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About The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1910)
m THE WEATHER LOCAL FORECAST Rain Tonight and Sunday High southerly winds this afternoon and tonight ADVERTISERS Will find The Kvrnliitr Newt thtlwat ummIIuiu to rvach tho peoplnuf Itiwburs-. A wlde--wak publication printing II the nvwi that's fft to print ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY L!0, 1910 VOL. I No. 9tf PIII1ISI1 Interest of People Not Safe in Ballinger s Hands GLAVIS WAS FAITHFUL False Statements Were , Made to President Tuft liy liullliiKcr, Says tin- Witness Junes Testifies. (Special to the Evening News) ' WASH1NOTOX, Feb.' 2C Gilford Plncliot while on the witness stand today, accused Secretary Hallinger of overturning the conservation pol icies of ex-President Koosevclt and also of making false statements to President Tnft. Piiichot charged Ballinger with entering office to make short work of the policy of protecting water sites against mo nopolistic control, lie stated he was convinced that Glavis was a faithful public servant, while Baillnger was a dangerous enemy to conservation. "When the story has been told," said Pinchot, "and witnesses whom 1 shall ask you to call havo been heard, you will realize that the in terests of the people are not safe In the hands of Hallinger." WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. Horace Tillnrd .lorn s, of Portland, special agent of the Interior department, to day shattered completely the struc ture of defense which had been built by Ballinger and the Indorsement by Taft. Jones showed beyond question that Bullinger knew the minute de tails of the Alaska coal land cases, conferred day by day with Jons, nnd was studying the cases so as to be ready to appear before congres sional committee to advocate amend ments to the law for the relief of coal claimants. The bold statement had been made by Ballinger that he did not keep track of them and had onlv formal knowledge. Vertrees, Ballinger s lawyer, had Insisted at a previous hearing that Ballinger did not know the coal claims were regarded as fraudulent when he was commissioner of the i X COLGATE ft tfcsTi Fl!LLERI0N-4iHICBARDS0N general land office. Jones proved this untrue, as he: produced the record of his conferring with Hallinger nt seame in juiy 1H07, when Ualliuger was commls sioner. Jones corroborated GlavlB in ev- orv imt'tlciilfir. Toibiv's testimony, although not canostlnnal U vttnllV i 111 OOl't Hilt, lie cause it shows Halllnger's principal defense is unsupporieu ey me n-v: ords. DKiatiin i ri. i: KM.t;. I'luno llrritnl (iiven nt the Home Mr. illltl Sirs. S. .M. Kclley. A most dellirhtful evening was snout nt the hoiiio of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Kolley Friday evening when the parents of the fourteen scholars in music under the direction of Mrs. Edvth Kelley, gathered at her home cmi the imrnnse of listening to a pro gram arranged by Mrs. Kelley and rendered bv her pupils. It was in deed pleasing to the fathers and mothers present to note tho excellent progress along musical lines made by the little folks, ranging in age from 9 to 15 vears. and tho entire program was carried out in a way that would An creilit to older heads. At the con elusion of the progrnm. a dainty lunch was served by the hostess, as sisted bv her mother, Mrs. icusseu and nt. a lato hour the pleasing event came to an end. Following Is the urogram rendered by the pupils'l'lider the direction of their teacher Song By Class, "Snowbird Can Yirn Sine." Piano Duet First Walts (Charles Deruiee). Merle Sharp and teacher. Piano Solo "Blight Kycs" (U R. Orihl. Marie Pickens. I'lm.a, Duet Violets Blue" ( Malh- ewsl, Tlufneli Wl.'ihnrt and teacher. Piano Solo "At Orandpi's Farm (It. Streabbog) Mattle Lee Stephen son. Piano Duel "The Poppy Field, (Theodore Dutton) Fay Milledge and teacher. Song "My Pa's lllcher Than You Pa," (Chas. E. Bray), Velma Bates. Piano Solo "Hayrlde Waltz" (Ed- ward M. Heed), Mario Crouch. Piano Duet "Spring's Charms (Max Lenecke), Jessie and Marie Pleaens. Song "T Know a Little Girl" (Porter Steele) Hilssell Wlshnrt. Piano Solo "Starlight Waltz" (Hrainard) Veltna Bates. Piano (six hands) ''Hazel March," (J. W. Lerman), Mattte Lee Stephen son, Fay Milledge, Marie Crouch. : Piano Solo "Dance of the Dnfs- les," (Lafarge) Bertram Bates. Song "My Doll is Blg'ern Your Doll," (McClure) Mattle Lee Steph- eirion. Piano Solo "Flotilla March." (Maude Anita Hart) Fay Milledge. Piano Duet "Nlta Waltz" (Paul Ducelle) Audrey Cavander, Sybil Farnsworth. Piano Solo "Evening Chimes" (Chas. D. Blakoj Emma Payton. Piano Duet "Merry Bobolink," (C. W. Krogmnn) Fay Milledge, Mattle Leo Stephenson. Piano Solo "Enchanted Mo ments." (Adam Gelbel) Audrey Cav ander. Pinno Deet "Silver Bells" (Hen ry Welts) Sybil Farnsworth and teacher. I Plnno Solo "Whisperings of Love," (C. Klnkel) Jessie Pickens. Piano (six hands) "Dress Pa rade March," (Paul Keller) Elma Payton, Sybil Farnsworth, Vclma Bates. ' S,ollg "Love's Eternal Crown," (F. H. Brackett) Jessie Pickens. Piano Duet "Pixie's Drill," March (A. 11. Brown) Ella Sharp, Elma Payton. Piano Solo "Edelwless Glide." (Max Lenecke) Bertram and Velma Bates. Piano Solo "Old Black Joe," variations (Meacham), Ella Shnrp. Piano Duet Slelghrlde Galop with bells, Elma Payton and teacher. Piano Solo "Sweet Sabbath Bells (A. W. Holt). Ana Allen. Plnno Duet "Star and Crown." (A. W. Sweet), Ana Allen and teacher. Piano Duct "Attack of the Uh lnns," (Carl Bohm) Ella Sharp. Mrs. E. A. lllnkle went to Olnlla today to visit with her sister, Mrs. Ida McGuire at that place. Clark's Studio AN (MBS EI Interesting Session Held To day at Court House THE ATTENDANCE COOD Instructive Add losses by I 'mm incut Fruit Mo n Wore Made and Homo Good. Advice (jiven by tliu Hpt'u Iters. Makes Photos That Reproduces the Real Expression True to Life We Guarantee You Satisfaction We Give Amateur Work Careful Attention. i Ortr Roubarrf National Ban! Building Copying and Enlarging Photo Post Cards Owing to the disagreeable weather prevailing the attendance at the fruit growers meeting Bcheduled tor today was not as largely attended as it would otherwise have been had the day been fair and given those living at a distance an opportunity to get to the city. However, the county was quite well represented and a decided Interest was taken by all those at tending. At this morning's session Mr. A. H. Carson, horticultural com missioner for the third district, made a brief address in which he advocat ed u concentrated endeavor on the part of fruit growers to wipe out tho pear blight and other mm, uiBeaacH which threaten the life or the fruit industry of this county. He said that the fruit growers of .lackosn county, with tho assistance of Prof. OC.ara, had fought it successfully, and advo cated an organization of the fruit growers of this county to do the same. He also spoke strongly against the proposed I, a Fean apple box bill and advocated the necessity of Bonding representatives to Washington to de feat it, as, ho characterized it as unjust. President rwell. of the state hor ticultural society, followed .Mr. car- son. Ho delivered a strong address cn tho crying need of a Fruit Grow ers organization in this county. "Without organization," ho said "it Is impossible to properly market your produce, and tho time to organize Ib when you begin to piani. nave a rep resentative to purchase your nursery stock, one whe will be able to insist on the best of stock or nothing To day 50 per cent of the nursery ptock set out is worthless, and an individual grower Is helpless against the nurser ies. It Is either take what they give you or nothing, but If you are organ ized and they are given to understand that they will not be able to sell a tree in Douglas county without that tree is a good one, then and not till then will you be able to accomplish much in the line of fruit raising. "DoughiB County," he said, "la per haps too large for one general fruit growers' association, but there should bo a fruit growers' association in ev ery shipping point in the county." Mr. Newell then spoke of the excep tional opportunities of this county to engage In a large scale in tho raising or strawberries for the early markets. "You have rlpo berries here two or three weeks earlier than in any point north of Sacramento,'.' he said, "and yet during that time carloads after carloads of California fruit are ship ped through here for the Portland and northwest markets. There is no reason why Douglas county should not supply these markets," ho added, "for tills section is the best adapted for the raising or early strawberries of any section on the coast." fir. Newell thn went on to show how disastrous It Is to the fruit grow ers to ship goods to comlmsshm men aid contrast that system with that In vogue In California, In Hood Itiver and other pectlons of the state where by the Fruit Growers' associations shin their fruits to a broker, who acts as their agent, and who Is able to procure a much better price.' As It Is now. he said, you ship to several commission men who use your own fruit to beat down the price of it. Ho also