The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-06-13
week on his way to the Mllltary
Academy at West Point.

fond and drug commissioner, Julius
IT wo,1is who is in the east at
tending several conventions pertain
inc n his Official work, and who mas
a reputation of being IAN inspector
who inspects', is being given COLI
siderable prominence by some OF the
eastern papers Jon account of the
work accomplished by this depart
ment. The following extracts are
taken from an article appearing III
a recent issue of the Now YORK
Times:
James H, Wallis, who is known III
the far west as Idaho's flyman, ar
rived here yesterday with challenge
to all and sundry eastern states to-
show as many flyless back alleys on
spreading acres as he can boast OF IN
his own business town of Boise.
"Mr Wallis has been trapping the
flies out there for years and he says
he has got them about all trapped.
Now he is going down to Alabama to
better hunting ground for flies, and
incidentally to tell the people OF
that southern community how he
has made flyless state out OF Idaho.
"It wasn't all done by swatting,
said Mr.. Wallis when Times re-
porter sought his views about the
fly swatting industry that has re-
placed the hunting of grizzlies and
mountain lions. There were several
other methods, but the swatting gave
us good sport while 1t lasted
ITO show what the other methods
were Mr.. Wallis produced a book
which bore his own name on the IT,
tie page. 1t was a book about fly
swatting and fly hunting and fly ex-
termination in general.
'Seventy-five thousand of the
little books he said, were given
away to the children of Idaho.
That's why we can boast of our Buzz
less Boise, and all the other joys
that come from living away from the
pests of fly time.
"'The book taught the children
how to do it, and they attended to
the rest. No, it isn't for sale. The
state of Idaho owns it. and the state
is shipping them free to Cuba, and
to the Philippines and Alaska, and
almost everywhere else.
"'Comforts of life? Why steak
you order in an Idaho restaurant
you can eat with the absolute knowl-
edge that not fly has perched upon
it anywhere west of the Idaho state
line
"The statement seemed rather
sweeping, and on being asked to ex-
plain it and tell what guarantee he
could give to go with it Mr. Wallis
admitted that out in his country
he was many things besides fly
exterminator. His card explained
all for it stated that he was state
dairy inspector and sealer of weights
and measures, as we'll.
"'What we can guarantee about
our restaurant steaks, he said, is
that we don't let them come across
the border till we know they are
covered up with unbleached cloth.
We surely stimulated the trade In
unbleached factory cloth among the
Omaha packers. At first they could
not see it, but when we stopped a
few car loads Of meat and sent it all
back they gained the idea that they
better cover up each piece.
There isn't a butcher shop In
Idaho where meat Is on display in
windows. That's the second stage of
the proceedings for we have traced
the route of the beef from packer to
consumer and we demand that the
cover be kept on all the way. The
butcher would be arrested who would
display meat in window and the
sentiment of the country wouldn't
tolerate such practice any more.
Going after the flies was just
one activity that makes our state to-
day, am willing to assert, the finest
example of a pure food state in the
country
There are some fine, large times
pursuing our milk simply back to its
source. Not drop of milk is sold
in Idaho now that is not bottled
right at the dairy where it is pro-
duced. We do not allow bottling
anywhere except at the dairy II
we find bottles of milk with sediment
in them we don't have to analyze the
milk; we just seize it and sell 1t for
pig feed or destroy it.
"He praised the courts for helping
along the work by inflicting really