The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-22


~ A. city having Aibuuuerque'a rep
utsslon Cor modern equipment
aAd iAanaermtrt g shceid MOI be
necessary for the mayor 70 be forced
Is Issue a esprine ciean-up' order.
Tho city. Ils alleys ana IL back yards
should be alwayn IN order and free
Or dlseane breeding refuse shrounh =
agsiem u daily "clean-up.T which
shoaia be as much a part o. the mu-
nicipai routine a. l. the washing Or
the after dinner dishes In tI,e proper
~ conducted household.
Unfortunatsly our sanitary system
falls short at h back yard and back
alley problem and the coming q ny
time" finds NJ ones more In a condi-
ton Of unfortunate unpreparednezs
Teama munt be taken from sfices
work and other municipal duty In
order 10 ald the negligent and care
less and irresponsible In a necessary
cleaning up OF the breeding places
Of tho house ny. the insect which
m6sl q u are now pretty well con-
WINGED H. the worst enemy Of the race
IN summer.
Readers Of the Herald doubtless
are weary Of caitorisl urging to 'ssat
the n.y. sna Il Il a safe bet that
a majority Of editors are weary Of
the urging. As n matter OF fact cam
palens aimed at 'swattlne he Fly"
are quite out Of date. The effort 20
wipe out the house ny BY means Of
however dllieent SWEATING" IS an fu-
tile az would be an effort TO cure
concer b. wipins a running sore with
a~ntisepties. The intelligent antl-fly
campaign Of today aims AZ the fiy's
eas-sreat-srcat grandfather or a.
o0o.o0o times removed. For this
reason the spring cleanup becomes
vitality liuportant since every rubbish
heap and fifth denomination ~ ma
nure pile CLEANED up removes a fer
tile breeding .nlaca- FOR ues-5pd.
since our system. along with that of
thousands Of other American cities
and towns supposed to be well gov-
srned permits the Accommodations we
must see 10 their removal and their
thorough removai-in time.
SO. too. the editorial urging TO early
fy-swaftlng should be taken in good
part. and as a necessary adjunct TO a
stIn Imperfect sanitary system which
permits The ny to live and breed IN
the warm corners during winter and
early spring: a system tolerated by
intelligent people who Turn green
with horror at a rumor OF the com
paratively harmless smallpox patient
who may drift this way from Mexico.
Ths time will come in A%ibuquerqus
when a house fly will be az rare and
as little to be tolerated as a smallpox
patient. But that time hasn't come
yet. and in the meantime Il IL worth
remembering that while ny-swatting
in July may serve as a diyerting pas
tlrae. u doesn't get us anywhere IN
the why Of public safety n safety
In the home. Now. however. when
the first big fellows are beginning 20
buz against the windows when the
Sunshine grows warm. a swat does
do an amount OF good. II
sets results way up n seven figures.
In June and July a fairly busy woman
BY working ali day may kiil a couple
OF hundred flies. For he next thirty
days or 40 every swat means the ex
termination OF millions Of files that
otherwise win have been turned loose
upon us BY midsummer.
That IL why; along with the may
or's spring cleanup order, which
ought rot 20 be necessary, bur IL: va
trot out the well worn slogan 9swai
the ny." with the added caution "a
swat him now while swatting VIII gel
you somewhere.