The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-06-25
BIC DROP SHOWN
IN DUHACH SALES
Proof That Work Of Citizens
Committee Was More
Than Justified.

Proof positive Of the immense bone
fl the city has received from the anti
mosquito campaign carried on so cuer.
getically by the Citizens Committee
this spring is available at any of the
stores in Honolulu which supply buhach,
to a former suffering public. The mos.
quitoes, in most parts of the city. have
gone, and with their going has also
gone the demand for the counter
irritant, the Tuning insect powder
A visit to several drug stores on
Fort street by representative of
The Advertiser the other afternoon re.
vealed the fact that the sale of buhach,
the "mosquito exterminator, - has de
creased to a remarkable extent.
"0ur sales for the insect powder
have shown marked decrease, de-
clared A. j. Gignoux of the Benson
Smith drug company. "Never before
since we have been in business have
we sold so little of the insect powder
as now. OF course we occasionally
have calls from persons living in the
taro and banana districts, but only
few persons living in the city now
seem to require it.
al was surprised the other day to
learn from one of our Chinese boys
here in the store that even in the taro
districts he does not notice the mos.
quitoes now. Before the campaign he
was bothered great deal by swarms
of them
Record of Eighteen Years
A. w. Meyer of the Chambers Drug
Company also says he has noticed a
big decrease in the sale of insect
powder.
"'From the very time the present
successful campaign started there was
a falling off in our business along this
line and ever since there has been a
great decrease in the sale Uf the pow
der. II is hard to say just how great
a per cent this has been. | have been
a resident of this city for eighteen
years now and I cannot remember a
time when the city was as free as now
l sincerely believe the workers in this
campaign have done a great work.
cat home it is n pleasure to live.
can now get good book after day Is
work in the store and sit down without
being annoyed by the mosquitoes. Fol
the first time for years, too, can dc
this without having a quantity of the
insect powder burning to drive away
the creatures It is indeed n pleasure
which I know all citizens of the city
must heartily welcome.
HOLSTERS Note Decrease.
Ernest ]. Morgan, manager of tn
Hollister Drug Company, also report
a big decrease in the sale of the anti
mosquito remedy. His sales have fall
en- off to considerable extent but, h
says, it is almost impossible to est
mate the per cent exactly.
When asked if he believed ther
, were fewer mosquitoes here now tina
!, ever before, he stated that, while tn
city seemed to be almost free fror
them now, he believed there were few
err at the end of the campaign made b
Mr.. Larnach six years ago He praise
the work done Mt that time. All can
paigns, he says, should be persistent
As an effective way of eradicating tn
pests he advocates campaign ever
six months until there is complete e1
termination.
J.. ''In the districts outside of Honoul
n we still have frequent calls for tn
powder and there are still calls RICH
here in this city, Mr.. Morgan saiC
+ "However, there has been noticeabl
u decrease in the sales.'
Fifty Per Cent Drop.
"Our sales have decreased fully fit
per cent since the campaign began,
t. said R. b. Christie, manager of IL
n Honolulu Drug Company.
& "Why, do you know, at the time {
le the yellow fever scare il seemed as
re we did not sell hardly anything ell
but insect powder. Everybody was u
If ing it. / firmly believe the work of Il
J. workers in this campaign has result'
n, in great good, for the decrease in Il
r sale of the powder is a certain indie
st ton that the mosquitoes are not
Y, numerous as they were before the cal
h paign started.
IN For the first time in many, maj
& years business men can now sit in the
y, places of business and transact the
B. duties without brning insect powder
order to drive away mosquitoes.
IN hundreds of homes at the end of
up days work the tired merchants a
err office workers can sit and with tn,
of happy families enjoy reading book
in engaging in conversation, apparent
having almost forgotten there eN
was such pest as mosquito on I
of burning buhach present. Such is
IT result of the campaign waged agar
the mosquito.
j., Kamaaina's Testimony.
~ After living in Honolulu for m'
w than fifty years, during which time
! IS has been forced to chase away mosq
ne toes which were lowering companit
:, of the unwelcome sort, Thomas
u Thrum, the well]snown pioneer state
sc cry and book store business man, is
A. day among the thousands of Others
m. ioying life without being compelled
a, fight the pests
a. Mr. Thrnm has experienced all
ar terror which has accompanied the co
te; ing of the various swarms in tn
no greatest numbers, but never in
Tie memory has there been a time WI
ne there have been so few in Honolulu
m during this summer.
m The remarkable campaign conduct
to during the past six months is the
he ,,,It - 1b;,, ~ Mr. frhTi