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' ; a MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 10, 1010. i n - , - .fc.. m ' i i - - ' - -ii 1 1 i hi n , , x 'f -t ,11 . FRIZE WINNING FRUIT IS TO GO EAST CHICAGO National Apple Show Trustees Make Plans for Greatest Show In His tory Prlzcwlnnlng Fruit Will Be Exhibited at Livestock Show. PEAR BLIGHT AND ITS CONTROL UPON THE PACIFIC COAST This Is the Seventh of a Scries of Articles That Will Bo Printed Dally Until Subject Is Completed Every Orchardlst In the West Should Save Theso Issues for Futuro Reference, as They Contain Valu able Information. SPOKANE, Wash., May 16. Offi cial announcement Is made by the board of trustees of tho National Ap ple Show, lnco-poratd, that tho prlzo . uB uu u. ... u ... w.. lication ft seem3 J position In opokano nest Novembor i . T. . J ... Ily 1'llOFKSSOK O'GAltA, Assistant Pathologist United States Department of Agrlcuturo. Writ ten especially for tho Medford Mall Tribune. Copyright, 1910, by tho Medtord Mall Tribune (Continued from Friday, May 13.) Methods of Control nnd tinullcntlon of Ullght. To ono who knows something of tho theory of tho disease, tho matter and district and general displays from Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Mon tana will bo sent to Chicago for ex ploitation purposes In tho First Reg iment armory luring tho week of tho International livestock exhllbtlon. 1 to writo about tho experiences of oth 1 ers and to tell in cousidornblo detail how blight should be eradicated and controlled. Tho actual fiold work is 'very difficult and tedious, and a matter of days or months of train- field man. .No ono car. becomo expert ai- Ilk n a hrtiiiwi' jL ti nnilAt cost of tho Spokane show, which Is, . . . . .-'. .. ..... . . AA n.., L, , competent instruction erven by a estimated at $42,000. Officials of., r , , . , , " .i i ,t j i . trained man havine had years of ox transcontinental railroads interested . " i , . i .. 1 . , 'penonce. However, we do find peo- ln the development of the northwest- . , , ' .. ,.. . " ,j i,o P'e who are nblo to writo and m- ern states havo guaranteed a large , ....... , . n.nnn.inn ,. ,,. i - , i tstruot without having had any ex proportlon or th fund for the first! - ..f... mo TlilMHnn nml thn rln,, I "-"v"wu .. v .u uuuuiou, rn. ani ? AAn T1, fihlm- nlnn Involve an ex- "W wM only tnnko UU export penditure of $35,000, exclusive of tho ns well as tho uninitiated, lot mo say that the eradication of pear blight is fruit districts in the four states are ilanAnilnfl ..nn.a fni 41ft ftftft ViV flV. . .... ' . ... ono of tho most difficult problems lng spaco for display purposes at Chi-, " . , "ow , " , . '; J,1"u,tu,a cago. No charge w:il bo mado for en-1 kn0WQ to Plant pathologists. Let no tries or exhibition space at tho Spo-1 ?n sf,?' thfat jt M ""j?8 II , ,,. ,..,,!. i !, 1S difficult, very difficult. The rca- Icane show, which Is open to the ' .. , .... vorjd son for Uus difficulty is that wo are To Chicago Free. j dealing wit considerable amount tj,o ..ni oThihita wm h tr.nnR. of 'Rnorance and unbelief; again, ported from Spokane to Chicago free few banners who have not had a of expense to tho growe-s and, in ad. Ibactcnologis Va training, realize the dltlon, tho management of the Na. I Peculiar relation existing between the tlonal Apple Show will move at least , W fufng the disease and (six prize winning carloads, also tho'thot hs.t P11.8' . f , s,co winners in tho 10-box. five-box, sin-lthat this latl0?. Poticolly the gle box and special display contests, ' fame which exists between thuo making an exhibition of apples'"10 onn of tuberculosis and man. that will attract wide attention to the ?n the one hand, antiseptic precau- fruit districts In the northwest, as "uua uuu. luu w inieoiwns .n .lnu h.ir nr.,.. p,m, seems unimportant ; on the other district will have one or moro rop-,h,a.nd' however, long experience with resentatlves Ir. charge to distribute "" d"ad human dl,seaso "stills u. Jiteiaturo and give out Information. ' sort of fear even though the true Those Taking Space. causo may not be fulI comprehend- Space for exhibits at Chicago haaed K lcr? fruitgrower could bo been cngaBed by the Commercial clubImado feel that fru,t trees nre ''v and Apple Growers' union, Hood RIv-l"1 thm ,ver' much m tho same er, Or.; Commercial club, Wenatchee.'sense.as themselves, and that the Wash.; North Central