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Show . EXPERT TO TAKE CHARGE OF WAR AGAINST WEEVIL (leoige L Reeves of tho huicap of entomology In the United States agricultural ag-ricultural depaitment, ai lived yes-tenia) yes-tenia) fiom Pullman, Was., to take charge of tho woik now being cniricd on' by the government against the alfalfa weevil, which has danaged ciups lit certain sections of tho stnte. Mi. IteoveJ has engaged In work of this cbainct,er for the past six yearn iiml Is recognled as a man well fitted to topo with the situation heie. Ill taking chnigo of the work .with henilquaiters In Salt Iike, Mr Heevos iflluvcs A. II. Klrkland, who, up until jesterday directed tho effoits of the dnon government men who have sliico early spilng been studying the weevil Infection with a view toward ovcicomlng tho ovll Mr. Klrklhnd will now devoto his tlmo to tho perfection of a devlco for smudging or burning out tho pest. Mr. Reeves jesterday declared that no efforts would he left unspoilt in tho war ngulnst the destructive para-Bite, para-Bite, The work thus far hns losultcd In tho accomplishment of n groat leal tort-nrds ridding the fields nffect od of tho pest, and government ox-ports ox-ports nro confident that tho parasites will soon ho a thing of tho past so far as this stnto Is concerned. |