Norwich bulletin., 1920-11-18
WANT $s5o, 900 FOR WAR
 ON CONNECTICUT MOSQUITO

ON CONNECTICUT MOSQUITO
 The mosquito, carrier of malaria a summer night pest and a general nus- ance, was thoroughly discussed, cussed. and everlasting war declared upon him at the weekly no.lday luncheon of the Norwich Rotary club held at the Waure-
 gan hotel on Wednesday noon. when John
 Moran, treasurer of the Anti-Mosquito as- | sociation of Connecticut, Dr. w E. Brit 1 ton, state entomologist and Everett G. | Hill, secretary of the association, spoke 1 against the mosquito, telling of it's habits
 and health menace and of the statewide l crusade against this pest.
 The three speakers were the guests of Mayor H. M. Lerou, who introduced them
 MT. Moran vas the first to bring up the ! subject of the mosquito, saying that Wal | ter II. Wilson, prominent member of | Chicago's civic life and for 2S years a summer resident at Westhrook, was the | nrst to start an organized movement 1 against the pest. Mir. Wilson realized the
 menace to health and the physical discom- | fort caused by the mosquito and started out to exterminate him through the peo-
 pie of the state. The Connecticut Anti
 Mosquito association was formed last Au-
 gust and has already enlisted the financial
 support of prominent Connecticut men,
 and is striving now to get legislation that
 will provide for the extermination of the
 mosquito under state supervision.
 Dr. Britton of New Haven was the next
 speaker. Dr. Britton outlined the habits
 of the pest and told Interestingly of the
 way the mosquito could be done away with. The mosquito, said Dr. Britton, has been taken by most people as has the income tax and the 18th amendment 1 The majority will tell you that the mos , quito was put here by God and by God
 he will stay. But we know that the mosquito cannot stay if there is con- , certed movement against him. The mos quito must have water to breed in. not
 necessarily large bodies, for the mosquito 2 will breed in rain barrels and half filled tomato cans All mosquitoes bite, and l there are 25 kinds in the state. There g are two most common kinds-the one ! that breeds in the salt marshes and those , ! that breed in fresh water, the last gener- . ally being the malaria carriers. There is e practically no community that is without S mosquitoes. The fresh water mosquito { is not great traveller, but the salt marsf e mosquito h;ls been known to travel 50 tc t 40 miles.
 | Malaria is transmitted from one persor S to another through the bite of the mos
 quito, the female of the species being tn S carriers, as the male cannot bite. Tn y salt marsh mosquito lays her eggs in tn $ mud and the eggs hatch out during tn T. spring, but the house mosquito live ,f through the winter in cellars and othe ,; damp and out of way places.
 LS As to the eXterminating of the mosduit l. the salt marsh species can be gotten ri J. of by the cutting of ditches in the marsh 'e thus draining it and, compelling the mos 'r quito to breed in deep water where tn g fish can eat the wrigglers. This is tn '- least expensive way. The fresh wate = mosquito can be exterminated by drain
 ing of .stagnant ponds, mud holes, spray
 ing of dumps and rain barrels. It cost
 about $5 per acre to drain the sa
 marshes and Connecticut has at preser E" about 1So00 acres, of which 5000 hay CT been ditched. There have been severs au legislative measures taken to rid th lg state of the mosquito but there has bee he a lack of united effort on the part of tt ng towns. One town has done all it coul " but the next town has not, and so th he work of the first town goes for nothinl as What We want is a state wide effort to ri n- our state of the pest.
 ~ Following Dr. Britton's talk, E. C.. Hi II spoke on the subject and explained tl -.- plan of the association. He said that W ~ are faced with concrete problem of ho S to get rid of the mosquito. We want ' get at it in systematic way heretofor "a people have regarded the mosquito in  .n the legislature for the principal way os getting rid of the pest. We want to as bt for an appropriation of $350, ,0CJ for Il h. 1 first two years and then it will only tai -! about S35.0O0 year to continue it Tn ~ has been carefully estimated and it meal ts the ridding of Connecticut of gre in health menace. We must kill the mo
 quito before he is born. It has been dol si- in Panama and Cuba, where the mosqui
 l taar ri wal 11or4
 al be done in Connecticut?
 IT, The speakers were given a rising vo fly of thanks by the Rotarians of who ok there were about SS present Preside for J. c. Worth presided at the meeting ai to read communication from the Intern ost tional Rotary regarding the organizati, Till of club in Willimantic The intern m tional body favors the organizat tion. al tie, the following committee was appointed L. go ahead with the work: J. C. Wort ted chairman; E. Howard Baker, Luci md Briggs, Charles A. Gager, Jr., H. NJ. L per rou. Alfred Lillibridge, James L. Cra'
 ford. Joseph N. Weymouth and Harry ,sn Clark. res The December meetings will be or charge of the following committee: I ade Hugh B. Campbell Arthur NJ Brown a to Joseph W. Curtis. .. to A communication from Governor
 Everett J. Lake in response to an invit
 ton from H. NJ. Lerou to attend a futr
 meeting of the Rotary club was read. , z which Mir. Lake stated that. he would - pleased to visit the local club some til rn- after he had Seen 1nauf rated He pro iuo ises to bring all all-important topic OefC ed the club when he comes here
 Ign The song leader of the luncheon H md Eben Learned, and Henry J. LaFonta ut rendered two solos.
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