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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-05-25
HOUSEFLY NESTS IN
FILTH..hELP TO
KILL HIM

The housefy is a foul and dangerous
little pest. The female lays her eggs
in manure, in human excrement or in
the flesh of dead and rotting animals,
never anywhere else. The eggs hatch
into maggots and the maggots feed on
the filth until they sprout wings and
become flies. The flies swarm into
our homes, bringing with them the
germs Of many diseases-especially
typhoid, consumption and dysentery
which they deposit on our food.
Many Of our homes were saddened
last year by death resulting from dis.
eases spread by flies. Therefore the
housefy is our deadly enemy and we
ought to kill him off as far as possible
before warm weather comes. To do
this ef%fectually will require the coop
Grafton of the whole community.
Cleanliness, generally speaking, is the
ay's greatest enemy, but if one man
cleans up his place--removing all
barnyard filth, keeping garbage cans
covered, etc.-and his n%eighbors on
either side dc not follow suit, the one
man will not be protected from flies
and disease. .
This war Oh flies is a Job for the
whole town. and it is q big one. 1t is
suggested that our local authorities or
some Of u active citizens call a meet
ing and make plans at once to start
the campaign for fly determination.
Let us enlist the aid OF the health Of
f1cers, the physicians. the merchants,
the lawyers, the mechanics, the won.
en- and the boys and girls.
It will be necessary to have a mum.
Der of committees to look after the
many angles Of the work end see that
proper preventive measures are taken
to remove tho opportunities for flies
to lay eggs and hatch them. Swatting
the fly is ineffective.--you only kill
one fly at a swat. But if you begin
earlier by spraying n piles and
the contents Of clubhouse vaults with
Kerosene or with chloride Of lime, so
that fly eggs will not hatch in these
masses, you prevent the birth of mil.
lions of flies.
The state board Of health will be
glad to send US all kinds of informa-
ton helpful in carrying on a fly war,
If our local doctors have none on hand.
After the campaign organization is
formed, about the first thing to do is
to get reliable information and put it
In the hands Of u people.
Who will make the first move to
start the campaign?
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-05-25

learn how many bacteria the average
fly carried away from the slop bar
rel, the hog pen, the COW stable and
the house. The investigation was
thorough and nothing was left to guess
work.
This is the report: Each %slop-barrel
fly carried an average of more than
100000 germs; the hog-pen fly car
ried a little less than one million; the
constable fly carried only about AGO.
900; the housefly carried about twice
that number, or 100000
If you must have a slop barrel on the
premises, keep it carefully screened,
else it may spread disease. If you
have a garbage can at the kitchen
door, keep the can covered. Burn all
garbage if you "a do so practically.
Otherwise drain it and wrap it in pa
per before putting it in the can.
Some day we shall come to look on
the fly in the same light we now look
on bedbugs and body lice. The fly is
flthier than these other vermin. He
is born in filth, lives in it, feeds on it,
carries it and spreads it on our food.
Don't take any chances. Screen
your house carefully. Destroy all *
cretory and kitchen waste matter.
Keep your premises clean.
Teach your children the dangers of
flies and make crusaders Of them. II
your neighbor is a "pull-back' and
dirty, report him.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-05-25
No Filth-No Flies!

Flies and filth 60 together. No filth,
no flies! About the only good thing
you can say about the fly is that his
presence should stimulate you to hunt
up the place where he was born and
destroy it so that it may breed no
more of his kind.
Fly swatting may be a popular pas
time. It has been talked about much.
SO far, 1t has proved ineffective. The
well-meaning person, applying the
swatter at every opportunity, kills one
ny at a time. The removal of the con.
tents of a single manure box will swat
millions of them at a blow.
Screens and swatters are a good
thing, but a clean neighborhood is the
best. Get busy!
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-05-25

