The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-05-23

finds it's way into you dining room,
falls into the cream pitcher, crawls
over the sugar in the bowl, or
%quenches its thirst on the nipple of
of the baby milk bottle. Can you
see no danger from that? If you do
not believe that the fly can carry
great clust RS of filth and innumer-
able living organisms catch one as
| have done and put it under d .pow-
erful microscope. You will be sur
prised to see the amount of foreign
matter that clings to it's legs and
body. Valuable asd startling statis-
tics could be given to show how great
a sinner the fy is in the spread of
diseases and the death of children.
These ar not theories, but stern
facts. They can be found in the
bulletins sent out by the U. S. gov
eminent and prepared by expert eta
mologists.
Gentlemen-It is needless to dwell
upon this any longer. The evil is
proved and admitted. The question
for us to consider is, What can be
done about it? Can the fly be ex-
terminated? 1t can, but in all prob
ability it never will be at least in the
rural districts. In cities like our
own it is possible to greatly reduce
the evil, and with little expense. But
it is absolutely necessary that the
people should know the facts in the
case. 1t is doubtful if one person
in ten knows the fly and the evils
even as this paper has set them forth
and only a little has been said
here. 1t is a timely topic for organ
iZations like this to discuss, for wo-
mems clubs to consider, for grocers
to understand, ever for grave and
s|powerful city councils to ponder, for
g all citizens to study thoroughly.
: These facts should be set forth in
t newspapers and pamphlets. If we
only understood tire menace the fly
is to public health, how much mis-
n chief of the most serious nature it
has committed and will commit it
would stimulate an intelligent and
active interest against the miserable
pest. Screens on doors and windows
n are good, sticky fly paper and liquid
poison are valuable assistants in the
d war against the fly, but these do MOI
go to the root of the matter. Thu
garbage a ordinance passed by hi
a city council taking effect the frs
e of this month is a step in the RICH
l. direction, but it would have been bet
= ter had the council added a claus
n making it compulsory to wrap al
t. material deposited in the cans in pa
st per as is done in Minneapolis. Thi
eff would make the garbage more easil,
IL handled, save time in transportation
a and greatly reduce the food suppl,
te and breeding places for flies, TIL
Of unwholsome, ~unsanitary priv
rs should be condemned forever, and leg
rs islated out of existence. 1T has n,
is right to exist. Where it is not pos
IS sible to have the modern house j
lie is very easy asd inexpensive to con
IS struct a strictly sanitary, fy-proo
SIS institution of this kind out OF doors
e. The disposal of the refuse from hors
es barns needs attention. The DANCE
from this source of evil can b
Of greatly lessened by a little attetio:
,e and proper treatment. One salts
e factory method is to spray the .offa
N with a generous amount of kerosene
afterwards washing down with waite
III This kills the fly whether it is in tn
egg, larval or the pupal state. Thi
should be done during the summe
A every five or six days, or it can b
done in a few minutes each day a
~ new material is added. The refus
n can be put into a screened bin, barre
a or box which will prevent the fl,
o from depositing it's eggs in it, o
better yet, the manure IAN be haulet
tc away OllCe ~ week, OF every Ten uaSS
" and the barn kept in as s%anitar,
condition as possible. All thes'
IS measures are effective, and in citie'
ike this it i. possible to have then
II tried out in some measure at least.
IS Let our %watchword be, SWAT TIKI
FLY. Let every housekeeper b,
l. armed with a wire fly killer, and i
a single fly succeeds in entering tn,
h house let incessant war he made up
on it till it is killed. Drop every
thing and chase it down and kill it
t.. for it is evil-and only evil. Lee
every house and store in the city Sc
cure n O. the cone-shaped traps in.
to which the fly enters from the bot
6 tom. This will catch thousands O.
It flies in a day. Swat the fly. Swa'
y it, for it is a thousand times NOR
dangerous to mankind than the rat