Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-04-03 | Page 8 | No Flies on Havana

NO FLIES ON HAVANA. Tho visitor from the United States cannot fall to be impressed with the absence of flies in Havana. A fly is a real rarity so Is a mosquito and screens aro not at all a necessity. The absence of these pests is simply the result of municipal cleanliness and caxo. Illustrating the. general understanding understand-ing of tho necessity to watch out for breeding sources, Mounted Officer Pedro Sierra reported Novembor 30th to tho chief of sanitation that he had observed a plant In the vedado (residential (resi-dential district), that apparently was a source o ftloa. Tho plant has &' fruit resembling a fig, in which. Sierra Sier-ra assorts, larvae are to bo found. He conducted some experiments himself, him-self, becoming convinced that the plant afforded a breeding place for the pests; then he so roportod. If the experiments of the Department of Sanitation confirm him, undoubtedly an order will be Issued for the destruction des-truction of all such plants In and around Havana, and incidentally. Officer Offi-cer Sierra will be rewarded. There Is no need foj "fly-swattingg campaigns'' around tho clean capital of Cuba. The sanitarians make flleB an impossibility and confirm abso-'luteljr abso-'luteljr tho doctrmo puA jnuptolpal '' .' cleanliness will prevent the appear- H ance of files altogether. Consular Re. H port. IH