men it was inevitable that some should
lie disease carriers. The waste matter
which they threw off acted as an in
cubator for the bacteria which it car
rled. Flies and other insects, but es-
pecially flies, swarmed around the filth
sinks and fed. They were a frightful
annoyance at meal time, and they
were the army's most deadly enemy
for they distributed dangerous germs
among all the men. AS a result fever
and bowel diseases became almost an
epidemic. AS a nation we were taught
a solemn lesson about the menace of
insects. Our army medical men learned
more in the Philippines, in Cuba, in
Porto Rico and in the Canal Zone
about the relation of flies, mosquitoes
and lice to the spread of disease than
had previously been learned in two or
three thousand years.
Cleaner Than Homes.
Visit any of our army e~ncampments
today. They are kept cleaner than the
average ~housekeeper keeps her prem
1ses. Special attention is given to the
sanitary disposal of garbage, of sew.
age and of other waste matter coming
from the camp hospital. Elaborate
means of protection against flies, mos.
quitoes, lice and bedbugs are taken
but flies are considered the. most filthy
and dangerous from the medical point
Of view.
1t is safe to say that If this COM.
munity should cooperate and act al
once so as to clean up the town thor
oughly, with special attention given
to the breeding places of flies, tho
average of serious illness here would
be reduced so per cent for the months
OF June, July, August and September.
Such a cleanup campaign is not i'm.
possible. 1t means the spraying of
n piles with a simple kerosene
solution every day or so, frequent re:
moval of manure piles, screened
toilets, covered garbage cans and the
use of fly swatters and fly paper by
everyone. -;
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-05-25
Don't Ignore
Fly Menace
This Season

Many persons do not realize what a
serious menace the fly is to the health
of this community. 1t is characteristic
OF the average man to ignore this kind
Of danger until it threatens his w
family. ooh, the fly may be the means
Of carrying q fatal disease to somo
puny person." you reason, perhaps,
"but there's no danger of his bringing
it to me-I'm in pretty good shape.
eat three square meals a day and sleep
all right"
That is a characteristic attitude of
soldiers. Rather, it used to be so.
Doubtless you remember the awful toll
Of life taken among the soldiers en-
camped at Chickamauga during tho
Spanish-American war. If you do not
you a easily look'it up. Those boys
in blue died like flies" Flies caused
the death of most of those stricken
with typhoid and dysentery.
1t came about in this way. Human
cxcreta carries the bacteria of typhoid
fever, cholera, %dysentery, summer COM
plant, tuberculosis and intestinal dis
cases Of other varieties. Flies feed on
human eXcreta, as you know if you
have kept your eyes open.
The Lesson of 1893.
Not a great deal about the value of
camp sanitation was known in 1898.
The American army medical corps was
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-05-25

spittoon he makes an excursion into
the kitchen, dining room and bedrooms
Of the nearest residence.
He Breeds Disease.
What does he do in these places of
exploration? He wipes his feet on the
food, battles in the milk, or browns in
it, and annoys the sleepers. If there
is a sick person around, a consump-
tive Tor instance, he alights on the
patients lips or invades his sputum
cup and takes on a load of deadly
germs. This he distributes ON the
food, on the baby's lips or on your own
if you are not very careful to shoe
him away.
A busy deaths head is the house fly.
He killed more American soldiers in
the Spanish.American war than the
bullets of the Spaniards, and was the
direct cause of much of the typhoid
fever in the United States last year.
he cannot be ignored safely.
The only way this town can effec.
tually exterminate flies is to make an
organized effort. Our municipal au.
thorities and health officers should
map out a campaign Immediately and
enlist the active aid Of everybody in
the community.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-05-25
Consumption Germs
Spread BY Flies

The great white plague-tuberculo-
sis-plain, deadly consumption Of the
lungs, causes more deaths than any
other disease in the United States.
Flies are a big factor in the spread of
this frightful ailment. To go into de-
tails of the subject is very disgusting,
but disgust will not kill anyone. Con-
sumption will, and flies help.
Assuming that bedridden consump-
tives deposit their sputum only in
closed vessels which flies cannot en-
ter, consider the careless consumptive
on the street. He has a coughing
spell, raises germ-laden pus from his
infected lungs and splits into the high
way. Flies Immediately swarm, on
this sputum, feed, their padded,
hairy feet with the stuff and buzz into
the nearest open window or door.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-05-25
How to Make Fly Paper

The use of sticky fly paper is better
than the use of poison to trap flies.
Once a fly alights on sticky paper he
is pretty certain to stay there until
he dies. If you place a saucer contain.
ing poison fly paper and water in the
dining-room window, the flies drink
the deadly stuff but they do not die
Immediately. They may not die until
they reach the cream pitcher. If you
want to make your own sticky fly pa.
per, boil together equal parts of castor
oil and resin and spread the substance
On tough paper before 1t cools.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-05-25
Flies Diminish the Milk
Flow By Annoying Cows

Cows seriously annoyed by flies do
not give more than 60 per cent as
much milk as they would ordinarily. 1t
is to the advantage of farmers and 9TH
ers who keep COWS to protect them
from flies this summer. It can be done
quite simply. In the first place, spray
each animal with a mixture composed
of three parts fish oil and one part
kerosene. Apply it with a small spray
pump. Secondly, keep the stable and
barnyard as free as possible of man.
ure. Remove it frequently and use
some simple disinfectant freely about
the premises.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-05-25
How to Sterilize Milk.

