me reported report-ed that under this method three thousand thou-sand children, under twelve rears of Kea, had their teeth examined and many of them whose teeth had been found defective, have been able by these means, to have these defects corrected. He said if Rlngham authorities au-thorities desire to take up matters of health with them, they will be glad o consider he same when they make up the budget for 1928. A spirit of good fellowship and cooperation co-operation was dominating at the meeting, and while the problems dls-cusse dls-cusse were of considerable magnitude, magni-tude, It is felt that the right start has been made to carry out a far reaching and beneficial program of improvemens in Bingham Canyon. The Kiwanls club .i to be congratulated congratu-lated for undertaking a program of such magnitude, as they have outlined outlin-ed for the summer campaign. It will require plenty of hard work, courage and cooperation to accomplish these things. Mrs. Edna P. Wade attended the breakfast given by the ladies of the I). A. R. at the Ladies Literary club. Dr. and Mrs. R. G. Frazier .-pent Sunday in Salt Lake. |