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THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1939 THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON. PAGE THROB Jam es G etchell’s birthday. Mrs. R. J. W ilbur, who spent the .past m onth w ith her m other, Mrs. SAFETY SONNETS Mabel Weeks, left for home a t D un « ❖ « ❖ ❖ « ❖ ❖ ❖ « can Tuesday. W hile m otorists are inclined to Mrs. Mary H aar who has been ill laugh at the sight of a Jitterbug, d i is improved. lapidated "a n tiq u e” on the highw ay, piloted by a carefree youth, th e re is INFORM ATO« IN nothing humorous in the fact th a t REGARD TO GROUND many mechanically deficient a u to mobiles are being operated over the SQUIRREL CONTROL roads of this sta te and nation today. The very fact th a t an autom obile is old does not mean th a t it is a menace on the highw ay, Secretary of S tate Earl Snell points out. Many an old car, kept in first-class condi tion by a careful owner, is still giv T here are th ree species of ground ing safe and efficient service. sq u irrels found in U m atilla county, Yet there are m any persons who nam ely W ashington, Oregon and Co lum bian. The largest of th e species seem to be able to buy gasoline for is th e big, reddish-gray colored everyday d riving and for longer sq u irrel, or Columbian. The next trips, but who make the m istake of In size is the Oregon, and the sm all spending little or nothing for the est, the W ashington. They are wide upkeep of th eir aging cars. As a ly distrib u ted over the co tn ty , The resu lt the brakes, tires, wheel alig n Columbian and Oregon ground sq u ir m ent, steering mechanism, spiring« rels are found m ainly from Pendle and even the engine itself slow ly be S traw berry clover vines from one th ird acre plot on the Owyhee Pro ton east and south, and th e W ash come less and less serviceable u n til Make Your Appointments Today! ington n o rth from Pilot Rock to the an actu al breakdown occurs— some ject in Oregon th a t produced 308 pounds of seed the second year. All Work Guaranteed. tim es a t a crucial moment, when Columbia river. The reason for the control of an ex tra m argin of m echanical nearest th e parking lane. If there is reasonable to assume th a t many Two Licensed Operators: these rodents is obvious to farm ers stren g th or b rak in g power is requi is no one in the car, it may also of these accidents would not have Ruby Knight, and and stockmen. The bait d istribu ted red. block two or three o th e r cars whose occurred if the head lig h ts had been Dorothy Ferguson. W hile an act providing for sta te b y the county ag e n t’s office for th e ir up to standard. drivers, w ish to leave th e curb. control is prepared by the U. S. Bu wide inspection of motor vehicles Not only does the “ one-eyed” d ri D ouble-parking is dangerous not reau of Biological Survey in cooper passed both houses of th e recent leg ver expose him self to accident, b u t only because it sometimes forces d ri islature, the final responsibility for atio n w ith the O.S.C. Extension Ser he g reatly increases the risk to ped vice, a fte r years of experim enting an autom obile’s condition rests w ith vers to use the w rong side of the estrian s who happen to be w alking street, if they wish to pass the dou the ow ner ra th e r th an w ith the — PHONE 711 — w ith various kinds of poisons under state. The asfety of himself, his ble-parked car, b ut also because it along or crossing the road he is tra all conditions. veling. P edestrian safety a t n ig h t The ingredients used in th e pre passengers and th e oth er users of has a psychologically upsettin g ef requires th a t headlights be kept up fect on approaching drivers, Snell p aratio n of th is m aterial are p u r th e highw ay dem ands th a t his au to to maximum efficiency, since it la Large Island in Mediterranean posing of th eir farm property. chased in large q u an tities by th e mobile satisfy a t least the minimun) pointed out. The average driv e- be T he Islan d of Cyprus is located 40 P erhaps the first lilacs to make governm ent a t the lowest possible requirem ents of m echanical condi comes angry when he sees someone