Ers. R. Kraus and B. Barbara of the
city OF Buenos Aires assert in the
M~Genohener Medizinische Wochen.
schrtft that water or milk can be rem.
dered sterile simply and rapidly by
shaking with animal charcoal and fiji.
tering. a three per cent addition OF
charcoal suffcsa for milk if it be al.
loved to Stand for Is minutes.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-05-25

hot organized as It
is now. The mob
ilization place at
C~hickamauga was
not clean. Garbage
and sewage were
not destroyed as
they are now. In
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-05-25

he is a restless
insect and I'm.
less h c a n
W a n d err more
Or less freely
he is unhappy.
So when the fly
tires of the
m a n r pile,
the priyy-vault,
the b a g 9
r. an ar n n q
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-05-25
FLY FILTHIEST INSECT
SOME PRECAUTIONS YOU SHOULD
TAKE TO BE RID OF PEST.
Get Habit Of Keeping Premises Clean
and You Will Not Have Much
Trouble Fighting Them.

do not waste
their time loafng
ar o u n d Gle a n
premises. They
demand filth for
su 8 t enance. So
w h Q r e er you
lei flies you can
be sure there's
filth close by.
Durin 6 h 9
course of a state
i d g campaign
last year, t b Q
Connecticut ex.
pertinent station
conducted an in
e s t g alton to
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-05-25

the family a little under the weather,
a little low in vitality, may become in.
fected.
Will you help fight the flies?
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-05-25

They alight on
food spread on the
dinner table-per-
haps on the butter
or in the milk.
The germs depos.
tied may not affect
a vigorous person,
but a member Of
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-05-25
Make War OF!
Flies: Ward
Off Disease

In order to make this community a
better place to live in, we must declare
war on the house fly at once. If we do
not slip up on him and strike the first
hard smashing blow, he is going to
come at us in overwhelming numbers.
How may we successfully fight the
fly? BY destroying or removing his
breeding place, the manure pile, re.
moving all garbage and making the
privy vault fly-proof, and by keeping
our yards and alleys clean. We must
screen u houses and use the swatter
and sticky fly paper without let-up.
Where is the fly born? In filth, gen.
orally in horse manure and outhouses,
sometimes in the flesh of dead and rot.
ting animals-never in any clean,
wholesome place. The life cycle of
the fly's birth runs about ten days
from the time the egg is laid until the
mature insect is born. A maggot is
Matched from the egg. The maggot be-
comes a pupa "a state corresponding
to the tadpole state in frog life), and
the pupa becomes the mature fly that
helps to make life miserable for us in
warm weather.
Flies Live In Filth.
Where does the fly live? Where
there is filth, and there is nothing too
filthy for the fly to eat. He eats clean
food also, but his special delight seems
to be w%allowing in filth, then buzzing
into the house and wiping his feet and
wings on substances you are about to
eat. Watch him and sec for yourself.
Think of the most sickening, dis
gushing places where you have seen
flies. Think Of them until your palate
is light and the pit of your stomach
ticklish. For if you think hard
enough about this dangerous, nasty
insect pest you will help fight his
whole tribe with all your might.
The fly's favorite place of residence
is in the n pile, the privy-vault,,
the garbage can and the spittoon. But
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-05-25
We SHOULD ACT NOW!

When the American army went down
to Cuba to clean things up politically and &M
otherwise after the spanish American - -
war, it found that Havana was one of JS41S&
the worst %yenow-fever pest holes in the 77N\
world.
Inc army surgeons learned that the MOSQUITO was to
olatne. ihey declared war on the mosquito. the weapons
IN TINS war were not swatters. There was but one weapon-
sanitation.
The city was cleaned with absolute thorouqhness. Mos.
qunto-breedIng swamps were drained. Lakes and streams
were covered with oil. Now Havana is one of the worlds
most heaIthtui cities. The lesson taught fifteen years aqo
has been applied steadily by the Cubans.
IN this country the house fly bears about the same
relation to typhoid fever and d%ysentery that the MOSQUITO
bears to yellow fever in the tropics. Both insects are dan.
ger0us germ carriers.
This community ought to rid itself Of flies. The means
OF doing 50 are the same as those employed in riddinu Ha-
vana, the Canal Zone, Manila and New Orleans Of the fever
mosquito. But the lob will not be nearly so bq.
Our citizens should call a meeting
by the middle Of next week and form an
W~A> organization to conduct the spring fly
SGSXE war. There is no time to b.! lost. Once
845&@A&*< warm weather arrives the flies will mul-
%&z3z& tiply faster than we can kill them
Let US act now!
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-05-08

