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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-06-12
SWAT THE FLY BEFORE
IT is BORN.

The four principal steps In organic
ing a campaign against the fly are as
follows:
First-To educate people rs to the
deadly nature Of the fly.
Second.-To kill off I'LL winter flies.
those hiding about the houses. waiting
their season to forage.
Third.-To do away with all breeding
places for flies.
Fourth.-To trap all flies which hap
pen to escape.
The determination of the winter hy
ia a problem for the individual house
wife. Don't let one fly escape. Hunt
for them all and kill them early in the
spring, for the winter fly is the parent
of summers terrible swarms
To do away with the fly breeding
places is merely matter of cleanll-
ness. Clean houses gardens and yards.
Clean streets and alleyways, Discour-
age the fy in its breeding proclivities-
Carrying out the fourth step. the sale
of fly traps should be encouraged in
every store.
To sum it all up. swat the fly before
it Is born.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-06-12
ONE FLY is MORE DAN
GEROUS THAN A
SNAKE.

DR.. Henry Skinner, lecturing at the
Academy of Natural Sciences in New
York, averred that he would rather
have a rattlesnake in his kitchen than
one common housefy. Few house,
holders will agree with this statement.
Doubtless it was made to emphasize
the intensity Of the speakers abhor-
renee of the buzzing pest which will
soon begin to dispense his exquisite
torments in dwelling rooms unless
means are adopted to repel the winged
invader
The torture. however, is the least Of
woes The perils our eyes do not see
are immeasurably greater than the
sting that irritates the nerves and
spoils the temper.
Flies thrive upon garbage. Every
trace Of refuse should be promptly re-
moved from the neighborhOOd of
dwelling and scraps of food burned or
them In some pail. The filth SO caught
up and transferred by the flies is
source of grave danger and Il prolific
cause Of sickness. Nobody would en-
dure the sight Of the busy fly did he
realize what its fitting really imports.
The cry during late years has gone
abroad. Swat the fy." TO large
extent this wise counsel has been heed
ed. But now is the time to watch for
the Matching Of these small yet per-
| SiStent enemies. Careful attention Dnid
to the maxiins Of cleanliness will. alike
minister to the comfort Of the house
hold and subdue nuisance which il
one Of the drawbacks Of the summer
season. The housefly should have no
encouragement.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-06-12
"STARVE THE FLY" Is
FIGHTERS SLOGAN.

Chairman Edward Hatch, Jr. of the
American Civic association said during
a convention in Baltimore. The slo-
gan swat the fly should be changed to
'starve the fly"
Mr.. Hatch is right. Adults and chill
dren may alike be banded in crusade
to kill us many flies as have the temer-
ity to show themselves. But unless
the breeding and feeding places of the
insect that forgets to wipe its feet are
broken Up the campaign will be in
vain-at least it will fall far short of
success.
The thing is a simple factor in the
arithmetic of science and health. If
there are no places for flies to feed.
II there are no places for flies to breed.
there will he no flies to kill The new
remedy has the virtue of getting right
down to cases The swat" formula
is only palliative.
The new warcry Is IN important one
in that it touches the fundamentals Of
sanitation everywhere England is al
most Il fyless country. And England
gained that enviable reputation not so
much by swatting the fly as by taking
the f'y's meal ticket away from him
and Mt the same issuing a close order
against the places in which it is wont
| to breed.
There is no good reason why any en-
terprising town, county or state. jeal-
GUS of it's health. should not follow a
similar course 1t sounds spectacular
to tell how many flies you have slaugh-
tered during the course of Il day. 1t is
pleasant to have their scalps dangling.
so to speak. at your belt But unless
you have nullified its means Of slls-
tenance and broken up its homestead
rights the few you have killed will
be REINFORCED by millions Of others
just as deadly and just rs aggressive
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-06-12
How to Prevent Breeding.

If you have stable do not allow
manure to accumulate The manure
should be removed twice a day to
closed pit and should be removed from
this twice week. Do not tolerate
manure piles.
Green yitriol, one pound in gallon
of water. applied once day will Kill
the maggots in the manure from one
horse stable.
If the old fashioned dug clubhouse is
used it should be thoroughly treated
at frequent intervals with chloride OF
lime
Garbage cans should be closely COW
cred or. better, should have fly trap
attached to the cover in such way
that all flies flying upward from the
garbage will be sure to enter the trap.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-06-12
A DEADLY MENACE AND
PUBLIC SENTIMENT.

