Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-12-28 | Page 2 | Date Scale Threatens California Industry

DATE SCALE THREATENS CALIFORNIA INDUSTRY WXSItlNGTON. Dec. 28. Congress was I'skej Monday by Secretary Houston Hous-ton to step on a new typo of "boll ' weevil." I It is the parlatoria date ncuie, .sometimes .some-times known as parlatoria blanehardl, whose present habitation Is In the dut 'fields of California, Arizona Slid near by states. The secretary reported thsi Is must be eradicated it Christmas dates are to reach the markets hereafter, here-after, indeed, he declared, on tii : word of department Of agriculture -x-i perts. the entire Industry might be ! wiped out In two or three years unless US, 000 was immediately appropriate.!.