The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-08-23
MOSQUITO DETERMINATION.
a Crusade Has Been Started Against
the Pest which VIII BE Thorough
and Far-Reaching.

The Century for July contains an
article entitled "A Campaign Against
the Mosquito" setting forth the de-
tails of the operations that have been
under way near President Roosevel.'s
summer home at Oyster Bay. L. |. In
predatory note DR.. L. o. Howard, en-
fomologist of the department of ag-
rjculfure. says:
ut is my firm opinion that, wide
spread as the interest in mosquito ex-
termination seems to be at present, it
is not temporary interest, but the
beginning of great and intelligent
crusade. My own correspondence on
the subject has been little less than
enormous. j have received during the
past year many thousands of Letters
about mosquitoes, most OF them IN
quiring about methods for relieving in
dividual houses, neighborhoods, and
communities from these annoying
and dangerous creatures. In New
Jersey. state which has suffered a
great economic loss from the abund-
ance of mosquitoes, is giving attention
to the matter not only in isolated COM
munities as community work, but also
by state action. the legislature having
passed bill to promote Investigations,
but, unfortunately, without an appro-
priation. Last summer the towns OF
Summit and South Orange carried on
community work, which is, to be con-
tinued this summer. The cities OF
Elizabeth, Newark, and Jersey City are,
j believe. to do some drainage work
with this end in view. The work to
which Mr.. Weeks article refers has
been large-scale work, carried on by n
association of private citizens. Ear
nest efforts are being made in Balti-
more to carry ON similar work under
I city appropriation, and mosquito
Typographical survey of the suburbs OF
the city has already been made by Drs,
Hirshberg and Dohm. The board OF
health of New Orleans has taken up
y the matter, and is doing intelligent
and satisfactory work Nashville
Tenn. Rome, Ca. Talladega, Ala, Win
chester and Norfolk, Va, and num-
IS her Of other places are looking into the
matter with view to immediate effort
and smaller communities all over the
country, north, south, east, and west
n either have the matter under consider
alton or are already beginning work
SThe authorities of the Michigan Agri
cultural college. near Lansing. have
authorized their entomologist, Mr.
Petit. to undertake a mosquito cru
1 sade the present summer DIR. Felt
the New York state entomologist at
Albany, writes me that he will begin
mosquito work at once, while DIR. Dav'
export. director of the biological la
boratory of the Brooklyn Institute OF
Arts and Sciences. tells me that efforts
will be made to determine some prac
teal points Of great Importance al
Cold Spring Harbor. Morris Cove ant
Lawrence, L. l., are organizing foi
work. the latter with an appro
priation of $1,000. DR.. Stiles is lectur
ing on anti-mosquito work before the
army medical school at Washington
and posting all the young army sur
geons who have been ordered in for in
struction. The admirable result,
achieved under our army admiilistra
ton of sanitary affairs in Cuba have
been an inspiration not only to com
munities in the United States but t.
foreigners. Maj. Ronald Ross, OF th'
Liverpool school of tropical medicine
writes me, under date of February 20
by dint of constant driving ! thinl
we are getting this country to do some
thing at last. Ii is. however. doubtless
the example of Havana that has chief
~ set them going
ut appears from all this that exae
details of so large piece of work Al
is being carried on by The enterprisins
and public-spirited members of thu
North Shore Improvement association
OF Long Island, as described by Mr.
Weeks, win be virtually Of world
vide interest"