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PAGE SEVEN THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON. THURSDAY. JUNE 7. 1951 O fficial Seeks Poisonous Weed •Jehn E. Davis of the state depart ment of agriculture’s division of plant industry is in southeastern Malheur county this week to search lands in that section for halogeton Halogeton is the weed that looks like a Russian thistle but contains enough oxalic acid to kill sheep that eat it in sufficient quantities. It first appeared in the west near Wells, Nevada in 1935. Seven years later it was found in Utah and four years ago Idaho reported this weed was found there. Davis, who has never seen this weed, met June 6 on the Nevada- Oregon border with Lee M. Burge of the Nevada department of agri culture. To Burge halogeton is an old story, as he has been with the Nevada department for years. The weed has spread rather rapidly in states where found in recent years. Davis had no conjectures to offer on what he would find in this county after his conference and a brief field study with the Nevada official. The weed he’s looking for has been described by the Utah exD erim ent station in this manner; “It is closely related to the Russian thistle and similar in appearance. Halogeton is'branched from the base. The stems often are tinged with red or purple and a great deal of color varieties may be found. Leaves are round in cross sections, fleshy and tipped with a delicate spine. “Numerous seeds and winged bracts enclosing them often form a solid mass from the ground to the tips of each branch so that the fleshy leaves are entirely hidden from view”. This weed Is an annual. It grows only in bare soil. Is generally found along roadside ditches, on sheep bed grounds and on overgrazed ranges, especially in alkali soils. The bulletin reports that the plant is unpalatable in the growing stage so that animals eat it only when other food is short. Sheep seem to eat it mostly when trailing Animal losses are mostly sheep, though cat tle have been known to eat it. The only apparent symptom of halogeton poisoning is difficult breathing. Usually death comes quite soon to sheep poisoned by this weed. A report from Idaho tells a- bout the loss of 750 sheep overnight as a result of eating this weed. A. B. Black, also of the depart- «WRITinG PAP-ER wJ -EnVELOP-ES c W e A RE proud of our stationery offerings — standard lines in a wide variety of stylos and sizes— suitable for every occasion of correspondence. - For men as well /itTl as women. j T - ffa Popularly priced, A sk to m s our now sto c k s o f W h ite A W yckolt’t Sta tio n ery. THE GATE CITY JOURNAL Stationery Department ment of agriculture staff, is with Davis on the survey trip. Davis' of ficial position with the department is supervisor of plant pest and dis ease survey operations. 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Mar FOR RENT—One-bedroom house on shall-Wells store. 7Jlxc King avenue. $30. phone 198-J. 7J2xc MISCELLANEOUS—For the finest NOTICE—Is hereby given, I wifi not in gas appliances and propane gas be responsible for debts contracted Service, see. call or write the Owy by anyone other than myself. Oeorge hee Bottled Gas Service. 710 So. H. Wilson. Route 2. Nyssa. 7J5xp Dennis W. Patch, former Nyssa high school principal who has been appointed to a position with the state department of education, has expressed thanks in a letter to the chamber of commerce for the as sistance given to the school during his tenure as principal. “I want to express to the chamber of commerce members the thanks and appreciation of the Nyssa fac ulty and students for the support and assistance given the school and the school’s activity program during the past years. I fully realize that support given various school activ ities is often a real sacrdlce on the part of business men. HoRever, their support and interest means a great deal to the students who participate in the various activities. “I should also like to say that I have thoroughly enjoyed my work in Nyssa and one big reason tffht the work is enjoyable in Nyssa is be cause the community has the knack of doing Worthwhile things with a minimum of talk. Again sincere thanks to the chamber of commerce and best wishes in the days ahead". BOSTITCH B-8 The Personal Stapler with a Hundred Uses • A D IS K FASTENER • A HAND STAPLER • A TACKER ^ Health Contest W inners Revealed Physical examinations were given to nearly 30 4-H health club mem bers at the county health round-up in Vale last Monday. These con testants were chosen as represent atives of their respective 4-H health cluubs earlier in the spring by Mrs. Edna Ferris, public health nurse. Dr. L. H. Emmett of Ontario con ducted the examinations, assisted by Mrs. Ferris, and selected the winners from those competing in the contest. Virginia Hagerman of Pioneer placed first in the girls division, and Harold Amidon of Valley View in the boys division. Runners-up in the girls division were Myla Tonison and Sharon Wil liams of Ontario, and Joyce Brown of Valley View. Other high scoring boys were Norman Olson of Pioneer, Lonny Kelley of Ontario and Robert Uzzel of Ridgeview. Winners of this contest will re ceive scholarships to 4-H summer school at Oregon State college. These scholarships are awarded by the Lions club of Ontario. Built by Bostitch for yean of use. Handy, rugged, compact. Nature laid on color with a heavy hand in Zion National Park in southern Utah. It took her millions of years but the sight t-i summer visitors is worth the seeing. Carved almost a half mile deep in the vari-colored sandstone by the Virgin River, the canyun exhibits some of the greatest natural stone monuments in tlie world. 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