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Show THE HELPER NOTTCF FOE BIDS The Board of Education of fflie Caribou County School Dis- trict wil iaccept bids for furncoal, JOURNAL "approximately 2,700 tons' of oiMreaited sJtack," school year: 2 tor the 1971-197- I ..: East Carbon Area 600 mind-affeetin- tons; Glen Area 500 tons the Clerk of the Board. The successful bidder will be Area of 1,600 tons required to make a deposit forfeited be which $50.00, may Bids must ibe in (the bands of the conof the Clerk of the Board of on tract. 5:00 Education before p.m. .on The Board reserves the right Thursday, August 19, 1971. to reject any or all bids or any Carin mined must be Coal thereof or to waive any portion bon County and furnished1 by a mine equipped to render informalities in (amy bid. MOVELL JEWKES, prompt and efficient services When coal is needed. The coal furnished must meet Carbon County School District the specifications set up by the Published in The Helper Jour Board of Education, a copy of nal August 5, 1971 land Aug-- , wtrich can be obtained from ust 12, 1971. Helper-Sprin- g Price-WeUingit- on Clerk-Treasur- er J 7 Al i MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS Stanley F. Yolles, MB. Director National Institute of Mental Health number of things, sometimes a ga,J axy i of ,services, must be pro- ' Drugs do not cure mental ill .viurcu w like Kn..i oiucxjil ness, insofar as is now known. get at more than the surface But they can relieve its symp- causes of his mental illness. toms in many oases, such as So, they maintain, drugs can psychotherapy, to be applied. be properly considered as on. of the tools or aids in treat Thus, psychoactive drugs have many ment and psychotherapy in or Demerits, when properly . admin- or more of its various forms i' istered. They usually have their cardinal to adequate treatment. Viewed in this light, drug? best results when appropriately used as part of the total have two sides, good and bad, and. the whole and both sides program of treatment. have to be Dangers can lurk in the use coin, as it were of these drugs; and some au- considered in the giving and thorities especially accent that taking of psychoactive drugs there are hazards involved in fcr mental illness. It goes without saying alpsychoactive drugs, even those an individual for but perhaps should be most, by prescribed said for emphasis that the a rfiysiciam. They poirt out that a drug casual taking of any drug, or ;m prescribed for, say. a midd'e-age- Whether man who has lost hi1? info should net be done1 without reor a school child in emotional alizing that there can be risks trouble may only hide or mask of undesired or toxic effects. the difficulty and does nicit This is so with regard to both reamh the sources of the worrv. prescription drugs and O T C This miay be indismuitable, yet (Over The Counter) or nonIn any advocates of drug theraroy hod prescription drugs. event, it is best to consult and that dross are uspful. that they oanmot do the whole job, rely upon a physician when that 1ihey should be used with considering any course of drug care and caution., and that a treatment. TREATMENT VIA DRUGS THURSDAY," AUG. 12, 1971 PAGE FOUR ishing (Utah) g 3 Consumption of gasoline in Utah increased, in 1970 compared to the previous year, according to E. I. Allen, the chairman of the Utah Petroleum Council. Total gasoline (consumption in Utah in 1970 was 603,624,000 Alien gallons, "v comparison, gasoline in 1969 amounted to 588,875,00 gallons number two consumer. Alaska remains number among the states with sales of just 102 million lons of gasoline. WARN CHILDREN ABOUT PLANTS THAT POISON Plant Toxic Part Hyacinth, Narcissus, Daffodil Bulbs Oleander Leaves, Branches I"8 Symptoms Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea. May be fatal. Extremely poisonous. Affects the heart, produces severe digestive upset and has caused death. Leaves Fatal. One leaf can kill a child. Berries Fatal. Both children and adults have died from eating the berries. Leaves, Flowers Irregular heart beat and pulse, usually accompanied by digestive upset and mental confusion. Underground stems Severe, but not usually serious, digestive upset. Rhubarb Leaf Poinsettia Mistletoe mind-affecti- d mwrred. Marge and Jim Dervoe and callers in Jodi were three-da-y Salt Lake recently visiting with daughter and husband, Tami and Jim Sargent and with her cousins Mr and Mrs Frank Henderson. 1970 consumption in Utah was 2:5 percent higher than the previous year. This compares with a nationwide increase of 3.9 percent in consumption. The 1970 national total of 88.6 billion gallons shows a 46.6 percent increase over consumption in 1960. California, with 9.2 bilion gallons, continued to be the while leading gasoline user, Texas, with 6.4 billion gallons replaced New York as the Utah 1970 Gasoline Consumption Higher ( Wisteria Laurels, aie blade Seeds, Rhododendron, All Pods parts Jessamine Berries Yew Berries, Foliage Daks Foliage, Acorns Fatal, Large amounts of raw or cooked leaves can cause convulsions, coma, followed rapidly by death. Mild to severe digestive upset. Many children are poisoned by this plant. Fatal. Produces nausea and vomiting, depression, difficult breathing, prostration-Azaleaand coma. Fatal. Digestive disturbance and nervous symptoms. Fatal. Foliage more toxic than berries. Death is usually sudden without warning symptoms. Affects kidneys gradually. Symptoms appear only after several days or weeks. Takes a large amount for poisoning. Children should not be allowed