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Show government Decides to Make War on Mistletoe The mistletoe which is so closely associated as-sociated with the Christmas celebration celebra-tion has been found guilty and Is about to be banished from the national forests for-ests of the Pacific slope. The plant thrives wonderfully In that section of the country. Its leaves are so large and warlike In appearance that it Is sometimes some-times commercially cultivated and great quantities stripped to the eastern states for Tuletlde decoration. But, as Is generally known, the plant locates lo-cates on oak and other trees and in the Northwest It soon strangles Its host Government forest rangers have started upon a crnsade which will exterminate the plant by tearing out dense areas of the trailers. Six or seven years of work will be required to accomplish the purpose. The mistletoe mistle-toe growths are viewed with Interest by tourists, and purely out of sentimental senti-mental regard, a small amount of mistletoe will be allowed to remain for the benefit of the visiting sightseers. |