Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-18
TO KILL COOLING MOTH.
A Correspondent Tells Of Torches
That Will Do L.
Items of Affairs iu Jackson
county, Missouri
INDEPENDENCE, Mo-,
March IA. 1897.

March IA, 1897.
To the Editor!
The wave of prosperity having failed
to materlsllzs here as yet, there is a
consequent dearth OF important events
to chronicle from this historic place.
However, a few items may he oi In.
terest TO your readers, who come day
hope to obtain an Interest here.
There is & steady growth Of pppula-
tion in and around this city, aud most
OF the new oomers are Book OF Nor
mon believers OF some sort, ali looking
for something to turn w in lulhlIment
OF certain revelations.
A recent movement to consolidate
the various factions under the banner
OF the Reorganlzsd church proved a
failure, for neither faction would con.
cede a. ything. Eacn believing them
selves me snly original, true church,
1t was Impossible TO como TO
an agreement The Hedrickites,
the proud poesessors OF the Temple
lot, looRed upon the soheme to con-
solidate as another msthod TO get
possession OF the lot, without which
the Osephites feel they are groatly
hAmpered In the building mp OF Zion,
anu in maintaining their claims OF
being the right and only successor 10
the original Church.
This little band Of Hedriokites de-
serves considerable credit Ia their leg |
hgut to hold the property, some Of
tntm having sacrificed all Of tneif
eartniy possessions TO pay the expenses
OF the litigation; yet they feel amply
repaid for their lOsses in delesting the
aspiring and powerful opposition.
They feel that IL was repetition OF the
battle between David anu Goliath.
Both branch,s are publishing a paper
In this city 10 the interests OF their
respective churches.
There seems to be quite conlTO-
veIsy throughout the mountain coun-
try as to the merits OF spraying Ter
destroying the insects which ruin the
fruit, and L notice some are In favor OF
spraying, while others seem TO think
IL Is Of 10 value. The same contrO.
troversy hns been going on here, win
the hOnOrs in iav0r OF those VINO be.
| eve IL Ia q waste OF time and money.
There IL, however another method lor
destroying the codlilg MON whlth
is said to be absolutely Ell .ctive, AMI
that Is the gasoline torch process.
BY hanging two or three torches
to the acre In the orchard
every night during the blooming sea.
con, the moths VIII collect around the
nght, burn their wings OF and fall
u0wn on the ground and soon perish.
rbismethod mas been tried and proved
satisfactory, aud Will be extensively
tried in TINS country this season. The
torches eau be obtained from whole
sale hardware companies at sis per
dozen at Kansas CITY, but Will be q
little higher In the west. II youI
dealers do not have them L viii have
any orders filled aud shipped at the
above rate should any OF your reader
deslre TO Try the process.
Spring "a opening up with brigh
prospects for ali kinds OF pf0duCls,a
while the financial aud political condi
tons are source OF great depression
in all branches OF inuusIry, the sue
cess ul producers from the soil are by
far tue most sale and su6stgntial, citi
gems in ous community. Yet they ait
ON the housetops anxiouHly awaiting
the gigantic wave OF prosperity We art
| promised shall overwhelm this iai
land. Let US hope It will not jump tn
track. u. PETERSON.