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 dances, shameless clnthcs, risky songs, 

 1 outraBi'OuK tihowK, and pei'! i-rtly atrocious 

 and infernal fiction— anil many contend 

 that the race is hearting straipht for the 

 demnltlopest of liow-wows. 



103 



OFFICE OF THE 



BOARD OF SELECTMEN 

 NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER. 



You are hereby required on or before Dec. 1, U)13, to ilestroy the gypsy aud 

 brown tail moths on your property in this town. 



This notification is in accordance with Chapter 381, Acts of 1905, as amended 

 by Chapter 208, .\cts of 1906, which requires cities and towns to destroy the eggs, 

 caterpillars, pupje and nests of the gypsy and brown tail moths under heavy penalty 

 for failure to cotnply with the provisions of the law. 



If a property owner fails to destroy such eggs, caterpillars, pupte and nests, 

 then the city or town is required to destroy the same, and the cost of the work, 

 in whole or in part, according to the value of the land, is assessed upon and 

 becomes a lien on the land. (See Section 6, Chapter 381, on reverse.) 



The selectmen ask owners aud tenants to co-operate with the town in its 

 work on highways and other ' public grounds by doing effective work on their 

 premises. Citizens who have cleaned their premises of the moths, but find 

 their trees endangered by the neglect of owners of adjoining estates should make 

 complaint to the .selectmen. The infestation of a residential neighborhood by 

 the neglect of a few will not be tolerated. 



The eggs of the gypsy moth should be destroyed at once with creosote. They 

 should never be scraped off the object on which they are laid. Careful search 

 should be made for gypsy moth egg clusters, not only on trees but also on house 

 walls, stone walls, fences and in rubbish heaps, etc. Trees in which cavities 

 occur and which it is not desirable to cnt should have the cavities tinned or 

 cemented. This is important. The present and future cost of combating this 

 insect can be greatly reduced by cutting and burning worthless brush, hollow 

 trees, etc. A few trees well cared for are more valuable to the property owner 

 and the community than a large number of neglected trees. 



The nests of the brown tail moth should be cut from the trees, carefully 

 collected and burned in a stove or furnace. 



We cannot express too strongly the necessity for continuing the energetic work 

 against these pests, and we earnestly recommend that you entrust the care of your 

 property to the Local Superintendent during the ensuing year. Should you prefer 

 to take care of your own property, kindly notify the Local Superintendent to that 

 effect. (Box 43, Milton, Mass.) 



If no reply is received before December 2nd, 1913, it will be assumed that you 

 wish the Local Superintendent to do whatever is necessary on your premises until 

 November 1st, 1914. 



Full instructions as to best methods of work against the moths may be obtained 

 from the Local Superintendent, Nathaniel T. Kidder, Box 43, Milton, Mass., or 

 from the State Forester, Room 1009, fi Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. 



Work done by contractors should be inspected and approved by the Local 



NEW HEAD OF THE OBSERVATORY. 



Alexandjr G. McAdie of San Francisco 

 to Become Director at Blue Hill. 



cAcllc, at pi-escnt luM.l 

 .tea weather bureau in 

 •IS been appointed di 

 Hill Observatory anil 

 teorology by llarvanl 

 hicli the observiitory 

 by Professor Kotcii. 

 will come to Blue Hill 

 ■,ember. L. A. Well^. 

 charge at the observii- 

 or Botch's death a lit 

 ear ago, is to retire, 

 line of the most noted 

 the country. He was 

 Harvard in '85, and 



0 years in the govern- 

 it to Clark University 

 'ter a few years tli.ere 

 edei-iil wcatiier bureau 

 in Washington. New 



1 KrancLsco, being in 

 !> past eighteen years. 

 :tensively on meteorol- 

 [t is expected that he 

 work at Harvard thiit 

 )y the Uit(! Professor 



Superintendent before payment for the 



Not. 1, 1913. 



nade. 



HENRY H. BARNES, 

 MAURICE A. DUFFY, 

 GEORGE R EATON, 



Selectmen. 



