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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1914)
THE 8EM1AVEEKLV TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. I 4 im ii it j i WAP rN THFfMPp ff f S WP B v B 9 mWM r FILTHY FM yvlf 1111 xJvv " 4 , There Is ono duly that once understood can hnrdly be neg lected. Any material known to contain germs of dlBeaso ahould bo disposed of Immedi ately so that no files may come In contact with It. In the largo cities this hue been largely effected through the Installation of modern systems of oanltnry drainage. In the smaller towns and villages, whore- no sewerage systorns exist, this can bo accom plished by the use of the sani tary privy tTliiH, however. Is only pnitly successful. Tho Itloal method would bo to rid a place of Hies altogether by destroying their breeding places. Tho horse manure of stableB can bo so liandlotl and treated as to kill all the egg;?, larvae ana tlio nun. tho ms am? loan? 7r: . VMaj&ja,w7fJwu&' Alt FROM looking upon them nu dip torouB angels dnnclng attendance on Hygola, rognrd them rather In tho light of wlngod sponges spreading hither nnd thither to carry out tho foul behests of contagion." Sir John Lubbock. Other names have been suggested for tho house-fly to bring out, some spoclnl characteristic or to Indicate Its naturo as a carrier of disease. Accordingly, Dr C. W. Stiles of the United States public health and hos pital marlno sorvlco suggested for It the namo of "filth-fly" to lndlcato that It Is hatched and reared In filth nnd that It abounds whorover filth abounds. Dr. L. O, Howard of the United States department of ngrlculturo named It the ''ty phoid fly," from tho fact that It Is a ready carrier and disseminator of tho germs which cause typhoid fever. ' With tho first advent of spring weather tho house fly appoars. During the long winter months It has been hlbornatlng. It was too cold for tho fly tb Hvo nnd bo actlvo. Barring certain places where tho temperature 1b high and food abundnnt, tho fly. Is not soon during the winter months Soon after muBca domostlca has mado Us ap pearance It Is In search of a place to brood. Tho fomalo fly haB got to lay her eggs. Nothing suits her bettor na n depository for her eggs than a pile of horso manure She, thoroforo, makes hot way to tho Btablo, and that Ib tho roason why stables are so donsoly Infostod with those Insects There they breed In countless numbers In tho absence of the favorite manure nlle, any foment ing and (putrid animal and vcgetnblo mattor will suit Whonuvor n fly Is soon It is posltlvo proof of tho oxlstonco of soma filth In tho neighborhood, it Is much moro filthy and much moro dangerous to have flies In the kitchen and dining room than to havo bedbugs In tho bedroom. ' Every open garbage can, every bit of exposed J food, every stagnant bit or water means anothor f nursory and refuge for tho pest. And each in dividual fly Is the brooding place for as many gcsi ms na thero aro flies In the average fly nursery! l'Mlos can earry various dlsoaso germa to man, By so doing thoy kill thouBanda of peoplo, espe cially babies, every year; therefore, kill the flies mid savo the babies. If files havo access to human nxcromont they not only feed upon It, but thoy lay their eggs In It. After' a fow hours tho egg hatches out a mag got; this feeds in tho filth for sovcral (about five) days and then forms a pupa; after about five days tho adult fly comes out of tho pupal case, foeds on tho filth, and carries dUoaso gorms from the flllh to tho house, depositing these germs on tho foods. Thus fllos carry disease to people. A fly dropB his excrement about onco every four and a half minutes and may spread germs not only In this way, but also with his feet, wings, and mouth parts. Even If oxcrement containing fly maggots Is burlod under as much as six feet of sand, tho maggots enn crawl to tho surfaco, bringing dls oase germs with them Thus It Is clear that If fllesiaro kept away from human excrement, not only will thoy decrease In numbers, but thoy will bo proventod from spread ing certuln diHenBos, such as typhoid fever, Tho gormB that tho fly happens to alight upon with its feot or to suck up with Its food It is ready to