Show VANDALS RUIN GOVERNMENT GOVERN MENT BUG SJ STATION A TION Malicious Boys Destroy Years Year's WorK of Entomological Entomological logical Bureau j The e results of the experimental 1 fieldwork field eld work conducted by George c I. I Reeves HOOVeS of the United States entomological cal de de- de this this summer r will not be bo known When Mr Ir Reeves visited a 3 field near Thirteenth South and Twenty first Ea East t streets late Saturday afternoon to make a final inspection of the work conducted conducted con ducted durin during the summer months ho he found that the bug experimental boxes had hiatt been destroyed According to the local entomologist tho the loss hots is is not a financial one but tho time results of the he summer experiments are aro lost as a are re rc result suit sult of the boxes t bein being dc destroyed I When i I discovered that the boxes had been broken 1 and scattered in al all parts of the tho field I at once started an ti o investigation Mr Reeves said After questioning several se of the Iho small truck tanners farmers who reside in the vicinity of time the experimental field Held I 1 learned that there is a gang anA of young oun boys in that neighborhood who have haye destroyed much property belonging to tho the farmers duricR during dur duro ing tho past several months The Tho farmers farm farm- ers cre informed me that they are alarmed when they theO leave leavo their farms to come to the city markets on account of the tho gang visiting their farms and damaging darting darting- 1 ing the fields or building Ono One farmer said that the miscreants miscreants miscreants mis mis- visited his farm when whon he hc was 9 absent ab and wrecked a well on the place The Tho gang gan threw large stones l into t the e well ell and wrecked the tho wooden structure which surrounded it Other fa farmers informed in in formed me trio that tho thU gang was in the habit of turning the cattle out of pastures pastures pas pas- tures hires and allowing them to run at largo large in the highways We were conducting several valuable valuable valuable ble experiments and the tho fact that that the bug boxes were destroyed will result in all the summers summer's work along along- those thOe utica linos being lost Tho The boys bos may not understand this but hut in de destroying tho the bug brig houses they destroyed government which is a penitentiary of- of tense II I I am undecided whether or not to notify tho the police and ana institute an in in- If T I decide to do this and aud tho the culprits c can n be bo found out it will go hard with wit them J |