Show FIGHT Y c 00 00 The Forest Service it is planning a vigorous campaign against the bark beetles which have done tremendous damage on the Kaibab Forest in northern Arizona for several years states District Forester R. R H Rutledge Rutledge Rutledge Rut- Rut ledge of the U. U S. S Forest Service Work has been carried on durin during the thelast thelast thelast last two years on a small scale which has proven inadequate to entirely control con con- control the bark beetle menace although it has hal proven very effective in limiting limiting limiting limit limit- ing the spread of the beetle into new stands of timber Such way halfway meas- meas however are dangerous as beetles beetles be be- may assume a still more vigorous vigor vigor- ous offensive at any time so the plans are now being made to beat them with a strong counter offensive as early this spring as possible It is hoped that this will eliminate all danger danger danger dan dan- ger of a disastrous outbreak of bark beetles in this region for many years i to come In 1922 crews working on the control control con con- of these beetles cut down a total of large pine trees badly infested infest infest- ed with beetles peeled the bark off oU and undoubtedly succeeded in killing millions if not billions of these destructive destructive destructive de de- insects The work however merely served to check their heir ad vanc and so 80 in 1923 further control me measures measures meas meas- as ures were continued and a total of more trees were felled and peel pee ed In the two years approximately five million board feet of timber has haj been cut down apparently sacrificed to beetle control If it had not bee been cut however the beetles would hay band killed it so 10 the loss is more apparent than real The control work cost approximately ap proximately a year in 1923 1921 and 1923 If a more aggressive cam earn is to be embarked upon in 1924 so that the entire danger of bark beetles can be eliminated at one blow a considerable considerably larger expenditure of money will be needed |