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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-05-02
HOW 70 FIGHT THE
FLY IN THIS TOWN

First. -Educatonal work should be
begun at once in schools, Womens
clubs and other civic organizations, be-
cause If you wait until the flies appear
in the spring they will be multiplying
BY the million while yQH are doing
organization work that ought to have
been done during the cold weather
This committee, as in former years
will cooperate with local committees,
furnishing literature and answering
questions as to methods of individual
campaigns, etc.
Second. In your movements for pass
ing of general cleanup and anti-fy or
dinances first secure the interest OF
the state health department. If you
find difficulty in doing this by mere
force of suggestion. employ other legit,
innate means of stirring 1t to action
petitions from local or state organiza.
tons. boards of trade, women'S clubs.
town Improvement societies, etc. II
the head of the state health service is
not cordially cooperating with you he
can be shamed into it.
Third. Employ similar tactics. II
necessary, with the health authorities
aldermen and other officials of your
city or town.
Fourth-Get ordinances passed state
If possible. local at any rate) for the
screening of foodstuffs. the chemical
| treatment and removal Of manure, etc.,
but do not think that because you have
| an ordinance it will enforce itself
Eternal vigilance is the price of free
dom from filth and flies. Probably
even the most energetic and sympa
thetic health officer will be unable will
the force of inspectors at his command
to discover all the violations of the o"
! dinance. You must help him by vol
J unteer inspection and reports. If then
he is lukewarm in the prosecution OF
offenders make his position uncom
Portable. If the magistrates refuse to
impose fines for proved violations
make it uncomfortable for them too
| It's all very simple if you are in ear
nest
Fifth.-Colorado and Texas have in
stituted the custom of state wide
cleanup days" Induce the governor
of your state by proclamation to sci
aside a day for such purpose, and II
he cannot be induced to dc. so-but ht
probably can if proper Representations
are made to him. least get YOU
mayor to proclaim local CLEANUP
day"
Sixth.-If you must have fly swat
ting contests to stimulate interest II
/ your local campaign let them be hell
as early in the spring AS possible. whil'
there are comparatively few flies. i.
YOU could find and kill all the spring
flies, as of course you cannot. ther'
would be none to trouble you in thu
summer
Seventh.-Be careful to brush up an!
flies that may be lying around witt
their feet up in the air looking as i
they were dead: they may be "playini
possum" The only safe way is t.
burn them. Do not throw them out o
into the garbage can, as they will be
come active as soon as the Temperature
rises. .,.' ~ 80
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-05-02
TO PREVENT FLIES
FROM BREEDING

Keep the manure, while 1t is in the
stable, In closed bin or pit
Screen stables IL possible.
Remove the manure at least twice a
week.
Every time the stalls are cleaned and
the manure placed in the pit or bin
sprinkle it with dry plaster powdered
gypsum or slaked lime.
Be sure that you sprinkle the cracks
and crevices of the bin or pit as well
as the crac%S between the planking Of
the stall floors.
If flies begin to breed in stored ma
nure they may be killed by thoroughly
spraying it with kerosene or paris
green and then pouring on enough wa
ter to wash the oil or poison well in.
The objection to the use Of kerosene
Is that it ruins the manure for fertiliz-
ing purposes. A solution of iron sui
phate Zone pound to gallon, applied
at the rate of one gallon a day in a
stable where one horse is kept. will
kill all the maggots. 1t costs about 81
per 100 pounds, so that the cost of
keeping flies from breeding in one
horse stable is about cent day.
1t is well to abolish old fashioned
outhouses where possible. Where this
cannot be done a liberal amount of
lime should he used, applied in small
amounts daily. Chloride of lime is
better than slaked lime, but slaked
lime is better than none at all.
Garbage cans should be thoroughly
cleaned after emptying, and the con-
tents should be sprinkled with crude
oil, lime or Kerosene oil.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-05-02
WILL LOWER THE
COST OF LIVING
Great Economies Effected
Through Improved Roads.
BIG SAVING IN HAULAGE.

