Show a government government overn ment decides to make war on mistletoe the mistletoe which Is so closely associated socia soc ted with the christmas celebration has been found guilty and la Is about to be banished from the national forests of the pacific slope the plant thrives wonderfully to la that section of the country its leaves are so large and in appearance that it Is sometimes commercially cultivated and great quantities shipped to the eastern states for yuletide Tule tlde decoration cut but as ag Is generally known the plant locates on oak and other trees and in the northwest it soon strangles its host hosl government forest ran hansera era have started upon lipon a crusade which will exterminate the plant by tearing out dense areas of the trailers six or seven years ot 01 work will be required to accomplish the purpose the mistletoe growths are viewed with interest by tourists and purely out of sentimental regard a small amount of mistletoe will ble be allowed to remain tor for the benefit ot of the visiting sightseers |