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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-12-11
SPLENDID SERIES
OF ADDRESSES
SOME HELPFUL LETTERS.
Addresses to be at $3.50 Each Evening.
= Bishop Ainsworth Will Do the
Speaking.

Bishop Ainsworth, Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, who comes
to the University at the invitation and
under the auspices of the Y. M. G. A.,
spoke in chapel this morning. This
is the first, or better introduction to
series of addresses that he will de-
liver to the students and others OF
the University community upon that
most vitality affect the youth and and
more especially the University men
and women of today.
The older students can not apprt-
ciate the great value of being pri-
vileged to hear these splendid lee
lures as they will remember how,
before the war, we had men with us,
bringing messages and directing oul
thoughts to the moral and spiritual
obligations that are ours. These
men, four square in their development
Of mind, spirit, morals and body, Gre
ated an atmosphere on the campus
that touched to some degree every
student and caused him to halt in his
policy of living fine and think for a
while of the great things Of life and
his share in them, his duty in the
trying period of young manhood and
how that he can perform that duty
and accomplish something that is
of real value and worth.
The Bishop comes to us all the way
from Texas, bringing messages that
will be of vital interest to every stu
dent. He begins his lecture at $3.50
each evening and will close after an
hours service This will enable the
students to get to their studies at an
early hour. Everybody is especially
urged to attend the instructive and en-
thusiastic addresses. Special music,
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Mot at All
FEATURES w e
em~--tO
Pests That

mont because what it feeds upon are IN
varipby The enemies Of man and 1t Is
wouderful feeder.
This brings us back to why that army
is on its way TO France from California
from California because the California
kind are most voracious and carniYorouS
Of ALL
The employment Of these little beetles
as soldiers to defend the orchards and
gardens OF California has reached a high
point Of development within the last few
wears. They are shipped to all parts OF
the Safe. consgnmeats Of them being de-
livered free to growers Of fruit and vege-
tables.
The famous Imperial Valley, where great
areas are devoted to the production OF the
finest canteloupes in the world, would be
Obliged 10 60 out Of that business alto
gcther were it not for the help Of the lady
huoe. Tho State Government at Sacra-
mento sends four tons Of ladybugs to the
Imperial Valley each Spring to prevent
the plant lice from eating up the melon
vines.
One naturally asks where do all these
Iodybucs come from The answer Is that
thew are collected during the Winter in
The mountains Trained bug hunters gather
thnm
In late Autumn the little beetles depart
from the valleys and fly up into the hlgn
Sicrras. where they assemble in swarms
about the roots Of plants, choosing by
preference sunny slopes along the banks or
streams The first ones are due to arrive
about November |, and then 1t Is that the
bug-hunters begin to get busy. They go
m into the mountains and hunt for the
colonies.
But they do not disturb the colonies.
which have only begun to form. Later on
there will be thousands where at this time
there are but a few in each assemblage.
They are content to locate them. making
sketch-maps that will make easy the
problem OF finding them months arterWard
How important these sketch'maps are
may be judged from the fact that IN Decen-
Der and January. when the bug-hunters DO
their collecting. the high mountains are
likely to be covered by snow to depth OF
several feet.
It Is then an affair OF digging, and there
must be no uncertainty as to where the
insect colonies are to be found.
At best It Is hard work, with much eX.
posture to bad weather and severe cold.
The bug hunters are equipped like Arctic
explorers-for the lady-bugs are to be
found only at high eleyations-and with
them they carry sacks in which to pack
the insects. In the mouth Of each sack 10
a sieve with q wire-net bottom.
Naturally in collecting the insects murh
trash in the way of dried leaves and other
debris IS gathered Most OF 1t Is disposed
Of by passing the gathered material
through the sieve. Two men usually work
together. one getting out the bugs-Wllcn
may be grabbed BY the fistful-and drop
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NE BILLION strong when If all gets
there another American array is
w. on Il way to France. Not men TINS
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there the boxed bottles are kept until
Spring arrives, when they are shipped by
express to the places where they are need
ed. This is an affair controlled by tele'
graphic orders from Sacramento.
Consider the case Of the Imperial Valley
In early June thousands o. acres Of canta-
loupes are starting TO grow. The problem
Is to get the laIybugs on the job at just
the right time. If they ge; there seventy
Two hours too early the plant lice will be
TOO few to provide them with food and they
will s.arve TO death. On the other hand. II
they arrive forty-cight hours too late the
crop may be entirely lost. In forty-eight
hours the plant lice may destroy whole
fields Of muskmelons.
Accordingly, the method adopted Is to
send experts into the melon-srowing re-
zion. who watch for the arrival OF the
first plant lice, and at the proper moment
they wire to Sacramento for help. Sacra'
nlento wires the packing house, and, WITH
out a minutes unnecessary delay. az many
millions OF beetles as may be needed are
shipped All the grower has to do is 10
scatter them over the melon vines-they
NAV be counted on to do the rest
For effective work about 10000 lndyhugs
10 the acre suffice. They arc usually dis
tributed in the early evening, after SUM-
down. By the next morning they have got
over the excitement Incidental to the dis
turbance they experience. and are ready
for business They simply eat the plant
lice of the face OF the earth.
or all insects friendly to man the lady
bug Is by far the most valuable. Twenty
odd years ago It saved the orange orchards
OF California from total obstruction by
wiping out the "futed scale" insect which
was eating them Up. It is literally hug
OF prey, feeding IN gluttonous fashion upon
l,any OF the worst enemies Of cur crops.
II Is particularly friend of the fruit
grower and vegetabeg go rdcncr. and in this
capacity It is Expected to prove vastly Use
fui in France.
Consignments OF lady5aGs from the
serras. in cold storage. are already on
their way across the ocean, accompanied
by ladybug nurses who will teach their
proper handling and employment.
Looking at the lady bug without mag.
nifying glass, its head does not look par
ticularly formidable. In fact, one cannot
see much except fat little point with no
outstanding feature whatever. But under
the glass its aspect changes and and to
those creatures on which 1t preys 1t must
appear as terrifying as tiger in the jungle
does to the unwary traveller suddenly
coming across It. When the head Is mag
nifed one sees the strong crunching jaws
or mandbles the antennae with hooks at
the end especially ADAPTED for seizing the
arhdcs and within the Jaws are horny
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By Rere Bache.