The presence of flies is disgrace to
any community. 1t Is all right to Ell
gage in crusades to kill the beasts. but
it is far better to look to 1t that the
breeding places are abolished, Flies
breed chiefly in stable manure. street
dirt and garbage. The presence Of Il
large number of fies around any one
place is IL sure sign of 9th being some
where in the vicinity.
When people come to realize that
flies mean filth and filth means crtmi-
nal negligence degree Of disgrace
will attach to the presence OF flies
around a store. restaurant. soda foun-
tain or residence that will seriously
impair the prestige of the offender in
the community.
The flies are quite the most danger
GUS and dirtiest beasts that roam
through our mysterious creation.-El
Paso Herald.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-06-12

cooked, is such a commonplace
and simple thing that we do not
realize the danger Of It.
But if we could follow up the
life Of a fly for a single day we
should be appalled, at the filth
ness Of it's habits and the pesti-
ientiaI character Of its psregri-
nations.
Flies love the vilest filth, and
they are attracted alike to the
sweetest and daintiest Of food
stuffs. Just as in the house no
fly can be kept away from the
food, so outdoors no garbage or
filth or decaying matter is ever
seen in the summer without its
attendant flies. It can be taken
for granted that every fly in a
house has but recently come
from revelins in the vilest filth
to be found in the neighborhood.
II is we'll known that flies null
tipiy in exact proportion to the
amount Of garbage and filth in a
locality. In a locality that is
kept tidy and clean and sweet
there are very few flies, but
wherever filth exists there flies
multiply by myriads. The prin-
cipIe is automatic. The more
filth the more flies, the more
flies the more disease.
Let US, therefore, instead Of
crying "Swat the fiy!" clear away
all garbage or dirt in the vicin-
ity of our houses and thus pre-
vent the plague from multiply
inc.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-06-12


conformation OF its mouth the
houssfly cannot bite. In the
minds Of most persons, how
ever, no impression is stronger
than that the housefiy does oc-
casionalIy bite. This impression
is due to the rather frequent
presence in houses of another
fly. This, the so called stable
fly" closely resembles the house,
fly. Its mouth parts are formed
for piercing skin. Virtually all
flies breed in horse manure, COW
manure and warm, decaying
vegetable matter, including old
straw and grass.
The fly begins life as an egg.
1t passes through the larvaI
stage, where it is known as a
maggot. 1t passes then through
the pupaI stage. emerging as the
winged pest we all know. The
periods Of development are
about as follows: Eggs from
deposition to Matching. one
third of a day; Matching of lar
vac to first mott, one day; first
to second mott, one day; second
mott to pupation, three days:
pupation to issuing Of adult,
five days; total life round. ap-
proximately ten days.
The eggs are always laid on
some organic matter, on which
the larvae or maggots may feed
after Matching. Horse manure
is the favorits breeding place for
the fly.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-06-12
Fight the Typhoid Fly"

The common housefiy. now known as
the typhoid hy," Is an important fac
tor in the spreading of typhoid fever.
Therefore screening the food. also the
doors and windows. establishing sani.
tary dry earth closets and removing or
screening all refuse. such as manure.
garbage and decaying vegetables and
fruits. will aid greatly in the restric
ton and prevention Of typhoid fever
Lexington IN. C.l Dispatch.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-06-12
WAKE UP AND DESTROY
THE FLY-NOW.

When the little pests begin to swarm
about our doors so thick that no
amount Of shooing will drive them
away. when good dinner is spoiled
for us by the sight of fly in the
gravy. then we will begin to buy fly
hours Of each day swatting them and
scolding the children for leaving the
door open. and We'll keep right on in
the same old way until frost comes.
We have done it for years. and we can
go on doing 1t for years to come. and
thousand years from now there will
be just as many flies to swat as there
are now unless we change our meth
cds.
When we were children we were
taught that the hy was harmless lit
tie creature, natures scavenger." and
therefore friend to man. Even then
we looked upon him with aversion
when we found him swimming in our
milk. But now that we knew his
scavenging consists in collecting filth
and disease germs IN our outhonses
and depositing them on our food ev
cry mans hand is against him. Sci
ence has pronounced the death sen
tence rpor him. and the only reason
that his execution is delayed is be
cause there are 50 many Of him.
This new way Is the way Of pre-
vention Stables and refuse piles. out
houses and garbage cans are points o
attack in the fly campaigns. BY max
ing the breeding places inhospitabl
clean and sanitary more can he nc
complished in a day than in q seAsn
Of swatting the fly after 1t has ono
eemo into existence.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-06-12