also decided that If the company
wishes to sell liquor on its trains
between Weed and the Oregon line
they must take out license from
the county to do so. Since it is
against the law for liquor to be
brought into the state, except by a
common carrier such as the express
company or freight department. It is
questionable whether the railroad
company viii not have to either dis
connect their buffet oars or unload
the liquor before coming into Ore
Eon.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-05-08

upon the artistic features without re-
gard to the disagreeable features Of
the financial end.
The annual is dedicated to the
faculty. Every department Of school
activities is given space, departments
devoted to short stories, chronology
of the seniors, snap shots, personals.
Jokes and classes, and, in fact. the
entire life Of the student body is
fully covered without q single page
Of uninteresting matter.
Miss Fern Murphy h editoF-tn-
chief, Hiss AlbOe VGndersluis Gsslst.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-05-08

cover to cover with ''live" material,
interesting articles and replete with
fine cuts. The cover is of a deckled
edge material Of gunmetal color en-
bossed with the name and year in
gold letters. A view OF the en-
trance Of Ashland park adorns the
cover.
Through the courtesy OF the Ash
land Business Mems Association. who
donated 800 to the annual, all ad-
vertising features were eliminated.
thus giving an opportunity for the
Oenterlns Of the students efforts
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-05-08
DEPOT DOINGS

The territory in which the South
ern Pacific company can sell liquor
on its trains Is constantly being de-
creased. The latest restriction is the
prevention Of selling liquor between
Dunsmuir and Sisson IN northern
California, - this is dry territory.
The siskiyou UouAtS supervisors hats
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-05-08

In view of the apparent unayoid-
'ableness of the collision which oc-
cured on Beach avenue recently when
Agent Kramer at the throttle of his
Ford suffered a head-on collision
with a runaway team, the interstate
commerce commission will probably
not demand an investigation by a
board of inquiry. as is the usual pro-
eedure when s. P. employe is mixed
up in q wreck.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-05-08
1916 High School
Annual Is Artistic

The 1915 issue OF THE Rogue, :,
the high school annual, is out and
the edition, which was limited to 200,
is sold, the demand far exceeding the
supply, 90 far did the booklet exceed
all anticipations.
FAe annual is The most E1tistie
appearing publication ever put out
~ tne high scho0i, aaa b Gui tom
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-05-08
Bargains in Table Linen and Towels

Huck Towels, worth
1212c, now, each. e.. sc
received, a large ship
ment of Bath Towels, on sale at
19c, 25c, 30c and 35c each.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-05-08
EmbrOiderieS and LaceS for Less

Embroidery Edges, fine quail
ity, values up to 15c, sale price,
yard rd...,..................5c sc
-18-inch Embroidery Flounc-
ings, worth up to 75c, sale
price, yard .39c
-45-inch Embroidery Flomc-
ings, up to $3.50 values, this
sale, yard .............. .$1,69
27-inch Lace Flouncings, up
to $3.50 values, now, yard. .79c
-Filet Lace Edgings for trim
ming underwear, up to 25c val
ues, this sale, yard. .15c
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-05-08

-72-inch Mercerized Table
Linen, good patterns to select
from, worth 65c, now, yard. 4Sc
100 dozen good Cotton Tow
els, very special, each. e. .4c
-25 dozen Huck Towels, linen
and cotton mixed, fancy blue
and red borders, regular 25c
values, each ..............19 19c
Bath Towels, extra large
size, 35c values, sale price,
each ...................Z5c zoe
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-05-08

ant editor, and Elbert Farlow busi-
ness manager. The annual was
printed by the Ashland Tidings.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-05-08

Combination Suits, many
styles to choose from, So quail
lty, now .....',........S .Sl.69
Nightgowns, all
very special, each. .69c
-Nightgowns, made of fine lin
gerie cloth in white and flesh,
special, each -. .$1.48
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-05-08
New White Wash Skirts

