The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-17
THE PLAGUE OF FLIES.

The present year has seen more writ
ing against the common housefly than
any year before. The fly has been
studied, traced it's habits explained,
and the peril of its contaminating foot.
pads more startlingly expounded than
ever in the history Of mankind. The
fly visits, lights upon, and carries
more forms of filth than any other
creature known The magazines are
full of warnings of damage to man.
kind in disease contagious from fly in
fection. all set forth in plain language
and startling illustration.
A writer in the National Geographic
Magazine sets forth fully the case
against the fly, and concludes that
claiming n part in the turning Of the
wheel, che really does have something
to do with the turning Of the wheel,
but it is the wheel of life. He may
have little to do with keeping it
going, but he certainly sometimes has
DR., Beatty sa-s, "The man must kill
the fly or the fly will kill the man. -
IL is convicted of carrying the germs
of typhoid directly and other infec-
tion also, and is in fact deadly foe
TO mankind.
AS the writer in the Geographic
Magazine says, "The fly does far
worse things than get into the oint,
ment, for unless VIC take care he gets
into pretty much everything we eat
or drink. Such an occurrence is not
simply disgusting; it is more or less
dangerous, and the danger lies in the
introduction into our bodies Of disease
germs. This danger is far more real
than is commonly supposed. There can
be no doubt that much sickness is start
ed in this way
But what shall we do about it? How
can we rid our houses of flies9 Keep
all stables and houses we'll and con-
stantly cleaned and disinfectcd. using
for this lye, chloride Of lime or blue
vItriol water, crude carbolc acid, or
other substance that will be effective.
And these rules are laid down by that
writer:
Keep flies away from the kitchen; keep
flies out OF the dining room and away
from the sick, especially from those Ill
with contagious diseases.
Screen all food. Apply this rule not
only TO food prepared at home. but to
foodstutfs offered for sale. and especially
fruits, salads and all other things which
do not require to be cooked.
Prevent consumptlves from eXpectorat-
ing where nies can feed upon IL.
And the American Civic Association,
which is conducting vigorous cam.
paign against the fly, publishes the
following as efiectiYe and practical
means Of killing off flies:
To clear rooms of flies carbollc acid
may be used as follows: Heat a shovel
or any similar article and drop therein
twenty drops OF carbollc acid, The vapor
kills the flies.
4 cheap and perfectly reliable ny
poison. one which IS not dangerous to
human lifc, is blchromate OF potash in
solution. Dissolve one dram, which can
be bought at any drug store. in two
Put some OF this solution in shallow
dishes and distribute them about the
house.
Sticky ny-paper. traps and liquid
polsons are among the things TO use in
killing flies. but the latest, cheapest. and
best Is a solution of formalin or for
maldehyde In water A spoonful OF this
liquid put into quarter of pint OF water
and exposed In the room will. be enough
to kill all the flies
To quickly clear the room when there
are many flies burn pyrethrum powder
in the room, This stupeies the files.
when they may be swept UP and burned
II there are fles in the dining room OF
your hotel, restaurant, or boarding house.
complain to the proprietor that the prem
ises are not clean