NE BILLION strong when II all gets
there, another American array -
" On 4 way to France Not men this
time. but bugs-and those familiar little red
and blacks Dotted beetles. that we anection-
oteiv call "lady-bugs." and that have long
been supposed to embody In themselves
all the superior maternal sollcitndes and
honse-witely instincts. OF this vast army
Some millions have already taken ship.
Furthermore, Ike our other armies. this
enc T., going to France to fight. French
orchards. now tho Germans have been
cleared out. - suffering from another
nIasue-a preda!or destructive parasite
called the "mealy bug" which is Just as
,horough "a tho irvnde"s recently rolieh
hack. Our lady.bugs are going over 70 eat
them ND While they are about 1t they
will tackle the plant lice also, as well rs
olhrr insect nuisances that anIct tne
orchards and gardens OF France.
Lady. bug. lady-bng! Fly away home! .
Your house ls on FIRE.
Your childrsn do roam. -,
Hundreds OF Thousand; OF American chlk
drsn have sung this triolet OF Warming
boldinp tne little beetle poised on hnger
and oiNavs sure. when the tiny wings en-
handed and Il few OF. that Inc iaoy-ous
had heard and understood and was nuil!'
ing off to gather the children anu save Ne,
house IL she could. One was always siau
That she would find the message eXageeE,
otad and imagined her standing looking AT
tho 1ittle ones and saying: We'll those
lo1
nart time away Il would so--bNranSe arter
an Won could never tell-those strange
human bugs might some day actually De
telling the truth. hr
their very digniaed, scientific name, oy
~ INV "a Coleoptera Coccinnlltdae. Nor
arc We right in calling them lady-ougs.
Rack IN the Middle Ages. when theY got
their name, they called them lady-olrds or
ladv-beetles. because they were oeoIcateu
10 the Virgin Mary and were TIE o'tus
or "Beetles Of Our Lady. Inc curious
o,,netion goes back beyond the Christian
era, however, to other our taules,
There are many superstitions about them.
One exclamation OF the familiar song IS
thai n originated in England where they
burn the hop vines after the harVest: Inc
vines are usually full OF the apnlos or
Mani lice upon which the beetles and the
little coccinellid children feed.
Now what science has discovered aDous
this interesting insect Is that our IDEAS OF
its gentleness and domesticity are al
wrong. Also the lady-bug that you sing ~
,arv probably isn't a lady lady-bug at ALL
hnt gentleman lady-bug not at all con-
rerned about the fate OF his children.
But whether lady lady-bug or gentleman
Iady-bur, It Is just about as reroclous,
predatory and carnivorous a creature as 1t
In possible to conceive.
And, being 30. it is a great deal more
use to US than as a mere object OF sentl'
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liantly liehtcd at
one end and dark
at the Other. The
beetles crawl TO-
weird tie Hight. and.
thus freed from the
debris. are recap
ARE d an d re
k"d.
II now remains
On,y 10 count them
and pui them UP in
suitable boxes for
5 Il ip m @ II :. The
counting is done by
mourning them INTO
n sort Of h0prCr
which. on release
Of n catch, drops
$50. 010 Of I Il g N
into a box that has
two sides OF wire
mesh. TO give them
air. This number
just fills the box,
which Is thcreupon
nailed up.
E;,.o hundred NJ
these box s are
now on their way
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tn France. the vanguard Of the hosts to
follow
ilease observe that the season is Win
ter The ladybugs are alternating, and 1t
would never do to allow them 10 get warm.
IF that were 10 happen they would quickly
dc. Furthermore, they will not be wanted
for use for several mouths to come, and In
the meantime their term OF Information
must be arfihcially extended. This Is ac-
comrlishcd by keeping them in cold stor-
Great Britain ights Reserved
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Are Eating Up the French Orchards