SSOsy
will kill the fly massot. How
ever. the lime is not effective
unless large quantities are used.
Approximately two pounds OF
lime per bushel Of manure are
necessary. Also the lime is
more Or less Ineffective unless
thorough mixture is secured.
W are the treatment has bean
Do, ,riy followed about 80 per
cent Of the fly maggots have
been killed.
The chloride Of lime treatment
i.reIatively expensive and cam
not be applied without some la
boa However, the results just''
fxSpoth the expenditure and the
kerosene treatment will also
kin the fly maggot. About one
quart of kerosene to bushel OF
manure should be used. The oil
mast be thoroughly washed
dawn into the manure pile. 1t
will kill practically every fly
maggot.
Both chloride of lime and ker-
osene can best bs applied by
spraying them upon the manure
pile. Only in this way can .
thorouqh mixture be attained.
They should be spread or spray
ed upon each days barn sweep
ings.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-06-12
THE FILTHY FLY.

Tho fly is filthy. Born in filth,
he feeds on filth, crawIs in filth
and then, with filth sticking to
his feet, legs and body, he feeds
and walks-if you let him-on
and in your food.
Would it not disgust you to
see fly feed in a foul smelling
garbage can or something
worse and then fly to your din
ing room and wipe his feet on
the sugar, taneIe his legs in the
soft butter and take a bath in
the milk7
Notice for awhile the flies that
come into your kitchen and you
will see that most Of them come
from such filth to the food on
your table.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-06-12

diseases from
the many oeeayins substances
over which it passes.
However, the fly carries dis
ease on other parts of its body.
Its wings and hairs that cover it
are frequently laden with germs.
The germs Of typhoid fever
are given off in great numbers
in the discharges of patients.
Flies often feed on this material.
Their feet and bodies become
smeared with germs. The insect
carries them into the dining
room and deposits them on the
bread that some one is about to
eat or washes them off in the
milk into which it may fall.
The germs Of tuberculosis are
given off in large numbers in the
sputum Of patients. Flies gain
access to this sputum and may
leave it loaded with the germs
Of consumption.
Dysentery and infantile diar-
rhea are carried in the Same
way. Disease bearing is by no
} means limited to the intestinal
germ disease. however. It is
said that ophthalmia or blind
} ness, smallpox and other of the
better known communicable dis
eases have been traced to the
fly. Where actual laboratory
proof does not exist circum-
stantiaI evidence Is very strong.
One Investigator estimated the
) number Of germs on a single
fly. and his studies led him to
place the figures at 6,600.000.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-06-12


wings they
founder in the milk; with filthy
bodies they suceumb in the sirup.
From sewer and alleyway.
manure pile and dead cat. they
gather disease. This. too, they
bring into the butter. the milk
and the sirup. And thus human
beings die. victims Of the moi
some, dirty, disgusting little in
sect-the warst nuisance Of the
summer.
One female fly lays about 120
perfect eggs. These eggs hatch
in ten days. It may be assum-
ed that they result in sixty per-
feet females. These females lay
120 eggs each. The eggs hatch
in ten days and result in $500
perfect females. The $500 lay
12e eggs each, which hatch in ten
days and result in 10000 fe-
males, and 50 on. It therefore
one energetic fly becomes pro-
ductive on April IS. how many
energetic flies will one manure
pile give forth by Oct. 81? Kill
the early fly.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-06-12
Look Into the Future.

While swatting the fly do not neg
lect to swat the breeding place OF the
7y. the home where he rears his nu-
merous progeny. BY overlooking the
breeding place you make 1t possible FOR
the fiy that yon do not swat to increase
and multiply faster than you can pos
sibly kill of the coming generations.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-06-12
Kill Flies===NOW.

