The Press., 1911-08-23
MoNsoN.

F11Gy 1rlon0B or MISS 1y0la OOn- verse gathered at the home of MT. and Mrs. Kirk Rounds on Pease avenue Wednesday evening, where a linen shower was given in her honor. A varied program, including music and refreshments, was enjoyed.
 Rev. Gaetano Lisi, pastor of the Italian Baptist church of Monson, and Miss Bertha Alonzo, also of Monson, were married Wednesday morning by Rev. Samuel A. Read of Springfield at his home, 26 Willard avenue. The couple were attended by MT. and Mrs. McOray of Monson and left after the ceremony for trip to New York city.
 Miss Ruth H. Johnson, who recent ly resigned her position as city mis- sionary at the Shamut Congregational church in Boston, is spending her va cation with her parents, MT. and Mrs. F. H Johnson on South Main street. Miss Johnson leaves In two wee ks to take a position under the Congrega. tional Education society to teach Ger man in the Wilcox academy at Vernal, Utah.
 The first complaint and application for damage caused by deer in the west part of Monson was received by the selectmen Wednesday of last week. The damage was to the property of O. J. Wade on Silver street, it being confined entirely to fruit trees. The deer have continued their depredations on the farms of Fred G Morse and Horace Squier. MT. Morse has been quite heavily damaged, particularly in his melon patch. All his musk melons, including the vines, have been eaten.
 Tree Warden Johntou tcok down a large maple tree on Linc3ln street Tuesday and burned it up to prevent, if possible, the spread to other trees of the borers that are SO numerous iu the tree that has died. The tree taken down was the one that the specimens of wood and borers were from that was sent to the entomol 1gist at Massachuse tts agricultural college for ex animation. MT. Johnson took down another large maple tree on Lincoln street Wednesday. The tree stood next to the one taken down the day before. which had died as 8 result of being infected by the maple borers. The tree taken down Wednesday was not entirely dead, but had many of the borers in 1t It was owing to the re quest of the residents of the abutting property that MT. Johnson took down the last tree, as the residents were fearful that the borers would spread to the other large fine naples of that section.
 The seleotmen have received 8 re- port from Arthur | Bourne, assistant entomolCgist at the Massaoh usetts az ricultural experiments station, on the specimens of borers and wood taken from the maple tree on Lincoln street, that apparently had quite suddenly died The entomologost reported that the spe cImens of bark and wood showed that the work was that of bark beetles He stated that the beetles wo. ksd entirely inside the wood and that there was no treatment that could be used against them. short of cutting down the trees infested or the infested parts of the trees and burning them, so as to prevent the spread to uninfested portions or other trees His letter states that as 8 general thing these insects appear to attack trees that are not in the best condition, the real injury having been caused by some other attack When the borers were first discov cred on the tree by the selectmen they ordered Tree Warden Johnson to cut it down and take it away and burn it, tut as many more of the fine maple shade trees of the town are similarly infected the officials of the town are at loss to know what is the proper method to pursue.