ping them into the
sieve, while the
other passes them
through.
One b u n d r Q d
pounds OF ladybugS
in a day IS a pretty
fair collection for
two men. But they
are very bulky for
their W e & h I, 50
that forty pounds
are about as much
as a man can carry.
For the bug hunt
ers, however. a
camp is maintained
in the mountains.
so that they can be
supplied with nee
essaries by a week
~ paCk-train OF
mules, which re-
turns wit h t II e
sacks of beetles.
The mules carry
the sacks to a rail-
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road station. at a valley point not many
miles distant. where a packing house has
been established for handling the bugs.
There, to begin with. they are cleared:
that is. separated from III" dirt. bits CT
dead leaves and other refuse which tie
sieve has failed to exclude.
The cleaning process Is Interesting II
is accomplished in Il sort Of au'2n@uc
fashion, the contents Of the sacks being
dumped UPON long Tables "HICA are nrii
Copvright. 1919. by star Company.
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stops. Day and night during Its active
it pursues It's food.
incidentally, some Of the wasps
rather good friends Of the farmer. There
are varieties which help keep down the
caterpillar plague.
These wasps sting the caterpillar to
death and then lay their eggs in its body.
When the young Of the wasp hatch out they
feed upon the carcass. We're It not for
these wasps our losses through caterpillar
depredations would be many times greater
than they are at present.
One of the great sources Of loss in wheat
growing has been due to the injurious
activities OF the wheat nudge, which feeds
on the grain, and II unmole6ted BY Its
enemies would soon reduce our wheat
crops to the vanishing point. But several
OF the friendly insects keep the nudge IN
restraint, one being the ravenous two
winged flies. which seize and carry away
the nudge and suck out its Juices. lts
most powerful foe, however, is . parasite
that lives on the mi6ge-a small black ny
somewhat resembling the ant. As tho
nudge increases in number these para
sites also increase, for they depend for .
living on the nudge, and the moro midses
there are the moro parasites there are on
hand to eat them up.
The rate OF growth Of these parasites 10
so fast that they soon oyerwhelm the
nudge and destroy 1t entirely. In the same
way the army worm and the destructive
Hessian fly are constantly being destroyed
by useful insects that keep them 80 re-
duced in number that their harm to Us II
much smaller than 1t might otherwise be.
In addition to the insects which help
man by their warfare against his enemies
and those that are useful to him in medi-
cine, there are many others that serve use
full purposes in a commercial way. Most
familiar Of these are the honey and wax
obtained from the bee There Is Chinese
bug which secretes a kind Of grease on
trees. This hardens into wax and Is col.
lected, melted and purified, when It be-
comes white and glossy in appearance, and
when mixed with oil 1t can be made into
candles.
The cochineal scale insect living on
cacti in the American tropics, besides hav.
ing medicinal properties, yields the two
dyes called carmine and lake. The natural
dye of the cochineal Is used in colorlng
soldiers uniforms, as It stands the weather
better than commercial dyes.
No enlargement is needed on the work
of the silkworm. a native Of China, which
Is now being raised in this country Com
mercial shellac is obtained by melting lac,
the resinous substance produced by the
East Indian scale insect and deposited In
a crust on twigs to contain the insect and
the eggs. The export value Of shellac from
Indian ports in one year has risen % high
as $10,000,000. Lac has also been used to
make dyes, and Is also used as stihening
for hats. as sealing wax ingredient, -
part OF photographic ink. in electrical work
and in the manufacture OF phonograpA
records.
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age at a temperature as
close as possible to 40 de-
grces Fahrenheit.
a cold storage outfit is.
therefore, an indispens-
able adjunct OF the lady
bug packing house. and
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river NEWS

