' ' against the noxious insects.

“THE OMINEGA MINER, SATURDAY, APRIL 2i; 1917-0

The Omineca Miner |

PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT HAZELTON, THE CENTER OF THE

GREAT OMINECA DISTRICT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.

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SATURDAY, APRIL A, 1917 6 No. 34

BEWaRE OF THE DEADLY HOUSE-FLY

That the disease-earrying house-fly is responsible for many
thousands of deaths every year ig now a recognized fact,and health
authorities are united in warning the people against the danger of
allowing the pests to multiply unhindered.. ‘The infantile paralysis
epidemic which tovok such toll of young lives‘in New York last
summer is believed hy many to have been spread by house flies,and
the people of the American metropolis have inaugurated a campaign
THE MINER has received from ,the
Merchants’ Association of New York a circular which we consider
worthy of reproduction in part. Under the heading “Kill Flies and
Save Lives’’, the publication says:

Kill 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 a number of years.

The killing of just one fly NOW means there will be billions
and trillions less next summer.

Clean up your premises; see and insist that your neiabore
do likewise.

Especially clean ‘
and cranny. -

‘Flies will not zo where there is nothing to eat, and their
principal diet is too filthy to mention.

The fly is the tie that binds the unheal thy to the healthy.

The fily-has no equal as a germ “‘carrier”?; as many as five
hundred million germs have been found in and on the body of
a singe fly,

It is detinitely known that the fly is the “earvier’” of the
germs of typhoid fever; it ig widely believed that it is also the
“‘sarvier.of other diseases, including possibly infantile: paralysis,

The very presence of a fly is a signa! and notification that
a housekeeper is uncleanly and inefficient, - Z

‘Vou. VL

‘out-of-the-way places,” and every ‘nook

Do not wait until the insecls begin to pester; anticipate the. |

annoyance, .

April, -May- and June are’ the best months ta conduct an
anti-fly campaign,

The farming and suburban districts provide ideal breeding
places, and the newborn flies do not remain at their birth place -
but migrate, using railroads and other means of transportation .
to towns and cities,

Kill flies and save lives!

RECIPES FOR KILLING FLIES
.The United States government makes the following

suggestion for the destruction of house- flies: Formaldehyde and :.

sodium, salicylate are the two best fly poisons. Both aresuperior _
to -arsenic,
They are not poison to children; they are convenient to handle, .
their dilutions are simple, and they attract the flies..: ;
cA formaidehyde'golution, of approximately correct, stren pth:
may be made by adding. three’ tablespoonfuls of concentrated
forrpaldehyde solution, commercially known as “formalin, toa
pint of ‘water. Similarly, the proper concentration of sodium -
salicylate. may. be obtained by dissolving three teaspoon fuls’ ‘of
thé pure chémical (a powder) _ toa pint of. water. “Aceon tainer:
as described below has been found convenient for autsingtically
‘keeping the solution ‘always available for flies to ‘drink, |
ordinary thin-walled drinking glass is ‘filled, or partially filled,
with the-solution.
> & piece of WHITE blotting: ‘paper cut to the sizeof the dish,.
but: bottom ‘up over the glass. . The: whole ‘is. then - ‘quickly.
. Inver ‘ted, a match placed under the edge of. the glass, and the
container: ig ready for use.. As the solution dries, out of the. ©
Saucer the liquid seal at the edge of the glass is’ “broken. rand *
“more. liquid flows into the lower receptacle, Thus the: ‘paper is-:
: ‘always kept ‘moist. © —_
Any ‘odor ‘pleasing to man is offensive to the q and
ersa, and will drive them-away,’ we
 According®to a. French seientist: flies have inteltie hatred!
hg the-color blue.’ , Rotine decorated J in blue will help to, keep:
oe pout thie figs." _ a

to. clear the house of flies burn pyrethnrum pow
EPT:UP’ and BURNED

tions in British Columbia,

* They : have their advantages for household use. "*

Lhouse; .ba

; An a
| for’ ‘the. ‘Present: vat

A saucer; or smal) plate, in which.is btaced” {4a

ULB, C. COURSES

FOR PROSPECTORS

The University of British Col- if
umbia put on shert courses in|
mining and allied subjects early jj

in 1917, which lasted for. six |[

weeks. Twenty-eight students |
enrolled for the various courses,

including prospectors, miners,
business men and others, of whom
two. were ladies, Attendance
was kept up remarkably well and |
the students showed keen. inter- iff
est and enthusiasm, The result ||
demonstrated that the courses fill ||
a definite want; so they will bel}
continued next year.

- The courses given inciuded

mining, smelting and. milling, -

geology, mineralogy, surveying,
assaying, blacksmithing.. Next
year the course will: be lengthen-
ed to eight weeks, and a course
in chemistry will be added. Par-

ticulars will appearin the regular {1 .
University calendar for the ses-:

sion of 1917-18 and the courses
will be given at-the University

in Vancouver, probably beginning |; |

about January 15, 1918. It is
possible that they may be extend-
ed to other ceuters of the prov-

ince, either the coming year or'

later'as the University staff shall

increase sufficiently to conduct be

them, -

They are completed courses. in |i
themselves, having nothing to ‘do J

with the regular University cur-

‘riculum,and requiring no entraneé
‘examination.
|of $5is the only | charge made,
They are specially designed to
; suit the needs of the prospector

A registr ation fee |i

and. apply particularly, to condi-

Land for Veterans -

dian repr esen fatives have submit-

-|ted definite plans to the ‘Empire |i
Land Settlement Committee deal- 5
Ling’ with soldiers and -other.ser-.

vice men. They: dissented trom|
the idea’of the representatives-of

the more distant Dominions that |#

all discharged soldiers should be
pooled” and ‘allotted «to several
countries’ by-a

in. London,“ °* ,

The Canadian: federal proposals |.

placed’ before ‘the committe ‘ yes-

|terday offered 160 acres of. Crown] @) oo
ilso-a loan of $1500 for] |

and implements, re-| 5.

" L payment to extend | over. 15 5 years.

land and.al

The: plan; which j is to be’ work-

ed under‘a- ‘Canadian: settlement J.

board tom posing: three’ members

applies . to, honorably’. discharged

suldiers: and: sailors’ ‘who enlisted.

ol in fh ine nese also: ena :
whose husbands died: on: active

service.: La :
Tei is: believed tle ‘gohema. will

prove: highly attractive. to. many:
i British: ‘ex-soldiers.: fo
_Jowning their own lands: can make
oe their own additional plas Doubt-~

Provinces

légs “arrarigetiients “can ° be’ made.

{to ensure: a eareful selection: here
: and thus void ‘ungujtables

centr al, committee ;

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a

You CAN AT LEAST.

| STAND BEHIND | THE |
MAN WHO F IGHTS ~
FOR, YOU! t.

‘THE CANADIAN PATRIOTIC FUND

Which assists the wives and families of Canada’ ‘8 ‘gallant *

soldiers, requires millions of dollars to” keep: ‘the “soldiers”.
~ home fires burning. a a _

District Treasurer: Stephen H. Hosking, Government Agent.

Hazelton ‘Committee: ge?

J.B Kirby, BR. E, Allen, J. K. Frost, J. 8. “Barker, 4 sy

and J. G. Powell. ‘Monthly Subscriptions are Solicited”

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‘The “Hazelton, Beanch requests: the support ‘at all in “its.”

: efforts to assist, in a the noble work of this great: humanitarian :

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