Show THE PEST During the Present Week the People of Venice Captured Bushels Richfield July IS The people of this valley are arc Just beginning to awaken ap apparently apparently apparently to the serious situation con confronting confronting confronting fronting them in regard to tha the grass grasshopper grasshopper hopper invasion They have Inaugurated various schemes for tor the extermination of the pests with more or cr less success The fungus method proves very effective but butts it ts has been Impossible m n to get this stuff as us fast t and In l such quantities as fl needed e The government ent supply has become near nearly nearly ly exhausted J The Tha people ople of Venice made great Inroads on tho the insects this week Two sides were selected of ton men man each and Tuesday Tue day and Wednesday were devoted to gathering the th hoppers each side aide endeavoring to out outdo outdo outdo do the other In the tho th two days 1541 pounds were caught making approximately approximately 11 bushels Ono One of ot the most suc successful successful methods employed was to catch them In pans In the morning and evening when hen the tho insects were not Dot much inclined to toO Ono One O fly method that promised prom tied the best re te suit with the least effort was adopted by Central and E people but it had halt to tobe tobe be abandoned This Thi was to make von port portable able chicken housed bouses and end haul them about through the fields Chickens and turkey tur e W were re havoc with Ui th but bitt b the coyotes s got to t catching the fowls and Became ame so bold hold and numerous that they cleaned caned out nearly all the chickens Crops are am not being damaged to any extent this year y ar but unless steps ar pe taken this season s on next year will wID baa bea b a very vary ver bad ad one on |