Show I GRANTSVILLE MAN IS PROBABLE CHAMPION So far as Is Ic known James Marsh of or Grants will be awarded d the first prize of or In the state wide wido swat ho tho fl fly contest Marsh Harsh has b been n an Industrious rt fly catcher not swatter because he has employed other tactics B By means of or a I trap he has haft caught al- al together moro more th than n seventy quarts of ot m flics with several fral ingenious screen traps trapa Although tho contest does doc not close until October 1 Mr Marsh farsh baa has already turned In hi his second cond batch of ot thirty thirty- five quarts of or flics Ho lIo looked like th the r of or tho the first prize when he turned In n the tho first collection of ot a similar quantity quan quan- Hy but when today he took to the of of- Ice fice of or Dr T T. T 1 B. B Beatty secretary of oC ho tho state Plate board of or health who Is conducting con Cn ducting the contest conle t his second lo lot lot h ha harem waR van told that his chances for th the first award BO so far 1 aa as Is If known are unrivaled Although Dr Beatty has haJ received word rom several eral counties where whre the thc contest contests Is s being heln handled b by the thc count county health of- of leers that th the slaughter of or flics has lias been he heavy leavy no nn Information Juts has bt been ri received indicating that anything iii like fl seventy Yent quarts of or tho winged pests pest have havu been killed b by an any one competitor The trap devised and u used ed so sue suc- b by Mr Marsh Manh consists of a a. cylindrical box which Is covered b by ordInary ordinary or or- wire win screen It stands on legs leg several tle Inches from tho the mom ground and has hasan hasan hasan an opening In thin Inn bottom bothun through an nn inverted In- In funnel Time The lies flies aro are attracted to the he ground und under r the box b by watermelon rind Or r other Eating their rill fill the they fly I up lip through th the funnel tunnel through its small IIma mouth and Into the box Once in tho the box the flies file do not es escape es- es cape cap b by the thc route th they entered and a little Ittle fumigating with Ith sulphur fumes rumes is ish the h end Marsh hiss lias several sf of oC th these traps trap workIng work work- Ing ng about his place In and hI he hc has never so Fa much as lifted a fly spatter spat ter |