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Show : . ' FIHE:.CR0P-: W. HOPPERS f - -- '.V i :. Sanpeters; Gather in 11,- i OCD Pounds in One Day ; Under Bonntj Law;;- - . -V. i. 1... -.. i MANTI. July 1. An army of , grasshoppers grass-hoppers Las Invaded the fields between here ar.l Tphralm. "More than 11.000 pounds of hoppers wars caught in one day.. - i .v- v ' .: ' ' ' . The pests seem to emigrate to- some extent. In ' one ' field 75 bushels were . caught In one day and the field apparently appar-ently -was cleared. Next day the hoppers hop-pers were as thick as ever, and more than SO bushels were caught that day. The experience was repeated for several sever-al days. .' ' '-'"' 4-.; The bounty of one cent per pound fixed by the Legislature la proving of . . benefit. Many persons, otherwise not . interested .in - exterminating, the pest, ( turn out and make fair wages from the bounty. , -'. ..'.- .: . |