Show J I I Hoppers mid Locusts in Montana WASHINGTON August 15 Owing to rumors of injury by grasshoppers in parts of Mon tana the Signal Bureau has at Prof Rileys request instructed its agents in the North I west to telegraph at once observations of J I injury or movements instead of sending them monthly as heretofore Prof Riley also sent an agent to the place whose reports re-ports confirm the previous statement Not only are there large numbers of two destructive destruc-tive Rocky mountain species at work but the common Native and now migrating species are also much more numerous than usual at Fort Bnf ord and Poplar Pine agency Locusts are very abundant destroying the crops On July 29th during the middle of the day a large proportion of Rocky moun ain species left toward the east and southeast east I J |