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Show ERADICATE THE MOSQUITO. Addressing one of the luncheon clubs in Salt Lake City, Dr Joseph Le Prince, chief sanitary engineer of the United States government, advised ad-vised the forming of a county association, associa-tion, with business men behind it, foi the purpose of freeing Salt Lake coun ty from the mosquito pest. This plao was followed in ten of the worst mosquito mos-quito counties in New Jersey and most ncouraglng results were obtained ob-tained ' In Cuba, the canal zone and in the southern states the yellow fever and malaria mosquitoes were eradicated by a systematic campaign ol drain age and oiling stagnant ponds. While Ogden is comparatively freo trom mosquitoes and no complaints have been received from the farming districts of Weber county, still mos qultoes do exist in the city and coun iv. and they should be destroyed because be-cause they can be eradicated at no great expense. Within the city all stagnant pools should be drained All breeding spot lor the mosquito should be given attention. at-tention. With very little work and no great expense, Ogden and surrounding icountr) can destroj the mosquito. net |