4 stage OF eleven foot. seven inches.
was reached Mt ;hc wharf yesterday in
the present rise and then hogan to rct:cd"
inch. Will, III" stag" AT tho foot of
slowly. and at six p. -. had fell on"
McM.ch"n dam WIS twelve foot. fiT"
inches and failing slow. The river Will
continue 20 fall. but II III" rain predict
ed for today faiIs Over the water sheds
The Liberty cleared for Park"rsbrrS
at ore 2. IN yesterday with 4 good r.. n
another rise will develop
The Helen f.. arrived from New Mata-
noras At -G:G0 last evening
The General C>ruwdcr Will he up to-
morrow morning n seven O'clock on her
way from Charleston tn Pittsburgh.
X. =. Spencer traffic manager i"r IN"
Liberty Transit company. VIII tax"
charg. of the Pittsburgh office OF the
com panE on Monday.
No appointment hrs been made In Mr..
Spcnc"rs place us traffic manager late
yesterday afternoon.
J. w Grown, general manager Of -"
Liberty Transit company. leaves toner
row night for Cincinnati! to max" ar
r:lnrrr,l",liS and to attend to other d.
tails for tho General Wood. which Will
arrive IL shat cit% on tho nISht IF
March II. on her firs: "trip II tho Pitts
burgh md Cincinnati: trade
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CAN BE CONTESTED.

WASHINGTON. Feb. GA bin aU-
:huriZ!ng the contest and cancellation
Of h0,nc&tc;Lt! entries Formerly within
tho k.oSva Conm'.uch" and Apache in
dian reservations n Oklahoma was
passed today by the house and sent 20
;hc president.
The !and. which Aggregates 500, hh2
acres was oHen"G - sale n 1905. h"l
IN" fir: settlers Hhacdoacd their tracts
b"caus" = dr"urh; - E"ArS arc Hnd
since then others hnvc moved on II"
property md irnpr"T'I It.
Thu h:;l permits th""e occupants t.
Institute a c"nt"S, proceeding a~H0et
the ahandnu"I! Criry. A7"rr-" IS "2u"'f :
la;ion an! bu: III" ianr from r." f"r-
"rr:n"ut.
The Holly chieftain., 1919-08-14
BEAN ACREAGE LESS
Only Important Crop Showing A
Decrease in State.