Washington Parasites attacking them should be Development league, Commercial club tviewe " a corresponding light for and Fruit Growers' union. Walla Wal-i bth am sure the whole matter of la; chamber of commerce, Ellensburg, , cducat,on wou,d be so,ved- Primary Trentnicnt. The treatment for pear blight, tr rather the methods for controlling it, may be divided into two classes, primary and secondary. The prim ary method of treating this disease consists of cutting out thoroughly Wash.; Latah County Fruit Growers' , union, Idaho; chamber of commerce, ' Missoula, Mont.; commercial clubs of Stevens county, Washington; Com mercial club of Medford, Ore.; Com mercial club and Fruit Growers' un ion, North Yakima; Commercial club, j LewUton, Idaho; Sunnyside, Zlllah and antiseptically the hold-over dur- and Spokane Valley Fruit Growers' ing the dormant season of tho trees associations and the Sutherlln Devel opment league, Oregon. No Advertising Vehicle. Tho decision of the trustees of the show to eliminate orchard land com panies from making the Chicago 1 that is, during the fall and winter. It has been explained that tho hold over blight may Be found in tho larger limbs, the trunk and even the root system. These hold-over cases have become such through the vari show a vehicle for private advertls-. ous means of infection pointed out ing has met with general approval in a previous chapter, namely, and the companies aro assisting the (through blossoms, buds or water various commercial organizations and j sprouts, which havo becomo infect ffult growers' associations by contrlb-1 ed and through which the blight has utlng to the expense funds. They gained entrance to the fleshy bark realize that the movement will en-, and cambium of tho bodies nnd mots. courage emigration and Investments and thus is bound to bo of great ben-pojntea out before, aro through em to every line 01 iraae in me noiru- Rr0wth cracks, insect nnd bird punc The other methods of entrnnce, as -western states. soon by roforring to tho factors in fluencing tho disease, tho presence of tho gorm is of primary importance. If tho pear blight genu is not present in tho orchards there can bo no blight no matter what tho weather conditions may bo. Tho orchards of California existed for 'Jo years with varying climatic conditions, and no ouo ovor heard of blight in theso or chards until tho germ was lntroduo od. Tho regular development of the disease has-been pointed out by' which it rutts down on one side of tho limb or body nnd not on tho othor; this often lends to failures in eradicating tho blight from orchard. Whilo tho disease in tho top is very( easy to handle nud any ouo who looks nt all closoly cannot "only de tect it, but can readily remove the infected branches; the disease on the' bodies and in tho root system is not only hard to sco, but it is often dif ficult to find it, especially on old trees whero tho crowns and bodies) aro covered with rough bark. It may be said here that tho removal and tho dotootion of holdovor in pear ! trees is not nearly so difficult as it is in tho applo and quince. The Spitzcnbcrg applo is probably the worst variety, if not the worst spo- cies of tho pome family, in which to detect holdover and to effectively re move it The gum-exudnto, when it is pres ent, gives a clow to many othorwiso obscure cases. Howovcr. in cases of late fall and summer infections, the lesions may bo so small as to pro- duce no exudate or to give any other evidenco of infection. A dead water sprout or fmit fepur, no mattor how tiny it may be, leads to tho dcteo-j tion of a case. Sometimes theso have I been broken off in cultivation or! carelessly cut off without following up the infection at tho base. Very often a water sprout which has come up from the root system nt some distance from tho base of the tree, becomes infected, and is later rcmov-1 ed by cultivation; but the infection passes on up tho infected root, fin-1 ally involving tho entiro root system. Sometimes there is infection without, a water sprout or bud at all, and) such cases nro the hardest to detect unless some ooze hns exuded, buch infections come nbout through insect puncturos and growth cracks byi means of which tho germ has been introduced. Where there is a large quantity of blight to bo removed from the orchard, necessitating nj great deal of labor, it has proven ne cessnry in ovcry ase to go over the orchard critically, or