Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-10-08 | Page 20 | Beetles Eat Lead. Crippling Phones

BEETLES EAT LEAD 1 CRIPPLING PHONES j I Mr II II 1 lOU POMONA NA Cal Cat Oct 7 Lead Lead eat eat- ft l battles ea which bore holes In cable about fifty fitly lines out of ar a arro ait put ont oM to fo volthe U e local telephone exchange y t morning when the rain camp V camo-V Their activities in the past are responsible for Cor the fact tact Ui t heInes lInes short circuited in many pat part ot of the ell city and left let the patrons without service Thill beetle is b in iu half a dozen cities o ot southern California and is kuo Of In n China hina and aud Australia He Ho crawls craw along the lead armament of or orthe the cable and drills holes on the under cable side aide de Moisture collects and nd is drawn Inside soaking up the insulation insulation tion lion and short abort circuiting the tho wires It Is II a tedious Job lob to undo the lam flam 1 age that the beetle does during the II summer months