Show BIRDS PREVENT IMMENSE ENSE LOSS LOSSU U TI of U Professor Tells Club Surprising Facts Messages of ot the president ns as assoni people belle are ar not the tho thereal thereal real saviors of America declared Prot Prof J 1 IL Paul of ot the th natural science department of ot the UniversIty University sity sit of ot Utah speaking before mom mom- members bers bera o ot of the tho Kiwanis club today The real saviors he ho asserted are birds such as the tho chickadee the wr n woodpecker and mel mea meadowlark mcA which save the th forests l land and the tho crops by huntinG out and eating the th larvae larva ot of beetles beetle moths moth and caterpillars during the winter whiter months month Professor Paul raul Issued an on appeal to the tho th club members and the citi citi- citi citizenry senry In general to refrain retrain from killing the birds declaring that without them America would l b be a tree Ices and crop less country there would be b no water supply and no security against flood Without such birds as the chick chick- chickadee adee which teed feed eed on oh on the tha eggs othe o 0 the tree tree-d tree destroying Insects Insect the speaker said uld America would not be worth living In He lie explained that It has bas ha been determined by experts ot of the government bIological cal cat cal survey that each chIckadee during the tho wintry days destroys from to Insect eggs which have ha been laid deep into the bark barkat of at th the trees Their tiny sharp bill bills lie he said seek seck them them out where oth J species of birds cannot reach each them ECU E SiXES SAVES TREE rUBE Without t the tho th chickadee Pro Pro- Professor Pro Professor fessor Paul said ald these the tiny Insects In- In sects would destroy the tho largest larget trees In lb a single season ceason It ca cas ca's be safely said that each one ono or these birds coming to Utah In the winter saves caves at least one tree n a year Professor Paul also told of ot th value ot of the oriole which destroys hairy balry caterpillars caterpillar which oth r birds avoid and also urged ed their preservation He pointed out that I without shrubbery and the watersheds on the th hills east of Ogden would woul become a front rom the standpoint ot of d deluges d such as Il swept down upon Willard lUard and declared by protecting the birds this shrubbery would be saved from Insects Ho He urged that thata a state park be set ct aside on the watersheds where birds would be protected and shrubbery planted to old avoId such a menace In the tu- tu tu turo lUg show that each mca inca In the United States sav sav-a sav s sa a loss ot of a a year In crops crop In each township In the country Pro Pro- lessor Paul asserted Without them the there would be b no hay or vegetation upon the farms ot of o the west CATS ens EAT T MANY MINY It hf we wo can save tavo and multiply the birds he be concluded we we shall save America rice CItizens Citizen and Boy BoyScout Scouts can aid In Irs their preservation preservation llon tion by retraining refraining from shooting at or g them The house bouse catI cat catIs catIs Is also a serious menace to bird 1 Ire hIre and It Is I estimated that each cat destroys destros at least 10 birds hatches each spring sprin So the enemy of ot America Is not the bol- bol bol bolshevik as some omo would make us think but the th house cat which Ia b 1 a 8 fierce malignant enemy ot of o the birds and there are arc cats caU caUIn catIn In America DurIng his talk talle Professor Paul Pal exhibited many specimens ot of o birds and described their habits H- H n pointed out the most valuable o from the standpoint ot of saving savine trees and crops and throughout his hl talk Im- Im Impressed Im Impressed pressed the tact fact that they must be preserved and multiplied or the country will be barren Jell Jed Ballantyne gave eav a brief talk upon the lumber Industry and mi- mi Impressed pre pressed cd the dire dir need ot of o reforestation Lion tion of ot the country to lumber for or tho future Junior Iund pleased the members with two violin solos Vernal Johnson was |