perhaps wo ' may say leisurely, on a dry, sunshiny day when thero is good light, and find the few cases that have been missed on tho first inspection. No matter how thorough the work this! careful method of inspection has I proved extremely important. Not on ly should the work be inspected im mediately following tho general clean-up, but someone else with keen, well-trained eyes should look over the trees several times during the winter. A special effort should bo made to find out when there is n new exudation of ooze. This may follow nny warm mild spelf in the er tracts into smaller ones of, say, fivo or ton acres, will largely solve tho problem of blicht control. Whop this is done onoli tract will luwe eoo, personal supervision, nnd tip details of eradicating tho bllglil, nn well as kcopiug it under control, will fall to tho owner. It is n common mistake to think that tho mattor of eradication nnd control rests with tho inspector nlono. An inspector must have tho co-operation of tho entire district. I do not know of any ouo speetor to assume tho mattor of cul tivation, pruning or nny othor of the rognlnr orohnrd praotices; so why should nn inspootor bo asked to do tho notunl work of blight eradication. The inspector is, in the first place, an instructor, and in tho sooond plnce, tho ono to enforce tho horticultural laws, hut ho Ih no common hired man. (To Ho Continued.) Enrtliquake Shocks Noted. WASHINGTON, D. C, May 10. SuismogrnpliH nt the wontliur bureau, Georgetown university, nud at tho const null goodutiu survey magnetic observatory at Cheltenham, Air,, re corded oarthqttuko shocks of -IH minutes' duration onrly today. Tho tremorn wore unusual bcoauso of tho alternating directions. New Cases Filed. M. Wntkins va. J. 1'. llnrr nnd Hort llnrr, suit in equity; Hnunu & Ilnunn, for plaintiff. Charles P. Pntton vs. Ella Patten; divorce; J. II. Curkin for plaintiff. SOCIALISTS THREATEN SPLIT WITH LABOR OVER ASIATICS I also epidermis may be broken so as to expose the tissues beneath. It has been shown that the pruning knife or other orchard instruments CHICAGO, 111., May 10. A closed . and implements may bo the means door for Asiatics, involving a split 'of spreading the disease. If tho with the international Socialist party! work of removing holdover cases is or the advocacy of unlimited imrai-1 thoroughly done it leaves no oppor gration, in opposition to the Amer-'tunity for additional advantages can Federation of Labor's policy, is from any other secondary method an issue which is oxpected to bring I which will bo given later, some stormy sessions of tho national ' Ileraember that the nil-important Socialist convention, which meets in j thing is tho removal of the source, or Chicago Sunday. Tho immigration what will bo the source of infection jiAinmil.nn linf.3 n nAnnlnn lnnf viirvl. f ! tlm VlHnWinrP Vfinf TtVnm tlm Clfnt1f? ...u .u..vr .....(, J--.. .w... w.u U.....U- point of the pear or apple, it is just as important that this work bo done ns carefully and skillfully as the work of a surgeon in removing u member infected with blood poison. Every ono realizes the attention giv en to tho source of a city's water supply, and it muy be said that tho death rate is very largely an index of its condition. In the same sense, the attention given the sanitary con ditions of the orchards of any com munity is an index of tho death rate of tho orchards. Of course, the cut committee, held a ecssion last night and it was predicted that its report to tho convention would bo in favor of repudiating the stand tnken by the international organization. .BEAUTIFYING THE HOME WITH TAINTS AND FINISHES. It is really remarkable what trans formations may be made now-a-days with paints and finishes. Olmstoad & Hlbbard are showing this week In tho center of their win dow a beautifully finished panel show ing results that can be easily secured by anyone over old painted surfaces , nf, out 0f holdover blight must bo or on old bare wood. It Is one of tho handsomoBt and most practical dis plays wo hayo seen and reflects great credit both to Olmstead and Hlbbard, and to Acme Quality Paints and Fin ishes. Tho extenslvo advertising being done by Olmstcad & Hlbbard in bo half of Acme Quality goods is pro ducing oxcellent results. HasUino for Healti:. winter, wnen mere is a wiue range tures, or any other way by which the between the dav and night tempera ture. Such conditions aro known to