carry away and doposlt else whoie. Just as ofton as not a fly will alight upon tho 'worst kind of unmontionnblo filth, filled with all sorts or gorms, and thonco will mako for a Jug ef milk or amy other article of diet prepared for human consumption that hap pens to como in its way. Tho fly la a ready carrlor of tho gorms of tuborcuIoBls, slnco thoso are found especially In tho lrlqd sputum expectorated by persons afflicted with that disease It Is a roady carrlor and disseminator of tho gorins or typhold fovor also. It carrloa those gorms from tho privy or other filth and doposits them upon nil kinds of food In tho kltcheu It may oven pollute tho ontlro water supply of a community. i Tuberculosis and typhoid, howovor, though the moBt important, aro not by any moans tho only diseases which tho fly can carry. Aslatla cholora, bubonla plague, baclllary dysentery, summer diar rhea or Infants, anthrax, tho tropical dlscaso known as yawB, ophthalmia or pink oyo of chll dion, diphtheria and smallpox and cortntn para sitic worms all these may bo carrlod by tho fly and tho Infection spread olthor through tho me dium of food or by direct contact with man. Owing to the groat provalenco nnd tho large mortality In tho United Statoa caused by summer diarrhea of children, tho fly as the carrlor of tho gorms of this malady becomes at onco a most Im portant factor to consider In tho efforts mado to aavo child llfo, and no mothor should bo Ignor ant or this fact Tho food given llttlo chlldron should bo carefully guardod against coming in contact with tho house-fly Tho remedies to be used against tho fly may bo divided into two classes: Thoso which tho community may use through tho agency of boards of health and thoso which tho Individual dtlzeh should employ to protect his houso against tho entranco of thoso peatB and to guard hla foodstuffs against contamination bv thorn. nrrN ( "i&f ) ff 3n$b (ry tzr ia vKnNv L aMIiAmz JL O si. if .. L, . XrS I ft IKS. AI : -vvx t rtM v;. ;;! r; - NW'iftA E'H SSW I'BSW CV C?7U it Villi IIIm fir iski ak I , 'ISBsfc. ."'KSlA mhr JF V I JIK y ) v wan j&t&w mjZY n 0 -sKi'S' found In thorn. If these wnm totally destroyed no flies could possibly exist. Tho Individual citizen must protect his own houso against the entranco or tho fly. Screening Is tho boat method known; belt In spite of all screening some flies will nmko their way into the homo. These must bo killed An easy way o accomplish It Is to take somo soft, flat object such as a rolled-up newspapor and kill them by ho slmplo means of striking them ir there be too many or these Insects to go arter in that manner, there nre many excellent lly-traps and fly poisons that can bo mado to do effectual work. By all those methods combined files mny be got rid of. Ono matter .of moment and tho only ono which la in tho hands of tho housekeeper alone la the habit or-keoplng all foodstuffs carqrully covered and away from tho possibility or contact with flics. Tho house-fly costs tho United States ?3G0,000, 000 a year. In other words, ho deprives tho American poople annually or 170,000.000 years of gtnmtmimtmmmmmmmmmmjm:mttmtmmtmmnmmmmtmmmtmmumtt BEST WAY TO RID A HOUSE OF FLIES. 22 C0AZ7ttjrjmKte'?ttr-70frBltKn-rn'Trt' nrr WVAxm&Wl&j&ffi& XX The London Lancet, the leading medical journal of the world, says that the bent and simplest fly killer Is a weak solution of formaldehyde In water (two tenapoonfuls to the pint). Place In plates or saucers throughout the house. Ten cents' worth of formaldehyde will last an ordinary family all summer. It has no offensive emell, Is fatal to disease organisms, and Is practically non-polaonous except to Insects. Pyrethrum powder, which may be bought at any drug store, burned In the house, will also kill files. wmttmmmmmttmttmttmitttmmmmminmimmmummnnmmitmtnmmmmm human life, or 4,000,000 llvos or tho present nvor ago length. For screens to obstruct his ontrnnce Into our homes wo spend each yenr $10,000,000. Vet his Intrusion Into millions or dwelling placos remains unchecked. Ho Is born and brod In tho filth on which ho foods, and his pestilential prog-, ress from dunghill to dining room brings disease and death. Files kill moro persons than wild beasts or poisonous snakes Mnny