Thursday, April 28, 1938
GENERAL VICINITY OF HEPPNER
STOCK-POISONING PLANTS IN THE
Death Camas Poisoning: 6
Death camas is very likely much
more responsible for stock losses in
this area than is commonly believed.
Hardly one single ranch here does
not have a scattered stand of these
plants somewhere about. Although
it was not observed in 1937 in thick
stands is was by no means uncom
mon. As poisonous plants go death
camas stands right with lupine for
its deadly effectiveness; the fact
that it is sometimes confused with
wild onion has even cost some hu
man lives.
In the latter part of spring the
plants can be frarly readily recog
nized with their dense heads of
small cream or yellow-green flow
ers; these flowers appear to have
6 petals, at the base of each of which
(on the inside of the flower) there
is a small green dot. The flowers are
sent up on a shoot anywhere from
6 inches to 2 feet high. They are
grass-like in general appearance,
the leaves all coming from the base
of the plant; there is no sheath
around the leaf, however, as in the
grasses. These leaves are, in the
middle, almost lh inch wide and vary
from to Wi feet in length. The
bulb from which the plant grows is
usually 6 to 8 inches below the
ground and, although onion-like, it
does not have the onion odor; the
outer, layers if the bulb are blackish
in color. The brownish-colored seeds
are found in a three-lobed capsule.
Death camas should not be con
fused with the edible Camas with its
larger, distinctly blue flowers so
common e. g. at Ukiah. There is no
relation between the two.
There are various names by which
death camas is sometimes known,
for example, poison sego, "lobelia,"
zygadene, poison camas, "wild on
ion," poison grass, alkali grass, hog
potato, sand corn, mystery grass,
soap plant and squirrel food. The
scientific name of ours is Zygadenus
paniculatus!
Early in the spring the plant may
be confused with grasses, and this
fact has often placed the responsi
bility of death camas poisoning on
some other plant. Death camas is
usually found in a moist, not wet,
soil, but ours is found very frequent
ly in a gravelly or rocky soil.
The seeds of the plant are the most
poisonous with the bulb next in or
der (the latter poisonous to man).
Early in the spring, especially, the
leaves and stems are very poisonous.
The bulbs, of course, are seldom eat
en by stock unless it is in the spring
when the soil is moist and they can
be pulled up easily. The condition,
size and susceptibility of the animal,
as with all poisonous plants, deter
mines to a large extent the amount
of plant material necessary to cause
sickness or death. The plant makes
its appearance earlier than most of
the other herbaceous vegetation, and
this accounts undoubtedly for the
prevalence of spring poisoning with
death camas.
Cases of poisoning are usually
with sheep, among which great losses
may occur. It is improbable that
lambs are poisoned from the ewe's
milk, however. Cattle and horses
may sometimes be poisoned. Hogs
have never been known to die from
eating this plant, sometimes even
thriving on it. In some cases it causes
swine to vomit. Goats are said to be
poisoned by it. Sometimes, however,
our particular death camas may be
quite poisonous to cattle as well as
sheep (at least such has been the
case in other areas where our plant
also occurs).
The plant is poisonous throughout
its life, the seeds, mature pods, flow
ers, leaves, bulbs, roots and young
pods being poisonous. It is probably
most dangerous in early spring, es
pecially on over-grazed land, be
cause of the lack of any other for
age. The symptoms of poisoning usual
ly appear 1 to 3 hours after the ani
mal has taken a toxic or lethal dose.
They may vary with the length of
the illness. Slobbering will proba
bly appear first, accompanied by
standing "humped up" and showing
a lack of appetite. This is followed
by an acceleration of the respira
tory rate and an increase in depth
of breathing. Decided nausea also
occurs; this feature of vomiting is
oftentimes helpful in that enough
of the poisonous dose may be emit
ted to prevent death. For about the
Heppner
first 3 hours there is a rise in body
temperature which is followed by a
fall considerably below normal if
the animal enters a state of extend
ed coma. While the animal is in an
unconscious state the body temper
ature, in fatal cases, never again
reaches normal.
Previous to this coma animals ex
hibit weakness, evident in either the
hind or fore legs, until staggering
and falling, with an inability to rise,
becomes common. Convulsions are
characteristic at this stage, respir
ations becoming fewer and labored,
accompanied by grunts. The rate of
the heart beat is decreased and the
pulse becomes weaker. A noise or
sudden startling brings forth a ner
vous response.
