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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 14, 1955)
SUNDAY, AUGUST 14. 1955 HERALD AND NEWS. klamAim cJjv UKKUON PAGE NINE Mosquitoes In Klamath Area Pesky But Not The Disease Carrying Types By JOE RltiKKT Of all tiie millions oi .bugs and insects inhabiting the earth, the common, everyday mosquito is probably the moat reviled, detest ed, hated, etc. ... Klamath Falls residents have been attesting to this fact oil sum mer Ions. Little opposition could be found to a statement by the Encyclopedia Americana. It says: ". . . they are intolerable pests." The encyclopedia also says that Uiey are cosmopolitan. Local citizens have ether names for them. No one has ever been able to determine how much blood is lost to the insects over a summer's period, but it probably would solve the problems of the Red Cross for many summers. And yet the book of knowledge reveals that: '. . . the taste for blood is certainly an acquired one and a relatively unimportant factor in the lives of the majority of mos quitoes.' In other words, they don't even need it. The mosquito menace has not been ignored. The city council members were bitten like everyone else, so they decided a survey was in order. This was accomplished last week by a man from the state board of health, with the assistance of two U.S. Public Health officials. They gave a report on what they found to Bob Bonney, head of the city recreation department. He has been one of the more harried men in town. Trying to keep the bug population down around the city's recreation areas has not been a picnic. Chiloquin To Remodel Hall CHIXOQUIN The city hall, which houses the police department, Jail, fire station, library and city council quarters is being remodeled. The major change is the enlarg ing of the Jail facilities. The extra apace is being made available by moving the fire fighting equipment and fire truck to the city ware house, purchased last year from Copeland Yards and which adjoins the city hall. A flag pole has been Installed, new walks and steps being made, and the outside of the south end of the building covered with con crete. The windows on the north ode are being redesigned for se curity purposes. George Hobbs, manual arts In structor at the high school, Is do ing the jail remodeling, with the .-ssiolance of Chief of Police Lewis Jones. The Gun-Crete Cement Com nny of Salem and Portland has the contract for all cement work. Reds Willing To" Swap Atom Secrets GENEVA IB Russian and American atomic scientists say they have exchanged informal in vitations to visit each other's coun tries. They said Friday night the invi tations were extended at social gatherings during the current Ge neva conference on peaceful uses of the atom, but that no definite visits were set. Prof. A. P. Vinogradov, a mem ber of Soviet Russia's Academy of Sciences and a delegate to the con ference here, told reporters: "I have personally received a number of Invitations to visit other countries, including one from Dr. Lawrence of California and from a number of others. On our part we have made similar lnvita tlons." FORMAL PORTLAND W Municipal and district Judges here soon will be wearing formal black robes for their court appearances. Municipal Judge J. J. Qulllln said each jurist will buy his own at a cost of about $55 each. Mult nomah County circuit Judges start ed wearing robes earlier in the year. STATE-FARM Yor Car ' INSURES ALL THREE Year life I Sonwtimcs it'i imart to put all I I your tts i one bukft , specially whfn it' your iniur- Iancc prolrction. You'll enjoy the . convenience of haiing ll your I perioral insurance in the handl of one penon who knowiyour in- I rlivnlii.il needi. Call m anytime. I Said Bonney of the repcit: "We knew we hail mnni,itn They told us where they were. ' The experts found ntno species this area, bus onlv tun in abundance. These arc the Aeries. dorsalis and the Culevtarsalls. Max Braden. couniv sa.-iiarinn who accompanied the hsMth nfn. cials on their tour of Ine area. said these two species are the most troublesome. They are the kind that swarm up and try to eat you up, and then carry you off," he quipped. The experts found five m.,nr breeding areas tor these iwo tvnes Tney were the log ponds near Pel ican city, irrigated pastures near Moore Park, marsh areas around Lake Ewauna. sluggish drainage ditches in the South Suburbs, and seepage along the main canal. Braden pointed out that a control program would not necessarily have to be expensive, but would take a lot of time. It can't be nr,Dharri It has to be scientific, and you first must know what you have to fight," he said. It was suggested that the most desirable method of solving the problem would be to get rid of the breeding areas by draining the wltr or by filling in the trouble spots. A less satisfactory wv would be to celan out the vegetation. Another method of control is to spray the breeding location with Insecticide to kill the mosquitoes in the larva stage. "Fighting the adult mosouito Is only a stop-gap procedure." said Braden. "By that time they are widly scattered and hard to deal with." Spraying for the babv buss ef fectively would mean covering an area from three to five miles from the city. That is how far the mos oultocs travel ucder normal conditions. The health officials did not find cause for concern ovur the disease carrying potentialities of the iccal mosquitoes. Tne Cules-type insect carries encephalitis or sleeping sickness. This disease is catried from horses by the mosouito to humans. However only two cases were reported of horses in this area last year, and none so far this year. This is due in part to the fact that most local people vac cinate their animal? to prevent it. ine Klamath rails citizenry can be thankful for that, because the disease is almost incurable in hu mans. Malaria Is another of the di seases carried by mosquito;s. Here It must be transferred from one person to another, w'th the insect acting as the go between, cany Ing the live virus. There have been no known cases in this area. but some have been reported in Medford and Roseburg. But even if danger of disease from the pests here is at a mini mum, they still can be decidedly unpleasant. Ouchl Get away from me you dratted .... t-- v. .-ili? r . W.'srl 1. J . ml v 4t AN OLD TIME THRESHING machine made modern by the Incorporation of the threshing ma chine's power plant with the machine, thus doing away with the long and dangerous power belt. The power plant can be seen sitting on to p of the threshing machine. This outfit is thresh ing Marion bluegrass seed on the Ed Geary ranch. United Fund Drive Set LAKEVIEW Dates for the 1955 United Fund drive for Lake County will be September 10 to 24, an nounces John E. McDonald, county chairman. McDonald, who has volunteered to be drive chairman with the 15 members of the board of directors acting as supervisors of the cam paign, has called budget meetings for Monday. August 15 and Wednes day, August 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the circuit court library in the court house. At these two meetings agen cies which will participate in the UF receipts will present their needs for next year. Agencies will be notified which night to attend. Staiger Named To City Post CHILOQUIN Guy Staiger has been appointed by the city council to replace James Huff as city re corder. Huff, who was elected to his post a year ago, is leaving tills month for Guam, where he will teach in the high school. 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