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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER HYRUM, UTAH DAI evorjHiiiiB for milady's - rT SET -, aSSTe-- Raymond Moore, first vice president of the Boise City National bank and one of the most prominent business men In the state has been given a sentence of 30 days in jail and a fine of $50 for having liquor in his possession. Fifteen carloads of picric acid, to 300 tons, will be requisitioned from the government by Idaho fanners for land clearing, according to an estimate made by E. J. Iddings, dean of the agricultural college of the university. The will of James F. Callahan, pio- . BOYD PARK JEWELERS yfa, PARK. BLDG fryiT STATE IJEli 166 MAIN STREET neer of the Coeur dAlene district of Tstreaks of honesty in everybody exist . j thereby we collect more than two hundred thousand dollars yearly. Turn in your claims a ml we will collect some money for you. protective association merchants Francis G. Luke. General Manager Continental Nafl. Bank Bldg.. 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First South, Salt Lake. BOUGHT. Send us your cream. Creamery Co., 244 W. Fourth South. CREAM Western INSTRUMENTS MUSICAL of every description Write Daynes-Becb- e, on very easy Salt Lake. terma Samples of Baloons, Confetti, Noise mab ers. U. S. Wholesale Co. Box 2196. FUFF Prompt returns. qimrj . j ' POULTRY BOUGHT. For best results ship poultry, eggs and game to Fulton Mkt. Correct weight. up a vast new home for man but for insect pests of cultivated crops and domestic animals as well. FulttFZY ly one hundred of these foreigners have made their way to American shores, and incidenoverspread the United States. .It attally to American gardens and fields, tacks not only practically all fruits up to the present. They have multibut also many garden vegetables and corn. plied so that today their destruction Since its first appearance in, of orchards, gardens and crops is estithe United States this beetle has mulmated at approximately $500,000,000 a tiplied and spread at an astounding year. Their havoc would be much rate. In the middle of August, 1916, more than this were it not for the when it was discovered, only about a dozen beetles could be collected, even quarantines and control work con-- j ducted by the federal government and though the search was made in the loactivities of the states. cality which is in the center of the The group of federal horticultural Infestation, while at the present time experts pictured herewith has just 15,000 to 20,000 beetles can be col,been discussing in Washington an lected by hand by one person in a sinmethod of fighting the pink f&rjo&adAtfcirAmxs gle day. Attempts to check the spread bollworm which now threatens the the of this pest are being made by means became of the United States. It came United States in the throughout and of federal and local quarantines. Unearly '90s, here from Mexico in T917 and approxi- at the present time there is practi- der this quarantine the government mately $2,000,000 has been spent to cally not a commercial deciduous or- maintains a supervision over the movestamp It out. It is estimated that fail- chard in this country that does not ment of articles likely to carry the ure to control this insect menace will have to be pest from infested areas to other secsprayed ornje a year. mean the annual loss of 20 to 40 per Some idea of the burden which this tions of the country. But the greatest cent of the cotton crop which means insect puts upon the orchardists of the drawback lies in the ease with which a loss of hundreds of millions. Vnited States can be had when it is it may be carried by individuals on These specialists are (left to right) realized that the expenditure for ap- clothing, and in vehicles. Numerous Dr. K. F. Kellerman, plant physiolonoted where and paratus spraying amounts to ap- instances have been horticultural board; proximately $10,000,000 annually. In beetles have thus been accidentally gist, federal George B. Sudworth dendrologist, for- addition to this are the losses that carried out of infested areas. est service; C. L. Marlatt, entomolo- the insect causes in spite of this conAnother foreign pest in comparativegist, bureau of entomology ; W. D. Hun- trol treatment, and they are very large, ly recent years which has made Its ter, entomologist, federal horticultural especially in small orchards and house- appearance in this country Is the Euboard, in charge of field work against hold plantings where spraying Is not ropean corn borer. Infestations have the pink boll Weevil. commonly practiced. This Insect alone been discovered in several Eastern These imported pests keep on com- undoubtedly has cost this country dur- states, and recently heavy infestations have been discovered in Canada, preing. The