Evening star., 1912-09-02
September's Grand Prizes

When The Star awards at the end Of
September the grand prizes for the all
summer f1y campaign. il will have pre-
scented to contestants who have been
engaged in destroying the insect since
May l $50 in cash The September
grand prizes, amounting to $210. and the
District prizes Of $40 will make the sum
OF $3.50. which is to be distributed among
the young "swatters'' at the end OF the
present month.
The next thirty days should he the
busiest ones of the entire campaign.
Weather conditions. ii is expected, will
make the insects scarce by the end OF
the month, but the slaughter OF the germ
spreaders should mount into the millions.
nevertheless.
DR.. Arthur J.. Murray. supervisor OF
the campaign, will not take his vacation
before October He expects TINS 10 be
the record-breaking month of the cam
paign and will be at the Headquarters In
the Municipal building every day to
count the insects delivered.
Charts showing the accomplishments OF
the crusade have been prepared by DIR.
Murray and probably will be on exhibi-
ton at the International Congress on
Hygiene and Demography to be held here
this month.
Certificates Tomorrow.
Inasmuch as the Municipal building
was closed today. the September cam
paign actually does not begin until to-
morrow. Contestants who were among
the winners last month should obtain
from DIR. Murray tomorrow certificates
Of their standing and present them at
The Star ofiice for payment not later
than Thursday.
In a recent issue of a prominent
western magazine The Stars fly war is
described, and a chart prepared by DIR.
murray, showing the extent to which
typhoid fever has decreased In the Dis
trict. Is reproduced.
"Dr. Murray Of the health department.
campaign of fly determination and
cleaning up. very kindly furnished me
the accompanying chart" states the
writer OF the article. He calls atten->
the case total OF typhoid is much below
that of last year, which carried the
lowest record for the last four years.
during which interval graphic studies
have been made.
IF flies were wild beasts we would
not submit helplessly to their invasion
or be satisfied to bar our doors and
windows against them. We would not
Just because they are so numerous and
all-peryasive we have assumed that
there is no hope OF ridding the world OF
the nuisance.
Habits of the Fly.
Until mosquito bars and wire screens
gave us respite, we lived in darkened
rooms and fought for food. DIR. Hodge
and other scientists have recently de-
vised plans for outdoor determination.
Flies have breeding places. They are
limited in flight. In spite OF their
enormous capacity to increase. they
succumb like all living things to the
persistent ravages OF war. The enor
nous spawning capacity of hsh does
not prevent the depletion of rivers and
lakes.
"It is not necessary to catch all the
flies in order to free the world OF this
great source of annoyance and dan
ger. All we need Is the same attitude
toward the fly out of doors that We
have for 1t in the house. There must
be a determined spirit OF cooperation
and public housekeeping. The saving
of expense and suffering to both man
and beast. to say nothing OF the pre-
yention of illness and death through
disease should arouse every community
to a sense of responsibility in this most
important work of fly determination