Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-07-22
CAMPAIGN AGAINST
PESTIFEROUS FLIES
Proposed Through the Agency
Of Rocky Ford Papers

EVERY CITIZEN
ASKED TO JOIN
In q Crusade to Rid the City Of Dis
ease Spreading Pest-Warfare
to Begin Tomorrow
Acting upon the initiative Of Attorney
W. B. Goblin with the connivance and
hearty approval Of Health Officer
Barbour. every reader Of Rocky Ford
newspaper will this week be requested
to lend their aid in movement looking to
the determination of the horde Of flies
with which we are pestered. Although
the disease spreading danger Of these
pests is not nearly so great this year
because of the efficient work Of santa
ton that is being carried on by DR.. Bar
bour-who is giving US the cleanest city
we have ever known-and the number Of
flies does not appear to be above the or
dinary, yet there are millions too many Of
the pests for the peace and comfort Of
Office and business men. ordinary citizen
and eleanly housewife. and IL a few mil
lions can be eradeatsd it will rebound to
the glory Of the papers that have under
taken the crusade by request Of the gen
tlsmsn above mentioned.
So. therefore. the Enterprise asks all
Of its Rocky Ford readers whether
business man, citizen, housekeeper, lady
help. boy or girl. to tomorrow Saturday.
July 25) set out dish or pan eontaipinR
a sheet OF fly paper and a little water.
sugar and vinegar. and give the flies a
feast that will send myriads Of them to
kingdom come"
II everybody will now get busy. invest
a penny IN q sheet Of fly paper and set it
out as per directions and beyond the
reach Of children. we are convinced that
the long suffering public will find the
crusade so efficient that It will be con-
tinusd and every Saturday become a
ssmi-offieial fly killing day in this city for
the balance Of fly time.
And il the people should rise up and call
US blessed" we'll modsstly pass along the
praise to Mr.. Gobin-to whom all credit
for the movement is due.
Health authorities, national, state
and city, are waging relentless war
fare on the dangerous house fly. Not
only are they emphasizing the men
ace to public health, but they arc
likewise offering suggestions as to
the best means for combating this
pestilent insect.
| In a communication sent broadcast
State Food Inspector J. II. Wallis
offers suggestions for fighting this
pest and exterminating the fly that
are worthy of attention by Colorado
citizens. He says:
Screen the windows and doors.
Do it early before the fly time and
keep the screens up until snow flies.
screen all food. especially milk.
contact with flies. Screen the baby 5
bed and keep flies away from the
baby's bottle. the baby's food and the
baby's comforter
Keep flies away from the sick,
especially those i'll with typhoid fever.
scarlet fever, diptheria and tuber-
culosis. Screen the patients bed.
Kill every fly that enters the sick
room. Immediately disinfcct and dis
pose of all discharges.
Catch the flies as fast as they ap-
pear. Use liquid poisons, sticky fly
papers and traps.
place either of these fly poisons
in shallow dishes throughout the
house:
"(a) Two teaspoonfull of formal
cdhydc to n pint of water, or
"(b) One dram of bichromatc of
l ..t
water, swcetcncd with plenty of
sugar.
ITO quickly clear rooms Of flies.
burn pyrethum powder or blow black
flag into the air of the room with a
powder blower. This causes flies to
fall to the floor in stunned condition.
They must be gathered up and de-
stroycd.
Flies are the most dangerous in
sects known to man.
"Flies are the filthicst of all YER
mine. They are born in filth, live on
filth and carry filth around with them.
They are maggots before they are
flies.
Flies are known to be carriers of
millions Of death-dcaling disease
germs. They leave some of these
germs wherever they alight.
Flies may infect the food you cat.
They come to your kitchen or into
your dining room, fresh from every
privy vault, from the garbage box.
from the manure pile, from the Gus
pidor, from decaying animal or veg
ctable matter. or from the contagious
sick room with this sort of filth on
their feet and in their bodies, and
they deposit it on your food. and you
do swallow filth from privy vaults,
etc. if you cat food that has come
in contact with flies.
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