Show FIGHTING THE GRASS HOPPER IN POCATELLO VALLEY SERIOUS the grasshopper situation in pocatello valley has developed to such proportions in the last week that the government specialists have ta taken ken hold of the matter sir mr jonos jones the government man in charge of this division of the ca country antry has this to say this Is a bigger proposition than the people of this section realize at tills this time it will take thousands of dollars to get rid of those these hoppers and it will take lots of hard work this Is a matter that must be taken care ol of at tills this time and I 1 will take the matter up with will tile the government officials ana get help to kill the hoppers before they leave this valley the most effective method according J to the experts is feeding of poison bran this is prepared with or 11 anges and lemons and is fed to the I 1 IM hoppers early in the mornin rooming mornings gf if I 1 these hoppers are of the migratory species and have not nat been seen in this valley since the days of the early pioneers and according to mr jones I 1 a are re on one e of at the worst species to coil contend with it is 18 impossible to catch them in a trap for as soon cs a they are able to fly they raise up in the air and it is the hope of the golem government ment that they will be able to kill ebora them all before they reach the stage ity and can fly the county commissioners are doing everything in weir power to eradicate I 1 the pest from this section poison and bran have been provided tor for ak this work and the assurance i of the commissioners that they will d do h everything J that they can in the wily way of at providing it 1 means to carry on t the 1 light is very gratifying 4 is to be hoped that our sister state will help in this fight i and that the pest may be killed aube fore they enter the fields already there has been or acres of grain destroyed and now that I 1 the spring grain is destroyed they are i I 1 starting on the tall fall grain and alfalfa idaho enterprise christening a nation anxious to eri enlarge large thy limited vocabulary cab of the children a teacher asked what name avas given to men who lie ate other human abeln beings s savages and inane man alers eaters were the only words most of them could give at length the ea gernes of oc a bright eyed boy bey indicated that he thought lie he had a i better word it was Al manchuso Manchu anchus sl |