advocated strongly the erection of a cannery whereby all fruit unfit for shipping could he canned. Also some means of cooling fruits before shipping so that it would not be spoiled In transit. tin proper organization. ft- said, "you can make your stock in your association a very good paying Investment, in which you pay tho, commission for selling your frulttrtoi yourselves and not to the commission j man. Our society Is in a position to be In close touch with p inns intend ing to invest in this state, and we have found that they uniformly desdre to co to those section of the slate whTe there is a fruit.growers organ ization. The time Is now rlp" lie added, "for Oregon to step into the front rank as the best fruit producing state In the union. We raise the highest priced apples grown any where In the world, and with the com pletion of the Panama canal we will he able to reach tho eastern markets mufh more chajly than wo now ,tre able to do. The talk of overproduc tion In any of our fruits is ruhhish. for I have found that as fast as pro duction increases so does the demand. Mr. Newell then spoke or tha ex ceptional opportunities for the rais ing of Lamber cherries In county, saying that they retailed from 12 to 15 cents per pound and that he had frequently seen them retailed at 25 cents per pound. In Chicago last year he say 10 pound boxes of cher ries retailing at from 80 cents to S4.25. and the variation (n price was on account of the way they had been packed. Right on this point la where your fruit growers' association can do great things. You can just as well secure the higher price as the lower one, but you must organize and go at tho matter systematically, Mr. Newell concluded with a few timely remarks on soil-culture, which led to a'thorough discussion or the subject by the fruit growers present. Tear Blight. Following are some extracts from a paper by P. J. O'Gara, assistant pa thologist of the U. S. Department of-Agriculture, read at the fruit grow ers' meeting today: It was my Intention in preparing this paper to discuss at considerable length several of the more common diseases of pome fruits, but in at tempting this I found that I could not adequately cover the nfatter In the time alloted me, so have decided to pass over all diseases of pome fruits that are caused by fungus parasites and fully discuss pear blight. The very urgent demand for Infor mation on pear blight and Its control on the Pacific Coast has led me to write this paper which covers this question In a wry careful manner. Hnrly History nndXutive Origin. First In the proceedings of the Massachusetts Society for tho promo tion of agriculture for 1794, we find the statement that a disease then call ed "blight" was found occurring on the apples in the highlands of the Hudson river In tho Slate of New York. This report indicated that the disease had been seen in 1780. Subse quently its occurrence wns reported on Long Island and in New Jersey and Pennsylvania In the vicinity of Phila delphia. It also seems to hflve ap peared quite general in the apple and' pear orchards In the eastern states, and following the settlement of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Illinois w 'find , that, the pear blight appeared and at tacked the young orchards which were1 put out In these settlements. The disease is usually most serious on the pear. It attacks the upplo, however, to a very serious extent, sometimes 'disastrously The quince, wild crabapple and various species of the Hawthorn, the service berry, the mountain nsh and other wild fruits are more or less subject to its nttacks. The loquat, which is a relntives of the pome fruits, is a somewhat peculiar host for this disease. Wherever na tive shrub or trees of the pome spe cies are abundant in the neighborhood of pear and apple orchards attention should be given them and it would he better that they wore destroyed. There is this much to say, however. The native shrubs do not nn a rule tend to hold the blight over as do the cultivated orchards. The blight usually attractB atten tion in the spring of the year, and a month or no after the blossoming period. It Is then found that the flower cj listers are shriveling nnd dying. However, If examination baa been made very carefully the blight ed blossoms may he seen to have been infected for some weeks prev ious to this time. The twigs will also be found to he dying. In some cases the new shoots re seen to be attacked at the tip nnd the disease Is running downward, killing the tender twigs completely and running down tho bark of tho twigs and branches In