Cotton States Could Afford to Spend
100000 a Year on Highways, Ac-
cordina to Government BuIletin-Poor
Roads Cost Them Twice That.
Good roads are an important factor
in the reduction Of the cost of living
At least that is the theme of the latest
farmers bulletin of the department of
agriculture. which shows that the
benefit from improved highways does
not accrue only to Automobiles, but
also to the farmer and the shipper OF
produce of all kinds. For instance.
there are parts Of the south. according
to the bulletin, in which the time re-
quired for. hauling goods to market
has been reduced from twelve to two
days by the improvement of the high
ways and saving Of So day in driv-
ers pay alone thus has been effected.
Really good roads would save the cot
ton states of the south approximately
100000 annually in hauling charges.
according to the department, which
gives these figures to prove its conten-
tion:
ain the cotton states Of the south
the average haul of cotton from the
farm to the shipping point Is 11.S
miles. The average load is about 100
pounds-a little more than three bales
land. the average cost is so cents per
bale. The cost of marketing the 1911 |
crop of 16.25O,27e bales was $4,000
900 IL computed on the above basis.
To each bale of cotton there is about
half a ton OF cottonseed. which was
hauled from the farm to the gin. and
then large percentage of 1t hauled
again to the shipping point. The aver
age cost of hauling cottonseed in the
United States is So ton. The 1911
seed crop therefore cost $24,375, Ala to
haul.
1.-THE total cost of hauling the cotton
crop in 1911. including the seed, was
therefore $37.375 ,634. Any system OF
road improvement throughout this zone
which would reduce the, annual haul
ing charge per cent would effect a
saving of $1,s6S.7s1 year From
these figures it would appear that II
would be gold business to incur an ex
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-05-02

sleeping stage which was called a
pupa. When | shed that | was like |
am now, a full hedged fly.
you have often wondered why did
not get in your web or get caught by
you. Did you know had many eyes
that are put together to make one!
With these | can see on all sides, and
SO 1 am very hard to catch.
my worst enemies are you and your
family. some beetles and a little red,
dish mite.
II always lay my eggs in manure or
other filth The people are. screening
it and burning it and burying it, They
try to Kill us by carbollc acid and
sticky lily paper, where so many of
my friends have ended their days.
people have some stuff. too. that
they put in water and put in their
bedrooms. They call it formalin, but
| keep away from it, as it is sure
death.
"The worst trouble have is where
the people screen their houses and
keep their yards clean so we can't get
anything to eat.
"Our worst danger is not the carbolic
acid or fly paper and such things,
though, for after we are once hatched
they can never kill us all off, but II
they start out to destroy our breeding
places-the manure pile and other fifth
we will soon be gone from the earth
hope men will never find that out
but fear they will some day"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-05-02

! An IMPROVED ROAD IN ONE OF THE COTTON
~ STATES.
pense for, road, improvement, even il
such investment. entailed an annual
interest and maintenance charge of
S1,O0O,OOO to the community of cotton
states:" ~ .
'"Thefe: are certain direct economic
or money advantages which follow the
improvement Of public roads in every
community" says Acting Director Sar-
gent of the department in the bulletin.
"These advantages are probably most
apparent IN the reduced cost of haul
ing -
"Certain dependent or reflex ecOnom-
. ica advantages also arise in a commu-
nifty where roads have been improved.
The increase in the value Of farm
lands is an. example of the indirect
economic advantages Of improved road
! conditions. 1t should not be cOnsid-
cred, however that in presenting the
advantages Of improved roads the d.
rect decrease in the cost Of hauling
and the increase in farm values are
entirely separate and Independent. The
farm increases in value partly because
the cost of hauling is decreased.
Whatever methods are used to i'm
prove a. road, the improvement for
hauling purposes is due to three causes
the betterment Of the road surface.
the reduction Of the grade and the
shortening Of the length. On such an
improved road the time required to
haul a given quantity of material a
given distance is reduced. The reduc-
ton may be largely due to increased
speed of hauling, to increased load or
to both. 1t is important to recognize
that for transportation purposes reduc-
ton of time is equivalent to decrease
of the distance from the market cen
tiers. II is easy to see, then, why the
increase of farm values must follow
improved roads. for their effect is to
bring the farms in sense nearer the
towns. The fact that on roads with
improved surfaces hauling becomes
largely independent of the season OF
the year or weather conditions means
another very considerable reduction In
hauling costs. 1t also means that many
of the limitations of the number and
kind of farm operations are Immediate
ly removed"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-05-02
THE WINGED PERIL

The deadly peril to life and health
wrought by the househy and the sta
BILE fly has never before been so fully
understood as now, and the expert
ence of Cleveland in her notable anti,
fly compaign. initiated and conducted
by DR.. Jean Dawson, enforces this les.
son-that the work must start at or be-
fore the opening of spring because flies
breed so rapidly; hence there is now
no time to lose, and hence the strenu-
BUSINESS with which you should urge
immediate action.-W. Fl. Hale.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-05-02
FIGHTING THE FLY.

