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land Farmer and other papers in the 
middle and northwestern states where 
the pest was prevalent. 
There appeared in the August 7th, 
1909, issue of the Horticulture print- 
ed in Boston, a statement that 24 
dead Robins and 50 dead Sparrows 
had been found in a place which 
these birds usually frequented, soon 
after the trees in that locality had 
been sprayed with poison. This 
statement has never been denied or 
even questioned by the people who 
use poison or by anyone else. 
If their poison mixture kills the 
birds, it will kill the precious little 
parasites that have always been such 
good friends to tree life. 
If the above statement is true, it 
is time right now, for all people to 
rise in their might and put a stop to 
the use of poisons or anything else 
that kills a bird. Without bird life I 
am afraid that vegetable life would 
soon be destroyed by insect life. 
None of the people that use poison 
will claim that it will kill by contact. 
Then why use it if it kills the birds, 
when it is well known by all men that 
kerosene and whale oil soap will kill 
this pest by contact and not hurt the 
birds; but it may destroy the good 
parasites. So we advise where pos- 
sible to follow our method and kill 
their progenitors at a very small cost, 
compared with any other method. I 
do not believe we have many spring 
Canker Worms Paleacrita Vernata in 
this section of the country, but will 
ascertain this coming spring. 
I have heard agents while seeking 
work, claim that they could kill with 
their poison sprays the many kinds 
of Borers that work in the cambrium 
layers and inner bark. Lord bless 
them, they could not kill in a life 
time with poisons as many of these 
Borer as one of our Woodpecker kills 
each day. Who of us that do not 
remember seeing this little bird, par- 
ticularly in the winter time hunting- 
over our trees for these Borer, 
Scales, etc. We very seldom see one 
now and if the poisons thrown on 
our trees is one of the causes of re- 
ducing them to their present num- 
bers, it should be sufficient reason to 
stop its further use, by laws which 
we trust will soon be enacted in all 
states where this pest does damage. 
MEMORIAL ARCH FOR UNIVERSITY CAMPUS 
The Class of 1890 of DePauw Uni- 
versity, when preparing for its twen- 
tieth anniversary, to be held at the 
college, decided to erect a memorial 
arch at the east entrance to the Cen- 
tral College grounds. A committee 
was appointed that solicited designs 
and bids from various firms engaged 
in the business, and out of a number 
of special designs submitted, selected 
that tendered by the Enterprise Foun- 
dry & Fence Co,, of Indianapolis. 
This arch was erected and in place, 
for the dedication ceremonies on the 
date of the class anniversary, and 
was admired by a great many people 
assembled at Greencastle at that time. 
The arch was accepted by the presi- 
dent of the university in a very happy 
address that marked the interesting 
dedicatory exercises. 
The high character of the work and 
the handsome design have made the 
arch a substantial addition to the 
decorative features of the campus. 
As both a useful and ornamental me- 
morial it is especially appropriate. 
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MEMORIAI^ ARCH ON CAMPTJ.S OF DE PAUW UNIVERSITY 
