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.
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Mabel Weeks, left for home a t D un « ❖ « ❖ ❖ «
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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for H arper, Ore., to make th eir tion, but th is is not alw ays found to
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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
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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
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dency to offset th e action of the
poison. Good resu lts are often ob
tained by late poisoning a fte r the
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plants have m atured.
Many tim es th e question is asked.
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"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
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is best answered by th e fact th a t ex
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haustive tests have been ru n on
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grouse and pheasants and o th e r gal
linaceous birds having “ crops” to de
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term ine th e effect of rodent control
poison. They are found to possess
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a very high degree of im m unity to
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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
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| 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
.
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ag en t or the Biological Survey repre
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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.
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