The chronicle=news., 1913-05-02
THE fly IS
HUMANE SOC.
/" " SLOGAN

swat tn. Internal. pcStiferous
and cantankerous fiy.". Save the
babicx'. MAKE Trinidad sanitary.
''Banish sarbss. md rubbish and
clean up l
These were slogans adopted by the
members Of the Las AnImss county
Humane society at its regular month
ly meeting last night and crusade
against the hous. and stable fly was
started--a crusad" that Is not TO emo
until the sanitary conditions in
Trinidad have been improved TO the
point that the babies OF Trinidad
will no longer be m"naced by tho dis
ease bearing fly Dr. r.. j. Foreman
appeared before the meeting in the
role OF the "Raby's Friend. and de.
iivercd All eloquent rs well aS COM
prehcnRiye discours" on tho menace
Of the house fly.
Moral questions had h".n dis
cussed up To that time. There had
been talk Of checking the practice OF
children going TO saloons for beer. Of
children frcGucnting th" city streets
after the curf.w. and when all this
moral welfare talk wns over DR.. Fore
man rose up n, the year of the room
aud spoke for the babies.
There nrc other questions to he
considered besides moral quest Ions
said tho doctor 1t IL Important
that the sanitary conditions be
looked into. aud In this rc-pect Trini-
dad is a dirty city," he declared.
tory Of the American house fly. its
habits. ctc.. told how the fly carried
bacteria from breeding plac" 10
food. coninminaiing everything II
touched. and how the fly wnS the
cause OF tho dreaded infantiic par
alysis. u" went on To say that no;
enough attention was paid To the ma
trIliions q day.
DIR. Foreman recommended tha,
the city should assign u sanitary Of
ficcr. special man who would do
nothing else than Investigate COM
plants Of unsani,ary yards or alleys
or stables. That such an Officer
would not disclose rho source OF the
breeding places for flies were left.
lie urged that the society make this
q part Of Its work and that \ COM
mittrc be named TO 20 before the
city council and recommend that n
sanitary officer bc employed.
A committse consisting Of tho
hre.idcht. G~A. AiisWorth. Father
vnientini and Ioe ccsario had been
appointed earlier In the evening tc
matter and this committee with DR..
Foreman. viii NO before tho council
and urge the appointment OF n sani-
inry officer.
There was considerable talk at
the meeting of children being al.
lowed 10 go 10 saloons and purchase
beer This Is seen frequently In the
coal camps and in the city also. Rev.
r. ". Brc;nnll inquired II n stop
couid not be put to tho practice. I,
was decided to 20 before the council
and urge that an ordinance he passed
prohibiting the sale OF liquor to chiI-
drcn.
II was suggested that III. work OF
the society be taken up in every camp
OF the county. Monte Masengalc OF
Sopris was made member OF the 10
ciety TO keep in touch with all eases
coming under the Jurisdiction OF the
society and the name of c. y. Bis.cll
at Aguilar was mentioned az one who
might bc good representative of tho
society at that place. In order that
the work OF the society may he un-
dcrstoOd throughout the county l.
was decided to have placards printed
and posted up In the company stores.
the piacards setting forth the aims
and objects Of the Humane Society.