Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-04-28
FIGHT THE MOSQUITO NOW.
An QUINCY of Prevention Mcrps added
Health and Comfort.

With the coming OF spring
avakes the female mosquito, when
has hibernated among the farmers
flues and the warm rafters in your
basement or barn or In some other
comfortable spot This modest, slug
gish lady insect has been without food
since November, so she Is weak, she
is. true enough, ferociously hungry
Luckily for YOU and those OF your
flesh. her proboscis is SO flnbhy and
feeble that II will require very hot
night before she will have igor
enough to dart her fangs into your
skin
The mosquito of yesterycar Of last
fan, begins TO move and have her be
ing the gentlemen mosqli'os are
much slower to get going IN April
and MAY. but she needs re Illy warm
weather TO become really active. She
may not bite you or capture your
blood until late in May or June.
Once she is filled with good, red
blood she is ready TO lay ter eggs
once her eggs are laid the little wrig-
glers hatch out once these Watery
nymphs get to going it is less than a
fortnight when 200 new mosquitoes are
growing where one grew before. with
In two or three months, usually by
August or september, the demons
with triple bladcd pitchforks begin
their assault upon your anatomy and
your parts Of speech.
Meanwhile it is am your own fault
If You had gunncd around In March
and April and sailed into thot single
solitary. lone female mosquito YOU
would not have been exposed 10 dan
ger of denGue, malaria or yellow fever
in the summer and fall Your horses
would have escaped danger of sick
ness and 30 Peeps sheep would be
less likely to have blue tongus
These ailments are all transferred
from person to person and from ami
NAL to animal hy the bites of the
Anopheles mosquito. the CuloN or
house mosquito and the tegomyla Ia mos
quito
not only are these pests an annoy
ance from their bites and stings. but
lllNA dIt Il menace ~ nv u utFti bN u
Of health and efficiency and source
OF disntegration OF civilization Ro-
man civilization might never have
succumbed 10 the Goths an ! Vandals,
or even 10 internal dissensions, had
not the energies and vitality Of the
people been sapped and eaten up by
mosquito maladies. such as malaria
The eradication Of vicious mosquitoes
fro mthe Roman campagna will mean
| the rehabilitation Of italian health
and power.
1t therefore bohooves the alert
housewife to take time by the fore
lock and kin mosquitoes early. In
March, April and May the death OF
one mosquito may prevent the deyel-
opment OF millions In September
Make therefore. no inv,dious dis
tlnctions, but annihllate all mosqu-
toes. winter. spring. summer and fan
Search among the wooden creyices Of
tho kitchen. Dig among he rafters
In the cellar Investigate the garret
and the attic Look high, Look low
Then screen the windows and doors
/ Put nets above the beds Allow no
gullies. cutters, or standing water
anywhere Mosquitoes cannot breed
or lay their eggs except I'm water
or mud puddles Their babies must
swim about in order TO escape their
enemies and death
Vases. tins. cups. tubs. rainspouls.
outhouses. buckets. rain barrels and
pools all invite the lone lady mosquito
left alive fro mlast fan to deposit her
raft OF eggs in their inviting water
II these are lacking. she pines away
or flies TO other climos FOR conquest
Weeds and bushes and trees near
/ puddles pools, bitches and ponds
should be kept clear. Pardff'n crude
oil or other kinds of petroleum must
be used TO spray the collections Of
water that cannot be drained away
Finally. keep your house well aired.
breezy and light in the daytime and
dark at night. Mosquitoes seek dark
pesp H., daX-a hand scare Might will