to chew on acorns. ' ft More than 700 species of plants are known to have caused death or illness. Included in these 700 are some of nature's most delicate creations: the oleander bush, the and the s yards and also grows wild in became ill after drinking "tea" thickets throughout the coun- brewed with hot water and try. In early spring it has white peach leaves. or purple flowers that are folA garden that contains potalowed by small red or yellow toes and tomatoes presents a berries .containing a corrosive further threat to the child. The poison that produces severe foliage and vines of both plants burns in the mouth and diges- contain alkaloid poisons that rhododendron. tract. Only a few berries can, when swallowed, create Each year an estimated tive are enough to kill a child.. nervous disorder and stomach children these 12,000. ingest In Tacoma, Washington, a upset. plants and others like them. A Most dangerous of all plants Seattle study revealed that 10 young girl, who was thought to on a piece of in the vegetable garden is rhupercent of child poisoning have choked cases observed were of youngcandy, died suddenly. A care- barb. Its stalk, commonly used sters who had eaten toxic ful study of the case revealed in baking and cooking, of is not toxic, brut the leaf plants, and that in six percent that the girl had eaten several course of these cases, the children's berries from the poisonous blade, containing oxalic acid parents had no idea the plants nightshade bush growing near which crystallizes in the kidher home. neys, causes severe damage if a were dangerous. number of leaves are eaten. The leaves of the lovely This vine-lik- e plant, found Castor bean seeds, sold in oleander bush, an indoor plant, throughout the country, contain a deadly heart stimustretches along the ground or any garden store for about 25 lant that, if eaten, could kill a grows upright to a height of cents a packet, contain the child. Some people have died about two feet. Its berries, powerful blood poison ricin merely from eating steaks that which grow in clusters, are that could kill a child. The had been speared on oleander most toxic when unripe; when beans are a mottled black and twigs and roasted over an open they ripen to a bright yellow, brown and resemble a beetle. Children often play with them, fire. orange, and red, they become and Of greatest danger to chiljewelry manufacturers the least poisonous part of the make necklaces from them. If dren are the small attractive plant. berries they find in their yards Another berry found to be they are chewed or swallowed, they become deadly. or in fields near their homes. deadly only in its unripe form It is essential that children The berries often look like wild is that of the Lantana camara dea fruit or red sage, which grows exten- and adults understand the their juice may sively in the South.' A few dangers involved in eating light. Danger are unfamiliar with. be deadly. years ago 17 children in plants, they growing in the classroom In Ohio, one summer, a lit- Florida were treated for inges- Those tle girl prepared a play lunchtion of this berry; four of them or around the home should be eon in the back yard. On a were hospitalized with severe identified in every way before miniature plate she put an poisoning and one girl died a they are appreciated for someother than their natural apple, a radish and some ber- short while after eating the thing beauty! ries she had picked from a berries. For more information about shrub growing in her mother's Of nearly equal attraction protecting your children from rock garden. Four hours later to children are the various potentially dangerous plants, she lapsed into a coma and of fruit trees the twigs send for the free booklet, within seven hours after the parts of cherry trees that release "Plants That Poison" by writluncheon she died. cyanide when eaten, and the to: Corporate CommunAn autopsy showed that the leaf of the peach tree which ing ications, Agricultural berries she had eaten were contains hydrocyanic acid, one Chemicals, Geigy 5300 Edina Indusfrom the Daphne mezereum of the five most dangerous trial Boulevard, Minneapolis, plant. It is cultivated in back poisons known. Five children Minnesota 55435. ja jOii ( (pen'e), n. 1. small U.S. coin, almost obsolete, used for purchasing bubble gum, penny candy, and electric service. mouth-waterin- Look what you get for a few pennies if you are an average user of electricity: g Color TV, less than 3 cents a day. Dishwasher, less than 1 cent a meal. less than 5 cents a day. Refrigerator-freeze- r, Electric mixer, 4 cents a month. Clock radio, less than 1 cent a day. Light bulbs, less than 5 cents a day for your entire home. Toaster, 10 slices for less than 1 cent Your own list could include any, or all, of almost 300 electric appliances,! each one operating on pennies. And if youTI think back, you probably didn't own many of your appliances as recently as eight years ago. So if your electric bill is higher today than it was in 1963, it's because you're using more electricity, not because we've raised our rates. For while the cost of living has increased 27 percent since 1963, UP&L's rates have remained the same. Every year electricity does more for you. And as long as there is electricity, C the penny will never be obsolete. FREE PARKING Prices Aug. 12, 13, 14 UNION MARKET RUMP BOA ST SAUSAGE lb HStlEU lb gg)c ROLL We've done better than most in offsetting inflation with more efficient operations. 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