HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
SUNDAY, JULY 6, 1058
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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.
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