Show I GREEN CATERPILLARS I BY TilE THE MILlION MIWON ARE R i ADVANCING ON CITY Army Now Destroying estro ing Fo Foliage Foil Foli i- i age on on Trees of City CreeK Canyon Advancing d slowly but steadily a a. a great rc l army of or gray gra caterpillars Is la coming down City Crock Creek canyon toward Salt Lake III In tho thio wako wake of thIs destructive le e army arc trees stripped of their foliage foliage- and barren barren bar bar- ren rca shrubs The Tho work of or these theose pests was witnessed yesterday by Frank Matthews land and water commissioners lono who W was waa 8 up tho the canyon Covering a 0 wide belt these caterpillars are arc moving slowly ly down the canyon canon swarming over everything Mr lUr Matthews declares there thero must bo be millions of or them Where a a. row few days ago the canyon was covered CO with beautiful foll foliage o It li is now stripped bare The vanguard of this crawling army Is la now within n a mile and anda a half halt of ot the high line tank lank and at the pre present ent rate of or progress will soon reach tho city v Twenty five years cars Ago Salt T Lake ako City experienced a caterpillar invasion which was as serious as the present one threatens to be bo Every fruit tree treo for miles mile's around was stripped of ot Its leaves leavet and Us its Its Its' blo blossoms b by tho the caterpillars The They crawled over everything down peoples people's pee poo- plo pies necks Into homes and succeeded in making themselves a great scourge to the tho Inhabitants After Arter completing their work o of destruction in Salt Lake Lako they nt on Authorities Authorities' on horticulture are mooting meeting with the county horticulturist Is afternoon afternoon after after- noon to discuss plans of or coping with tho the threatened plague If Ie possible somo some means will bo be devised for taking the fight tig-bt to the tho caterpillars up the canyon |