Evening star., 1911-08-09
Fly Champion to Share Prize
Money With Comrades.
OUTING FOR BIG PARTY
Plans Excursion for IA Industrial
School Boys and Girls.
COUNT SHOWS 6,ss6,eoo DEAD
DR.. Murray Finishes Herculean
Task and Announces Result
This Morning

i AAS~~3
Layton H. Burdette. winner of the frs,
prize Of s25 in The Stars fiyless city
campaign. not only is q hero in the eyes
Of the youth Of the city today because
he is the champion "swatter." but he is
the idol of IA boys and girls who are his
| associates at the Industrial Home School
| Burdette has announced that he is 60
| ing to take the whole school on big
| outing. He Is going to play the part OF
| host in royal fashion and spend every
cent Of his hard-earned prize money. A
| trip to Chesapeake Beach is the pro-
gram.
Just as soon as the young Napoleon OF
the fly campaign had received his money
at the Office Of The Star he hurried out
to the Industrial School and confided his
plans to the officials.
IT want to make this a big trip-some-
thing worth while," he said "A little
jaunt to the woods or anything as tame
as that won't do Chesapeake Beach
strikes me-
Sanctioned by School Officials.
So the ofiicials made out an estimate
to see II the money would provide for
such q big trip as Burdette had in mind
The result was favorable. and Layton
was told that he could begin inviting his
friends.
The date Of the trip has not been set
tied. but It Is expected that the outing
will take place within the next ten days.
There are fifty girls at the Industrial
Home School and ninety-four boys. Bur-
dette was assisted by twenty-five boys
in the campaign, but everybody is to
share In the spoils Of the successful war
they waged against the fly.
After putting in two days counting the
exact number Of flies slaughtered in The
/ Stars campaign. DR.. Murray of the
health department this morning an
Exceeded His Expectations.
Upon the conclusion of the campaign.
the slaughter at approximately seven
millions. and the final count shows that
his estimate was a close one.
II did not think when the contest be-
gan that the result would be as heavy
as this" said DIR. Murray. but the flies
were counted carefully. and the figures
are as accurate as it would be possible
to make them.
Remember that this number represents
the flies killed only by the children. The
war waged by the Juveniles must have
stimulated older members of the commu-
nifty to be more active in Kidding the city
| of the pest, so that the total destruction
of the insects during the two-week period
doubtless was enormous
/ According to DR.. Murray's latest eStl-
mates, thesboys outdid the girls at every
stage Of thei fight. although the results
produced by the latter were much better
| than had been anticipated.
/ There were 2fS boys In the contest as
compared with III girls. OF course, there
were many boys and girls who belonged
| to fly killing clubs, and their names were
not entered as the combined killings of
the clubs were sent in under one name.
Boys Killed Greatest Number.
OF the boys and girls actively engaged.
the former killed 3,676. $50 flies. while the
girls destroyed 2,713.15O. The average
number Of insects destroyed per con-
testant was 1910. the average number
for the boys being 1850 and for the girls,
1890.
While the number of flies exterminated
was enormous and means that the health
interests of the city Will reap immediate
| benefits, the results OF the slaughter, as
important. =,
It is estimated that the slaughter will
prevent more than Al trillions of flies
| from coming into existence between now
| and the end of summer.
| Five generations OF the ny remain 10 De
| developed between the present time and
| the latter part of September. EXper1-
| ments have shown that one female fly
may be responsible for the development
| within that period Of 100000 insects.
| Taking for granted that half of the
| q, $3.50, 600 flies killed by The Stars con-
1 testants were females, the combined ny
population that these insects would have
produced before October ! would have
been Al, 1913, ,57oOOO,OOO
/ 1t is the effect of the campaign upon
the future development of the fly tina,
health department experts say will make
| the crusade OF everlasting benefit to the
city.
Other Cities Interested.
That other cities have become interest
ed in the results Of the campaign. ant
that many OF them, in all probability. vii
undertake similar crusades. is more evi
dent daily.
The Springfield Republican Of Spring
field. Mass, recently devoted an entire
column to The Stars campaign. setting
forth the conditions Of the contest anc
1T seems highly probable says this
paper, that the idea has positive merit
il carried into execution on large
enough scale with the cordial cooperation
of the people. The fly pest. with its large
possibilities In the spread or deadly dis
ease should be attacked everywhere witt
serious intent, and the summers expert
ments are most interesting because they
seem to point the way"
A member Of a camping party In tht
MAINE woods has written to The Star fol
information about the crusade. while Vari
Gus periodicals also have made similar re
Quests The interest has been confined
to no particular section.
DR.. Murray is now engaged in ARRANGING
tthe cards of contestants in order to de
ternine in what sections of the city
the most flies were destroyed. 1t /:
Iprobable that this work will be concluded
within the next day or two.
| SUIT CASES LOST FROM CAR.
Mrs. Nathan B. Scott and Daughter
i in.Law Minus Their Baggage.