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tie pest, the house fly is to-day con man has to contend with. Far more dangerous than war. for the fly is ev- erywhere every summer. excepting in enlightened communities. like Cleve- land. Ohio. which is rapidly becoming pretty nearly a flyless city.
 Last year experiments were under taken in a number of places to exter- Usinate flies. Newspapers of Wor- cester. Mass, offered money prizes for the largest quantity of flies caught. and the results were astonish- ing. One enterprising lad of l2 yea $ won the first prize of Sl00 when he delivered ninety-five quarts of flies. But it was found out later that in or der to succeed he had actually gone into the business of breeding flies in heaps of fish offal Altogether the city Of Worcester caught and killed forty bushels of flies in few weeks. For obvious reasons those interested in fly extermination are not offering prizes in the same way this year for dead flies. In good many communi- ties prizes are offered for flyless
 
 barns that have no flies on or in them.
 Organizations like the Woman's Municipal league of Boston are pay ing for stereopticon lectures delivered l before all sorts of audiences, and are getting Boy Scouts. District Nursing associations. school children and oth. CTS at work in the effort. One of the scientists most actively interested is c. F. Hodge, professor Of biology at Clark university, who has accomplish ed remarkable results by screening houses to keep flies on the outside, bby killing winter flies when they awake in early spring and crawl out of cracks. picture mouldings and oth- CT dark places where they spend the cold weather, and by catching in traps of his own design, millions of young flies before they can get to the kitchen, dining room or restal. rant. Some years ago, when Prof. Hodge was talking about the matter and wondering what could possibly said:t
 Father. instead of having people screen themselves off from flies, why don't you screen flies away from neo- pie? Why not put flies in pail and let ourselves out?
 That set Prof. Hodge to thinking, and he invented wire trap which IS bated with milk and was in use last summer. Prof. Hodge gave his in vention away and has no financial in terest whatever in the manufacture or sale Of the trap, his sole idea be. ing. service to mankind.
 One of the most effective steps tax en in the campaign of education IS due to MT. Hatch. who sent a man to London, at his own expense, and there had made microscopic photo graphs of flies and their dangerous activities from which a moving pie ture film was constructed. The film shown all over the country. is believ- ed to have done more than any otber ore thing to bring millions of people to realize how great is the danger from flies. and how necessary to re- move it. MT. Hatch has also printed and sent out free of charge several hundred thousand bulletins explain ing what should be done and how to do q. To show how even a small Aommunity may undertake a cam. paign, the following letter to him may be quoted from Margaret Deland, ore
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Systematic Undertaking To Get Rid Of This Dangerous - Insect Is Started All Over The Country This Season

which were quickly exhausted. The demand for them was so great that a new supply is. now on the press. lndiana's State Board of Health, fur thermore, has kept local newspapers all over the commonwealth supplied with brief articles, paragraphs and squibs quickly read and easily remem- bered dealing with the subject
 South Carolina. Texas, and almost all the other states in the union have been doing their utmost to educate the public concerning the dangers of permitting flies to exist But with the exception of single four-page cir ular there is a brief document entitled
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GREATESTANTLFLYCRUSADEBEGINS