of thoso nnlnmls and roptlloB never get a chnnco to kill any human beings; but any one of tho millions or tiles found in moat of our towns and cities, If ho comes Into a houso carrying typhoid gorms. has a. chnnco of killing a wholo family. Startling racts and un pleasant truths. k The earliest convincing evidence or tho part played by house-flleB In tho dissemination or tho typhoid bacillus was rurnlshod by Drs. Vaughan, Voedcr, Hood, Sternborg and Shakespeare, who Investigated camp conditions during the Spanish American war. Dr. Vnughan, n member or tho United States army typhoid commission, sum marized hla reaaons ror hollovlng that Hlea woro uctlvo In tho dlsaomlnatlon or typhoid rover In theso paragraphs: "(a) Flics swarmed over Inrectod focal mattor In tho, pits, and then visited nnd fed upon tho roods prepared for (ho boldjors In tho mesa tents. In somo Instances where- lime had rocontly been sprinkled over the contents or tho pita, files, with tholr reot whltoned with llmq, woro seen walk ing ovor tho rood. "(b) Officers whoso mesa tents wore protected by screens suffered proportionately less from ty phoid fever than did thoso whoso tents were not protected "(c) Typhoid fever gradually disappeared with the approach or cold weather and the consequent disabling of tho fly." In organizing a fly-swatting campaign tho fol lowing steps aro most important; 1. To educate tho people as to tho deadly na ture of tho fly 2. To kill off all winter flies those hiding about tho houses, awaiting their season "to ror ngo. .'5 To do awny with all breeding places ror flies. 1. To trap all flies that happen to escape. Tho extermination or the winter fly Is a prob lem Tor tho Individual housekeeper. Don't let ono lly escape. Hunt for them nnd kill them early, for tho winter fly Is tho mothor of all tho sum mer's torriblo swarm. To do away with tho fly breed ing placos is merely a matter of cleanliness. Clean houses, gar dens and yards. Clean streets nnd alleyways. Discourago tho fly In Its breeding proclivities Carrying out the fourth atop, tho sale of fly-traps should be en couraged In nil stores. Those are marvelous little wlro acroon houses, which are baited with milk, wherein a fly, onco trapped, Is doomed. They may bo plnced on porches, win dow sills, garbage palls anywhere that flics aro likely to congregate, but always outside tho house Then tho fly has no chanco to como Inside and sprend dlseaso and dirt. To sum It all up. swat the fly beforo ho Is born MEAGER MENU. Jones How die you llko tho treatment at tho northern sanitarium? Smith Not at all; I had nothing but baccllll soup and vermirugo pie ror two weeks." LIFE, "I understand you furnished all tho llfo at tho donation party?" alio said. "No. not mq," ho replied. "It was my brother who took tho choese." ITS ADVANTAGE. "Beauty has ono advantage over ability." "What Is that?" "Even the most cautious will take beauty at Its raco value." HER THOUGHT. "I can read your thoughts," ho said with a smllo. - "And yet you don't say good night ahd go." alio replied. NEWS FROM STATE HOUSE The military department of thoatato university Is planning a sorios of Thursday afternoon drosa paradeB. Delegates rrom all over tho stato attondc-U the short course of tho boys' nnd girls' club or Nebraska, held at tho university farm last week. Tho teachers collcgo hns a call for six principals of schools which It Is unable to fill. The salaries run from $8 to $100 nnd tho positions aro open only to men. Tho implement exhibits nt the next state fair promise fo be comploto nnd attractive. During the last week a number of exhibitors engaged spaco and will send tho latost modols In farm machinery for exhibition. The ceremony of laying the corner stone for the Nebraska building on tho grounds of the Pnnnina-l'ncl'lc exposi tion has been recorded in moving pic turo films and has beon sent to Ne braska by tho oxpositlon authorities. Deputy Stato Auditor Minor haB comploto lists of county ofllcials for his stato roster, from all except Cedar, Hamilton and Logan countlos. Ho will write again to those counties nnd expects to got the namea of the offi cers thero within a short time. Tho roster will be kept on file at tho audi tor's ofllce, for public