THE PRESS 



The writer has from the beginning of this work 

 considered the Press as one of the most potent educa- 

 tional agents. The campaigns at Penryn, Oroville, 

 and Bakersfield have at all times received intelligent 

 newspaper support. At no time has the work been 

 thrown in disrepute by ridiculous statements or over- 

 drawn accounts. On several occasions these crusades 

 have received whole-column editorial comment and 

 encouragement. The Sacramento Bee, the Sacramento 

 Union, the Oroville Register, Oroville Mercury, Bakers- 

 field Echo, and -Bakersfield Daily Californian deserve 

 special credit for their intelligent agitation along the 

 lines of malaria control. The following extracts from 

 newspaper clippings will show how the people of a given 

 community were reached and given an account of the 

 progress of the work as well as suggestions for the 

 future : — 



"Professor W. B. Herms, who is in charge of the anti-mosquito 

 campaign, was in the city yesterday. Professor Herms had the 

 following to say with reference to the campaign here : 



" With the disappearance of mosquitoes in Oroville and 

 the immediate vicinity, which is surely taking place, the citizens 

 should not rest on present accomplishments, but should continue 

 vigorously to wage the campaign. The fullest results will be 

 appreciated during the next two months, when other communi- 



iii 



