Show Vernal Guard Leaves Su Sunday day For Big Camp CampI dayI I I About 70 National Guards Guards- Guardsmen Guards I men from the Vernal area left Sunday for Utah Guards Guard's an an- an annual nual summer Camp that will last until June 23 willi The Vernal Unit Company A of the Engineer Bat Bat- Battalion tallon will work at major road construction at the east fork of Bear River Canyon south of Evanston Wyo AFTER SUNDAYS SUNDAY'S open open- openIng opening Ing day ceremonies the 2300 Utah Guardsmen at Camp Wil lams liams settled into training routines to put into practical use the knowledge gained In armory drills throughout the I past year Artillery troops moved Into the hills west of Jordan Jordan Nar Nar- Narrows rows camp to carry out fIring exercises under simulated combat conditions I i Engineering battalions corn com construction on Hob Hob- Hobble ble Creek Canyon east of Provo on the Bear River site and near Francis Peak radar I installation in Davis County I SA SATURDAY Y will be the tho an an- annual nual Gi Governors Governor's vernor's Day observances vances with the first annual Family Day also scheduled Small Wasps Hit Crickets Save 1500 Bill BillA A small wasp has just sav sav- saved ed the taxpayers and ranch ranch- ranchers ers 1500 states Kay B Ben Ben- Bendixsen n Uintah-Daggett Uintah Coun Coun- Coun County ty Agent A Mormon cricket control project was planned for the Bear Mountain area which is located six miles mU-es west of Dutch John in Daggett Coun Coun- Coun County ty Heber Utah Sup Sup- Supervisor of USDA Plant Pest Control Division made a survey last tall fall and reported that infestations of 20 1520 crickets per square yard were expected In a survey made late in May he found very few crickets in the area A SMALL predatory wasp had been stinging and paral- paral paralyzing paralyzing the young crickets and burying them in the soil Eggs were laid ald within the crickets which later hatch into a grub that uses the cricket for food Upon reach reach- reaching Ing maturity the grub pup pup- pupates ates and remains in the soil soU until the next year when it comes out and the cycle is repeated The project had been all planned and the bait balt was on hand in the warehouses at Vernal for application in early June Mr Thornley states Due to the great num aum- bers of tHese wasps and to the almost complete eradication tion of the cricket problem on Bear Mountain Mount we have decided to abandon all plans for control THE AREA proposed to be treated covered 1500 acres at an expected cost of treat treat- treatment treatment ment of per acre Con Con- Control would have h been b by ai air air- craft spreading treat treat- treated treated ed thinly rolled wheat fla flakes at the rate of 5 10 lbs Ibs per acre This amount would contain only one fifth ounce of aldrin per acre Ed Horton Ashley Forest Wildlife Staff Officer re- re reports re- re reports ports that game birds on the treated project area were to tobe tobe be studied to learn more about the physiological effects of aldrin on them The small amount of aldrin consumed by the game birds does not kill them states Mr Horton but it may af af- af their later reproduction ability THE AREA supports a small population of sage grouse blue grouse and a fair population of partridge The Utah Fish and Game Department would have had the major for the study |