Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 18, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press thursday july 18, 1968 Over the Garden Waul dealing with ants and Pesky wild Barley by w. K. Leslie Here Are replies to questions asked by readers q water Birch. A to a veil or along trans Canada Highway stopped near Sidney Man., to observe the Flora in the san Hills area. He snipped a Leafy Twig from a Small Graceful tree with slender spreading pendulous branches about 12 feet High. He asks what kind of Birch it is. A the water Birch or Fountain Birch Betula Fonti Nalis is an example of a Fine native Plant that is being neglected. It does Well under cultivation. Usually forming a clump of stems the species is at Home in lean Sands and also in Damp places As found beside streams. It is suitable for the1 Side of a. Pool a Lawn specimen or wherever a Fine texture Small tree is wanted. It has one Inch roundish leaves Early catkins and speckled Brownis to Reddish bark. The species i found in various parts o Manitoba. Reddish Bank is preferred. Q ants on the Lawn. A number of callers have asked How to get rid of ants which travel Over the Lawn and make Little heaps of soil granules. A chemists and entomologists Are combining to bring to Many q. The Gardener s common Pes problems. Malathion for Al kinds of aphids or Plant lice is an example. For ants the almost Universal chemical re commendation is chlordane. Five ounces of 40 per. Cent 5 3 room group leaders i open thurs. Fri. Til 9 9 piece room croup 2 pee. Davenport ste., 2 step tables 1 Coffee table 2 _ lamps 2 shades 2 pictures. I1 piece bedroom croup double dress e a Chest of drawers b of k c a s e bed Spring and deep Spring filled mat tresses. 2 pilots 2 pictures 2 lamps and shades. Delivers delivers free storage easy terms i 355 Ellice at Carlton 5 piece Dinette suite consists of -4 chairs and. Exten Tion table in Bronze Chrome. 55 delivers All items s Smilar y free delivery satisfaction guaranteed chlordane Wettable powder May be added to two Gallons of water and sprayed Over Square feet after which the area should be washed with the Hose. Another method is to dust 1% pounds of the 10 per cent chlordane Over Square feet and Wash it into the ground. For spot treatment of ant Hills either an eighth of a i of 40 per cent Dane writable powder or half a Teaspoon of 10 per cent Chlor Dane dust is applied to each ant Hill and washed in. Ants Don t feed on Plant parts but become Garden pests by making unsightly Hills and by carrying aphids about from place to place. The aphids Are wreckers and often spread disease. Q wild Barley. A Man in the suburbs has a fight with a Clumpy grass with a Fluffy seed head which he understands is called Green Foxtail. A the approved common name is wild Barley or Squirrel ail grass. Green Foxtail is an annual set aria diced from Europe and now widespread across the country Ide. It should be kept mown so hat seed won t Ripen and fall to produce another population. The Lead resembles some of the millets and it attracts warblers. Wild Barley Hor deum Juba Tum is a native a biennial or often perennial a fact that makes it More difficult to eradicate. It forms Tufts with stems eight to i 2 inches tall. The seed resembles that of a tiny Barley. Naturally it occurs from Lake Superior Westward and occupies ground too alkaline for Fine Bluegrass ses. V there Are to chemical Weed poisons at present available that will take out the wild Barley without killing the other grasses. It is easily controlled by digging or blowing. Small patches in the turf May be worked up. Feeding watering and. Mowing helps Fine grasses overcome the weedy ones. Twice told tale Manchester England up the journal of the Man Chester Branch of the Post of fice workers Union carrying an account of a Union Confer ence said this author had to write it twice. The first copy go lost in. The mail. Lengthy strike seen Montreal up acting Premier Maurice Bellemare was pessimistic wednesday on the duration of the strike by Quebec liquor Board employees that started june 26, saying it possibly could last six months i persist in believing it s going to be a Long told a news conference in que Bec City. The two parties Don t even want to meet each the liquor Board and the striking employees whose unions Are affiliated with the confederation of National Trade unions Are diametrically of said or. Bellemare. After a talk with government mediator Gilles Laporte or. Bellemare had the impression the strike can last six in Montreal Jean Paul Lalancette chief negotiator for the striking employees seeking higher wages and a new collective agreement said management is willing to pay but