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

finds it's way into your 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 clusts rs of filth and innumer-
able living organisms catch one as
| have done and put it under a 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 Stats
tics could be given to show how great
a sinner the fly is in the spread of
diseases and the death of children.
These az" not theories, but stern
facts. They can be found in the
bulletins sent out by the T.. 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
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
,Ipowerful city councils to ponder, for
all citizens to study thoroughly.
i These facts should be set forth in
t newspapers and pamphlets. If we
= only understood tire enac the fly
is to public health, how much mis-
4 chief of the most serious nature it
has committed and will commit ii
would stimulate an intelligent anG
active interest against the miserable
lEpest. Screens on doors and window!
n are good, sticky fly paper and liquit
poison are valuable assistants in the
war against the fly, but these do no
S go to the root of the matter. TIL,
garbage can ordinance passed by h,
a city council taking effect the frs
e of this month is a step in the RICH
direction, but it would have been bet
! ter had the council added a claus
n making it compulsory to wrap al
material deposited in the cans in pa
st per as is done in Minneapolis. Thi
IF would make the garbage more easil
handled, save time in transportation
a and greatly reduce the food suppl
and breeding places for flies. TIL
Of unwholsome, unsanitary priv
RS SHOULD be condemned forever, and Les
Is islated out of existence. 1T has n
is right to exist. Where it is not pos
IS sible to have the modern house
is very easy asd inexpensive to col
IS struct a strictly sanitary, fy-proo
S. institution of this kind out of door,
The disposal of the refuse from hors
es barns needs attention. The DANCE
n from this source of evil can b
Of greatly lessened by a little attetio
re and proper treatment. One sati!
& factory method is to spray the Off
with a generous amount of kerosene
afterwards washing down with waite
II This kills the fly whether it is in tn
egg, larval or the pupal state. Thi
should be done during the summe
done in a few minutes each day a
n new material is added. The refus
~ can be put into a screened bin, barre
a or box which will prevent the fl
@ from depositing it's eggs in it, O
;c better yet, the manure can be haule
away once a week, or every ten days
y and the barn kept in as sanitar
condition as possible. All thes
measures are effective, and in cite
like this it i. possible to have Their
h tried out in some measure at least.
Let u watchword be, SWAT TIL
FLY. Let every ~housekeeper b
armed with a wire fly killer, and
a single fly succeeds in entering tn
h house let incessant war 4be made up
s on it till it is killed. Drop every
thing and chase it down and kill il
for it is evil-and only evil. LIE
every house and store in the city Sc
cure n O. the c~one-shaped traps in
to which the fly enters from the bot
6 tom. This will catch thousands o
t flies in a day. Swat the fly. Swa
y it, for it is a thousand times NOR,
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