Oftentimes there may be a partial
recovery during the period of coma
so that, although the animal is un
able to move, it is able to eat and
drink. This is not a true paralysis
but is actually a severe case of ner
vous and muscular exhaustion.
Deaths resulting shortly after eat
ing a lethal dose are due to respira
tory failure. Deaths resulting after
several hours or days of unconscious
ness are due to a failing heart and
circulation.
Other common symptoms are
bloating, restlessness and trembling.
Although there is no remedy ap
plicable to any large number of
poisoned animals the early treat
ment of the following might produce
beneficial results in order to save
valuable animals. For a hundred
pound sheep administer the follow
ing: 1-30 grain (2 milligrams) of At
ropine sulfate and 1-8 grain (8 mil
ligrams) of Picrotoxin dissolved in
5 cubic centimeters ik dessert ta
blespoonful) of clean water to make
a clear solution. 50-60 pound lambs
take one-half to three-fourths of
this dose. A convenient method in
the field is to make up a "batch"
using 10 times of each ingredient
above (making 10 doses for a hun
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Wanted Hens or fryers. Heppner
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Now standing, purebred registered
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PIANO MUST BE SOLD We
have left on our hands in this vicin
ity a high grade piano we will sac
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month. For full particulars address
Cline Piano Co., 108 Union St., Ser
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RELIABLE MAN WANTED to
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No experience or capital required.
Steady work. Make up to $12 a day.
Write MR. OVERLAND, 4613 S. Jay
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For Sale Reg. Hereford, 3-yr-old
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Briquets for sale at Tum-A-Lum
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Bailey or Jeff Jones.
For sale Baby chicks, Hansen
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2YiC. Salter Hatchery, lone. 52tf.
Gazette Times, Heppner,
dred-pound sheep) and keep it in
a tightly corked container. A hypo
dermic syringe is used to inject the
dose under the skin in the region of
the shoulder. Unless the animal has
eaten a large quantity of death cam
as 2 or 3 injections not oftener than
every 2 hours should suffice.
Bleeding is useless.
In many cases if the animals are
removed from the poison-infested
area and kept quiet they will re
cover. As a general rule horses will
always recover.
As for preventative measures be
ware of the 14 points, do not herd
sheep closely but let them eat open
ly and loosely and be sure that hay
does not contain the plant. Local
patches of death camas should be
avoided, especially in the absence
of good forage. Always remember
that death camas is very bitter to
the taste and distasteful to both
cattle and sheep; they won't eat it
unless you force them to it. All
sReepmen should become acquaint
ed with this plant.
BOAEDMAN NEWS
Parsons-Shannon
Nuptials Reported
By LA VERN BAKER
Miss Hazel Parsons and Norval
Shannon motored to Pendleton Sat
urday where they were married.
Mrs. L. Colosso, Mrs. E. Peck, Mrs.
L. Uthe, Ernabel Peck and Mrs.
Buster Rands accompanied them.
Mr. and Mrs. Edlon Wilson of La
Grande visited friends and relatives
on the project over the week end.
Dallas Wilson of Portland visited
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Wilson, over the week endi
Vernon Partlow of Goldendale,
Wash., and Cecelia Partlow of Port
lanjd visited their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Partlow over the week
end.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Strobel and
family of Athena visited friends on
the project over the week end.
Miss Elizabeth Slanger of Pendle
ton spent the week end visiting at
the Dickerhoff home."
Esther Jones and Margaret Jones
of La Grande visited at the home of
Mrs. Blanche Jones over the week
end. Mrs. Phil Jones of Hermiston
visited there also.
Mr. "and ' Mrs. Al Macomber of
Heppner spent the week end visit
ing at the Nate Macomber home.
The annual Senior Frolic was held
Saturday evening. It is sponsored by
the juniors for the seniors. A large
crowd attended. Music was by , the
Troubadors.
Miss Barbara Norkoski of La
Grande visited friends on the pro
ject over the week end.
Jess Allen left Sunday for Port
land on business. Don Strobel ac
companied him.
Mrs. Glen Carpenter and Zelda of
Portland visited friends on the pro
ject over the week end.
A group of the Home Ec club wo
men motored to Umatilla Thursday
where they attended club at the
home of Mrs. Minnie McFarland. A
good time was reported by all.
