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Show LIGHTS LURE MOTHS TO DOOM. Novel Trap Aids In Fight on Plague In German Forests. Zlttau, Germany. Tho Saxon authorities au-thorities havo discovered what would seem to be an excellent way to put an ond to tho catorplllar plague, which Is having stich'a disastrous effect on the local forests. Thoy havo discovered a method to catch tho brown motht thnt lay tho eggs from which tho cat erplllara como In enormous quantities Thoy mnko use ot what thoy call the electric light trap. This consists ol two largo and powerful reflectory placed over a deep receptacle and pow orful exhaust fans. Tho wholo has been erected on top of tho municipal electric plant. At night two great streams of light are thrown from the reflectors on the wooded mountain sldos half a inllo distant. dis-tant. Tho moths, drawn by tho brilliancy, bril-liancy, come fluttering In thousands along tho broad rays of light. When they get within a certain dlstanco ot the reflectors tho exhaust fans, with paworful currents of air, swirl them Into tho receptacle. . On tho first night three tons ot moths wero caught. It has been decided de-cided to build another trap on tho Bathaus tower. |