latest arrival has just been ing its presence here upward of detected at Miama, Fla. It is not unsenting a more immediate menace to common In the tropics but according our corn belt. As Its name implies, inor Chinese scale The San Jose to G. F. Moznette, entomologist in fects practically all portions of Its this insect bores into the corn plant charge of the federal experiment sta- host plants that are above ground and kills it, thus effectually preventtion at Miami, one never before was the trunk, limbs, and branches and ing the maturing of ears on the plant. seen in the United States. It Is the when abundant may occur on the The chinch bug, an ally of the corn luteolus and visitor the xylostodoris leaves and fruits. Injury results from borer, does greatest damage to corn. has journeyed from Cuba to sample the the extraction, by the scale insects, It Is the usual habit of the chinch bug quality of the tender shoots of the roy- of the juices of the plant. At first this first to attack fields of wheat, rye, or Is unal palms here. merely checks the growth, but as the barley; and Its presence often, Because it Is a sucking insect and insects Increase in number the speedy noticed because the injuries Inflicted feeds upon. the leaflets of the trees, killing of the branches and twigs fol- upon these crops are obscure or of no About harvest Mr. Moznette considers the bug an lows, resulting finally In the death of apparent importance. undesirable citizen and war already the plants. This insect Is about the time the bugs leave the small grain has been declared. The defenders are size of a pinhead, the insect proper and cVawl over the surface of the scale, ground to the nearest fields of corn, attempting to repel the Invader with being beneath the a spray composed of one part of nico- which is merely a waxy covering where they begin at once to wreak setine sulphate and 1,200 parts of water. secreted by the soft, helpless insect vere injury. Cornfields may be protected and the The Insect is yellow and an adult speci- for its own protection. It is distribmen Is about inch in length. uted from one region to another prin- migrating bugs trapped about the time This is the first record of a xylos- cipally on nursery stock, scions, or of wheat harvest by plowing a deep todoris luteolus In this country, said budding and grafting material, but furrow around the edges of the field.1 Mr. Moznette. The insect was re- once established in a locality it The bugs will fall into the ditch. and In Cuba by Barber, spreads by various agencies such as can be easily killed by crushing them described cently with the host plant given as oreodoxa. birds, grasshoppers, beetles and ants, with a log dragged back and forth Its Identity was determined by Hubert or by the young being blown by strong through the ditch. Another method is to dig shallow post holes in the bottom Osborne of the Ohio State university. winds from tree to tree. from of the ditch, at intervals of about twenhave Of all the Insect pests and diseases undesirables Japan Among that attack cultivated crops and cut been two or three peach destroyers. ty feet into which the bugs, crawling into the profits of the American farm- Europe has contributed a corn borer, along the ditch bottoms, will fall. They ers severely there are relatively few and from Mexico has come the noto- can then be destroyed by kerosene. Another notorious Insect whose funcof (he more Important ones that are rious boll weevil. The oriental peach Like moth, which gained eutry a few years tion it is, in the order of nature, to take native to the United States. many other baneful things, insect pests ago with imported oriental cherry bread out of our mouths, is the Hesand diseases have followed the course trees from Japan, has just begun its sian fly, so called because the Hessian It affects soldiers were believed to have brought of civilization. They are carried in spread and depredation. many ways from one country to an- practically all deciduous fruits, and It over from Europe during the Revoother, and it Is the work of the Depart- bids fair to be as destructive as the lution. This pest gives Its attention ment of Agriculture to guard the Unicoddling moth, the cause almost wholly to wheat, upon which It o of wormy apples. This insect Injures levies an average annual tax of apted Stales against their entry and both their the twigs and fruit of trees, In- proximately 10 per cent. In certain spread. prevent Wliilq. many of the pests have come stances being known where it has In- years when It was most active it from European countries, Asia has con- jured 90 per cent of the twigs. destroyed as much as 100,000,000 bushThe Japanese beetle, brought in els of wheat After the Hessian fly tributed Its share of them. Prominent among these for Its destructive activi- about , the same time as the peach has once thoroughly Infested the crops ties Is the San Jose scale, which made moth, has already gained such a foot- of wheat there Is no known means of Its first appearance In the United hold that In view of its habits and pro- saving It, and the only known means States forty or fifty years ago, having longed flight it Is probably impossible of preventing damage from tht file made its way here from China. 