of the most noted of American novel lsts. ''ho undertCoS to start the 1~fs iu Maine last snnmer:
 You may be interested to know what steps l took to arouse the inter ests of my litde community, (Kenne- hunkport, Me) In the first place 1 sent out about 600 of your bulletins; then l induced fifty-one of the fifty two summer residents upon whose trade the village shops largely de pend 10 sign petition requesting the particular in the care of food Then | invited the Women's clubs of the village 10 8 tea, and when the ladies had assembled sprang npon them my plan for fighting flies.
 Tt was. perhaps. taking base ad- vantage of those excellent women who had come for what they consider ed social afternoon to insist that they distribute circulars and general ly stir things mp about flies. But the main thing 1 asked them to do was to give away hundred tickets to the little Biiou Theatre (which 1 had in duced 10 display for one week the Fly film with all it's horrors.)
 T mention these successive steps because ] thought you might like 10 know how the work had been start ed in Maine. Sincerely yours,
 @MARGARET DELA,ND
 Boston. April I. 1912"
 One of the most ingenious methods for teaching childfen facts regarding hies is seen in small pamphlet prepared by Jean Dawson of the
  adopted the question and answer plan of instruction. After explaining, in this way. why flies are dangerous. how they spread disease. where they spend the winter and what they do in spring. the little book teils abou: their breeding. their food. and how they carry. dirt as well as disease.
 The closing questions and answers are as follows:
 20.Can & family escape the dangers from flies by screening them out of the house?
 No, not if they use food over which flies have swarmed or fallen into.
 21. Do flies carry sickness and death to many people in the United States?
 There are nearly five hundred thou sand cases Of typhoid fever yearly in the United States, and nearly 50.000 deaths Much of this Is distributed by flies. Forty-nine thousand infants die annually of enteritis or summer complaint. the germs Of which are probably all carried to the milk by flies. Flies are now known to be the most deadly enemy of man. They kill more people than all the lions, ti. gers, snakes and even wars.
 22. Have flies always been such an enemy to nankind?
 They have always carried disease even in Bible times. Their powe. to do harm has increased with the number of people.
 23. But people have lived in spite of flies?
 Yes, but Q great many have died About four out of five children in Cleveland live to be five years old Many of these deaths are due to flies carrying disease germs to their food
 24. How is it possible to protec, ourselves from flies more than We have already
 When we thought flies were merely annoying. We, could GffoFd 10 hide our selves behind, screen; now that they have been proved to. be our deadly enemy. we must come out and .figh, them- in the open.
 9. How, can this be done7
 In three ways: -,-.. ta) By killing. all the Winter flies that have been hiding in buildings as fast as' they, come out.
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authorities thought that drinking water, or milk. or some like supply WAS infected. but an investigator from New York went to the Saranac River, into which the sewage of Plattsburgb was carried, and from there he trac- ed flies as they went into moving picture show attended by a large au- dience, and he traced the flies as they went from the movies back to the river.
 Countless instances of the spread of yarions diseases have been record cd all over the country, and as re suit. instead of being regarded mere .ly as a harmless though annoying. lit.
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composition and good in curative effects makers in printing every ingredient it's outside The reed which absolutely contains neither alcohol nor injurious babtforming drugs. Following letter selected random from of similar and cited merely illustrate these remarks In winter of became irregular" HENRY 1 Box
 
 
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Sereen Doors and WindoWe.
 Screen the doors and windows of your home. especially those of the kitchen. dining room and pantry. If you cannot do this. at least screen the food itself. especially the milk, in which germs multiply with more than ordinary rspidify.
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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-03-01
Entertained.
Respt. yours
C. \. HASKE
] Wednesdays Daily

From Wednesdays Daily
Mrs. W. H. oliver entertai
Thursday from three to six ocl
p. m, with a musical tea in homo
Miss Graper's class.
During the early part of the a.
noon the guests were entetained
selections from the great artists
dered through the victrola.
An interesting program was
given by Miss Graper's class VT
consists of the following pupils
ian Bethel, Nina Hancock. JOSEF
Mitchell. Mrs. Frank Dial. Neya 4
cock, Paul Snyder. Georgia 81
Hogan Hancock and George Ia
Miss Graper's ability as a p
clan was made apparent TO the %
by the manner in which she rend
for them few instrumental select
which were appreciated by all pre-
The Washington Birthday idea
carried out by appropriate ref
ments which consisted of ice er
baskets, candied cherries, cake
chocolate. The favors we're red
white carnations Pryor Daily G
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-03-01
HASKELL GR|LLS
SENATOR OWEN
Ex-Governor C. N. Haskell in an open
Letter to Opponent Breaks Silence
And Plunoes Into the Fight.

