Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 70, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 July 1931 — Page 10

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GRASSHOPPERS' INROADS RECALL locusthordes Farm Lands Denuded of All Vegetation in Invasion 35 Years Ago. BY 11. O. THOMPSON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, July 31.—The mysterious disappearance some thirty-five years ago of hordes of locusts which scourged midwestern countrysides was recalled today *rtth the assertion that nature—and not science—usually determines the outcome of insect menaces like the present grasshopper invasion of the west. Or. C. L. Marlatt, chief of the federal bureau of entomology, was a boy on a Kansas farm during one of the final, terrifying flights of millions of locusts which blotted out the light and stripped the earth of growing things. "But suddenly these visitations ceased,” Dr. Marlatt said, "and they never have been resumed. Nature seems to have a way of caring for matters of that kind.” The locusts of last centurv developed on the slopes of the Rocky Mountains. Late in July of each year they mobilized like an army for a devastating flight eastward over Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, the Dakotas and sometimes as far as Illinois. "I was in the fields with the men one day,” Dr. Marlatt continued, "when a gray cloud came up on the horizon. It was like smoke arising from an immense fire. It gradually spread. In two hours they were upon us. They covered the whole sky. Flying fast and close to the ground, they raced along 'with a great sound as of rushing wind. "While millions rushed eastward, Other millions dropped about us. Boon they were swarming in the corn, in the orchards, even biting holes in clothes that hung on the line, chewing at hoe handles. When they left, the fields were bare. The corn, which had been higher than a man’s head, was eaten down to the hard stalk. Pears and apples had been stripped from the trees; the foliage was gone.” The Rocky Mountain locusts were more destructive than their shortwinged cousins, the grasshoppers. During the last fifty or seventy-five years, there have been a good many "grasshopper years,” Dr. Marlatt said. Poisoning seems to be the only way to combat the ’hoppers and this is costly. "We could take the whole appropriation for this bureau and it

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Eleventh annual picnic of the Federated Fatriotic Society, affiliated with the G. A. R., was held in Brookside park Wednesday. Dr. E. H. Cowan, Crawfordsville, national surgeon-general of the G. A. R., made the principal address. Seated (left to right)—James Stevenson, department chaplain; David Kenney, department senior commander; T. N. McNair, de-

would not be enough to poison the grasshoppers in a single state,” the scientist continued. “We know something about these pests, but we haven’t gotten to the bottom of it yet. Nature still seems to be the best cure.” Research is progressing all the time under Dr. Marlatt and associates who are fighting the insect world. It has been estimated that about 10 per cent of all crops are destroyed each year by insects. Dr. Marlatt has proposed a study •to see if insect diseases can be controlled so that flights of grasshoppers such as the present can be infected with diseases that will kill them off. “That hasn’t proved practical yet,” he said, "although some of the states have tried it.” The department of agriculture has received numerous requests for aid in fighting the grasshopper invasion, but has been forced to reply that no federal funds are available for such work. The most recent request was received Thursday from R. A. Trovatten, Minnesota commissioner of agriculture. Prisoner Kills Self FT. WAYNE, Ind., July 31— Abraham Bagley, 60, used the lining of his coat as a rope to hang himself in the city jail, after being arrested on a drunkenness charge.

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EXPECT A-1-A AIRPORT RATING City’s Field Slated to Get Highest Position. Officials of the Indianapolis municipal airport today were awaiting official confirmation of dispatches from Washington announcing that the port had been awarded an A-1A rating, the highest rating given by the department of commerce aeronautical division. Indication that the high rating would be recommended was given by W. J. MacKenzie, airport specialist, who inspected the field recently. Only eight other fields have received the rating. Dedication of the 947-acre field is being arranged by committees for Sept. 25, 26 and 27, with spectacular air demonstrations by some of the nation’s leading civilian, army and navy fliers. In connection with the dedication, operators of airports in the north

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Belleroff, Mrs. Mary E. Haley and Mrs. Bessie Cooley, all affiliated with the federation. Mrs. Kaley, president, reported 276 present and declared James Stevenson, 96, as the oldest comrade and Mrs. Mary L. Begeman, of Thomas Relief Corps, as oldest woman attending. Patriotic readings were given by Marvin Kennedy and Miss Thelma Kastings.

central states will hold a conference here Sept. 24 and 25. Arrangements for the conference are being made by Charles E. Cox Jr., field superintendent, who was instrumental in bringing the session here.

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