Any flies that come into your
house may have come straight
from a person who is sick with
some contagious disease and
possibly cause the death of your
self or some member of your
family. Kill every fly you see in
your house. Get screen door.
You can better afford to pay ~
or So for one than to get sick
and lay off for month.
Keep all food covered up. Boil
all the water you drink. Keep
your privies screened.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-05-02

Not the kind you usually see-sisht-
less and harmless-but alive and all
seeing. The fly is one Of the busiest
workers in the animal kingdom, AND
HE is WORKING FOR OUR DE-
STRUCTIoN. The only way to destroy
the fly is to starve him.
Screens in the windows
prevent Grape on the door.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-05-02
THE LIFE OF A FLY
BY GLADYS E. NORTON, aged eleven
rs Stat. stree+ school. Topeka,

by 0LADI . Co NSn lSINI dSSQ S'eN0't
Of Stale street school, Topeka.
won't you come into my parlorT'
says the spider to the fly. NO. says
the fly to the spider; Il will bring you
all kinds Of diseases. such as typhoid
fever and tuberculosis" well, I'll
take the risk" says the spider mo;
I'll not come in, but If you will listen
l will tell you my history, and then
am sure you'll not want me- replied
the fly.
"Well, my mother told me this much.
She said came out of little egg
laid with many others in manure pile
When ! was Matched didn't have any
legs or wings and was called maggot
by our worst enemies. men. | stayed
in that form for FIVE days. Then had
a thick brown coat and went into a
Morris tribune., 1913-03-07

other was the Princeton students, who
escorted the president from his home
to this city. They headed the college
mons section OF the parade.
The scene along Pennsylvania ave
nue. was one never to be forgotten
Practically every inch of space on
both sides Of the great thoroughfare
WAS occupied. The temporary stands,
the sidewalks, the cross streets back
for long distance, the windows OF
every building along the route and
even the trees and housetops were
alive with humanity The dsCora-
ttons. not only OF this street but of
the whole line OF march and in q less-
ar degree OF the entire city, have
never been more effective. Great
arches and fsstoons spanned the ave
nue. at frequent intervals. These when
lighted at night made OF Pennsylvania
avenue veritable fairyland.
Elaborate Fireworks.
The fireworks display in the even
ing probably was the most elaborate
ever seen in Washington. In addition
to the discharge of bombs with many
modern mechanical surprises, there
were number of set pieces" includ-
ing an elaborate reproduction of the
flag as now designated.
Toward the close of the fireworks
display one gigantic bomb was flung
high in the air, which, on exploding,
showed in letters of fire the name
Wilson" Almost Immediately after
a second bomb of like character was
sent aloft, which. in turn, flung out
the name Marshall" Elaborate ar
rangements had been made to care
for one of the biggest crowds that
ever gathered at 3 night event in
washington.
Morris tribune., 1913-03-07

president elect, with their respective
Newark, n. D., and the Culver Black
Horse troop of Indiana, had swept
down Pennsylvania avenue on their
way to the Capitol between row on
row of cheering, shouting thousands.
The weather while not perfect, was
ct least dry, the sky being covered
with light clouds and the temperature
bool
Crowds Gather Early.
soon after daybreak this morning
the crowds began to gather along
Pennsylvania avenue and Ia front of
Ahe great platform that had been
erected for the inaugural exercises at
he eastern end of the Capitol Long
Before noon every available inch Of
space was taken
Paints of vantage, which in ordinary
gaSs w4uld be deemed precarious
sven for a sparrow, were pfe-empted
b youngsters willing to risk the loss
W q limb or worse for the chance of
EeeinE president of the United
hates inaugurated. Nor was their en-
Auaiaam dsmpened by delay.
As the august procession, which
Rreeedes the inaugural ceremony,
FED out OF the Capitol and wound it's
way across the platform a hush fell
kvsr the crowd. Mechanically many
hacoVered their heads.
] The sergeants-at-aFms of the senate
nd house, followed by the marshal
81 the District Of Columbia, made up
he vanguard of the procession of
high dignitaries. Behind these last
same Chief Justice Edward D. White
Of the supreme court, whose duty it
was to administer the oath of Office to
he president elect, and the associate
justices. followed by the committee
Sn arrangements.
Chief Justice Administers Oath.
Then came the president and the
president elect, and at their rear a
distinguished following of ambassa.
doris. governors and other dignitaries
When the procession paused every
Morris tribune., 1913-03-07
WILSON IS
NOW HEAD
OFNATION
Takes Oath Of Office
as President.
PARADE A BIG FEATURE.
Bupasses Any Previous Inau-
gural Spectacle,
MARSHALL ALSO SWORN IN
PARADE A BIG FEATURE.
MARSHALL ALSO SWORN IN

