Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-24
GOING AFTER FLY
IN DEAD EARNEST
Detailed Plan OF Campaign Mapped
0ut at Mass Meeting Held at
the I. II. c. A.
EDUCATION Is THE WATCHW0Rp
Buttons for Workers and q Grand
Cleanup and Swatting Week in
August Are Proposed.

The fly is doomed! A definite plan
Of campaign against the summer pest
was outlined last evening at a mass
meeting held at the Y. NJ c. a. build
ing and strategic maneuvers were
formulated by the armed forces OF
sanitation. Rock Island will no long
er be the blissfuI residence of Mr.. and
Mrs Fly and their tribe Of children as
it has been in the past
The special committee, OF which r.
C. Smedley is chairman, appointed TO
outline a plan Of campaign, presented
its report and it met with the hearty
approval Of those present. The sug-
gestions were unanimously adopted
The campaign plan is to take up and
continue the work already accom-
plished by the Woman's club as a
foundation and then to proceed along
three distinct but parelIeI lines.
An educational department. headed
by E. o. Vale and Miss Minnie Mar
tin, is 10 carry on the work Of edu-
eating people as to the danger of al
lowing flies to live, and to seek to stir
up public opinion TO support all eff
forts made to get rid Of flies.
Put Traps Downtown.
A department to have charge Of the
work Of killing flies by swattng, trap
ping, and every other means. is head
ed by Mrs W a. Darling and R. c.
SmedIey. This department will prob
ably arrange for the manufacture or
purchase of abundant supplies Of
traps or swatters for use throughout
the city Some monster traps are to be
set up in prominent places downtown,
to show how the work is done, and to
advertise the campaign. as well as to
catch flies
Fly prevention will be looked after
by special department. with Mrs.
H. T. Cox and L. H Martin as its
leaders This department will pro-
coed to direct the effort to clean up
alleys and yards and all such places
where flies find aid and comfort in
the process Of propagation Manure
boxes. and garbage cans viii receive
earnest attention. and it is hoped that
future generations of flies will be pre-
vented by the removal Of all their CON
venient breeding places.
The finances o. the campaign viii
be provided by the sale of buttons, to
be worn by all who are willing TO
help fight the flies. Mrs. H. c. Cas-
letter and Mrs. r. P, Sinnett are at the
head of the committee TO manage the
sale Of buttons, and they will endeavor
to label all citizens with the emblem
Of the campaign, which Will be a but
ton.
A special week. early in August,
will probably be designated a special
cleanup and fy-swatting week, at
which time all the efforts Of the en-
tire organization will be directed to
the immediate reduction of the fly
population to a minimum. The gen
araI executive committee in charge of
the whole work is made up Of Mrs "
A Darling, Mrs H z. Cox, Miss Min
ME Martin. and Nessrs. e. o. Vale,
L. Fl Martin and R c. Smedley. A
large number Of people viii be ap-
pointed TO serve on the various com
nittaes so as to reach every part of.
the city.
Work Wen Started.
The whole campaign is to be based
IN the work which has already been
lone by the pure food and civic de-
1artments of the Woman's club. A
broad foundation has been laid by the
Efforts Of these club women. and the
-arious lines of activity started by
hem viii be continued and amplifed
Inder the new arrangement, which is
designed to enlist the aid of many
PEOPLE and organizations outside Of
ne club membership
In order to set the work forward as /
-apidIy and as effectively as possible, /
Ill citizens interested in seeing the +
made successful should /
lelp by inspecting at once their own /
,ack yards and alleys, to see whether /
he garbage and manure receptacles +
re in good order, and conform TO the I
Of the city ordinances. T
f everyone helps. for the good Of the /
itv. it will be no difficult task to +
lean up Rock Island in thoroughly /
ficient manner.