reference 1ESABESTATE LIST OF HERDS IN FUTURITY EX HIBIT AT STATE FAIR. GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL Items of Interest Gathered from Re liable Sources and Presented In Condensed Form to Our Readers. That grcenhousos contain merchan dise, not growing crops, and aro thoro foro assessable assuch, was tho rul ing of Secretary Seymour or the state assessment board. Numerous asses sors had complained to him that greenhouse proprietors had attempted to avoid assessment by claiming tb same Immunities as farmers, on grow lng crops. Dr. l. K. Wolfe, professor of phil osophy at tho stato university, Is In traducing practical psychology to busi ness men of Lincoln. He favors teats gased upon psychological facts as ap plied to applicants for positions. Vari ous organisations of business men havo taken to the Idea, believing that by scientifically testing their em ployees they will secure greater efficiency. Secretary E. Royse of the Nebraska stato banking board has drawn upon 721 stato banks for a totnl of $54, 526.17 to relmburso depositors of tho First State Savings bank of Superior, Neb., which went down into bank ruptcy when a national bank In the same town failed. Tho two banks were owned by practically tho same persons. The twenty-fourth annual meeting of tho Nebraska Academy of Sciences will be held May 8 and 9 at the, state unlverrlty. Plans are now being made for a Utting celebration of tho quarter centennial next year. The special effort and attention at this time, how ever, is being directed toward the pro gram of this year, which promises to be one of the best In tho history of the Nebraska Academy. More than 75.000 acres of virgin soil will bo turned over In the vicinity of Sldnoy within tho next few days, ac cording to Joseph Oberfeldor of that city. And consequently, thinks the optimistic western Nobraskan, the state's crop budget for tho year will bo enriched by many hundreds of thousands of dollars by that activity Hugo gasoline tractors aro at work on tho job. Tho ground will bo planted mainly to flax. A convention of Nebraska school board members la called to meet at tho Commercial club rooms In Lincoln, Thursday, May 14, the preliminary meeting to bo held at 11 o'clock a. rn , and tho general session at 1:30 p. m., for tho purposo of organizing a stato association of city school boards. This call is addressed to Individual mem bers of, and to boards of education In, all cities and districts having a popu lation entitling them to six members on the board. Japanese will bo employed tb culti vate tho beet Holds of northwestern Nobraska this year, according to Dep uty Auditor W. 1 Minor, who has Just returned from a 'trip to Morrill. Tho farmors thero aro engaging Japs .In stead of Russians, ho reports. Thero has been a small colony of Japanese nt Scotts Bluff for the past year or so, nnd this spring moro of thorn aro com ing in. Children Pass to Board of Control. Tho stato board of control will so assume tho management of the Btato school ror dependent nnd delinquent chlldron In Lincoln. Under a decision given by Doputy Attorney General Georgo W. Ayroa the board or control nnd not a special board created ijy statuto and appointed by tho governor must manage tho Institution. Aboard appointed by tho governor, comprising Dr. P. L. Hall. Hot. A. L. Weatherly and Hov. H. II. Harmon, has had con trol or tho homo, Dr Hnll asked tho attorney general for an opinion. Interest in Exposition. Ncbraskans and Ex-Nebraskans on tho Pacific coast aro taking a keen interest In the effort to raise sufficient runds for a Nobraska building 'on tho grounds of tho Pacific-Panama exposi tion. Tho commission appointed by Governor Morehcad and tho state offi cials Is making every effort to raise tho money, it Is planned to use us much of tho matorlal as passlbjo on the Nebraska stato fair grounds after the exposition Is ovor. Western Newspapor Union News Sorvlo. Back Taxes Due the State. If every cent of taxes owing tho stato from 1859 to 1913, Inclusive, woro paid Into the treasury tho amount would moro than foot the bills occasioned by tho removal of tho uni versity to tho farm campus. This startling statement was mado by Clerk Whoelor of tho auditing