The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-07-30
MOSQUITO IS
NOW DOOMED
THE PEST CAN BE DRIVEN FROM
HONOLULU IF THE CAMPAIGN
Is CONTINUED.

The large attendance at last nights
meeting of the Citizens Mosquito Com
mittee at the Young Hotel was i'm itself
an eloquent tribute to the splendid
work which has been done during the
past year by those who had had in
hand the work of Kidding the islands of
the mosquito pest. President Pink
ham of the Board of Health was in the
chair and in his opening address he
referred in a most sanguine manner to
the prospects Of still further reducing
the mosquito nuisance if the methods
which have been employed during the
past wear are continued. The work
he said is well worth the money that
it costs for with the determination Of
the mosquito there will be removed the
one marring circumstance that detracts
from the ideal of comfort and rrstful-
ness i'm Hawaii
DR. G. b. Cooper followed with an eX-
cellent address on the subject of THE
Board of Health's Attitude in the or
ganization of the Citizens Mosquito
Campaign in Honolulu" DR.. f. r.
Day also spoke, taking as his subject
the relation of the mosquito pest and
medical science
work for the last season submitted an
exhaustive report. 1t said in part:
Something over a year ago, through
the efforts of philosophical citizens
an organization was talked of whose
object would be to take some definite
vigorous action in Kidding this parti-
cular community of mosquitoes. This
idea was heartily endorsed by the
.tY,frt
ments were soon made to have what
ever work was instituted carried on
under their direction. a committee
whose chairman was president of the
Board of Health was at once formed,
and plans made for "A systematic cam
paign the details Of which have al
ready been presented to the general
public through the press, and various
reports of your agent.
1T was soon made evident that the
work would require the entire time ana
attention of a superintendent. At once
the question Of funds to pay the sal
airy Of such man, ana the incidental
expenses arose. 1t is gratifying to say
that in spite of the general depression
at that time, an amount sufficient to
meet the demand was pledged, a SUI
perlhtehuehI appointed ana "oIN Oe
gun.
TO start Wlth' some OF the most IN
teIIlgeht Oh our comm unI'E were very
dubious as TO our Delhs aDle TO az
colhpIlsh anything giving as SoIHe VI
their reasons thaI mosquitoes HNeu J."
damp grass III aIseropa trees III IeIu
le5NeS' eIc" al Oh "HI'Ii are lilpos''-
DlltleS
IheSe impressions nave Proo"DiS
peth saIheieu rom the rae. 'l''I mos
qulloes seek sHeIIeT III All Oh I"e "oo'e
mentioned PAGES
with the assistance of the regular
force of sanitary inspectors, a system
attic search for and collection of tin
cans, pots, pans, bottles and all con-
tainers likely to hold water, was MADE
and this debris carted to a scoW and
dumped far out at sea. TO demon
starte the good we claimed would re-
suit from such cleaning up, and to in
terest the citizens in the campaign
this work was done without any eX-
pense whatever to the house holder
and carried on for some months, sew
eral hundred tons Of such rubbish be
so disposed Of after which time the
inspectors have been getting people
that do not use the regular garbage
service to bury the Objectionable con-