Mr. and Mrs. Royal Rands of Lat
ourell visited at the Buster Rands
home over the week end. '
Mr. and Mrs. Nate Macomber were
shoppers in Pendleton Saturday.
Mrs. Huddleston of Rufus visited
friends on the project Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Montgomery
of Arlington visited on the project
Saturday evening.
Bruce Pancake of Halfway visited
at the H. B. Thomas home over the
week end.
Ray Brown motored to Walla Wal
la Sundav to take his parents who
have been visiting here for the past
few weeks, to their home.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Rosland of Ar
lington visited Mrs. Rosland's moth
er, Mrs. Grace Tyler, Sunday.
The FFA boys attended a smoker
at Hermiston. The smoker as a whole
was a draw. Roy Partlow, Ted Wil
son and Ralph Skoubo won their
bouts. Neal Bleakney, Louis Kobow
and Albert Partlow lost their bouts,
and Louis McDonold's was a draw.
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NOTICE OF SHERIFFS SALE OF
COUNTY PROPERTY
By virtue of an order of the Coun
ty Court, dated the 14th day of April,
1938, I am authorized and directed
to advertise and sell at public auc
tion, as provided by law, the follow
ing parcel of land at not less than
the minimum price stated and as to
terms:
SEy4SWy4, Section 15, Twp.
1 S., R. 24 E. W. M. Minimum
price $40.00.
Therefore, I will, on Saturday the
7th day of May, 1938, at. the front
door of the Court House in Hepp
ner, at the hour of 2:00 P. M., sell
said property to the highest and best
bidder as stated above.
C. J. D. BAUMAN, Sheriff.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior, Uni
ted States Land Office, The Dalles
Oregon, April 4, 1938.
Serial 031097
Notice Is Hereby Given, That the
First National Bank of Heppner, of
Heppner, Oregon, did on April 4,
1938, make application under the Act
of March 20, 1922 (42 Stat., 465) to
select timber from portions of the
following described lands in the
Malheur National Forest, Oregon:
in T. 15 S., R. 29 E., W. M., Sections
32 and 33; in T. 15 S, R. 30 E., W.
M., Sections 8, 9 nad 17; in T. 16 S.,
R. 29 E., W. M. Sections 3, 4, 5, 8, 9,
10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,
23, 24, 25, 26 and 35; in T. 16 S., R.
30 E., W. M. Sections 17, 18, 19, 20,
30 and 31; in T. 17 S., R. 29 E., W. M.,
Sections 1, 2, 11 and 12; and in T.
17 S., R. 30 E., W. M., Sections 4, 5,
6, 7 and 8; in exchange for the fol
lowing described lands within and
adjacent to the Umatilla National
Forest, Oregon: in T. 4 S., R. 28 E.,
W. M., the NEy4SEy4 Sec. 21, N&
SWy4, SEV4SWy4 and SEy4 Sec. 22,
SWy4 and SSEy4 Sec. 23, Sy2SWy4,
Sec. 24, Wy2 Sec. 25, E, ENWy4,
NEy4SWy4 and Sy2SWy4 Sec. 26,
sy2sy2 sec. 27, NEy4NEy4, sy2NEy4,
SEy4SWy4 and SEy4 Sec. 33, NWy4
NEy4, wy2, NEy4sEy4 and sy2SEy4
Sec 34, and all of Sec. 35; in T. 5 S.,
R. 28 E., W. M., Lot 4, SWy4NWy4,
Ny2SWyt and NWy4SEy4 Sec. 2, lots
1, 2, 3 and 4, SNE, S SW and
SEy4, Sec. 3, lots 1, 2 and 3, Sy2NEy4
sy2Nwy4, Nyswy4, swy4swy4,
E2SEy4 and NWy4SEy4 Sec. 4, SEy4
Sec. 7, Sy2NEy4 Sec. 8, NEy4NEy4,
SWy4NWy4 and NWy4SWy4 Sec. 9,
NyNWy4 Sec. 10 and NEy4 Sec. 17,
Serial No. 031097.
Any and all persons claiming the
lands and timber selected, or having
bona fide objections to the exchange
should file their protests on or be
fore the 20th of May, 1938.
