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xxii obtain license. License obtainable at most sporting goods stores and from county auditors. Liquor Laves: Wines and distilled liquors for sale at State liquor stores, found in most cities and towns, to persons with permits. Permit granted to person 21 years of age; fee 50e per year. Beer and wine are sold by the drink in restaurants and bars; by the bottle, in grocery and drug- stores; no permit required. No restrictions on bringing liquor into State for private consumption. Poisonous Snakes, Plants, Insects: The rattlesnake, only venomous rep- tile in the State, is restricted almost entirely to arid sections of eastern Washington. Iikers there should be equipped with heavy leather boots or puttees and simple snake-bite kit, obtainable at drugstores. Wood ticks infest some sagebrush areas of eastern Washington during early summer. They may be carriers of the Rocky Mountain spotted fever, but the disease is not common; inoculation unnecessary. Wood ricks should not be pulled off, hut saturated with turpentine or kerosene. Numerous species of poisonous mushrooms are common; edible varieties should be positively identified. Black widow spiders infrequent; bites should receive immediate treatment. Poison oak and poison ivy, native to Washington, are found on both sides of the Cascades Flowers and Trees: Picking, cutting, or destruction of plants within 3(*) feet of State or county rowds, or on street or highway, or in any State or city park is prohibitel by law.