EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wednesday, January 30, 1957
Mormon Crickets May Be on
Move Against West Farms
Salt Lake City (U.R) Hordes
of Mormon crickets, which al
most wiped out pioneer Utah in
1848 by eating most of its crops,
may be on the move against
western farmlands in 1957.
Dr. Don M. Rees, head of the
University of Utah zoology de
partment, pointed out that spor
adically armies of the voracious
insects that plagued Mormon pi
oneers rise up and demolish
crops throughout the West.
No one can predict exactly
when the crickets will strike. But
when they do they destroy most
crops consumed by man and
many crops that feed farm ani
mals. An army of crickets has been
known to travel up to two and
one-half miles in a single day,
eating almost every plant in
sight except the larger bushes
and trees.
The cricket infestation of 1848
has become a part of Latter-day
Saints (Mormon) Church theol
ogy. The insects, which the frontier
settlers had never seen before,
suddenly came out of the desert
and denuded farmland the pio
neers had been depending on to
provide food for their second
year in the Salt Lake Valley.
Seagulls Helped
Mormon leaders . called upon
church faithful to pray for de
liverance from "the frightful bug
a cross between the spider and
the buffalo" as some called it.
Church members now believe
those prayers were answered.
For huge flocks of seagulls sud
denly swooped down on the
cricket hordes, eating their fill
of , the insects, disgorging into
Great Salt Lake, and coming
back for more until the infesta
tion was wiped out.
The Mormon cricket is actu
ally a wingless, long-horned
grasshopper with a heavy, dark
brown body about one and a
quarter inches long. It cannot
fly. and can't jump very far.
The insatiable insects are
found mainly west of the Rocky
Mountains but also have dam
aged crops in the Missouri River
country.
Rees said Utah and other states
have had Mormon cricket infes
tations as large as the cricket in
vasion of 1848 but that science
has developed methods for con
trolling the insects since the old
days.
Even flame-throwers have been
used to fight off Mormon cricket
invasions. But aerial spraying
and poisoned wheat or oats are
more often used to kill the crop
destroying pests.
They're Prepared
Rees warned that there prob
ably will be more Mormon crick
et invasions next year in states
having a warm spring without
a cold snap.
The zoologist explained that
the adult crickets lay their eggs
in the fall. The cricket embryo
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starts to develop in the eggs in
the fall, is dormant during the
winter but is reactivated during
the spring and starts to develop
again.
This spring "reactivation" per
iod is the critical time in the
birth of the Mormon cricket. The
embryo can stand freezing
weather during the winter when
it is dormant. But cold temper
atures in the spring will kill the
reactivating embryo.
Matured Mormon crickt's feed
on more than 250 different kinds
of range plants. In Nevada they
once damaged more than two
million acres of land with losses
in livestock-carrying capacity of
up to 40 per cent.
But farmers need no longer
fear the Mormon cricket as much
as they once did.
If there's mild spring weather
that produces a Mormon cricket
invasion this year, farmers can
call on the 40 aerial spraying
planes the U.S. Department of Ag
riculture has stationed through
out the West to deal death to the
little insect with the big appetite.
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HANDING HER CONTRIBUTION m Washington to Mrs.
James P. Mitchell, right, wife of labor secretary, Mamie
Eisenhower, symbolizes tomorrow night's march of 4,000,
000 mothers against polio throughout nation. (International)
The Family Council
Edltor'i note: Tha Family Council consists ol a Judge, a psychiatrist,
three clergymen, a newspaper editor, a women's editor and two writers. E. h
article Is a summary of an actual report. The Family Council does not give
advice; it merely reports on problems that have been dealt with by responsible
agencies and counselors. ,
Mr. J. R. I want to find our
wandering daughter.
Mrs. J.R. It will only bring
him insults and abuse.
M.r. J.R A little over a year
ago our 18-year-old-aaugnter
eloped with a young man who
has a prison record.
F.ven hefore we knew aoout
his record we didn't like this
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Langlie Takes Post With Magazine Firm
New York (U.R) Former
Gov. Arthur B. Langlie of
Washington has been elected
president and chief executive
officer of the McCall Corpora
tion, the publishing firm his an
nounced. Langlie replaces Marvin
Pierce, president since 1946,
who has been elected chairman
of the board. The corporation
publishes McCall's and Red
book magazines, operates a
printing plant at Dayton, O.,
which prints its own and other
magazines including the Read
er's Digest and Newsweek, and
a dress pattern business.
Langlie, three times govern
or of Washington, was keynoted
at the. Republican National con
vention last year. He failed to
NEEDS MORE DIRECTORS
Salem (U.PJ Gov. Robert
D. Holmes said Tuesday he has
not been able to find qualified
men willing to take over the
posts of state director and fi
nance and motor vehicle director.
win election to the Senate in
race against Democrat Warren
G- Magnuson.
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fellow. From the way he spoke
and dressed we could tell he
wasn't our sort. We couldn't tell
what attracted Doris to him and
did everything we could to talk
her out of her infatuation.
Since she left, we have had
about three cards from Doris
postmarked from another state
quite far from us. She gave no
return address, but merely wrote
that she is married and well.
Needless to say, my wife and
I are heartbroken. From every
thing we have learned about
this fellow since Doris left, we
feel he may have a wife else
j where and they may not be mar
I ried at all. Perhaps Doris has
! gotten into some sort of trouble
with him. I want to go to look for
her, but my wife is against it.
Mrs. J.R. Before she left
I home, Doris wrote a very ter
! rible letter to us, accusing us of
! never having loved or under
stood her. She made a list of i
"crimes" we had committed
against her since early child
, hood. We couldn't even remem
ber any of the incidents she
wrote about. Heavens knows we
: loved her and tried to make her
happy, but there seems to be no
love in her heart for us.
I feel there is nothing we can
do with Doris while she feels
like this. Brokenhearted as I
am, I don't want to see my hus
band make a trip that may be
useless or will bring him only
insults and abuse. He is not a
well man and I am afraid of what
might happen to him if Doris
behaves the way she did just be
. fore she left home.
J Someday, I am sure, Doris
will wake up and realize what
kind of a man she is living with.
She was a well brought-up, re
ligious girl and cannot live as i
i a criminal s wife. She knows
she'll be welcomed back when
ever she wants to come.
The Council: The trip Mr. J.R.
contemplates would probably be
fruitless, but this problem
! should not be dropped without
a serious effort to locate Doris,
i It is quite possible she is already
; separated from the young man
and does not return home be
cause of pride or she could be
in trouble and does not want to
communicate with her parents
for the same reason.
The police department and its
missing persons bureau are the
best sources of information for
the J.R.'s. These agencies may
know what type of job this man
is likely to take or who his con
tacts are in the city in which he
is living. They can give these
parents advice and leads on the
best possible way to locate
Doris. Personal advertisements
in the newspaper may bring bet
ter results than an in-person
trip and much heartache and
expense can be spared. It is pos
sible that the police in the city
in which the couple is now liv
ing can locate them.
Doris undoubtedly has psy
chological problems or she could
not so completely turn her back
on her parents and the teach
ings that have been instilled in
her. The fact that she has sent
home postcards indicates, how
ever, that she still does not want
to cut off all ties.
Whether or not she is really
married, she probably needs her
parents' help and love. Doris'
distorted view of her parents'
attitude toward her will change
as she gets older, if she keeps
her mental health. For her sake,
as well as their own, these par
ents should make all reasonable
efforts to locate her.
(Copyright 1957.
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