Final reports from county asses
sOrs to the state immigration de-
partment show S3,l67 acres of beans
in Colorado this year, exclusive of
snap beans. This includes 71,5S6
acres of dry beans for market, prin.
cipally pintos, and 1851 acres of
beans of various varieties for seed
This is the only important crop
showing a decrease in acreage this
year as compared with 1918. Ap-
prOXimately 252000 acres was de
voted to this crop in 1918, but the
yield was unsatisfactory in many
districts and the price obtained
was much lower than the previous
year. These two facts are the prin-
cipal reasons for the low acreage
this year.
FL Paso, Ebert and Weld coun-
ties lead in area devoted to beans,
each county having in excess of TO-.
600 acres. Logan county and other
counties in the northeast corner
of the state, where large acreages
of beans were grown last year, re-
port very light acreage this year.
the land being devoted princi-
pally to winter wheat.
The Holly chieftain., 1919-08-14
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

Department OF the Interior.
U. S. Land Office at Lamar, Colo,
June 27, 1919.
Notice is hereby given that Char
les FL. Glover, of Holly, Colorado,
who, on November "a, 1915, made
homestead entry, No. 01993l, for EIs
SEA Section "a, T. % s., r. AZ w,
and additional entry No. O25664 for
SWA SEA, SEA SWA, Section "a,
Township % s., Range AZ W., 9th
Principal Meridian, has filed notice
of intention to make final three
year Proof, to establish claim to the
land above described, before Re-
gister and Receiver, U. S. Land Of
flee, at Lamar, Colorado, on the 9Th
day of October, 1919.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Elmer SchrOll,
Bill Debus,
Lewis Smith,
Lee Roseberry. all of Holly, Colo
A. L. BEAVERS
IlU-S-l4 Register
The Holly chieftain., 1919-08-14
Hopperdozers Collects Hoppers.

No modern implement of warfare
terrorizes the enemy more than the
hOpperdozers, built according to
plans recommended by the United
States Department of Agriculture,
terrOrizes grasshOppers. Ten bu-
shells of grasshoppers were captur-
ed in two hours on one farm in
Morgan County, Ind, by the use
of hopperdozer built by the
county agent in order to control a
serious outbreak of the pests.
Continued use of the device has
resulted in the control of vast
hordes of the insects which have
done considerable damage on many
farms in the county. The catcher
is about Is feet long and feet
high. Near the bottom is trough
leading into big screen cage at
the back The device was drawn
by two horses over a clover field
after the crop had been cut. The
agent reports that at times the
pests were so thick as they jumped
into the catcher that they present
ed the appearance of cloud
Complete directions for building
and operating hopperdozer will
be furnished by the United States
Department of Agriculture
The Holly chieftain., 1919-08-14
7-10-S-14
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

department OF the Interior.
U. s. Land Office at Lamar, Col
orado, July 8, 1919
Notice is hereby given that
George A. Parks, of Cheney Center,
Colorado, who, on April II, 1916,
made homestead entry, No. O2112S,
for Lots 3, a, E1a SW14, SEA, Sec
tion Z, Township 25s, Range 42w,
9th Principal Meridian, has filed
notice of intention to make final
three-year Proof to establish
claim to the land above described,
before Register and Receiver, o..
s. Land Office, at Lamar, Colorado,
on the 18th day of October, 1919.
Claiment names as witnesses:
Bert butcher, Andy White,
both OF Holly, Colorado.
Frank Carter, Lawrence Carter,
both of Cheney Center, Colorado.
A. L. BEAVERS,
r3l-9-4 Register