Show war against pine beetle A crusade against the pine beetle that has been causing so much destruction in the yellow pine districts of the northwest as to alarm several government agencies and a number of private interests Is reported to have reduced the infestation about 50 per cent during 1022 1922 this work which Is under the supervision of the bureau of entomology consists of locating and felling all infested trees and it Is expected to result in the saving of over worth of lumber during the next nest three years over and above the cost of the work on a million acres as aa yet untreated the loss from this pest Is now a year popular mechanics magazine |