Show ARMY OF LOCUSTS KILL HILL THE BIRDS ALTON Ill July 17 A 17 A horde of locusts has settled among the trees of Hop Hol Hollow low a popular picnic ground near here and have driven every song bird out of the woods The hollow has been marked for its song birds but all have disappeared d under the onslaughts of the In Insects In- In sects Crows were first trot sects Crows were tho first victims of ot the locusts and all were killed the first day resisted the attack for a time but eventually even the hardier birds were driven away The locusts are bf the variety known as year seventeen locusts and more arc are coming every day People have ha ceased using the hollow for pl picnics and the locusts arc in undisputed i possession of the field t |