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MAN ON THE LANDSCAPE 



MODESTO NEEDS SEWERS 

 -IT'S UP TO YOU 



TAKE THE STINK &NB FILTH 

 OUT OF THE RIVER 



VOTE ji VOTE YES VOTEm VOTE YES 



DECEMBER 1O ; DECEMBER 10 





Would you eat ffsh caught here? Would you 



*wlm her*? Would you enjoy boating her? 



IT'S A PICTURE of OUR RIVER TODAY! 



The State o! California was "MM Jail Talking" whop Uwy 

 told ta thai we mail STOP uunq tht rfvr far * Swet. 



Adequate Swe to Sv Our Horn** ml Oar Owrtertes, . 



Adequate Water wd Adequate Fire righting Equipment we 



Important to . * Food W Eat fe Air We Breathe. 



Ugly to took at, Foul to Smelt, 



Breeder of Disease 

 -IT'S OUR RIVER TODAY! 



Tttn State *t C*lilomU wa "Hot tut T.lkioo WB tht 

 H>M u thai w* muu STOP attas Ow rfv f of a Swr, 



Adequate Sewer to Serve Our Homes mi Our Cmnerlet, 

 Adequate W*tM- iBd Adequate Fire Fighting Equipment arc * 

 . Important t us tfce Food We EM * Ak We Bt cathe. 



FIG. 47. The problem facing- Modesto, California, Is one which hundreds of other 



communities must also solve. The home of our civilization, western Europe, 



long 1 ago cleaned up its streams. America is less civilized in this respect. 



occurred in Minnesota and Florida, 5 and on a smaller scale in hun- 

 dreds of minor areas. The damage is difficult to assess in dollars. 



p. 144. 



FIG. 48. This sign, along- the Des Flaines river northwest of Chicago, has an air 

 of permanence which reflects the entrenched position of pollution on the American 



landscape. 



