APPENDIX 



A STATEMENT OF THE PLAN, THE PURPOSES AND ACCOMPLISH- 

 MENTS OF THE HOME, YARD AND GARDEN CONTEST OF 

 THE ROTARY CLUB OF DAVENPORT, IOWA. 



OUR PURPOSE 



This was three-fold: 

 FIRST 



We desired to create and stimulate in the average man and woman 

 an appreciation of the pleasure, the satisfaction and the value in dollars 

 and cents of an attractive yard. 



We knew that the yards of our laboring class were often bleak, 

 barren, desolate and very unattractive. We desired, if possible, to 

 have them made more inviting, to bring into diem some order, some 

 cheer, some beauty. 



We believed that environment is a potent factor in the development 

 of character that a child who grows up in an environment of tin cans 

 will not be the equal of one who grows up in an atmosphere of grass, 

 shrubs and flowers. 



We appreciated that our city never could be considered attractive 

 until the units the homes which went to make it up were made so. 

 We wished to make ours "The City Beautiful." 



SECOND 



We desired to aid our civic authorities in creating and maintaining 

 a clean city. We felt that there was a direct and vital connection 

 bet\N-een the cleanliness of our city and the health of its people. We 

 have ordinances with relation to ashes, garbage and refuse, which were 

 all that could be desired, but their provisions were not in many instances 

 lived up to. 



We desired as far as we could to co-operate and aid our authorities 

 in making Davenport a cleaner, healthier, and therefore, a happier city. 



THIRD 



We aimed to awaken interest in vegetable gardens as one of the 

 reasonable, common-sense and practical solutions of the problem of the 

 high cost of living for the workingman. 



