The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-04-20
NOTICE TO EXTERMINATE
GROUND SQUIRRELS

Rcprint Of Original Notice Which
Was Duly Published In April,
1919
BY ORDER OF THE COUNTY
COURT OF KLAMATH COUNTY,
STATE OF OREGON, in pursuance
OF State Statute, relative to exter-
minatioD and eradication OF GROUND
SQUIRRELS, OTHER NOXIOUS
RODENTS AND PREDATORY AN
IMALS; Every person, firm, co-part-
nership, company or corporation re-
siding on, owning, leasing, occupy
ing, possessing or having charge or
dominion over any land, building,
wharf, or dock infested with Oregon
Ground Squirrels in Klamath Coun-
ty, Oregon, is hereby notified to
begin at once to effectively extermin-
ate and destroy all such Ground
| Squirrels.
The following poison for mixing
and instructions for use thereof is
the method most expedient and ef-
fective to be used for the extermin-
alton and destruction OF such Ground
Squirrels and is hereby recommend
ed, to-wit: alkaloid strychnine used
on oats, mixed according to the fol-
lowing formula and manner, to-wit:
Oats, clean, good, heavy oats, 20
quarts; Strychnine, powdered aka
loid), ! ounce; Bicarbonate OF Soda,
(baking soda), ! ounce; Thin Starch
Paste. u pint; Heavy Corn Syrup,
y pint; Glycerine, ] ounce; Sacchar-
me, rs ounce; Salt, 4 tablespoonful.
This material should be mixed as
follows: Mix dry, one ounce pow
dered strychnine and one ounce of
baking soda. Make a starch paste
Of: Stir one tablespoonful of gloss
starch into one-half cup cf cold wa
ter, then pour 1t into one-half pint
of boiling water and cook until
thick, clear, transparent paste is
formed which is free from Jumps.
When paste Is formed, add the dry
mixture of strychnine and soda.
stir until thoroughly mixed. Add
onc-haf pint Of heavy corn syrup
fkaro. is besD Stir in four table
'?ocnful OF salt. Add one ounce Of
Elycerine (miX well). Add. while
stirring, one tcaspoonful tor one
eighth ounce) OF sacCharine. Pour
this over twenty quarts of good,
clean, heavy oats aud mix until each
kernel Is ccated. For convenience in
handling, the grain should now be
spread cut to dry. stirring it up oc-
cas.onally TO prevent drying in a |
cake
One quart of the poisoned grain |
mixed as aforesaid is sufficient for
torty to sixty bats and this quantity
scattered along squirrel trails or on !
clean Lard places on the surface |
about the holes Will net endanger |
Stock. StrychnGie in any form other /
than the powdered strycnnine aka
loid is not effective in the above |
formula.
From the date hereof until May
Is is the most effective time to /
pojson and destroy the Ground !
SQUIRRELS
The County Court Of Klamath
County, Orc yon. has Sc ured a sup
ply Of strychnino and the other in
gradients necessary for the mixture /
I'D quantity thereof has been f.
mi%cd and is now on sale to the far /
mcrs or persons interested al actual
cost and may be had by applying to
the undersigned at his office in the |
Loomis Bidding, klamath Falls,
Oregon.
e. II any person herein designated
shall within thirty days from the !,
first publication OF this notice, fail !,
to- begin in good fafth to eXterminate, \
eradicate and destroy, according TO u
the method Aforesaid, or by any /,
other effective means, said Ground /,
squirrels herein designated, the
County Court of klamath County. 4
oregon, will appoint a person or per-
sons TO proceed with the extermina-
lion and eradication of such Ground
squirrels, and the cost thereof in
Cured will be assessed to such land,
building, wharf, or dock and unless
paid will become lien against the
same, for the determination of said
Ground Squirrels.
This notice is published pursuant
% the Statute in such case made and
provided and for two consecutive
weeks or three issues, and all per-
sons described therein are required
% take notice thereof.
Dated and first published this
9TH day of April, 1919.
E. H. THOMAS,
County Agent for klamath
County, Ore.
County Agents office is now
Room 2, Swanson Building, and a
supply of poisoned grain is kept on
hand for distribution at cost as above
ndicated.)
Apr 17-19-20