W. F. JACKSON, Register.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS .
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned was duly appointed by
,the County Court of the State of
Oregon for Morrow County admin
istrator of the estate of Emil Lun
dell, deceased, and all persons hav
ing claims against the estate of said
deceased are hereby required to pre
sent the same to the undersigned
administrator with proper vouchers
at the law office of Jos. J. Nys, at
Heppner, Oregon, within six months
from the date hereof.
Dated and first published this 7th
day of April, 1938.
E. R. LUNDELL,
Administrator.
NOTICE OF SHERDT'S SALE OF
COUNTY PROPERTY
By virtue of an order of the Coun
ty Court, dated the 6th day of April,
1938, I am authorized and directed
to advertise and sell at public auc
tion, as provided by law, the follow
ing lots and parcels of land at not
less than the minimum price stated
and as to terms:
Lots 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 Block M
to Royse's addition to the Town
of Hardman. Minimum price
$20.00.
E& of Section 30, Twp. 2
Page Seven
North, Range 27 EWM, WVfe
SWy4, SWy4NWy4 of Section 30,
Twp. 2 North, Range 27 EWM.
sy2swy4, NEy4swy4, Nwy4
of Section 20, Twp. 2 North,
Range 27 EWM. S& of Section
25, and NWy4 of Section 25, Tkp.
2 North, Range 26 EWM. Mini
mum price $1.00 per acre. 20
down and remainder on annual
payments. Deferred payments
to draw interest at the rate of
6 per annum.
Therefore, I will, on Saturday, the
30th day of April, 1938, at the front
door of the Court House in Hepp
ner, at the hour of 2:00 P. M., sell
said property to the highest and best
bidder as stated above.
C. J. D. BAUMAN,
Sheriff.
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATOR'S
SALE OF REAL PROPERTY
Notice is hereby given that pur
suant to an order of the County
Court of the State of Oregon for
Morrow County made and entered
on the 6th day of April, 1938, I the
undersigned administrator de bonis
non of the estate of Maggie B. Cox,
deceased, will on and after the 6th
day of May, 1938, offer for sale and
sell at private sale for cash o credit
the following described real prop
erty in Morrow County, Oregon,
to-wit:
Beginning at a point 148.42 feet
West and 50 feet North of the
Southeast corner of lot 6 in
Block one (1) of Looney's Ad
dition to Heppner, Oregon, run
ning thence West 100 feet, thence
North 50 feet, thence East 100 "
feet, thence South 50 feet to the
place of beginning,
all bids will be received by the un
dersigned at the law office of Jos.
J. Nys, at Heppner, Oregon.
Dated and first published this 7th
day of April, 1938.
ARCHIE D. McMURDO,
Administrator de bonis non.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has been duly appoint
ed by the County Court of the State
of Oregon for Morrow County, ad
ministrator with will annexed of the
Estate of Emma Whetstone, De
ceased, and that all persons having
claims against the estate of said de
ceased are hereby required to pre
sent the same, with vouchers duly
certified as required by law to said
administrator with will annexed, at
the law office of Frank C. Alfred,
in the First National Bank Build
ing, at Heppner, Oregon, within six
months from the date of the first
publication of this notice.
Dated and first published this 7th
day of April, 1938.
Date of last publication May 5th,
1938.
R. C. YOUNG,
Administrator With Will An
nexed of the Estate of Emma
Whetstone, Deceased.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned was duly appointed by
the County Court of the State of
Oregon for Morrow County admin
istrator of the estate of Frank M.
Lovgren, deceased, and all persons
having claims against the estate of
said deceased are hereby required
to present 'the same with proper
vouchers to the undersigned admin
istrator at the law office of Jos. J.
Nys, at Heppner, Oregon, within
six months from the date hereof.
Dated and first published this
31st day. of March, 1938.
VICTOR A. LOVGREN,
Administrator.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has been duly appoint
ed by the County Court of the State
of Oregon for Morrow County, Ad
ministrator of the Estate of Francis
H. Wilson, deceased, and that all
persons having claims against the
estate of said deceased are hereby
required to present the same with
the proper vouchers, duly certified
as required by law, to me at my law
office in the First National Bank
Building, Heppner, Oregon, within
six months from the date of the first
publication of this notice.
Dated and first published this
31st day of March, 1938.
Date of last publication, April 28,
1938.
FRANK C. ALFRED,
Administrator of the Estate of
Francis H. Wilson, Deceased.