The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1903-02-13
GREAT MOSQUITO HUNT
Government to Join 4 Crusade
on Long Island. s u
WAR On PEST TO BEGIN iii APRIL,
9epartment ef Agriculture later
I ested In the AJovement-Esec clnmsl-
tton OF Lands and Redemption of
Marshes to Follow Route ~ Inssctss
N. c. weeks as Chief Engineer. d

a government party in charge of
!. Professor Milton Whitney, chief of thu
bureau Of soils, department of agricul1
ture, will start April | on q survey y.
the entire area Of Long Island says tlie
New York Commercial ADVERTISER:
object is the reclamation of iand and
the redemption OF the large tIncts ci
marshes for agricultural purposes n IA
attention Of Secretary Wilson has been
called to the reclamation work which
has been In progress for the last twu
years through the efforts Of the Nol'tl
Shore Improvement association, Wfiici
4 is interested not only in tile improve
ment OF the land, but In a plan to ex
terminate the mosquito by Destroying
its breeding places The war .beins;
waged against this obnoxious pest
along the north shore Of Long island
bids fair to terminate successfully. r.l
Henry Clay Weeks, who is the chief
engineer for the North Shore Improve.
ment association and is commonly
known as Mosquito Weeks, has mar
shaled his forces, and when the season
opens he will advance ON the pest.
backed by maps. charts, petroleum, the
North Shore Improvement association
ard the United States government;
There will be cessation Of mosquito
$parades, for the parade grounds will sbe
IN the hands of the invaders, and those
which are not held by them will be
covered with petroleum.. and the mos.
quito will be no more. .lS
II The war on the mosquito will make
necessary the reclamation Of the
bitches, marshes and swamps which
are numerous on Long Island The
crusaders aim to break up the breeding
places by draining off the water, since
water is a necessary element for the
reproduction Of the mosquito. Much
has already been done in externlinat-
ing the pests OH Long Island, and TO-
day many ponds and bitches are abso-
lutelys mosquitoless.
The commendable work done by Mr.
Weeks and the North Shore Improye-
ment associa ton attracted the attnf-
tion OF Secretary Wilson OF the de
partment of agriculture at Washing
ton. The result of the work of the as
sociation embodied in report was
sent by Mr.. Weeks to Secretary viii.
son in the early part of January. The
secretary at once appreciated the value
OF the work and conferred with Milton
Whitney, chief of tile bureau Of soils,
department of agriculture, and L. O.
Howard, division of entomology, in re-
gard to the draining of the swamps,
redemption of the marsh land and i'm
munity from malaria spread entirely
by one species Of the mosquito known
throughout Long Island. III
This work will necessitate new maps
and charts of the redeemable lands.
Secretary Wilson has already arranged
I to send soil party to Long Island on
April I to make survey of the en-
tire area Of the island. Recent commu-
nications have been received by Mr..
Weeks from Mr.. Whitney of the bu-
reau Of soils, in which he says that the
soil party will probably start for the
New York end OF the island. This will
enable them to take advantage Of the
maps which Dr.. Ernest Lederle, pres.
ideGt Of the board of health, ii having
made showing the breeding places Of
the mosquito in the territory adjacent
to New York city. :-.sS5ssast
ss The determination Of the mosquito
from Long Island means an Increase
In land values In addition the re-