Show ro 10 MOY BIRDS TO EE ll AND DUCK M Government Expert Will Investigate Habits of Insectivorous Insectivorous Insectivorous In In- Tribe To investigate ate the possibilities of ot fighting the tho alfalfa leaf weevil in Utah with insectivorous birds un und also to attempt to copo cope with the duck malady mal nuil- ad ady which killed hundreds of thousands thousands thou thou- sands of ducks duck in tho the state last fall the United States State bureau of animal in- in has appointed Edwiu of the bureau to fo make an inspection Ho He will bo be here hore in the tho near future futuro and will take up tho the work at nt once Upon his bis assuming charge of the situation sit sit- nation hero here the state fish and game ame department de de- IC- IC headed by Fred W. W Chambers state fish and game nUle commissioner will will wills will's s start art a campaign ag against the killing of bu birds s in all parts of or the state All AU game game wardens will have hav special or orders ers to keep watch over or the tho buds birds and an extra effort will be made to prosecute all offenders The bird method is Js now considered amou amon among the most mOlt reliable for the tho destroying destroying de de- de of the leaf weevil Professor Klumbach who will have char charge c of the tile bird experiments here will have e authority to Kill birds in lu the state for dissecting purposes Ho will t secure rc specimens Sand and and select birds which devour tho the weevil wee The state and national national na na- na governments over nn will then make a specialty of importing and raisin raising those birds in the tho alfalfa weevil districts The alfalfa we weevil iI has lias cost Utah hundreds hun dreS S of thousands of dollars in the thelast thelast thelast last two years an aud despite tho the efforts which are bein being made to destroy the pest it has kept spreading All kinds nd of methods have been used to destroy it but without effect Pre Fred W. W Chambers state fish and game gamo commissioner received c two let lct letters tots this morning from Dr T T. T H S. S Palmer assistant chief of biology of nt the bureau of in which Professor Klumbach i is named as till the Utah representative and aini the tho promise made that he will bo ho sent sont hero at once The Tho appointment came caine as a result of letters written b b- b Mr Chambers in in which the seriousness of tho situation was pointed out ut It was shown shawn that the tho duck luck mala malady here moans means the tho destruction de tIo of mill millions on of this thin hi year not only in iu Utah hut but practically alo all al allover all allover o over ocr cr the west w t. t Arrangements have hare been heon mado for an inspection of duck ponds ToOl Tomorrow 0 noor no or Thursday Mr and others will vill go o out to the sloughs west of the city and uHl next wed week weel they thc will sill go o to tU toh the h Dear Boar river district Tho The findings s son on the these o trips will be reported to Wash ington ii Le ila 4 ft food 1 1 a 1 meat ment announced this mornin morning that with the Hie taking up of the fight by moans means of bir birds s H against tho the weevil the tho following kin kinds s of birds will bo be carefully prod Five o species of sparrows excluding ex cx- cx eluding tho English sparrow bluebirds b blue blue- ue- ue hi birds robi robins robin ns blackbirds m mourning doves meadow mcadow larks lark wrens four se species cies of the tho swallow and other insectivorous I orous birds bird |