Show 1 L 1 f I itt i- i tt 4 irI Death on Swamp Pests Dean L. L Thomas of the Salt Lak Lake mosquito abatement board gets ready to start motor on boards board's new spraying equipment The Battle Battles Is s On f Crew R Readies adies New Equipment I For Mosquito Anti-Mosquito Campaign I Armed with the latest equipment equipment equip equip- equiP I ment for destruction of the pesky skeeter a time full-time crew will soon launch an out all-out attack on the enemy of mankind throughout i metropolitan Salt Lake City First attack on the mosquito larva was started Friday by a skeleton crew with a new piece of fighting equipment being used in addition to the older equipment said Karl KaIl D. D Hardy HaIdy president of I Ithe the Salt Lake City mosquito abatement abatement abatement abate abate- ment board which carries on the work The new equipment includes a jeep upon which Is mounted a power sprayer unit and two three- three wheel motorcycles for tor patrol duty A new garage to house several cars and trucks also is under construction construe construe- tion Lion at the mosquito abatement yards near Redwood rd and North st. st Dean L. L Thomas spraying machine machine ma ma- ma-I ma chine operator said Saturday he had started spraying oil in various stagnant water pools and pits in inthe inthe in I the far northwest section of Salt Lake The real war on the pests will begin shortly he said Mr Hardy HaIdy announced that the thedrie drive e to form a mosquito abatement abatement abatement abate abate- ment district covering south Salt Lake county Is being completed We Ve already have work going on in the Magna district and it has helped control the situation very well asserted Mr Hardy HaIdy Mr MI Hardy said dredging operations operations operations opera opera- still are going on along the surplus canal to get rid of stagnant stagnant stagnant stag stag- nant spots He added that traps will be set out in various sections to catch the in order to get an idea of how many are on the wing |