Muskogee, Okla, Feb. %, 1912.
Senator r. L. Owen,
washington, D. c.
Dear sir.
70 this date have remained re-
spectfully silent ON your frequent pub
lie letters and personal interviews
and those that YOU inspired through
the republican press bureau at GUth-
rie, the republican Oklahoma City
Times and your own republican news
paper at Muskogee, asserting that you
are the original disooverer and ad-
voeate of "rhe Peoples Rule" largely
to be promoted through the manda.
tory primary and in which you per
sistently insiRuate that | am against
the primary and for machine rule,
Every expression from you, Senator,
carries the impression that you feel
that popular government is new idea
that YOU have discovered. A closer
inquiry on your part win correct your
erroneous impression. The ideas are
new TO you; bat Thomas Jefferson dis
covered them more than a hundred
years ago.
We note in the circular letter which
YOU sent out from Washington July /.
1911 lover yonr own signamre). that
YOU say you caused the peoples rule
issue to be put in the democratic ma
tiohal platform in 1905. and that you
have been its most active advocate in
the senate: that You inspired the
movement and helped to pat 1t in the
Oklahoma constitution.
Senator. when the public records
are in existence TO speak for them
selves I would respectfully call your
attention to the fact that as 10 the
national platform OF 1905. I. myself.
was he chairman Of that platform com
mittee and as such chairman appoint
"a subcommittee Of seventeen. Of
which | was ex-of7icio a member and
which subcommittee formulated the
entire platform. hence when you ap-
prove what that platform says. you
approve the work Of myself and as
soeiates,
/ would also further suggest that
about one moath before the Denver
convention met we had s letter from
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position to a primary at that time was
so pronounced and determined that
Judge Furman, who was candidate
against you for the nomination, and
Senator Gore, who was candidate
on the west side of the state, became
much agitated and were both insist
ing on primary nominations. recall
that Judge Furman, being much wor-
| ried about your opposition, asked me
if I felt sure that the constitutional
convention would require primary
election for United States senators.
said to Judge Furman, of course,
cannot tell what the constitutional
convention may do but / viii assure
you, Judge Furman. that | viii keep
up my fight in favor of the primary
to the very last ditch. whereupon
Judge Furman asked me if | would
write him a letter signed by myself
to that effect. Such letter was at
once written signed by me and deliv-
cred to Judge Furman. You still did
not cease to call on me and continue
your argument against the primary
and many lawyers of the state ex-
pressed the opinion at the time that
Haskell was too bull-headed and there
was no law justifying his committee
in the constitutional convention in de-
manding primary elections until fu-
ture elections after the constitution
might be adopted. About the 10th Of
March in that year the constitutional
convention decided that on the 10th
day OF March the convention should
take a recess until the 10th day OF
April. As the time was drawing near
wnen notice Of a primary should be
given I, as chairman of the primary
committee in the constitutional con-
venton. telegraphed j B. Thompson,
chairman of the democratic state CON-
mittee 70 Guthrie and hold a confer
ence with our primary elections com
mittee. Nr. Thompson and his com
mittee came. about the 18th day Of
March. and held a conference with
cur committee, Mr. Thompson him
self was strongly in favor Of the posi-
ton taken by our committee and NY
ser. but some Of his state committee
made the same argument that you.
yourself. had repeatedly made to me
opposing the primary. However, Chair
man Thompson said 70 our commit
tee. IF you viii allow this question
os a mandatory primary 70 pass over
until your reassemble April 18th be
would in the meantime call the full
state committee together and he BE-
lieYed he could induce the democratic
state committee 70 call : primary
without any demand from the cOnstl
tutional convention. u pursuance Of
this promise Chairman Thompson did
assemble the state COMMITTEES 81 Tnl-
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the Honorable w. }. Bryan asAlns as
to submit suggestions for the pro
posed national platform. On account
of that letter Chief Justice r. l.. viii
nams. lion. w. II, Murray (lormel
president OF the constitutional CoA-
vention and speaker of the first house
of representatives), Hon. ]. b. Thomp-
son, democratic state chairman, and
Judge Thos. H. Owen assembled in
my office and considering Mr., Bryan's
| tier, We assembled the ideas of all
OF us on the platform questions, in
cluding the peoples rule and manda-
tory primary propositions. which as
sembled ideas We later forwarded TO
Mr.. Bryan. Later. about June 2Sth.
We had telegram from Mr. Bryan
asking us 70 come to his home near
Lincoln. Nebraska, before proceeding
ON to the Denver convention. All of
the four gentlemen mentioned and
myself went to Lincoln where we
visited Mr Bryan. thence proceeded
to Denver. where. as above state ed,
became chairman OF the platform com
mittee and in that platform you find
the ideas inspired by Judge Williams.
Mr. Murray Mr.. Thompson. Mr. Thos.
H. owen and myself II you had any
such ideas at that time and you think
your ideas Inspired US such notion
can be nothing more than q dream.
AS to the Oklahoma constitutional
convention, was member Of that
convention and chairman of its com,
mittee on primary elections You
should be able 10 remember that dur.
ing the months Of January. February
and the first half Of March. at least a
half dozen times you sought an inter
view with me and strongly protested
against the right of the constitutional
convention to require a primary for
the state and the United States sena-
torial nominations to be made in the
summer Of 1907. You should remem-
Der that you insisted that the eonsti-
tuition that We were then drawing
could have no force and effect until
after it should be adopted by the PEG
pie which would be long after the nom
nations for United States senator and
for state officers. and that NY reply
70 yoa. in answer to your argument.
always was that the power vested by
the enabling act in the constitutional
10 provide an election ardi-
