Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-04-20
"SLAY AND BURN!"
Right Now Is Time to Begin the
Warfare Against Deadly and
Filthy House Fly.
Presence Of the Pests Is Evidence That
Housekeeper Does Not Measure
Up to Proper Standards of
Cleanliness and Efficiency
-Ged Rid of Them!

The Merchants Association of New
! designed to encourage the fight against
| the dangerous and filthy house fly. The
| propaganda is commendable one
and we are glad to give 1t space in
these columns.
XIII at once every fly you can find
and burn his body.
Observers say that there are many
reasons to believe there will be more
flies this season than for o aumber of
years.
The killing of just one fly NOW
means there will be billions and tril.
lions less next SUMMER.
Clean up yog: own premises; see
and insist that your neighbors do like
wise.
Especially clean "out-of-the-way-
places" and every nook and Granny.
Flies will not go where there is
nothing to eat, and their principal diet
is too filthy to mention.
The fly has no equal as germ
carrier" as many as 5OO,OOO,OO0
germs have been found in and on the
body of a single fly.
Spreads Deadly Diseases.
1t is definitely known that the fly
Is the carrier" of the germs Of ty-
phoid fever; it is widely believed that
it is also the carrier" of other dis
eases. including possibly infantile pa
ralysis.
The very presence of fly is a sig
nal and notification that a house
keeper is uncleanly and inefficient.
DO not wait until the insects begin
to poster; anticipate the annoyance.
April, May and June are the best
months to conduct an anti-fy cam
paign.
The farming and suburban districts
provide ideal breeding places and the
newborn flies do not remain at their
birthplace, but migrate, using rail-
roads and other means of transporta-
ton to towns and cities.
Kill flies and save lives!
ANY odor pleasing to man Is often
sive to the fly and vice versa and will
drive them away.
Take FIVE cents worth of oil Of Law
ender, mix 1t with the same quantity
of water, put 1t in a common glass
atomizer and spray it around the
rooms where flies are. In the dining
room spray It lavishly. even on the
table linen. The odor Is very disa.
greeable to flies, but refreshing to
most people.
odors the Pests Will Avoid.
Geranium. mignonette, heliOtrope
and white clover are offensive to flies
They especially dislike the odor OF
honeysuckle and hop blossoms.
According to a French scientist flies
have intense hatred for the color blue
Rooms decorated In blue will help t.
keep out the flies.
Mix together one tablespoonful oil
cream. one Of ground black pepper
and one Of brown sugar. This mix
ture is poisonous to the flies. Put In 4
saucer, darken the room except on,
window and in that set the saucer.
To clear the house of flies burr
pyrethrum powder. This stupefie
the flies. but they must be SWEEP
UP and BURNED.
Borax Is especially valuable arOun'
farms and out Of doors. One poun,
Of borax to twelve bushels Of manur
win be found desirable as a poiso
without injuring its manurial quail
ties or farm stock. Scatter the bora
over the manure and sprinkle wit
water.
Lys. chloride Of lime, or coppera
(sulphate of iron) dissolved in watel
crude carbolic acid. or any kind of dis
'nfectant may be used In vaults.