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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (July 6, 1958)
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON SUNDAY, JULY 6, 1058 PAGE 4 D TYPICAL OF THE HAUL made at the Virgin Valley site of Rainbow Ridge mine is this collection of opals, opalized wood and bits of petrified wood. For purposes of com parison the big piece in the upper right hand corner measures about five inches long. THE CAMPSITE in Virgin Valley. This is the only shade available and the first arrivals always latch onto this old CCC shelter for their headquarters. The Herald and News party is shown here comfortably set up for a weekend stay. The camp is the sub, head- 1 uarters ot the Sheldon Antelope Keserve. I he caretaker tor lion to the shelter shown there are other campsites and an PROSPECTING FOR OPALS on the surface are Art and Delores Coles and Donna Ket ler. This area of the Rainbow Ridge mine has been stirred up with a bulldoier to make ti finding easier. This scene it typical of tSe ground worked by rockhounds visiting Vir fla Valley. tne mine lives nere. in aa- abundance ot water. Kamoth Weed. Once Held To Lowland Area, Invades High Country By J. 0. McKINNEY Klamath weed, once thought to be a range pest only along the coastal region, and in the lower .alleys, has now invaded the land of the skis. Patches of this herbal "range hog" are now growing near rwman's Hill, on State Highway 89. This is above 4,000 feet ele vation. But its existence there is threat- ined. Beetles that were imported from Australia a decade ago to combat the weed have discovered his infestation, and are cleaning it up. Soon there will be no Klam ath weed there, nor beetles. The bugs remain only so long as their food supply lasts, and they eat nothing save this weed. Klamath weed has many names aside from the one here used. Some folk call it Dolittle weed Oregonians know it as Tipton weed. A universal title is si John's-worl. Botanists have named it hypen cum perforatum. But by any name it is a formid able range pest. Before the advent of the beetle, hypcricum gemelatta, Klamath weed crowded out range grasses and damaged stock foraging there. Banks once refused to lend money on lands where this weed was es tablished. Control was difficult to impossible and damage was great. The weed resembles alfalfa, and stock will eat it where other feed is scarce. Sore mouths developed in every case where it was eaten Death seldom, resulted, but a loss of weight always did. Neither were herbicides practi cal. Some worked to a limited de gree, but the terrain over which the weed grew excluded use of mechanical equipment in most cas es. The rate of spread of this weed was alarming. The United States Department of Agriculture, through entomologist James K .Holloway, imported beetles from Australia that ate this weed and nothing else. They were liberated in many localities, and soon proved their worth. All large infestations where the bugs were planted soon were cleared of the weed and range grasses once more flourished there. Scattered infestations, such as this one near Snowman's Hill, have sprung up through dissemination of seed by various means. The beetles, their big feed boxes gone. are now searching out all food supplies and clearing them out hen the tood supply is gone there will be no more beetles. They live but a year, and with no more food, do not reproduce. What makes the weed s presence on Snowman's Hill remarkable is DDT Ruled Out For Use In Cleaning Bins ttuh the grain harvest season getting into full swing, farmers are reminded of the new federal requirements banning the use of DDT for cleaning grain bins. Because of residue found grain stored in bins sprayed with DDT. University of California ac ronomists recommend the use of malathion. One gallon of 57 per cent emulsifiable liquid malathion mixed with 25 gallons of water is the recommended strength for treating storage bins. There ore also some other chcnueals which can be used, such as pyrelhrins and piperonyl butoxide. but these should be used carefully, and ac cording to manufacturer's direc tions. TO THE TOINT LOUISVILLE, Ky. W Juvenile Court Judge Louis H. Jul! may have made the shortest speech on record. After listening to a sucges tion that rhildren would refrain from such delinquency as stealing hubcaps if they were allowed t snoot oti lirecrackers. Jul ap proached the rostrum thoughtfully and said: "No." He sat (town amid tremendous applause. In Calif. Ithat there was once a time when 000 feet elevation was thought to ha the ahcnlnln railing for Its growth. Now .with that theory ex ploded niamain weea may go on up and mingle with clouds and perpetual snow. BEEF or PORK Our Low Meat Prices Will Make It Woith Your While To Investigate NOWI BIG Y MARKET Ph. 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