Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-06-24 | Page 9 | War Department Opens War on Rats

WAR Jf DEPARTMENT rT OPENS Jf WAR AR ON RATS The war ar department yesterday de declared de- de I de-I clar d war var The Thc war will be st staged qed against mem- mem hors bora of the rat family A telegram was wag received f yesterday at the local United States army recruiting station in which a vigorous campaign n against th the th pests was outlined The elimination of oC ruts rats will do much toward tho the prevention of ot bubonic plague which ha ham made an ap- ap in several localities In fn Mexico Mex tox toxIco ico as well aa as In the United States Rats killed are to bo be examined bac- bac with view oC if IC infected with plague plas