| Show local cricket fighters gain to include colorado mountain side at a meeting of 0 the newly formed diamond mountain cricket control comin committee attee buea addy 1 y at 10 a in in the courthouse with representatives from colorado it was agreed to take over the entire project on both sides of the state line colorado representatives said that they had of federal state and county money that was available immediately and suggested that as the cricket in fasted area on both sides of the line was adjacent that the utah committee be responsible tor for the c entire project total acres about acres of infested land lies in colorado which w would bring the total area to be treated to acres woodey searle chairman of the control committee reported that nearly three fourths of the 2000 that was to be raised by local users of diamond mountain range already had been collected deadline for the balance is saturday it was estimated that 87 i tons of steam rolled wheat at a co cost st of per ton delivered in vernal would be required to bait the area bids will be received by cleber thornley Thorn lcy on rolling and preparing the bait jess jes s 11 II lombard superintendent of dinosaur national monument said that the park service would cooperate by furnishing a truck to haul bait to the airplane from the vernal storehouse he lie also pledged two walkie talkie radios for corn com muni cation between the air airplane and flagman on the ground it vas anticipated that the also would provide a man and a truck joni jones hole on the utah side of the continued on page 8 crickets continued from page 1 mountain about acres in the tile vicinity of jones hole will be treated at an estimated cost be half of the cost will be provided by the federal gov nt as half of the land to be b treated is federal land one third ol 01 the cost of the remain ing half of the area also will be donated by fedrial agencies state and county representative representatives pledged 2000 if local agencies boull raise a similar amount scouts SOLAS will check the area to ascertain when the crickets hatch so that the new insects can W b killed before they lay eggs bailing balling is expected about the end of may about 2 gozs of aldrin will be used to ibs lbs of wheat coun court ty agents emph emphasized asiz ed that there was absolutely no danger to livestock complete agreement representatives at the meet ing were agreed completely on oil ait tie details of the operation and anticipated that the crickets would be virtually eliminated from the infested area on ond mountain for at least 15 years year attending the meeting were dr george knowlton exten tion on entomologist from the heber thornley william S chinn and elgin wilson USDA entomologists from the ken bakke USDA in colorado gordon extension entomologist from ft collas coll ins colo jim gregory moffat county agricultural agen agent t mr lombard oscar dick chief forester and local representatives senta tives grant southam whit ney D hammond ammond II wm win farnsworth zelph S calder woodey n B searle harold E davis wayne goodrich and rulon hacking |
