Show J P Parley rJ y B. B C Christensen came home borne fro from tho the Philippines last Friday Mr Christensen is one of Uncle Jude Sams Sam's soldiers and has as asbe be been n stationed in the Philippines l He with 1800 soldiers f reached San Fransico last week on the transport ship Sheridan About a year ago Mr Air Christensen cameo came near dying of cholera in Manilla tan ill a. a It t so weakened his hiB constitution constitution- that he ho was wat given a leave of absence absence ab ab- sence to return home hom He has enlisted re-enlisted for another three years years vears and will report for duty at San Francisco on August Reports from the tho meadow wea lands land Chester Cheater are afe to the affect effect that tho the grasshoppers situation situa situa- tion ion there thore is very serious indeed and md that t the e visitation of the pests l last ast st year yeal was was no comparison w hat hat- ever to this year in point of Dumbers num numbers Dum- Dum bers in that particular locality Tho rho farmers are alive to the situa situation situa- situa tion ion and are arc making nH king a finish fight against them thorn They Th-ey have become so o plentiful and the number killed Inch sach day day so numerous that toe the have quit counting them by the bushel or pound but tally them hem up now now by t the e ton an cn seven soen and eight t tons t ns ha have hare ye been killed gilled and brought in this this' week What the What tho result re will will be be cannot be benow told old now although the farmers I ire quite hopeful hOpefUl r handlo them f f I I V |