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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 13 Oct 1938, p. 11

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* -In se cts ' B r e in g P la ce s Approaching frosts and- cooler wveather will be weieomed as final externiinators of the mosquito pests which have staged'the most deter- mhined comeback,.since the.establish- mnent of the North Shore Mosquito Abatemnent. district l0 years ago. The surner of 1928 mwas featured by f ào ds,, and ,, likeuwise, an abundance. of *mosquitoes.* but the- season just.ending.has exceeded that record, particularly as, b floods:anid more frequent rains. *Thanks to the 10 years of drainage, M'ork throughout -the district. it has been- possible to maintain a quick, run-off of. water, and by the use of, one and onie-half l imes the amounit of larvicide normally sprayed. Dr. A. H. Méier. superintendent of, the district has been able to keep the * rosquito hordes reduced much more, Ihan vvoi-ld have been the case with- c ut such work.. Dark, Wicked Biters As in former vears. the familial- Aedûsvas typ)e ()f mosquitoes have infested the North Shore. al- thou4gh there have been a few Psoro- phara ciliatas. the lairg-e >dark %wicked biters, with a short us hair on their legs andbodies. Forest preserve sections have been the mnost 'e iY infested withi i-noscjuitoes during the past season. a fact which accounts'for somneof the healvy mosquito breeding places that exist. oiling Ope- -fions *Wliile oiling operations in the abatemnent district were suspendeà Sept.' 30. Superintendent Meier stili:. has three forces of men digging9 ditches. One is woirking inrilus Center, 'one out at Techny, and the other west of Wilmette. It is aiso fflanned to do some work on thé The Place: STADIUM THEÂITERý CENTRA*L STrREE'T. EVAtsTQN The Time:.Daily 99 kM. fo NOON Four,,Glorious Day& OCTOBER. 18-1l9-20-21 liii, 'a SEE THE NEWEST STYLE CAS S IN ACTION Lewis institute, andi iMr. Anderson ui the University of Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Morton of 1050 Forest avenue are going to New York this, weeký Mr.. Morton will, attend th e National Broadcasting Managers' convention. .Un co-operation Sas

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