depart ment after ho had completed a tablo of the outstanding obligations. Tho totnl is close to $3,GG6,000 and amounts duo vary ns between tho ninety-two counties of tho state. Every cent of tho debt represents back taxes not remitted to the stato by tho counties. In practically all of the Instances the taxes woro not collected, henco the counties wero losers, too, In tho affair, as well as all of tho subdivisions for whose aid the taxes wero levied. Dedication Set for May 12. Tho date for tho dedication of tho monument to mark tho Orogon trail on tho Kansas-Nebraska stato lino hns beon definitely set for May 12, and both governors havo been secured to speak. Secretary Palno of tho stato historical society has received word from August Jaedlcko of Hanover Kan., chairman of tho erection com' mlttee, that about five hundred auto mobile loads or Kansas peoplo will at tend tho unveiling ceremonies. A largo delegation or Nebraska people will also attend, many of them from Lincoln. Arrangements have beon made whereby thoso going by train will be met at Wymoro by automobiles and taken on the slxteon mllo ride tc the monument site, which Is two mllps west of Lanham, at the point -where tho lino between Gage and Jefferson counties intersects the stato line. Nominations for Futurity Shows. The American Poland China Record association has Issued a list of vho herds nominated in the eleven futurity shows to be hold during tho season of 1914. Theso aro held on tho state fair grounds and tho Nebraska exhibit will bo held September 7 to 11 at th state fair. In Nebraska thero aro twenty nomi nations as follows: Beall & Jacksoa Boca; T. W. Cavett, Phillips; W. It Cooper, Milford; Phil Dawson. Endl cott; W. E. Eploy, Dlllcr; William Ferguson, Scrlbner; L. P. Fuller Bethany; G. A. Kissinger, MilforJ; W. A. Llngford, Dannobrog; ' D. C Lonorgan, Florence; O. J. McCul .lough, Clarks; II. C. McGath, Foster; JHcNutt & Meeso, Ord; J. C. Moeso Ord; Tlmm Neuhofol, Contral City; L. F. Rellly, St. Paul; Harry Soltz. DeSoto; Lloyd S. Taylor, Steele City; Paul Wagner, Pierce, and W. E. Wll leyley, Steolo City. Convict Teachers Are Successful. Tho convict teachers at the state penitentiary night school havo been successful In Instructing their loss fortunato follow prisoners, according to Warden Fenton. Though thoy hold no atato certificates and posslb'j could not pass examinations In the psychology of teaching, thoy have the gift or stimulating Interest In their classroom work and the very fact that both teacher and pupil aro convicts makes tholr attitude mutually helprul The percontago of Illiterates In tho prison population is being steadily de creased and prison authorities believe that In time Illiteracy will "bo entirely eliminated. Men who have never at tended school and who have been neglected In their homes aro learning to read and write. Members of tho board of control havo announced that thoy will not soon mako tholr cholco of a location for tho now stato reformatory. They nro not delaying tho matter becac or tholr dislike to mako n final sott'o mont, but aro busy with other wo-k which cannot bo allowed to lag. It Is likely that two or three sites will Da visited within tho next few weeks by thb entire board membership. Improvements In Penitentiary Light lng. Tho stato prison has for a long period furnlshod tho light for tho stato house, grounds, orthopedic hos pital and tho governor's mansion, and has itself been enshrouded In dark ness. Conditions havo beon changed. Twelve cement T posts, with two lights each, aro lined up In front of the building. Seven arches with In candescent lights aro scattered along tho driveway. An arch of electricity Is over tho doorway. Tho work of manufacturing tho cement posts and tho metal arches was dono by tho In mates. Tho material waB on tho ground. Old gas pipes woro welded Into arches and painted white. Tha lighting effect hns completely changed the exterior of tho prison. Roporta from poultry exports ro- oelved by the Nebraska stato board of agrlculturo, Indlcnto that a prosperous year Is expected In this Industry Fowlav camo through tho winter in good condition and there aro signs of Increased interest In this Important Industry. 4' 5fl aa J m .