difficult enough for a d riv er to sea m ile s from the co a st of Syria and is th e ir appearance this sp rin g are else grabbing a privilege which the pedestrians in th e road ahead ot him cost. They a re then mixed ready tion and equipm ent. the third la rg est island in the M edi blooming a t the experim ent farm , law 1 denies him, and in such a sta te under the best conditions. terran ean sea . Its history d a tes for use and sold to the user a t cost. Nearly all tru ck in g companies also forsythia, flow ering quince and back to the ea rly P h oen ician s, who The bait has been tested both in the W hile double-parking of autom o of Irritatio n is much more apt to act have made spare headlight bulbs a recklessly th an under norm al cir estab lish ed colon ies there. L ater the several o th er shrubs and flowers. field and in th e laboratory, and biles is sometimes resorted to as a standard item of equipm ent, and one G reeks estab lish ed colonies and still Duane L athrope and son have should give good results if properly tim e-saving expedient, the resu ltin g cum stances. la ter the island form ed part o f the finished the dorm ant spray on th eir concern in th e east has gone so far P ersia n , M acedonian, E gyptian and orchard and also the orchard of J. used. This b ait is much cheaper and confusion and slow ing up of traffic as to equip every truck w ith a com R om an em p ires. Its governm ent H. Reid, W. Casady, H. M. Sommerer will give as good results as any of m ake it doubtful w hether any tim e F ailu re to replace a defective plete au x iliary lig h tin g system oper- th e commercial preparations. It is is actually saved in the long run, in freq u en tly changed hands until 1571, bulb in a headlight is not a step to ted off a separate battery, so th a t in w hen the Turks took the island from and Joe Udey. not expected th a t this or any other the opinion of Secretary of S tate ward economy, but is more ap t to be case of a failure in any p a rt of the Mrs. H. A. Cable received her bait will give a 100 per cent kill E arl Snell. th e V en etian s and retained p o sses a costly m easure of neglect, accord reg u lar system, there will be no de sion until England acquired it in baby chicks from the V igorbilt h a t w ith one application, b u t under One car which is double-parked in ing to Secretary of S tate E arl Snell. crease in the tru c k ’s lig h tin g effi 1878. A t the outbreak of the World chery Saturday. suitable w eather conditions should a narrow street for five m inutes may Nearly 4 00 accidents causing four ciency. This step was taken In rec w ar in 1914 Cyprus w as annexed by E. L. Hooker of E n terp rise spent give good, uniform results. cause inconvenience and delay to fatalities in Oregon last year involv E ngland and in 1925 it b ecam e a ognition of the g reat im portance the week end w ith his father, H. A. It is th o u g h t by many th a t the several dozen drivers, since it com ed automobiles driven afte r dark co lo n y by letters patent. played by proper lig h tin g in safe Hooker. proper tim e to poison sq u irrels is pletely shuts off the use of the lane with one or both h eadlights out. It n ig h t driving. A. Shipp and fam ily left F riday when they first come from h ib ern a . j • * * * * * * • • for H arper, Ore., to make th eir tion, but th is is not alw ays found to ♦ COLUMBIA * home. be true. D uring th e early spring, ♦ By Lois Hutchison w Mr. and Mrs. Corman were callers when the days are cloudy an d cold, squirrels come o ut of th e ir burrow s Duane L athrop made a business a t the Mabel Weeks home Sunday. Mrs. Sadie Boardway of Yakim a, for short ¿periods only and usually trip to W alla W alla recently. and Mrs. N ora H artley of W alla spend most of th e ir tim e ru n n in g Jo Ellen Sm ith returned from La W alla, sister of H. A. Hooker, spent from one hole to ano th er and feed G rande, Saturday. She has been w ith very little. The best tim e to place W ednesday here. her m other, Mrs. D. L athrop and Lloyd Goodrich made a trip to the bait is early in the m orning on her sister, Mrs. Opal Hasse. Grass Valley Sunday to visit his fa clear, w arm sunshiny days. From