18 LANDSCAPE GARDEN SERIES 



9. Don't dump rubbish on vacant lots. 



Your village will collect free of charge if you will 

 call Winnetka 860. 



10. Co-operate with the Fire Chief by cleaning up rubbish 

 accumulations in the basement and attic. 



Fires are spectacular but expensive, both to you and 

 to the Village. 



A "Yard and Garden" and "Clean Alley" contest is one of the 

 most effective ways of creating a civic pride, as it stnkes directly at 

 the home and it interests a large number of people from every walk in 

 life. Such campaigns are a sure way to arouse a civic consciousness 

 and encourage a spirit of cooperation among those who are interested 

 in the work. 



Such campaign may be inaugurated by men's clubs, commercial 

 clubs, women's clubs, civic improvement societies, newspapers, schools, 

 or any other unofficial civic agency which is directly interested in the 

 home. 



Such a campaign is sure to succeed if the right organization accepts 

 full responsibility in the matter and gets squarely behind the campaign. 

 One man should be made chairman of the work and the direction of the 

 campaign left largely to his judgment. The unselfish incentive back of 

 such work is a great factor making for its success. 



Of a considerable number of these contests carried on in different 

 parts of the country, those held by the Rotary Club of Davenport, Iowa, 

 have been the largest and probably the best organized contests of this 

 kind. One cannot estimate the value in dollars and cents of such a 

 contest to a city, and surely no better work can be undertaken by any 

 organization. 



The statement of the plan, the purpose and accomplishments of this 

 "Yard and Garden Contest" follows, in order that those who wish to 

 inaugurate such a contest may profit by the experiences of the Daven- 

 port Rotary Club.* 



*See Appendix. 



