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Show A Plaguo of Ground Squirrels. Special to The Tribune. PROVO. Juno 22. Honry Miller of El-bcrta. El-bcrta. In the south end of Utah county, reports that thc ground squirrels aro so numerous in hla section that they are destroying de-stroying grain and vegetable crops to an alarming extent. At a roccnt squirrel hunt thc farmers killed many thousands of the rodents, but Mr Miller slates thai the pepts arc so numerous that some more effective means than hunting and poisoning will have to be adopted. Efforts Ef-forts will be made to start some disease among them to exterminate them. |