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Directors. lns $100,-000,00- , aonaK finishing EMPLOYMENT wide-sprea- d ni?Jeo.''vertl8einnt state I for benefit and Is not paid advertis- 4 8ay Unc, Eben. "t b lieves .ln art, said Uncle Eben, n I wants It lncouraged. But I hates . a boy upendin' his life beta faJi palnter when be might of been a whltewasher. well-know- . n Idaho and wealthy mining operator of Wallace was filed for probate at Wallace last Saturday with bequests of $50,000 to the Salvation Army and $25,000 to the Knights of Columbus. Fifty Caldwell business men organized a local Kiwanis club last Thursday evening when half a dozen representatives of the Boise club aided in making a success of the Initial banquet which was given in nicely decorated rooms adjacent t6 the Idaho cafe. .The Idaho Oil & Gas Co. of Payette is rushing work on its drilling equipment just south of the cannery, where 74 tons of driling machinery and two carloads of lumber have been; unloaded and is now being lined up and put into place by head driller Stevens. son of Brigle Eggers, the James Eggers, a Bohemian rancher, was drowned Saturday afternoon in the Snake river at the Ross Allred ranch, six miles from Buhl. Headed by J. C. Hutchinson, Buhl fire Chief, a party of men found the body wedged in between two rocks. Wheat harvest Is on in the country, and binders are on the hills south of Lewiston busy and on Clarkston heights. The yield Is said to be greater than for five years. A bumper crop is reported on the Nez Terce and Camas prairies, which are several weeks later. Damages of 700 were caused by a gasoline fire in the O. K. barber shop at Shoshone last Friday. A gallon can of gasoline, by some unknown means, became ignited and the entire front of the shop became a mass of flame. Prompt action by the fire department saved adjoining stores. Since Monday the water in Magic reservoir near Richfield has ceased to run over the spillway. The abnormally cool weather of last week is believed to have retarded the melting of the snow in the mountains, but the warm weather of this week may cause the water to run over the spillway again. Governor D. W. Davis will present the two flags, purchased by contirbu-tion- s from the various commercial clubs of the state, to the commander of the battleship Idaho at the review of the Pacific fleet at Seattle July 4. Several scenic views of Idaho wil also be given to the ship at this time. Abel Alexander, an Indian , was found guilty of hunting bear without a license, and fined $25 and costs, after his arrest at Bonners Ferry Friday, according to a report received in Boise at the office of the state game warden, Otto M. Jones. The Indian had two bear hides, which were confiscated by the state. Mayor Ralph Lewis of Idaho Fajs is splitting up the work of the several city, departments, so far as it can be arranged, in order that as many men as possible can be employed. Some men are given work for several days, then other men are put In to take their places, and so on, so as to relive the unemployment situation. Senators Borah and Gooding of Idaho have jointly recommended the appointment of Colonel Elias Marsters of Meridian as federal prohibition director for Idaho. Colonel Marsters was the choice of Senator Borah under the plan by which the senators are distributing patronage and Senator Gooding joined in the Indorsement. The Lewis-ton-CIarkst- office pays $3000. Damages to the amount of $126,500 are asked in an action at Idaho Falla in the United States district court by the Snake River Irrigation district the Utah Power & Light company. Action has been transferred from the Ninth Judicial district court for Bonneville county to the federal court, upon diversity of citizenship of plaintiff and defendant. Larry J. Phelan, county road supervisor of Emmett has at last completed the new road over the foothills east of town and It is now ready for traffic. The new road leaves the valley In the neighborhood of Frozen Dog ranch, thence over the low saddle by easy gTades of not over eight per cent in any place. The new road shortens the distance from Emmett to Montour by about two miles, and joins tlie old road this side of Shell Rock grade which has been greatly improved so that now the steep pitches are entirely eliminated and Safe for anyone K is comparatively to go over. on |