Piute Chieftain | 1916-04-27 | Page 3 | Will Kill Germs on Pencils

will kill germs on pencils of 0 the school children in this country who are the annual victims of 0 preventable disease there Is no doubt that a goodly per cent of them contracted disease from the habit of sucking the points of pencils passed from hund to hand to prevent this transmission of oc deadly germs of preventable diseases a new mew device has just been invented says cays an exchange it Is a specially constructed rack upon which pencils collected from the children can be placed with the tips resting in sockets where they are acted upon by a gas disinfectant fec tant which kills all germs to get the best and safest results two sets 0 of pencils should be kept on band while one set bet la is in use the other can be undergoing dis infecting thus by changing pencils twice a day the danger of the spread ot germs can call be ba cut in halt half