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Nov. 5, 1915. 
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Progress of the Mosquito Campaign 
HE committee appointed to take charge of the exter- 
mination of mosquitoes is shortly to issue a circular 
letter to all who wish to join an association that proposes 
to get rid of mosquitoes on the North Shore. 
With the letter will be sent a copy of the charter and 
by-laws of the incorporated association, and copies of the 
letters of the United States Drainage & Irrigation Com- 
pany of New York submitting their bid for the work of 
extermination in accordance with surveys lately made; 
and their guarantee of the effectiveness of their work of 
extermination. 
As the New York company has made a specialty of 
the extermination of mosquitoes, and is the only company 
that has undertaken this work on lines which have proved 
effective, and met with the approval of the U. S. Govern- 
ment officials, and can, and will, do the work, the com- 
n-ittee hope to be able to make a contract with that com- 
pany; but their bid calls for such a large sum that it may 
be that the sum required cannot be raised unless the 
Town of Manchester and the City of Beverly are willing 
to contribute as liberally as they have done to the Moth 
Fund. 
The bid submitted by the New York company calls 
for $29,400 to cover the district included between Salem 
Lridge and Norman’s Woe up to Gloucester Harbor, and 
a line two miles inland parallel to the ocean. This also 
includes the marshes back of Beverly and extending to 
Danversport, because it was not thought possible to pro- 
tect Beverly from the marsh mosquitoes breeding there 
should the wind blow from that direction. 
The territory it is planned to cover is roughly four- 
teen miles long by two miles wide, and means the scien- 
tific ditching of all sea-marshes, the elimination of all 
breeding places on the rocks on the seashore, and the 
drainage of the stagnant pools in the many swampy places 
inland. 
Should the funds necessary to accept this bid he 
raised the New York company proposes to ditch the 
marshes this fall before freezing, and to do the inland 
work before the first brood of mosquitoes has a chance to 
hatch out in April. 
Some of the members of the committee who take 
care of the moth work on their own places and also con- 
tribute liberally to the general moth fund, are of the 
opinion that getting rid of the Mosquito Pest is quite as 
liecessary as protecting the trees. Freedom from mosqui- 
toes would not only make the North Shore a more com- 
fortable and delightful summer resort, but it will improve 
the health of this district by eliminating the many troubles 
that come from the bite of the mosquitoes on adults and 
children. 
In other districts, notably in Connecticut and Long 
Island, large sums for this work have been raised by 
povular subscription, ranging from two dollars upwards, 
but the committee has planned an association with mem- 
bership dues of $50 a year for three consecutive years 
that the large sum required may not have to be collected 
in one year, although the whole work will have to be 
dune within the first year. The cost of maintenance, after 
the work is done, is roughly estimated at $1500 a year for 
inspection and keeping the drainage open. 
Mr. Denégre and Mr. Frazier, who undertook the 
ciling of the breeding places this summer, were satisfied 
with the results accomplished, but they were aware of the 
fact that the oiling of breeding places gave immunity 
within’ the district where the oiling was done only for 
the season, and was not as effective this summer owing 
to the unusually rainy periods. They are unwilling to 
continue this temporary method of treating breeding 
places when these places can be gotten rid of by ditching 
and draining so as to do away with the great cost of con- 
tinual oiling. What the committee has in mind is a per- 
manent work, with the small cost of upkeep each year. 
The Town of Manchester and the City of Beverly 
would gain much by the elimination of the Mosquito 
Pest. There is no more beautiful country, no better 
climate, but the mosquito interferes with the enjoyment 
of out-door life, and that is what the summer residents 
come here for, and it is their presence that contributes 
to the life and prosperity of this community, But while 
pany of them are able to avoid the mosquito by remain- 
ing within screened houses those who have to work out 
in the open are the greater sufferers. 
It is hoped that the committee will arrange to give aa 
illustrated lecture in the Town hall that the method of 
Mosquito Extermination may be better understood, and 
the co-operation of all be assured. 
Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks H. Whitman and their chil- 
dren are planning to spend Christmas at Lake Forest, Hl, 
at “Fairlawn,” the home of the H. C. Chatfield-Taylors, 
the parents of Mrs. Whitman. Mr. and Mrs. Chatfield- 
Taylor will leave for Santa Barbara, Cal., about the mid- 
die of January and occupy a cottage for the winter. The 
H. C. Chatfield-Taylor “movie” play,. “The Crimson 
Wing,” was given Tuesday evening at Lake Forest, as a 
benefit for the suburban Y. M. C. A. Several scenes of 
the play were staged on the Chatfield-Taylor estate and 
on those of Edward Small Moore, Mrs. Laurance Armour 
and others. 
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Miss Margaret Thomas of Pride’s Crossing spoke 
to the Girls’ club of the Beverly Farms Baptist church 
on Tuesday evening on “A Trip to the Far East.” The 
address was illustrated by pictures thrown upon the 
screen. Miss Thomas was assisted by Miss Rosamond 
Bradley. Miss Thomas told about her trip to India, 
Japan and China. The lecture was enjoyed by everyone 
who was privileged to attend. 
Mrs. J. D. Safford of Springfield, who has been oc- 
cupying the Hood cottage, Norton’s Neck, Manchester, 
the past season, has just bought the estate, and will make 
it her permanent summer home. She has sold her beau- 
titul residence in Springfield and plans to make Wash- 
ington, her winter abode. Mrs. Safford was to leave 
Manchester, with her daughter, this week and will settle 
in Washington later this month. Part of the winter sea- 
son they will spend in the south. The sale at Manchester 
was made by Albert D. Bosson and Robert Homans, 
trustees under the will of F. Henrietta Hood, through 
the real estate office of T. Dennie Boardman, Reginald 
and R. deB. Boardman of Boston and Manchester. The 
estate comprises about six acres, a fine house and stable, 
and is one of three summer homes on the Neck, the others 
being the summer homes of Wm. A, Tucker and Ezra C. 
Fiich. Extensive improvements are to be made. he 
estate was occupied several seasons by Dr. Dumba, the 
Austro-Hungarian ambassador. 
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