Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-30
MOSQUITO HAS
BEEN DEFEATED
IN SHlPYARDS
Great Campaign Has Been
Successful Against Insects
Along Coasts.

Washington, Sept. 30.-More than
one ally of the German emperor who
has attempted to interfere with the
~shipbuilding program has come to
defeat. The latest is the mosquito.
Most of the new shipyards have
risen from marshlands bordering riv-
ers. lakes. bays and inlets. These
marshy places r the favorite breed
ing places of the mosquito and mil
lions fed so avariciously on the men
they were forced to leave the ways
and production was retarded. But
now a great, national mosquito-fight-
ing army has been created and this
force Is conducting q continuous Of
%fensive against the insect hosts.
The staff Of this army is composed
Of mosquito fighting experts, who
have fought and battered down moe
quito offensives not only in this Jul
try but also IN the fever-infected
S sssglc at t iSae y Wnsse lnn Rssi these ss1 is
Lieutenant Colonel Philip Schuyler
Doane. a member Of the staff of Sur
geon General Gorgas who eliminated
the pest from the Panama canal
zone. He is director Of the depart
ment Of health and sanitation of the
United States shipping board and is
organizing the war against the mos
quito in all parts Of the country.
The cooperation Of state, munich
pal and private corporate interests
has been enlisted in this war. Miles
of trenches have been dug in low
lands about ghipbuilding plants so
that the marshes nay be drained and
the breeding places destroyed. Where
it is Impossible to drain off the stag
nant water, Cling is restored to.
At the Hog Island plant e Phil
adelphia, the work is being carried
on with the cooperation of the state
of Pennsylvania, the city of Philadel-
phia, the Westinghouse corporation,
the Atlantic Oil Refining company
and other private interests. A fund
Of $250,000 has been contributed and
in addition the Atlantic Oil Refining
company contributes all the oil used;
9,100-acre tract Of marsh land had to
be treated by sprinkling pools, cutting
down tall weeds, dredging and drain
ing Inc within three months after
work started, the water area had
been reduced 95 per cent. Several big
DUMPING stations have been erected
and employed in this work and more
are planned.
the land thus reclaimed, it is estiZ
mated will be suitable for agricultural
purposes and it has been suggested
this land be turned over to the Boy
Scouts Of Philadelphia for war gar
dens, as the land is within six miles
of the central section Of Philadel-
phia.
The state Of New Jersey is cooper
ating with. Camden and Gloucester
counties and the shipping board in
work about the shipyards on the New
Jersey side of the Delaware river. 1t
is planned to spend $4,000 in this
district this yea
Chester, Pa, an important center
for all kinds Of war work, has a
committee that is working with the
state and the shipping board and the
state has agreed to appropriate $40.-
900 If $4,000 can be obtained from
other sources. Other places at which
work is being carried on along this
line are Wilmington, N. c., which
has raised $50, 900; Alexandria and
Hampton, Va: Los Angeles. CAL, and
about the yards on the Gulf Of Mex