The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1920-04-21
NOTICE TO ENTEIiMINATE
GROUND SQUIRRELS
(,cprint OF Original Notice Which
Was Duly Published In April,

(Rcprint OF Original Notice Which
Was Duly Published In April,
ny ORDER or THE COUNTY
COURT or KLAMATH COUNTY,
STATE or OREGON. In pursuance
of state statute, relative to cxtor-
mInatlon and eradication OF GROUND
SQUIRRELS. OTHER NOSlOUS
RODENTS AND PREDATORY AN
IMALS: Every porson, firm, co'part-
norshlp. company or corporation re-.
siding on, owning. lonsIng, occupy
Ing, possessing or having charge or
dominion over any land, building.
wharf, or dock infested with Oregon
Ground Squirrels In Klamath Coun-
~. Oregon, In hereby notified TO
begin at once to effectively oXtormln-
alto and destroy all such Ground
Squirrels.
Tho following poison for mixing
and instructions for uso thereof is
tho method most oNpcdlcnt and Of
roctIvc to be used for the cXtormin-
alton and destruction OF such Ground
SQuIrrpls and IL hereby recon mend
cd. to-wit: nlkaloId atrychnInc used
on oats, mixed according to tho FOL.
Oats. clean. good. heavy oats. 90
quarts; Strychulne. tpowdcrcd aka
loidl. ounce: BicnrhDnatc of Soda,
(baking soda), ounce; Thin Starch
Pusto. y pint. Heavy Corn Syrup.
v pint: Glycorinc, | ounce; Sacchnr-
Inc, Il ounce: Salt. Tablespoonful.
This material should bc mixed as
follows: Mix dry, ono ounce pow
lprn1 nfryThp aud .s
baking soda. Make starch paste
Of: Stir ono tablespoonful OF gloss
starch into onc-half cup Cf cold wa
ter, then pour IL into one.half pint
OF boiling water and cook until a
thick. clear transparent paste In
formed which In FREQ from iumps.
When paste Is formed. add tho dry
mixture OF strychnine and soda.
Stir until thoroughly mixed. Add
one-half pint OF heavy corn syrup
tkaro Is besD. Stir In four table
spoonful OF salt. Add one ounce OF
glycerIne (mix welD. Add. while
stirring. ono toaspoonful Tor one
eighth ouncel OF sacchnrIno. Pour
this over twenty quarts of good,
clean. heavy oats and mix until each
kernel Is crated. For convenience In
handling. the grain should now be
spread out 10 dry, stirring IL up oc-
casionally to prevent drying in n
cake
Ono quart OF tho poisoned grain
mixed as aforesaid IN surficlent for
forty to sixty baits aud this quantity
scattered along squirrel trails or on
clean hard places on the surface
about the holes Will not pndnnpor
stock. Strychnnie In any form other
than the powdered strychnIne aka
Iold is not effective In the above
formula.
From the date hereof until Mny
10 rs the most effective time TO
poison and destroy the Ground
Squirrels.
The County Court cf klamath
county, Oregon, has secured n sup-
ply or strychnine and tho other In
sreuiehts necessary for tho mixture.
ana quantity thereof has been
mixed and Is now on sale TO the far
mers or persons Interested at actual
cost ana may be had by applying TO
ne undersigned ut his office IN tho
LOOMS building, Klamath Falls.
Oregon.
III any person herein designated
'naii within thirty days from the
lrst publication OF this notice, fail
o besln IN good faith 10 oxtormInnto
Eradicate aud destroy. according to
ne method aforesaid. or by nnv
,thcr effective means, said Ground
,jufrciS herein designated, tho
,ohhy Court OF klamath County
'reS"n' viii appoint person or mar,
ohS TO proceed with the extermina-
ION ana eradication OF such Ground
'Hulrrels, and tie cost thereof in
uried VIII be assessed TO such Iond
u'ldtng, wharf. or dock and upIoss
aid VIII become lien against the
anne, for the determination OF said
iround Squirrels. "
rms notice Is published pursuont
tne statute In such case made and
roVIded and for two conaecutivo
,eekS or three issues, and ali mar.
ohS described therein are roouired
take notice thereof.
patsd ana first published tbis
IN day Of April, 1918.
Il. II. THOMAS.
county Agent for klamath
county, Ore.
County Agents office ia pow
Dom z, Swanson Building. and n
ippiy or poisoned grain Is kent IN
imu ior distribution at cost as above
dicated.) "'''e