The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-06-13
CLOVIS Chamber Of Commerce
June 10th, 1912.

OIONS OAAdAlAOeF Oh commerce
June 10th. 1912
Today the Clovis Chamber Of Commerce has declared war
We win pay to contestants $1Ooin cash prizes, and we beg
to call your attention to our plans
Beginning with this date and running until !. m. June o.
we offer to the person under Is years Of age who viii deliver to us
the greatest number of house flies, the sum of $17.50. The second
prize $4 cash; sixth prize, five contestants, each SO; seventh
prize, sly contestants, each So; eighth prize twenty-five contest
You ask how to catch them Use your own method. In
the following method.
He secured five old abandoned screens and formed them in
to a box, cutting a hole in the top screen large enough to place fly
overit lie placed the corners of his screen box on small
blocks raising it a few inches above the ground. He then placed
his bait (using old fish heads for that purpose) on blanks beneath
the screen box. When this bait was covered with flies he would
trap. When he had enough in the main box to fiji his trap on top,
would make their way toward the light which brought them into
the small trap at the top This he continued with deadly effect
flies. Another boy was close second With a Collection Of 4i990
600, while the third prize brought in nearly a million.
subject. and make up your mind to assist not only in Kidding Clovis
Of the fly pest but assist in making Clovis a more sanitary town
wa the Undersigned, hereby endorse the fly-swatdng cam
paign that the Chamber Of Commerce has inaugurauted and agree
to give them our moral support in all matters that improve the
sanitary condition and eliminate diseases in our city. The fly along
WIN, many otheF hulsances ana unsanlJJary surroundings has been
fought by the physician for the general good and preservation of
the health of the public. We therefore recommend that the gen
eral public and each citizen assist the Chamber of Commerce in
Very respectfully submitted
J Foster Scott, NJ. d.
j. b. Westerfeld, M. ID.
Chamber of Commerce
Flies have killed more people in Clovis alone than have been
killed by rattesnakes in the entire state during the past ten years.
Why not treatthem as seriously as one would if they We're rattle
snakes? A general attempt to kill all flies and the careful clean
ing at frequent intervals of all vaults and the removal of stable
litter and garbage would nearly eliminate'typhoid fever from Clo-
L. a, Diekman. N. D.
Clovis Chamber of Commerce.
The proposed war against the houseay is step in the right
direction. hope there will be many contestants for prizes, as
every fly killed lessons our chances for typhoid Infection. Let us
go on with the fight and while we are destroying the hy, eradi-
cate his habit at the manure pile. garbage can and dirty closet
Your campaign should make q cleaner healthier city.
DR.. Won Amen.
Chamber of Commerce
Any effort towards the externinaton Of flies is to be com
mended since it Isl a step towards the betterment of the general
health. The plan proposed by the Clovis Chamber of Commerce
has been successfully used and / heartily indorse the movement.
Dr. a. H. Dillon.
Stree the Chamber of Commerce has declared war against the
|pesky house fly, think every citizen Of our city should Join the
revolution as hundreds of lives are lost annually by the poisonous
dose OF various diseases administered to our people by the COM
mon houseHy. More especially is the dreaded typhoid germ spread
or conveyed by the house fly. lt mas the capacity of carrying fifteen
hundred typhoid germs on each leg at one time. Thus you see
that one house fly from an infected place or district has ample OBJ
lportunly OF inoculating whole families or neighborhoods. He may
pass over the table, drop the dreaded germ in our soup, light on
our bread or butter, sup out of the glass with us, etc. Thus the
people become inoculated by having to contend with the filthy flv
10 lhe qhlng room as Wen as other places.
was m the city OF San Antonio, Texas. last year during the
war on flies I'm a like manner proposed by our Chamber of Com
merce) and the results ia chat city show that the Typhoid Stats
tcts We're lower than ever before in is history.
Everyone should Join this great movement for cleanliness
and better health In our little city.
Signed p worley, N. d., Ph. g.