Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-17
PLAGUE OF MOTHS IN WESTERLY Y
Swarm of grewn4Ta ais Settles the Tewn-Owners of Property Shore Read Claim Contract Volation ield Day for Guaxdsmeu Fhemens Muster in Wesser- ly-Man Falls Into Cesspool

Frank w. Coy, representing the Frank W. Coy Real Eetate company and Katherine V. R. Welch. owner of
 property on the Shore road. through which the state of Rhode IslaRd is
 building a new, section in order to straigI1ten and improve the public highway have persistentiy Insisted that the town of Westerly and the state conform to the terms of the con- tract made with the owners of the property. This, MT. Coy claims has not been done and he has resolved to bring the matter to a definite coneau- sion.
 J4Sae 24 he served written notice on the coEazn4Etee representing the town council and oA the state board of puf- 1Ae roasds that HneeSs satisfactory ar raAgenreaatss were nsa6e to carry out tire terms of the contTect regarding the building of walks on or before July 1, that portion Of the Coy We2ch land Tuh&eA has been worked with the intention of making 8 pGabaic road, wDgEa be closed to travel. The noti-
 hcatEon specifics that if such a step be taken the probability Is that 1t wila remain closed until such time as the work agreed Npon Is fully completed on the part of the town and state.
 Tuesday 8 substantial board fence was SdaH at either end of the road where entry was made on private proPez&%. NIT. Coy said that while he ordered the material for the fence to be delivered. the wors1nen exceed ed guderS, sSS he had not directed the b~aae1tng of the fence as he desired eO have the work dome under his Su- eaerw4Stcn. One of these fences has been torn down and the other has @s@a EIn Into by soElaA> motor driven vehicle and par1aal1g demolished. It as ME Coy's iaatent4on, however, to have . SuioStant1aa 4e1ce built on the prop %G&V %a&ch he represents. As no deed @S t2Ee property has been passed to towm or S5ztss, 1t Is stil of private mS4ueG for EO be used for highway par- pcees was ig1~en without financial com- R9mSe1Son but that the walls were to Se built according to agreement and Snnszac9- NIT. Coy claims that the terms of the contract have not been Ss1rrrfisa with and that drastic action vass Teruared to protect the. owners of tAe property.
 The coGstIact was exerutea Septena- Aar 16, 19I2
 Mr- Coy claims that the whole @@raernent has practically been 1g- enE2Ens hara been strdctfy complied with He declared tl1aE there is an &ibrndance rf rocks in the vfcdn1fty, and th@f If the wooden fences are to be Illegally tern down that he win see En St that no vehicles eIteT upon the Bzxvzte property tn question. if they emm be mEnTEuEed by a rocky road
 The RfoGse 7sland national uuards-
 Man In camp zf Forts Grel3aa and Get &v are to have aahae44c sports for val UMkHA rrIzes at Fort Greb4e, Saturday m&fETnrrn- Tine ETrgt -dfstrict athletic @s1nxndftees composed of Colonel John mg1- Captains Edgeccrnh, T1acl1eray, L@ws and Arnold held meeting and ar ranged for this program Baseball game, between teams from Fort Creole and F1rt Gettys 100 yards dash, quar- ter mile run. shot put, sack race, high 9nmp, potato race, relay race.
 The following officials were selected: Captafn BetteSUn, starter Colonel TfIltnghasts refereeS Ma5or Nash. clerk of course; Captafns Wells, Litt1eheld, Trackeray and WasfbInn and Lieu judges; Captain Anthony. measurers Corporal Trask, announcer.
 Millions of brown fail moths svvaT'Tr- ed into the village of Westerly just before midnight of Tuesday and mo- biliZed in Dixon su-uare and vicinity. They appeared in such numbers that there was fhB appearance of a snow storm in Jnly AB the wfngs :srYrd bodies are white, while the tail is fEurEn, as the nH1ne IntdcateE. The government et1yn0dugiSts who have been dn Wes- teTfy the past week engaged in killing the moths Hound on passenger trains passing through the town 6FiIected fher attention to the myriads of pests fhAt had assembled in t3lF village cen.- ire around the eIRctriD lights. Assist ed by tine pofire, who lowered the arc lights to within SWgatting distance, the @overnnent EepreSemta tTUes killed mil lions of the ErRttY but destructive moths.
 T,he offIcfals were assisted by several n1En who haIIleaBd ito be on the streets &f fhH fIls Of fhB dnWas1on and the work szf eztertmfna1aOn was kept up 1rntn ttEEwm, but a great many of the rAegtS survived the onslaught Many e6 these a1lghted on the fronts of buildings making a EnUwy effect, but the great Enazoufty of the moths dis &rGseared ag nysteracuSfy as they came while a. few remained here and there @hont the town to be in readiness for another ffy-by-nigft dEmUnSt tration
 The cunning of these dsMastators of vegetable life a1fd uEnace to human comfort WAS the subject of general dkscussdon on "Wednesday. Dr. Frank B Payne was explaining the dangers eG the FnUwm tail moth to Judge Ed wand M. Burke, when Judge Burke remarked that he had read much of fhe pests and would like to see a real live one The talk was in Broad street and Dr. Payne said he would get a specimen to show the 1u6ge. The AoctoF croSsAd the street, went direct saato Judge Bnag1e's office and picked a fine specimen from near the win doav Sffl. JAs showed the pest to the Sudge and asHnaakedc "You wanted to sec a real live lorow4l,-fan rnothf brought this specimen from your of- 1Ge!~ Where was no di4ficHdty in ffnd~ tG1g a 1loth here and there in Dixon @qHaEe "Wednesday.
 Ttae aaaaa2aa ssldsster of the Rhode is- land States FdFernenss league will be EH NL.-AG AGa.nInx I.nln. 1l.,--