Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-02-17
CLEANED UP THE
BACK YARD YET?
OFFICIAL MOSQUITO CHASER MAY
GET ON YOUR TRAIL,
NOT A BIT TOO EARLY
Soon You VII Give Your Spare Mo-
| ments 10 Gardening and Fishing,
SAYS Mr.. sharpe.

G G.. Sharpe, official mosquito
chaser for the city Of Tulsa, is sound
ing words Of advice these hot days to
the property owners Of the city.
1T isn't a bit too early to go after
the back yard, said the o. m. c, yes.
terday some people imagine that
the days must assume the length OF
those Of April and May before they
should get busy with the rake and the
shovel and the wheelbarrow. Ept
that is where they err.
This is one Of the most pleasant
times Of the year to clean up the
premises. You can do anything in this
line now that can be done two months
from now, ana why not get It off your
hands? Ths idea Of waiting to swab
the place uAtil the blood gets thin"
rs one Of those old notions which
should be thrown over board and left
IN the wake Of the cleanup ship.
IT'S going to be the same old story
for everybody who doesn't get at it..
the health department. will order the
premises cleaned and the property
owner win have TO pay for IT, IL
worked pretty well last year and It Is
going to work better this year. Those
old tin cans are still lying in the back
yards tilted slaunchwise and half
filled with water from the recent
showers. and a mosquito is apt to be
hatched at any moment. The torment
value of the first ten mosquitoes OF
the season is about $1,000 each, and
the scale graduates from that on down
10 nothing with the coming Of the
first frost next fan. A tin can and
some rainwater is the Ideal Matching
place for a mosquito The tin can
product rarely ever attains the size
and glory OF the old swamp matched
birds whose company / used TO enjoy
down IN Mississippi, but their beaks
are just as sharp and well whetted.
"The man who raises mosquitoes tC
prey on his fellow townsman is in the
same class as the fellow who raises
chickens to eat the garden truck rails.
ed by his neighbor. The only differ
ence Is that you can't arrest a mar
for raising mosquitoes, but anybody
is privileged to shoot em or make
away with them via any other rout,
feasible and amusing"
According to the official mosquito
chaser, II ls mp to tho residents o
Tulsa to begin burning old felt boot
and castaway cold tablet boxes etc
A little scratching over Of the yard
at this time might also give the gras
little better showing when it onct
starts and provide greenness weel
or so in advance Of when 1t woulC
come otherwise.
"And it's fine exercise, too" SAT-
the o. m. c. "The time OF maklnl
garden, kicking up the dirt for I
flower bed or so, spading up the bacl
lot for fishing worms and a do2ei
| other things that will keep a fellow
busy for week after week In nj
spare moments Is almost at hand, ant
when they come there IL not so mucl
time to devote to converting the prem
| ises into a clean and good LOOKING
place. And, another thing the prem
ises should never be allowed to be
come place for trash and rubbisl
and filth to collect, neither summe
nor winter.
So saying, he clenched his fist an,
departed on smelling expedition II
the South End.
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