"Korrect" wash Skirts, best fitting and
wearing skirt made, good grade linen finish
suiting, all sizes, very special. amman. .$1.98
Wash Skirts, made of Oxford cloth and CAB
erdines, all sizes, good styles. ......... 1888
Wash Skirts, made Of Palm Beach cloth,
very special each ..................$ .$5.48
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-05-08

CHS Puyus makes wArdrobes.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-05-08
Pretty New BlOuSes For
Our White Sale

100 beautiful new Waists all well made, new
styles, up to So values, this sale, each. .$1OO
100 Women's Lingerie Waists, all sizes, nice
ly trimmed, all new styles, up to $3.50 values,
this sale, each. ). .$148
-Women's and ChiIdren's MILDLY Bouses, all
sizes, good Styles real 81 values, this sale at,
each ..........!.......... .79c
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-05-08
Extra Specials For
White Sale

-Women's White Handkerchiefs, very special,
-Women's White All Linen Handkerchiefs,
very special at, each Observation-Disclosures. DC
-Women's White Lise Gloves, very special
at, pair ....................... .25c
-Children's White Hose, all sizes, good as
most 25c ones, per pair ...,..............15 15c
-Women's White Fiber Silk Hose, special at
PAIR Observation-Disclosures. QUO
-Women's Neckwear, new styles, special at,
-Kayser's Silk Gloves, special pair. . SOC
-Women's fine Lisle White Hose, special at
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-05-08

-36-inch Pique for summer
skirts, up to 35c values, per
yard .25c
-36-inch Gaberdine, fine quail
ity, for separate skirts, 4Oc
grade, now, yard. =. .2Sc
-Organdies and Voiles for
graduating dresses, fine quail
ity, from 25c up to 81 a yard.
Palm Beach Cloth, sc inches
wide, for skirts and dresses,
very special, yard. ..... .28c
SO and 40 inch Fancy Voiles
and sheer white materials, up
to 75c values, now, yard. 48c
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-05-08

Corset Cover Embroidery,
fine Swiss quality, worth 75c,
now, yard .39c
-18-inch fine Swiss Embroid-
cry Flouncing, up to $1.25 val
ues, now, yard. SOC
Corset Cover En-
broidery, good quality, SOC
grade, now, yard. .29c
Laces, fine quality, up
to 15c values, this sale at, per
yard =. :. sc
fine Net Lace Flounc-
ings, real $1.50 values, now,
yard :. .. .79c
-42-inch Embroidery Flounc-
ing, up to $1.50 values, this
sale, yard .............. .98c
Lace Flouncings, 81 inches
wide, fine quality, $1.75 values,
sale price, yard. -. =. .98c .
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-05-08
New White Goods at Low Prices

1000 yards new White Goods
in fancy checks and stripes,
real 15c values, sale price,
yard .....................1O .1Oc
-Pajama Cloth, 36 in. wide,
used for making mems under
wear, worth 18c, sale price,
yard .121ac
yards Fancy White
Goods, slightly soiled, worth up
to 35c a yard, to clean up at,
yard ...................18c 18c
yards Checked and
Striped Dimity, for children's
dresses, up to 20c values, sale
price, yard 1916
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-27
FUNERAL
OF John GowIand Held at His
Home at Perry Station and
Burial at Shinnston.

Funeral services over the body Of
John Gowland. aged 40 years. an en-
ploye of the Consolidation Coal Com
pany, ct Perry Coallng station. who
was electrocuted when he climbed a
trolley pole and his head touched a
high tension Wire Saturday. were
held at 1880 o'clock Monday after
noon at the home. The Rev. Charles
B. Mitchell, of this city. had charge
Of the services and the burial was in
shlnnston cemetery.
The coal company Is supplied with
electric power by the traction com
pany andta fuse had blown out on a
pole at the Gore stop, where the con-
nection is made. Gowland had gone
to Gore to make the repair. He
turned the power of the line, but in
some manner climbed the wrong pole.
When he r1eared' the top OF the pole
his head came in contact with the
wire and he dropped to the ground.
Several persons who witnessed the ac-
cident rushed to his aid, but he died
in few minutes.
DR.. S. M. Mason, coroner. was
called. but decided that an inquest
was not necessary.
The deceased man Is survived by
his widow, who lives at Perry station
and several other relatives In En-
gland, his native home.