the form of nn ooze, which Is slimy lit appearance and somewhat sweetish to the taste. Us ually blossom blight accounts for the uroater part of ihe infection points, but In some cases twig Infection ex-1 ceeds blossom Infection. If the sea son is favorable and the other con ditions are just right the dUense may not run further, than a few Inches It may kill only the blos som clusters or the fruit spur a few Inches down the twig and then stop. On the other hand If conditions are very favorable for the tree, which means favorable to the blight germs tho disease may run down into the main limbs and branches nnd In ex-, treme cases may continue running1 downward through the growing si-1 Kon until It reaches the ground. Of-j ten it hits progressed much further In the bark of the branches than ap pears on casual examination, for as a general rule ft works only In the bark and cambium la vera leaving the nature wood unharmed. Sometimes a very small strip of cambium is left j unharmed and the sap therefore is; able to contlnuo to flow upwards so, thnL the leaves and branches may; still carry their foliage or often ma-' tn re their fruit Very often, too, the bark and camhhyn may lie com- i pletely girdled, bht the young wood Is still able to conduct enouuh sap to keep the foliaeo and fruit hang ing, and often allowing the fruit to mature. On mlcrnseopal evamimit ion of the diseased tissues' they are found to be completely filled with r-oiintless millions of minute germs, t These eerniB nre mixed with a gum-, my, sticky material formed by the' an of the tree and Is produced ny , Ihe decomposition of the tissues. The disease Is therefore more'ln'lhe na ture of fermentation or perhaps we may say a gancrene of the bark and ramblum produced by tho Invasion of this Immense swarm of bacteria.) The bacteria proceeds in all .direr-1 (ions from the point of infection, trial !h when they go down a twig or spur or a water sprout Into the branches or bodies of the trees there Is a de velopment of the disease from this point upwards and downwards and laterally. On account of the ves sels and fibers of the bark the most rapid development l - lengt hwise. that is to Bay upward and downward on the branches. The disease has a tendency to developo In the green fleshy or outer bark of the smooth branches. The branches of the pear tree usually remain smooth up to M or 10 years of age. sometimes for a longer period, During this time the fleshy outer bark grows an fast as the limb grows, but later on the outer layer dies and It is converted into (Continued on Page Four.) Young Man Takes the Life of His Step Father MIND IS UNBALANCED Finds the Old Man Sleeping in Ills Chair and Slushes llix Throat Willi a Pocket Knife (Jhes , Himself l'p. (Special to the Evening News); MAHSI1FIKLD, Feb. 1C. William White, aged 25 years; and an employe of tho Uandnn Woolen Mills, murder ed his stepfather, Leroy Jones, at liandon, today. Jones was DO years of age nnd with his wife was support ed by young White.' The murderer caught the old man sleeping in his chair nnd with a pocket knife slashed his throat and his, victim fell to the floor bleeding profusely and soon ex pired. Wright immediately went into hiding, but later gave himself up to the sheriff. He has not been entirely right mentally lor some time and this, together with tho fact thut the Tamlly constantly quarreled, is thought, to have brought about the awful deed. of twenty men at work there develop ing the claim. SNOW, FLOODS AND BLIZZARDS NORTH (Special to the Evening News) WALLA WAI.LA, Feb. 2. Tha warm rains of last nlKht and today have made every stream In tho valley a nmlnc torrent, and it Is thoui?ht brldns will he waahed out at many Wai'es, though the country Is not In danger or any damaging floods. HliudhiK Snow Ntorm. L.101ltANl)H, Kob. -tl A blinding snow aiorm Is prevailing hero today and iudlcatloiiH point to a severe blii znrd. Floods lire Predicted. TACOMA. Feb. 26. Kloods aro predicted here today by the weather bureau. Condition in the mountains without Tacoma and the Cascades aro nlnrmiiiK and tho wnrm winds in the mountains make dangeroiiH floods al most certain. J. D. Brown, manager of the lted River (Jold Alining & Milling Co., is in the city today. Mr. Brown's com pany Is exploiting u valuable gold! placer claim on Mule creek In the; Rogue river country, and has a force I I J ! I LEWIS 31UQ10 Corner Cass nnd Hose Stroets. , rOHTIlAITS OF AI,I, KINDS. SITTINGS DAY AND NIGHT Frnmins to order. Fine line pf moulding. Enlarging. Local vliws. 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