Show government decides decide to make war on mistletoe the mistletoe which Is so BO closely associated doc socia ted with the christmas celebration has been found guilty and to la about to be banished from the national forests foreste of the pacific slope the plant thrives wonderfully to in that section of the country its ito leaves are so large and in appearance that it la Is some times commercially cultivated and great quantities shipped to the eastern states for S yuletide decoration but an la Is generally known the plant locates on oak find and other trees and in the northwest it soon eoon strangles tta its host government forest rangers have started upon a crusade which will exterminate the plant by tearing out dense areas of the trailers six or seven years ot of work will be required to accomplish the purpose the mistletoe growths are viewed with interest by courts tourists tour ts and purely out of sentimental regard a small amount of mistletoe will be allowed to remain ford for the benefit of the visiting sight night seers seem |