Mrs. Duane L athrop, who Is In ther-in-law , T. D. Pike, re tu rn in g one to two ieaspoonfuls of kernels Hot Lake sanatarium , will retu rn Monday. should be used to th e burrow. It home E aster Sunday. Mrs. Jake Ray spent Monday w ith should not be placed in the burrow s Bob Depeu and Mr. and Mrs. H en Mrs. W illis S truthers. or piled up by the side of them. ry V orlicke and two children were Lucille W eeks and her sister spent Squirrels are not looking in th e b u r visitors in this d istric t Sunday. the week end w ith Mrs. W ilber a t rows for an y th in g to eat. If so Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hadley and Duncan. placed, th ey w ill ru n In and out d au g h ters left S aturday for Colo Mrs. Mabel Weeks and fam ily over the bait, ren d erin g It useless. rado. The Hadleys like Oregon and spent th e evening a t the B. E. Get- I t should be well scattered along may re tu rn when successful In dis chell home March 22, honoring the runw ays made by the squirrels and in th e cleanest places n ear the burrow s. By giving it a good spread, th e danger of poisoning livestock will be lessened. If properly placed, th e re is practically no d anger of poisoning livestock. There a re ce rtain tim es when sq u irrels will take bait b etter th an oth er times. A sm all q u a n tity of b ait should be placed o u t on various days to ascertain the acceptance be fore control is practiced on a large scale. Excessive rain will render SLIDI MO MEAT CHSST squirrel bait practically harmless. It has been found upon investigation th a t in some areas w here squirrels a re feeding on various kinds of veg etatio n , they possess a certain am oilnt of Im m unity to the action of stry ch n in e, which Is the only poison used in the preparation of th is ma terial. T his is due to th e tan n ic acid in th e plan ts which has a ten NCW VEGETARLI C R IS P IR dency to offset th e action of the poison. Good resu lts are often ob tained by late poisoning a fte r the D E A L E R S F O R C H E V R O L E T & O L D S M O B IL E plants have m atured. Many tim es th e question is asked. SALES — SERVICE "W ill the bait not kill all th e phea san ts and o th er gam e birds if scat tered over th e surface of the ground • Complete line of Parts & Accessories w here It Is available to th em ?” This ' N O N -TIP EASY-GLIDE SHELf is best answered by th e fact th a t ex • Side Line o f Used Cars haustive tests have been ru n on • Fender and Body M an grouse and pheasants and o th e r gal linaceous birds having “ crops” to de • T w o Mechanics in Shop term ine th e effect of rodent control poison. They are found to possess is a Masterpiece of Refrigeration design. Its truly "Kite!)' a very high degree of im m unity to W ALED ECONOROWER UNIT th e action of stry ch n in e and a re not Planned” interior has a definite space for every refriger susceptible to b ait prepared for lion need. It is the only refrigerator that provides S E \ I. ground squirrel control to any great extent. complete zones of food storage (all in one cabinet). There are m any th in g s about ro M r. Oakes has been associated w ith dents th a t are not yet fully u n d er G arrabrant Bros., dealers in Chrysler stood, and fu rth e r research is hieing carried on in order to solve some o f , and Plym outh, fo r the past year at these things. In some cases the ROIL OUT JTORAIIN Hood River, Oregon.................................... | users of th is b ait complain of poor ; results, w hile o th ers using th e same j bait rep o rt excellent kills. If you ’ are not g ettin g good resu lts in your d istrict, kindly ro n su lt th e county . I ag en t or the Biological Survey repre — P H O N E 522 — ! sen tativ e in your d istric t, and he will assist you in every way possi ble to help solve th e difficulty. By HAROLD W. DOBYNS, Ju n io r D istrict Agent, U. 8. Biological Survey Pendleton. Oregon. Easter Permanents $5.00 RILLING, now $ 4 . 5 0 $3.00 LAVENDOIL, new $ 2 . 5 0 * Special Prices Until Easter - Ruby's Beauty Shop Hermiston Motor Co. is now under the management of H. Oakes $119.50 Trade» & Term» te Meet All Purse» Hermiston Motor Co.! FARMERS SUPPLY CO. STANFIELD, OREGON
