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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1924
Page
8
The Postoffice Department urges careful addressing and secure wrapping for Christmas packages as part of the Shop Early Mail Early campaign. Place the recipient’s address in the upper left corner to aid return if misrouted and help postmen deliver gifts so they can be opened on Christmas morning.
The General Land Office reports 5,530,781 acres patented under homestead laws and total public land entries reaching 4,564,412 acres for the year. Legislation urged to protect grazing lands and to consolidate Alaska land offices under a single superintendent of public lands. Cash receipts from land sales and leases totalled 16,013,916. Plots and resurveys covering 6,593,440 acres were approved.
In Southern California entomologists report the ladybug nearly finished eradicating the mealy bug a citrus pest attacking orange groves. The pest fed on fruit trees forming a flour like scale and caused thousands of dollars in losses to growers. The ladybug’s work is viewed as a successful natural control enabling fruit growers to hope for relief and a return to healthier orchards.
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