Show Lions conduct mosquito abatement work as part of city improvement As an part of the cleanup and beautification program being carried on in the Roosevelt area this is the mosquito abatement Although the extremely wet spring and summer has presented a situation where mosquito breeding grounds are more plentiful than in many the efforts of this program is paying off in reduced numbers of the THIS PHASE OF the improvement program is being handled by the Roosevelt Lions Club members have been assigned to one of three areas surrounding the and crews treat all available stagnant swampy areas and other breeding places of mosquito once each week The water is treated with which kills the present but must be repeated each week to control succeeding This method is being used this year in an effort to get better at less cost to the In the the problem areas have been spraying by at a cost of some The manual method is giving excellent results at a cost of approximately allowing for control throughout the entire instead of just during the peak of the breeding THE LIONS CLUB plans to continue treating the breeding areas as long as the need is |