Show f y r 0 WIPE OUT aLiT OUTI I RAT PEST PESTS Christo p he Outlines to Starve Rodents Ro Ro- Rodents dents to Death Deaths S war on rats In infested dis- dis was h hout ut the progressing rapidly five counties participate I e cording to reports received toB to- to JB B. B B B B. Richards in charge of the tho hc t 1 Ten of I I of extermination now being the auspices of the bi bill bl- bl ll of the United States de- de ent of agriculture Jon ion on rats has been declared by ty board of health according to n made by Dr William following a conference lr Ir Richards Dr Th Ch opher- opher is i warned of ot the increasing dan- dan Yom rpm rom rats on several se occasions in m st st and now it has has has' been found l le to launch a campaign for their school chool children of the city are I enlisted in th the work worle Prizes will wm not for the number of rats I J tout but ut for the number of new gar- gar cans ans ns the extermination of feed feed- i aces and other sanitary work worle I i will ill lead to the s starvation of the I I to Dr rats rn I 1 rn on their ow own n kind and kill and i other rats when I they I ex-I are exx ex- ex x hungry 1 At present woodpiles 1 u uses es barns storerooms and and othes OUT oth ces es literally swarm arm with huge nil they are a deadly menace to d d' d health In some cases cases cases' they theS caused used caused f fires res and in every case rave ia e caused huge property loss Ing to Dr eminent literature on the d methods of exterminating the thes s L will vill bf hp distributed b bj by the city or of health Richards said that the ton of distributed throughout the In- In districts was being used to ex- ex advantage as shown in the ref re- re f thousands of house rats killed the he first three days davs of the thern Ign rn Competition is keen in the Bounties counties in the race for prizes unties offered for killing rats s s expected that the big drive suit in m practical extermination of pest est est in central Utah |