Today is the time to kill flies. Right
now. before the weather becomes
warmer. is the time to clean up. thus
destroying the eggs and eliminating
the flies before they are hatcfed.
The first lazy flies of spring are be
ginning to crawl into the sunny cor
ners One fly now may mean lO.OOO.
400 later on.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-06-12
FLY PREVENTION RULES.

FLY PREVENTION RULES.
can ounce Of prevention is
worth . pound Of cure" This
is the time to use all means for
the prevention of the spread Of
flies. Begin early and then keep
everlastingIy at il. The visiIant
fly will use every opportunity
that he gets-remember that.
Here are several "don'ts" that
will aid in fighting the fly:
Don't dine at hotel or res
taurant where flies are tolerated.
Don't allow flies in your house.
Don't permit them near your
food, especially milk.
Don't buy food where flies are
permitted.
Dent allow them in a sick
room.
Don't allow them to crawl over
the baby or the nipple Of its
nursing bottle.
Screen every window and door
in your house and keep it up
until you start your furnace.
Have separate screen covers
over all exposed food.
Let cleanliness and cleanliness
and yet more cleanliness be your
motto all summer long.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-06-12
KILL THE WINTER FLY.

The crusade against the fly
has spread to all parts of the
country. Il is well that this is
the case, as the fly is responsible
for much disease. It is an es-
peciaiiy prudent plan to kill
every fly possible before the real
warm weather sets in.-Roches-
ter Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-06-12
A FLY CATECHtSM.
Where is the fly born? In ma

Where is the fly born? In ma v
nure and other filth.
Where does the fly live? In
all kinds Of filth. He carries filth
on his feet and wings.
Where does the fly go when he
leaves the manure piles and the
spittoon? He goes into the
kitchen, the dining room and
the store.
What does the fly do there7
He walks on the bread and
vegetables, bathes in the milk
and wipes his feet in the butter.
What diseases does the fly
carry7 Typhoid fever, diarrheal
diseases, diphtheria, scarlet fever
and any communicable disease.
How can the fly be prevented
BY destroying all the filth about
your premises. Screen the privy
vault, cover the manure bin,
burn all waste matter, destroy
your garbage, screen your house.
Either man must kill the fly
or the fly will kill man.
PREVENT THE FLv.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-06-12
FACTS ABOUT FLIES.

Flies make milk impure.
Flies do nothing but harm.
F';es are wholesale murderers.
Flies bring summer complaint
Flies cause epidemics Of disease.
@ Flies do not belong in this town.
Flies find nothing too filthy to eat
Flies spread the hookworm disease.
Flies kill 100000 people In this coun
try every year.
Flies carry death about on their hairy
legs and wings.
Flies cost the United States $500
100000 annually.
Flies are responsible for the majorit.
of deaths among children.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-06-12
THE UNIVERSAL MENACE.

The housefly causes 100000
deaths a year and does a prop
erty damage Of $12y0o0,ooo. The
fly travels only $500 feet and
delights in liquid diet. When
he finds something that he likes
better than his latest meal he
d!saerges.
Ore pair Of fiies beginning in
May will breed t43, 3,675 bushels by
September. The time will come
when it will be considered moro
disgraceful to have flies in our
homes than it is now to have
bedbugs.
II flies were as large as cows
we would net have enc ia the
land. Unfortunately our indif-
ference to their disease breeding
activities is as large as the pests
themselves are small.
The determination Of the fly
will follow the observing Of the
old rule that CLEANLINESS
Is NEXT TO GOODNESS.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-06-12
FLY fighting MAxlMS.

Be up to date. Swat the fly.
Clean up and boost.
Eternal vigilance should be
your watchWord.
The fay is a home wreeker-
Destroy It.
When the fly comes in the
door good health goes out the
window.
It's not work that kills men,
but worry. Swat the fly.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-06-12
The Example Of Bavaria.

In Bavaria they do not have to cry
"Swat the fiyr' because they keep
their premises so clean that flies do
not have chance to live and breed.
We can sit at the feet of many Of the
old countries in spite Of our boasted
progressiy ,ness.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-06-12
KILL THE FLY MAGGoT NOW
M A~Ssx- '.Ss,s.:

lv1 partieu'
! a r y
horse manure
is the ia
vorite larvae
food Of the
fly. A single
manure pile
r ay give its
neishborhood
q billion flies
beforethe sea-
sons close.
Chloride OF
lime geaer-
~n~lA AAAll4a
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-06-12
SIMPLE ADDITION.