Nice President Indicted Into Office in
the Senate Chamber in the Presence
OF Both HSuses-Immense Crowds
eff People Witness Ceremonies At
tending the Change Of Admlpistra-
tion--Wsathsr Cloudy and Cool,
Washington, March 4.-In the pres
Snce OF the biggest crowd that aver
Racked and damned itself into the
Rreat plaza at the east end Of the
Capitol, surrounded by high civil and
AAilitary dignitaries, diplomats and
Statesmen of his own and foreign
countries, Woodrow WilsoR today
aok the oath of Office that made him
be twenty eighth president of the
l8nited States
Less than an hour before, with sol
SmR ceremonial, Thomas r. Marshall,
be vice president elect, had been IN
acted into his ONCE in the senate
AAmber before the members of both
houses. Somewhat earlier still Presi-
lent Taft, the president and vice
Morris tribune., 1913-03-07
WILSON'S VIEWS
GIVEN TO NATION
Inaugural Address Of the New
President.
DEFINES THE PEOPLES DUTY

First Obligation Of Law Is to Keep So
ciety Sound by Sanitary and Pure
Food Statutes and Measures Deter
mining Conditions of Lahor-Task
Not Merely One of Politics.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-11-21

Enterprise Association,)
When Charles S. Mellen predicts
government ownership of railways,
the government may as well begin
preparations for taking them over.
This remark is not made in any jocu-
lar vein, but in dead earnest. Men of
the Mellen school know the railway
business and the government bust
ness as well. The only surprising
thing about Mellen's interview is the
fact that he seems to know public
opinion also.
If the question of taking over the
railways was submitted to vote, it
would carry by vote of more than
two to one.
Mellen sees what is coming, but
he deplores it as coming catastro-
phe. He seems to forget that this is
the only great nation, except Great
Britain, in which government owner
ship of railways is not an accom-
pIished fact.
The German railway men do not
run the government, nor do they in
Australia, nor in Italy, nor any other
great nation in which government
ownership prevails. Yet there are as
many railway men who are voters per
thousand of population in those ma
lions as here. Why expect the rail-
way employees of this country to run
the country under government own
ership when they do not run other
nations?
MeHen seems to see that our pres
ent system of running the railways
by public utility commissions will
not work very long. He is right in
this. With forty-five separate COM
missions working to get the best
terms possible for forty-five separate
states, the railways are between the
devil and the deep sea. When these
commissions were nominated and
elected by the railways, it was not so
SpTiOUS. hut now that thew are he
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-11-21
CARE PLENTY OF COCKTAILS TO EFFICIENTLY
RUN GOVERNMENT OWNED RAILROADS"

NS1y 0SIIOuS. Lie uOIG GluClSuI INC
railway commissions become the
sooner their conflicting claims and in
terests will break the system down.
asked the biggest man on the
biggest state railway commission in
the United States how long he
thought it will be before the present
system will break down. eff the In
terstate Commerce Commission"
said he, were given power to run
all the railways, interstate and in
trastate, and were increased in num-
Der so it could have a few large sub
commissions which would operate in
such a way as to ignore state lines
and work in trade basins and regard
the railway system as the unit, the
commission system might be so i'm
proved as to last fifteen. to twenty
five years. But the present system
will break down long before that
time"
And when it breaks DOWN." 1
queried.
why, government ownership, of
course" said he.
Here we have the testimony of two
great specialists, one from the gov
eminent ranks, the other from the
railway ranks, that the present sys-
tenn will not work.
The fact is we must use the rail-
ways for public purposes, not pri-
vate. We must sooner or later ask
the railways to do many things for
the public good whether it pays to
do them in railway income or not.
These things will be necessary for
the common welfare; and they are
things which it would not be fair to
ask of privately-owned roads. Hence
public ownership is inevitable.
Mellen thinks that the railways will
not be so well managed under gov
eminent ownership, because the gov
eminent will not pay managers the
princely salaries they now receive.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-27
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

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The Washington herald., 1913-12-27
BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.
NJ. W. HENDRY. Attorney.

ORDER OF PUBLICATIoN-FILED DECEMBER
S, 1873 ]. r. YOUNG. Cierk. In the supreme
Court Of the District Of Columbia holding District
Court Of the United States for the District Of Colum-
bia. In re George W. BlHnkenship. bankruptcy, No.
g7-The object Of this suit Is tn have GeorEe W.
Blankcnship adiudced a bankrupt The summons
issued herein having been returned not to be fOund
It is therefore on motion Of the creditors and a-
davits In support thereof fled herein ordered this
2sth day Of December, 1913 that the said George W.
Blankenship cause his appearance to be entered
herein on or before the FORTIETH DAY, exclusive
OF Sundays and legal holidays occurring after first
publication Of this order, to show cause why he
should not be adiudged a bankrupt: otherwise. this
cause will be proceeded with in of default.
provided copy Of this order be published at least
once week for three successive weeks in the Wash
ington Law Reporter and the Washington Post news
paper before the retum day mentioned herein.
WENDELL P. STAFFORD, Justice. true copy
Test: (seal.) J. R. YOUNG. Clerk. By =. Z. Gun
NINGBAM, Assistant Clerk