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Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
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P. C. Oswalt, foreman of Imperial County Road District No. 2, condemns illegal garbage and trash dumping along roads and highways near El Centro, citing health risks and unattractiveness. Blames both El Centro residents and rural dwellers for ignoring no-dumping signs, forcing road crews to clean up messes. Urges use of designated dumping grounds.
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"The practice of dumping garbage and trash along roads and highways in country areas has created a health menace and is making the approaches to El Centro anything but attractive," P. C. Oswalt, foreman of Imperial county road district No. 2, said Monday.
Oswalt said that El Centrans have been guilty of dumping trash and garbage along the roads and highways and rural dwellers have been guilty of dumping trash, old automobiles, and refuse along roads on both sides of New river, ignoring "No Dumping" signs.
Road crews have been forced to clear up many unsightly and unsanitary messes, Oswalt said.
"There are specified dumping grounds and both city and rural residents should dump their refuse there and dispose of their garbage in the usual approved manner," Oswalt said.
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El Centro, Imperial County
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Monday
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road crews have been forced to clear up many unsightly and unsanitary messes.
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P. C. Oswalt, foreman of Imperial county road district No. 2, stated that dumping garbage and trash along roads and highways in country areas has created a health menace and made approaches to El Centro unattractive. El Centrans dumped trash and garbage along roads and highways, while rural dwellers dumped trash, old automobiles, and refuse along roads on both sides of New river, ignoring "No Dumping" signs. Oswalt advised using specified dumping grounds and disposing of garbage in the approved manner.