Filth and stagnant water breed
flies and mosquitoes. Flies and
mosquitoes breed death and dis
ease. See the point?
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-06-12
THE CLEANUP CURE.

II v e r Y
single
- fly in a
house is q
danger to the
heaIth a nd
even to the
lives Of the
o c c U p a nts.
People do not
realize this.
For a fly to
drop into a
jug Of milk
and to crawl
across food,
nnaknd ~ ,sa.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-06-12

f@The Banner free one year to any
nossier boy or girl who gets married and
oeslns housekeeping. Permit a friend
Send in your name and address.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-06-12
THE SUMMER scouRGE.

TIlES are
3 s'.s s.rr;sr: : ::
and originate
in filth. They
are born in
filth; they
thrive in
filth; they
prefer filth az
an environ
ment.
With filth
laden feet
they dra 9
their way
through the
butter; with
filth covered
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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-06-12

rubbish, shouId 90 into such
containers.
Much Of this rubbish can be
burned. An old garbage can
with defective bottom will
make an excellent furnace. Such
can may be inverted and
raised six or eight inches from
the ground. Numerous holes
may then be punched into the
upper end. This end will there.
after serve as a screen and pre-
vent bits Of burning paper or
ash from menacine the neigh
borhood.
When the back alley way and
cellar are scrupu!ousiy clean
screen the house. Screen every
window and every doorway. See
that the screens fit and that they
are free from holes. There is
little use in screening most win
dows and most doors it some
windows and some doors are
J not protected. Also flies can
enter through very small holes,
and thus only perfect screens
should be used.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-06-12
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THE LIFE OF THE FLY.

a srs : .s.ve:
eral spe-
cies Of flies
W h ! c h a re
c o m m o n ~
{ o u n d in
houses. But
one Of these
is the house
fly proper as
we know it.
This is a me-
dunn size q
grayish fly.
with its mouth
parts spread
at the top
for sucking UP
liquid su b.
stances. Be-
~a,,ra AS &hA
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-06-12
THE DISCIPLE OF DEATH.
NUMBER "a.

W PtsNS III
s h rape. In
these cups the
fly can create
a degree Of
suction which
permits it to
walk on glass
a n d 9th er
smooth sur
faces. hese
same cuplike
depres s sions
make it read
;lu poceihle
for the fly to
pick up all
m a nm err OF
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-06-12
NO FILTH-NO FLIES.

-
II. form Of
= ru b b ish
should be re-
moved by the
h ou S eholder.
c tainers
with tight
covers should
be provided.
Not only gar
bage, but tin
cans, rags.
lawn clip
pings a I'd
hous h o | d
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z. Miyao, contractor and Builder. Pa
perhanging and cement work. ESD
mates furnished free; 223 and 215
North Beretania Street Phone s6i6.
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FAMILY HOTEL

rhe Cassidy, only home hotel. wal
Xxi Beach. consists OF individual
cottages and single rooms. Cuisine
excellent, 1000 r. promenade pier
at the end Of which II splendid
bathing pool and beautiful view.
zoos Kalia road. Tel. 2slo. Terms
reasonable. k5ss7-tf
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SEWING MACHINES FOR SALE.

Singer sewing machines, SIS to $40.
Any trial given. Why pay more?
Standard Sewing Machine Agency,
. Harrison Block, Fort st. Tel. 1896.
5721-tf s.~q IS
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FRUIT TREES FOR SALE.

Dealers in all kinds of fruit trees,
plants, maidenhair ferns and flow
ers of all description. Many differ
ent varieties. Well stocked to han
die all Christmas orders. Call and
inspect. We solicit your patronage.
Chow Me Fat, Fort opp Catholic Oh.
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The Mccandless, Alakea. mr.. Mer-
chant. Regular meals or q 10 carts.
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New Orleans Cafe. Substantial meals
moderate. Alakea cor. Merchant St
55S9-tf
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The Eagle" Bethel bet. Hotel and
King. A nice place to eat; fine
home cooking. Open night and day
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