nance to regulate the vote for the
and the election Of the
state officers toa the same day sls0
carried with it By implication the
risht 70 prescribe the rules for nom
mating candidates for s0ch Offices and
that I. myself insisted that United
States senators should also BE- nom
inate5 by such primaries Yonr op-
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sa, the 26th day of March and invited
me. as chairman of the constitutional
convention committee. to be present
and assist him in securing the con
sent of the state committee in favor oil
a primary. The meeting was held un
der the leadership of Chairman
Thompson was, also, present as he
requested. The opposition yielded
and Thompson issued his call that
night for mandatory primary for all
elective officers, including United
States senator's.
Senator the above is the true his
tory and if your memory fails you.
you can write to any of the gentlemen
whose names have mentioned above.
Our committee in the constitutional
convention (of which was chairmar)
wrote into the state constitution of
Oklahoma section five of article three,
providing for mandatory primaries Tor
tae nomination of al candidates for
state. district, county, and municipal
officers, including United States SEN
ators. and if there was any inspiration
nom you as claimed in your letter Of
July ]. 1911, I never realized that IN
spiration and l can only class il rs
absent treatment"
Understand, Senator. that am
claiming no special credit for myself
or the other members of that com
mittee. 1t was the general policy ad-
yoeated by such men as Murray. VIII
liams. Hays, Kane. in fact the whole
membership of one hundred democrats
in the constitutional convention that
wrote in the constitution the things
that did not please you then but which
you have later learned to love.
might, also. add that if we had known
at that time the methods that would
be adopted TO defeat such men as
Judge Furman for nomination in the
democratic primary we would certain
ly have gone farther and made those
methods impossible or at least dan
gerous. am one who believes that
Senator Lorimer should be excluded
from the senate on the mere fact that
it cost somebody one hundred thou
sand dollars 70 put him there. but
believe that that same rule should
apply to every man who gets into the
senate BY the one hundred thousand
dollar route If men Ike Senator
Gore and Judge Furman can make a
statewide campaign on not to exceed
three OF four thousand dollars / see
no good reason why others should not
bs required to do likewise
Your claim also that the primary
system should be adopted in order 70
ascertain the partx's presidential pre-
ference is not 3 new claim. We have
favored the primary plan for the nom
nation Of president right along but
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unfortunately the state of Oklahoma
could do little in that respect 1t re-
mains for the United States congress
to express itself on that subject and
/ regret that during the entire four
years you have sat in the senate you
have made no effort to have an Off
cial expression of congress on that
question.
would also beg to advise you that
the mandatory primary is not a new
thing in my mind | began taking an
active interest in the democratic party
in my native county in Ohio more
than thirty years ago and our county
was one of the first and one of the
very few that during that time never
departed from the use of the manda-
tory primary. hence you will see, Sen
ator. that all my life as q democrat
have advocated and helped to enact
the mandatory primary principles Ny
work in the constitutional convention
and assisting to write the Denver plat
form proved that l have assisted in
actually doing things that l claim to
be in favor Of The only difference
between you and l now is that you
are content to talk about the manda-
tory primary while I have never miss
ed an opportunity to put the manda-
tory primary into actual operation
thereby drawing the line between idle
talk. and emphatic action.
Your constant insinuation about ma
chine politics. Senator owen, have
never taken part in the organization
of any kind of a political body ex-
cept straight out democratic clubs.
Numerous friends over the state in
the last two months have, by letter or
telephone, asked my permission to or
gsnize Haskell Clubs" In answer to
every such inquiry I have said. Il
thank you for your kind offer but
object to the organization of clubs for
any man: let your club organization
be straight out democratic clubs where
the friends and supporters of every
candidate for nomination may meet
and harmonic and simply allow me
the opportunity to take my own
chances before straight out demo
Gratis.
Senator. this IS not your history
For more than four months you have
maintained an organization with head
quarters and vast line Of clerks and
lieutenants al Oklahoma City trying
10 organize clubs independent OF and
without conference with the demo
cratic state or local COMMITTEES; not
content With the simple organization
but for wa7ding them blanks where
upon pledges mot direct bnt by in,
ference % xonl. were 10 be filled out.
signed. and transmitted to your Wash
ington headquarters. So obvious we're
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1t has been decided by Mr.. E. l.. Orr
to also offer to the highest bidder the
Willie Halsell College building and
IL acres of land around it.

these clubs intended to be an Owea
machine that when you went befol
the democratic national committee n
its meeting in Washington on the ST.
day of last month and moved tha
your clubs be recognized, aided an
encouraged, by the democratic nq
tional committee that they sat dow
on you with such emphasis that yCs
withdrew from the meeting, hence
would advise you to remember th
when you are talking about Haska
being opposed to the peoples rule al
asserting that you are the only lea
ing peoples rule man that you mus
not forget that up to date your ac
are contrary to your claim and tb
you have nothing 10 your credit
that respect but on the contrary hss
sat silently in the United States Sc
ate for four years and made no
fort to accomplish the desired nes
that the people may through the NJ
datory primary rule their own pal
and their own country. What
people need is less talk and more
tion.
Respt. yours,
C. y. HASKEhs< =
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rive.
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