The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-04-14
WAR ON WC0DT|Ck
TO BEGIN
MEN IN CHARGE OF lNVESTiGA-
TfONS ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR
THE COMING SUMMER.

Professor r.. A. Cooley, state ento-
mologist, DR.. w. d. Hunter of Wash
ington, D. c., and H. p. Weed in the
government chronological service, re-
turned from the Bitter Root valley
Yesterday, where they have been look
ing over the ground and formulating
plans for woodtick investigation and
determination during the coming
summer. More aid has been given
to these Investigations this year than
has ever been given before. The fed
eral government has appropriated
$500 20 for the work and the state of
Montana has placed $4,000 at the dis
posal Of the state board of entomol-
ogy. DR.. Hunter is the head of a
division of the national bureau of en-
tomology and will work in connection
with Professor Cooley on the eradi-
cation of the Woodtick in the Bitter
Root. DIR. Wood will nay h%eadquar-
ters in Stevensville and will be in
charge of the local experiments. The
department of public health of the
government is also cooperating in the
work.
Work Organized.
Inc Work III tne. Dltlei Itpol iidS
been organized and the eradication of
the tick will be started this week.
The valley has been divided n dis
| tricts for convenience. and watts for
| the dipping of livestock will be erected
at places most convenient to the
farmers TWO dipping watts have
already been built. One at Florence
and the other at Victor. In addition
to these Professor Cooley has let con-
tracts for the construction of a vat at
~Stevensville and n nearer lMissoula.
Heretofore some of the persons in the
valley have contributed toward the
support of the Investigations, but this
year everything will be paid for by
the government and the state.
Success Is Certain.
DIR. Hunter stated yesterday that
the eradication of the tick can be ac-
complished in a short time if the peo-
pie of the valley will cooperate with
the Investigators. He declared that
the burning of the brush was one of
the hings necessary to the rapid ex-
t~inction of the pest and said that a
warfare conducted against the rodents
would help in the work also.
Free Dipping.
The plans have been so made that
the dipping of all cattle and horses
will be done free of charge. There
will be a MAJ in charge of the dipping
watts all of the time and a veterinarian
will be on hand to are for all ami
mails. There will be a scheduled time
, for all clippings and the farmers are
requested to bring their stock to the
watts at the time set in order to avoid
confusion.
There is a state law that requires
cattle to be. dipped, but the men in
charge of the work desire that the
farmers cooperate in the work and
make the enforcing Of the law by
other means unnecessary The. in
terest in the Investigations shown by
the farmers greatly pleased all of the
gentlemen, who spent the. past week
in the valley. Yesterday they ex-
pressed themselves as feeling that this
was to be a remarkable year in the
eradication of the tick because thu
residents of the valley nav taken the
matter up and will cooperate heart
lily in the work.
ington, d. c., n Professor Cooley
left for BoZeman. He hopes to re-
turn in a few days, however, to assist
Mr.. Wood in getting the work started