interests close to Tye Quebec government Are preventing a settlement. He told workers at an information meeting that a govern ment Gan has been fixing salary norms for alb employees Hydro workers teachers and Hospital workers and re fuses to Budge from these norms. The gang allegedly kept open certain positions in the alb and hired some workers on a temporary basis for reasons of patronage. Or. Lalancette said wednes Day s meeting has been called to inform Union members of the d e tails in a Union counter proposal turned Down by the july 12 after Only three minutes of consultation. V demands in the counter proposal were for a three year con tract retroactive to nov. I 1967, providing foe an immediate raise of 16.5 per cent a further increase of 8.5 per cent in nov Ember and a 6.5-per-cent increase in 1969. Deaths covers own burial Snettisham England up the unidentified Skeleton of Man found last year if Norfol has paid for its of burial. Attempts to identify the skel e ton failed but enough Money was found in clothes o the Bones to cover burial costs your Symbol of safety Slippery when wet the sign Means what it says. When you drive in wet weather slow Down. Be extra cautious. Highway signs Are your guide to Safe driving. Know therk obey them. It s your life this summer As always there a evidence of your Highway depart ment Iri action. Watch for construction sign s in these areas Highway no. 12 cull Lake to Victoria Beach Road Grade widening and surface construction. Highway no. 23 Vicinity of Bridge construction single traffic. Highway no. 44 Rennie for m Miles. Highway no 6 cordon to Warren grading local traffic Only Detour. Ball Kenneth William of 430 Golf Boulevard St. James both John 76, of 355 Riverton Avenue Winnipeg a retired building products employee. Campbell Lillias Lynn five months of .1468 Pritchard Avenue Winnipeg. Campbell mrs. Susannah Jane 94, of Baron nursing Home formerly of 1412 Alex Ander Avenue Winnipeg. Cohen Benjamin 68, .of-221 Wellington Crescent suite 7b, Winnipeg Cowan g i b s 0 n Donna Maureen of 210 Ruby Street Winnipeg Davidson Wayne 34, of 885 Downing Street Winnipeg a Board of Grain commissioners employee. Davis William Howard 47, of 802 Hector Avenue Winnipeg. English Eleanor 79, of 881 Grosvenor Avenue. Halbgewachs Ernst 78, of .691 Crescent drive fort Garry. Hlib Dowych Alex 56, of 125 Spence Street Winnipeg a car employee. Mrs. Julian Leslie 75, of 312 Lansdowne Avenue Winnipeg Kalinovich John 81, of 826 main Street suite 6, Winnipeg. Kirby Evelyn Doreen of 78 Renfrew Street suite 6, Winnipeg a University of Mai ii Toba medical Library employee. Koncius mrs. Antonas Pam 33, of 460 Selkirk Avenue Winnipeg. Kondryszyn Alex 65, of 999 Boyd Avenue Winnipeg a retired in employee. J Landry 71, of Ituna sask., formerly of Winnipeg Beach Man., a hotel keeper. Leslie Michael 59, of 1158 Logan Avenue Winnipeg a Winnipeg Tribune employee Findlay Barnes of Brockville ont. Michasiv Michael 82, of 543 Jarvis Avenue Winnipeg a retired car employee. Niparko mrs. Frank Par 73, of 679 Machray Avenue Winnipeg quirk joseph1 l. 69, of Park Manor Transcona formerly of 481 Alloway Avenue Winnipeg a retired car employee. Schmidt Benjamin 72, of old England Man formerly of Balmoral Man. Stefishew mrs. Dmytros 69, of Teulon Man. Yarmie Wasyl 64, of Man. Further information please classified death ousting of i been proposed by Anthony White Salisbury Rhodesia today appeared to be steering toward its most dramatic move since the 1965 seizure of Independence from declaration of a Republic. The governing rhodesian front party of prime minister Ian Smith proposed replacing the Queen As rhodesian head of state with a Republican Leader in a constitutional blueprint announced wednesday after weeks of secret meetings by party leaders. The constitutional change still is Only a suggestion which rhodesian will have a Choice to approve or throw out in a Reft Brendum. But Smith should have Little difficulty in getting it rubber stamped by constitutional party Congress scheduled to meet Here in september. The front s new plan would ensure continued White dominated Rule in the foreseeable future. It was clearly a firm step to the right that seemed sure to Dampen Down most criticism of Smith s soft policies from the party s far right. Although it did provide for a continuing negro share in government there was no mention in the plan of eventual White Black parity an Ideal set for Ward in a draft Constitution recommended in april by a govern ment commission. Most political observers saw the plan weakening the Slen Der remaining chances of a negotiated settlement with Brit but the. Rhodesia Herald newspaper saw some Hope it did ;