Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 225, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1915 — CLEAN WORMS FROM TRACKS [ARTICLE]

CLEAN WORMS FROM TRACKS

Vast Numbers of Caterpillars Impede Railroad, Traffic on Northern California An unusual amount of track clearing was recently necessary to clear caterpillars that swarmed over a railroad right of way in such vast numbers as to seriously impede traffic. The trouble occurred in the lumber regions of northern California, which are served by the McCloud River rail; road, and the pest developed into a positive danger to traffic. Besides, the caterpillars cleaned out everything green from the countryside and made life uncomfortable.