The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-09-29


Bacteriologists, scientists. physicians know the
house fly It really is. They realize that incon-
trovertible proof has demonstrated that flies kill
greater number OF human beings every year than
all the beasts OF prey and all the poisonous crawl
Ing things that live
And It is the consensus of opinion that cam
pagn Of education is essential to bring the general
public to an appreciation of the truth.
These facts known to every scientist What
is being done is to carry these facts home to
every householder every person who eats in
taurants and lunchrooms and to every mother who
watches her baby with eye to warding of every
possible danger. There is great campaign being
waged against the iy-"typhoid fly" it is called
and Washington is the center of the campaign.
The war is being stirred up and urged by Rich
ard b. Watrous, secretary OF the American Civic
association. which has covered the country with
posters, circulars booklets and even has taken up
the moving picture film weapon against the
pest and method OF popular instruction. The as
socation pamphlets simple and to the point
When one reads the four pages of fly literature
deep disgust for the buzzing things is born and
another soldier in the anu-hy army has been
drafted.
The accompanying photographs, magniied many
thousand times, and more just as interesting.
made by DR.. ". A Cobbs with a specially invented
camera for the National Geographic society. Dr.
Cobbs is making a special study of the nations
pest other leading bacteriologists and sci.
entists who have come to realize the Importance
OF the work
One Of the odd things in connection with the
campaign of education that is being conducted in
many cities is the fact that the unpleasantness Of
the fies' habits has caused many a person to cease
the description OF the fly life and enter a sort OF
silent war However some cities and associations
have issued enormous posters portrayng the daily
life OF fly. II is pretty bad Several women have
objected 10 seeing the posters although II has been
proven to them that the pictures are not over.
drawn.
Moving picture films showing the life and habits
OF the fly, have been shown in OF the large
cities. These films were taken across the United
States and shown in hundreds OF cheap theaters
and have been considered great value in dissem.
mating knowledge OF just what the fly is and how
much death and disease he can introduce into a
house In one OF the cities protests were received
from some rather delicately sensed ladies' and the
mayor ordered the films of the boards.
The chairman of that state board OF health
asked the reason and told that protests were
made. He then asked for the names OF some Of
the protesting women
He called on several and learned that their feel.
ings had been outraged by witnessing the daily
life OF nasty fly. and they believed that the sight
was too nauseadng for the public.
Thereupon the state officer took the ladies' out
into their own back yards and kitchens and in
more than instance showed them where the
fy was doing the same thing in real life that thu
moving Aims tcld of. and by that sort of work
introduced some real war to Mr. Fly
In every city bulletins are being issued showing
how flies may be killed by the wholesale,