Evening star., 1912-09-03
BLAME ON STABLES
Clean City Committee to Sift
FIy-Breeding Places.
MEMBERS TO MEET TODAY
Aim to Make Permanent Beneficial
Results Of Insect War.
DISCUSS REFUSAL COLLECTIONS
First Deliveries of Disease Carriers
in This Months Campaign Due
This Afternoon.
MEMBERS TO MEET TODAY
DISCUSS REFUSAL COLLECTIONS

Plans for making permanent the bene-
fetal results OF The Stars fly war will be
considered by the clean city committee.
which is to hold it's first fall meeting in
the boardroom of the municipal building
at 4:45 o'clock this afternoon.
The principal work Of the committee
will be to study local refuse disposal fa-
clities with view to making sugges-
tons to the Commissioners and citizens
generally relative to maintaining the city
In q sanitary condition. 1t is recognized
THAT the higher the standard Of sanitation
maintained the fewer flies will exist to
spread disease.
Conditions particularly favorable to the
development OF the insects will be in
vestigated by the committee and, in this
connection, the construction and care of
stables Is a matter that will not be over
looked. 1t is believed that the District 5
regulations governing this subject are suf-
fcient but criticism has been made that
the regulations are not strictly enforced
owing to the small corps of inspectors al
lowed the health department.
Stables Favorite Breeding Places.
Stables are favorite breeding places of
flies. According to DR.. L. o. Howard Of
the bureau of etomology, regulations
governing the care of stables can be
made effective, and, as soon as this fact
is generally recognized by communities.
the problem of fy-eradication largely will
have been solved.
The clean city committee. in addition
to considering the question Of how to
eliminate the fiy-breeding facilities afford
ed by stables, will investigate the con-
tract system under which the city's gar
bage, ashes and refuse are handled and
look into other matters related to the
sanitary interests Of the city. 1t prob
ably viii hold several meetings this fall.
W. H. Richardson president of the Ben
ming Citizens Association, is chairman
of the committee. and DIR. Arthur L. Muir
ray of the District health department
secretary.
The first deliveries OF flies in this
months campaign are expected to be made
this afternoon. The municipal building
was closed yesterday. and the contest
ants will have had two days in which to
make preparations for commencing the
last month Of the campaign with fairly
large scores.
Two Generations Expected.
There are usually twelve or thirteen
generations OF IIcS OcNelOlEcu III lhC SIi-
mate Of Washington every summer. and
Dr. Murray estimates that the last two
generations will come on this month. They
are expected to number fewer flies than
the preceding generations, due TO the
heavy slaughter Of ancestors. When there
is taken into consideration the fact that
from one female fly eight billion de-
scendants may develop within a single
season tae effect of the slaughter in the
early summer on the size of the con-
cluding generations readily may be ap-
preciated.
What this months total score will be
is problematical. In May the slaughter
was half a million: in June, 100000;
In July, II, 100000, and in August. nearly
8, 900, 600. 1t is believed the record for
September will be at least 6.0OO,OOO. while
1t is probable this estimate may be
doubled.
At the end Of September contestants
win receive grand prizes, ranging in
value from 500 down. and the usual
district prizes OF the value pf IS each.
Should Layton III. Burdette, who finished
first in the May. June. July and August
contests, again triumph this month his
total prize money will be In excess OF 500
Other contestants stand chance to
boost their total prize winnings above
the 500 mark.