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The News has received the following letter from Dr. Melvil Dewey, of Lake Placid Club, in commendation of a suggestion made by Ralph S. Jones of Lake Placid and Plattsburgh in a communication printed in this paper in the Jan. 5 issue.

It reads:

“R. S. Jones’ recent letr contains the most practical, helpful and hopeful suggestions yu hav printed in years.

“L. P. Club is hartily in favor of his suggestion of another club on west of Mirror Lake. In fact, that wud be a good name, Westside Club of Lake Placid. We will encuraj and help by putting all our experience and advice freely at disposal of any intelijent and refutabl effort for such a Club. It wud fil a real need.

“We turn away 100’s of applicants each year becauz we ar ‘cranky’ and extreme and ar growing more careful about admissions each session. Many wil prefer greater freedom, later hours and other features that wud not be criticized in the Westside Club. Wether our old-fashioned restrictions ar betr or worse is not the question. We ar certainly different. We cud and wud turn over to a creditably run Westside Club 100’s of, to them, desirabl gests each year.

“Chiefly, our vilaj must face the fact that it is very yung and hasn’t had time to accumulate capital. Nature has givn it the greatest combination of attractions in America.

“To get proper returns needs not only publicity and work of the paid secretary, but much working capital must be furnisht to supplement what nature had done. This year wil carry our L.P. Club costs to a milion dolars spent on provision for winter operation. That includes equipment bilt and heated for extreme wether. …”

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NYS Clean-Up Week

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People outside of the frosty Adirondacks are already talking “Clean-Up Week,” or perhaps acting on the suggestion.

Lake Placid will have its clean-up later when the refuse is no longer frozen down — probably about the first of May.

In a circular letter to mayors of cities, presidents of villages and local boards of health, Dr. Hermann M. Biggs, state commissioner of health, calls for the observance of the week beginning on Monday, April 16, as the annual “Clean-Up Week” in New York state.

In his letter, Dr. Biggs refers to the recent coal shortage and urges city authorities against the use of soft coal as soon as sufficient supplies of anthracite make it possible to do so.

In its weekly health talk broadcasted last Friday evening from Schenectady, the state Health Department made the following announcement:

“During a long and severe winter such as that through which we have just passed, it is inevitable that a great deal of filth and rubbish should have accumulated in many places. The quantity of snow has been so great that the proper disposal of waste material has been difficult, if not impossible. With the melting of the snow, a large amount of decaying animal and vegetable matter has been exposed, often in conspicuous places, where it is likely to become a serious nuisance unless properly taken care of.”

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