The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-05
Five Thousand Kenosha
Children Expected to Start
Contest This Week.
MANY PRIZES BEING OFFERED

The health board of Kenosha is TODAY
enlisting an army of seven thousand
Kenosha children for the eradication of
the housefy in Kenosha and before the
end Of the present week the big battle
between the children and the flies will
be on in earnest. Last year the child
rem did great work in Kidding Kenosha
of flies and it is expected that even
better work will be done this year.
The contest among the kiddies Of the
city started this morning and from now
until the first day of October it is ex-
pected that the swatters will be busy.
Twenty prizes, ranging all the way
from ten dollars to fifty cents have
been offered to spur the boys and girls
on to hard work. They start with a
prize of ten dollars for the bows or
girls who bring in the most ssbodies =
during the two months and just to see
that every one that tries real hard is
rewarded there are ten prizes of fifty
cents each at the end Of the list.
There are no rules and regulations
covering this contest. All the bows
and girls need to do is to get the flies.
They may trap them by the thousands,
catch them and cut their threats if they
see fit, or just keep swatting their way
to the prizes. There are no limita-
tions. The boys and girls can bring
them in by millions if they want to,
but if they prefer the men and women
in charge of the contest will accept
them by the tens or hundreds. stGet
rid of the fies' is the slogan of this
contest and it is certain that it will
be contest which will enlist the
services of more workers than any con-
test ever pulled off in the city.
The prizes this year have been of
fered by the. Kenosha county anti
tuberculosis committee. This commit
tee is going to have lot Of calls on
it in connection with the opening of
the new sanitorium, but at that the
officers believe that one of the biggest
works to be accomplished in Kenosha
is the eradication of the house fly.
charge of the contest and the flies are
to be delivered to the office. of DR..
McShane in the city hall. The flies
will be weighed and careful score
kept of every one returned. There
will be some big doings when the final
award Of prizes is made the first Of
October.
'sWe want every boy and girl in
Kenosha to get into the battle against
the flies, = said DR.. McShane this morn
ing. 5These prizes are worth work
ing for and with the past wet weather
there is certain to be great lot of
flies in Kenosha during the next two
months. Now is the time to kill the
flies and the boys and girls who start
now are pretty certain to be in the list
of prize winners when the contest is
closed on the first of October. We ale
willing to tell the boys and girls how
to make traps to catch the flies, but the
best results have been obtained in the
past by using the time honored fly
swatter. This is to be real contest
this year and the boys and girls are
being organized in all parts of the
city. We put on the same kind of con
test last year and there is no doubt
but that the loyal work of the boys and
girls in swatting the flies contributed
materially to making Kenosha one Of
the most healtful cities in the country.
This swatting the fly is a boys Job
and mans job and both can get
great results