affect the flow of sap in the sugar maple und other trees. A final in spection should bo made just before blossoming time to catch any hold over blight the last momont, in caso it has been overlooked before. After the blossoming period has passed so that the blight has had time to develop, if a colony of blight is found in tho orchard, careful ex amination of this colony will general ly result in tho finding of a caso of holdovor blight in tho center nnd from which all trouble may bo trac ed. During tho 'first year's work, those who aro just learning how to eradicate blight will probably miss a good many cases; however, after practice, they usually becomo keener nnd rarely miss any. In fact, I have seen men who from tho very first were able to do excellent work, but, liko othor jobs, which requiro care ful work and a sharp eye, relatively few men aro capable of making first class inspectors. In many of tho large orchards whoro the question of efficient labor is sorious and whero all sorts of tramp and other low class labor has been employed, abso lute failures in blight control havo benerally rosulted. As I havo stated before, a tramp, or, for that mat- tor, oven tho better sort of laboror, ( cannot bo thoroughly schooled in careful work of this kind within the I space or n day or two. in every event, tho best und most careful m.eji should bo placed in charge of work of this kind. It is almost needless tn say that the breaking up of the lurg- dono, not alono in a single orchard, but tho work should bo general and thorough throughout the entire area, such as an inelosod valley or even, for better work, nn entire state, Complote eradication of pear blight from such a largo area is, of course, very difficult, if not impos sible. However, tho fowor holdovor cases that may be missed will result in fewer cases of infection later in tho spring and summer. As may be Do You Wish To Buy a Home AEE YOU WANTING A HOME? WHY RENT WHEN YOU CAN TAKE ADVAN TAGE OF OTHER PEOPLE'S MISFORTUNES? Parties are compelled to leave the city, and of for a fine new two-story, eight-room houso, completely furnished, with high-grade furniture, best light and plumbing fixtures, lawn, cemont walks and curb, south front, street to be paved. This is a beautiful home and is located on oue of the best streets in the city. Price is very low, with or without furniture. 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EIFERT tub Fxoofttiaeiva tailoi H'UL -I I .. . 1. .nuimuM In Case of Sickness P H O N K 3 0 ! 1 MEDFORD PHARMACY Near Pont Olfico AllNight Sorvicu Froo Dolivury The Pasadena of Oregon People of refinement; people with means; retired business men; professional men; college and university graduates, are coming to tho Roguo River Valley by tho score. Within the past two years almost a hundred Chicago and Evanston, Illinois, people havo purchased homes near Medofrd, and nearly every ono of them has a friond or two whom they hope to induce to come and locate in tho valley. New York, Philadelphia, Boston and many other eastern cities aro almost if not quite as well represented, while St. Paul and Minneapolis havo moro representatives here than any other several cities combined. Think these statements over and get your thinker going. Writo to the undersigned or the Medford Commercial Club for detailed informtaion about tho country, and you will never have cause to regret it. j Bearing Orchards Near Medford t . Moat of the producing orchards have been hold in large holdings until recently. f) few weeks ago'the Eden Valley Orchard, containing COS acres, was placed on tho & any desired acreage. We havo boon authorized to offer tho bearing apples and pears foi' sale, and if you ldo" anything about tH" country acl wsut a desirable block of bearing trees, write or come soon. During tho past week over $150,000 worth of the property has been disposed of. It is located within two miles of Medford at an elevation of about 100 feet above tho city .and is ono of tho best kept orchards in the world. Parts of tho orchard offered for sale have paid the owner ovor $600 per acre per year for four years straight. Do not come unless you aro prepared to stay, for just so sure as you do come the com bination of fat soil, grandeur of scenic beauty and Italian climate will steal you, body and soul. After one visit hero you will bo miserable any othor place on earth. John D. Olwell EXHIBIT BUILDING MEDFORD, OREGON