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About The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1918)
IMG NEWS This Paper Has Enlisted With the Government in the Cause of America for the Period of the War f THR FATHER ! Highest temp, yesterday.. Lowest teinp !-st night.. ...61 ...45 The Only Paper in Roseburg Carrying Associated Press Dispatches VOL. IX. ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1018. No. 117 TH EVEN NEWU.S.ARMYUNITS ARRIVING AT FRONT Helping to Block the Huns Progress to the Chan, nel Ports. LONE AMERICAN VICTOR American Aviator Downs (101111)111 JMane in Combat With Enemy Machines IntVi mil Machines Are HehiK Used Hy Huns. (By Associated Press.) With the American Army in France May 17. Troops of the new American army liave m-rived within the zone occupied by Itrttish forces in northern France, and are now com pleting their training in the area pro tected hy the divisions which me blocking the path of the Germans In attempts to reach channel ports. MOVING INTO 1JATTLK ZONK. Washington, May 17. The Ameri can troops reieriHMl to an the "new American army," ai-e forces being brigaded and trained witli the Brit ish, probably in linnlcrs. It is stat ed that these troops wore not detach ed from l'ershing'N present forces but arc men who have recently been moved t'10111 the I'nited Staled to France. Willi the several months' training they have had in canton ments here the men are considered ready to go forward within a short time after reaching l'Iuroe where; thoy soon complete their training within sound of the enemy guns. This troop movement was recently forecasted by Lloyd Cioorgc. HAD DAY FOR CiKUMAN l-'IA'KltS. With the Dritish Army in I 'Vance, May 17. The ideal flying weather on the battle front for the past Lew days luis been a veritable boomerang to (c rm an airmen, who, taking advan tage of tTie atinospheic conditions so advantageous for maneuvering, at once got busy . and adjusted thcir,.aijJ crafts for a desperate and telling raid j on tho allied forces. However, judg-: ing from later results, the "wind probably changed' tiitc suddenly, lor direct information from the Itrtt ish front this afternoon myu that one Jtrltish brigade destroyed fifteen tier man planes and put six others out of commission in a single combat which was staged yesterday afternoon. The weather is perfect today on the bat tle front for airplane operations and there is much activity in tills' iinimr taut branch of the war service. The allies are still patiently waiting fori the HJmlenburg forces. to show their j hand and it is the opinion of military authorities that the next battle will! bo the most crucial one ever fought on the western front. With this view in mind there has been no lack of pre-, pai at ion by the allies to meet the en emy fully prepared to wage one of tho .bloodiest battles ever recorded in the world's history. JXNK AMERICAN FKiHTS THRKB. With the American Army, May 17. In a fight this morning northwest of Ton I, France, IJcut. Rlckenbach or, formerly an automobile racer, en gaged three enemy airplanes in a thrilling battle among tho clouds. The daring of the lone American car ried him safely through the light which resulted in one German ma chine leing brought down. The other two did not deem it safe to remain to "get theirs," and left the lieuten ant in iKissession of the field. rsixti infkrxaij machines. With the American Army May 17. German troops opimslng the Ameri cans northwest of Toul, France are now resorting to infernal machines for the purpose of checking activities of the Yankee patrols. These patrols have constantly harrassed the Ger mans, and a new plan was inaugurat ed. An American patrol group pass ed over a planted bomb yesterday and the infernal machine was ex ploded by one of the men stepping on a wire. Some of tho men were wounded by the explosion following. A RTUjIjKRY FIRE INCREASING. Jvondon, May 17. Gorman artil lery Is becoming increasingly active along the front from Iecoii to Hinges on tho western side of the Flanders patient, and also between the forest of Nleppe and Meteren. GERMAN THRUST PROBABLE. New YorK. May 17. America Is . contributing to the stiffening of tho allied line in both Plcnrdy and Flan ders. A renewal : of - the German thrust in Flanders seems likely to be undertaken very soon, this fact be ing indicated by' Increased activity of artillery fire in the hy salient. ITALIAN AVIATOR KILLED. New York, May 17. Captain An tonio Silvio Resnntl, of the royal fly ing corps, was killed today at the Uampstead Hying field while testing an American built Caproni plane car rying six bombs. The machine rose a hundred feet when It suddenly crumpled and fell backward. Cap tain Itosnati was HtrappedJ to the seat and when the plane struck the earth was crushed by the engine, Tho gallant airman had only recent ly made a round trip from Wasliing- ton to New York in a ten passenger plane, ROIaSHKVIKI TROOPS ACTIVE. Constantinople, May 17. The Rus sian and Bolshevik! troops have re captured the port of Baku, on the Caspian sea. They crossed the sea 011 gun boats and attacked tho Mus- sleiuen who abandoned the town. FIFTEEN REPORTED KILLED. Washington, May 17. -One hun dred and six mimes apiear on the casualty list today of American troops killed and wounded in France. Of tho total number roiKrted fifteen were killed in action, four died of disease and eight are missing. The other 70 received wounds. CONCRETE SHIPS SUCCESS. Washington, May 17. It lias been a 11 noli need here officially today that the concrete ship, "Faith' on her trial trip proved equal if not superior to steel ships. MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED. Ijondon, May 17. Martial law has Ihhmi proclaimed in Odessa by the Aus trian commandant at the Germans' request, and serious street fighting Is rcHrted. Austrian patrols are pa rading the streets and the residents are fleeing. OBJECTS TO "COVERT" PURPOSE. Washington, May 17. President Wilson authorized his seci'etary to deny that, the executive Is opMsed to un Investigation of tho aircraft situ-1 at ion by the senate military commit tee, and also to announce that he! objects to the "covert" pui&e of the Chamberlain resolution because he! knows its purpose. '- I CONTINUES TO SHY. Washington, May 17. President Wilson's unswerving opposition to Chamberlain's resolution prevailed in tho senate today, when leaders 011 both sides agreed not to bring up the resolution until Monday. Meanwhile It Is l-cgarded as probable that some sort of compromise will likely be made. CREEL APOLOGIZES. -:- AVashington,v May ' 17 . George Creel, "official censor" and editor of the Official Bulletin today aitologlz- ed to congress for his much discuss ed recent New York speech, when he ; was quoted as saying that as ho dis-; liked slnumming he would not care to 1 explore the hearts of congressmen. ! Creel WTcte to Chairman Pou, of! the rules committee, which is consid ering a resolution on the Incident, and 1 said: "I admit my indescretion and regret it deeply." MAN CREMATES OWN BODY. La Crosse, Wis., May 17. Lemuel Jones, a veteiinary surgeon who had been a sufferer from lumpy Jaw, which disease he contracted while treating cuttle, dug a pit on his farm, filled It with wood and started a fire. He then took his shot gun, placed the muzzle of the gun against his temple, tripjKMl the trigger with his foot, top pled over into the pit he had dug and was there completely cremated. Jones left a note explaining the reason for inking his Kfe and the method he In tended to pursue in self-destruction. OF A special meeting has been called by the Roseburg and Douglas Coun ty Merchants Association at the jus tice court room, in the Douglas Na tional Bank building, at 7:45 o' clock sharp, tonight, for the pur pose of meeting with Mr. Deem, an experienced canning man, who in tends locating in the city of Rose burg. He is not asking any finan cial assistance, and every merchant and business man and those Inter ested in the canning Industry, and the promotion of the city of Rose burg and Douglas county, shouid at tend this meeting. You know what a cannery means to Douglas county, and the one pro posed now will be one of the largest and most fully equipped canneries in the state of Oregon. Be on band promptly,, as this matter needs y.;iir prompt attention and the plans must be carried out at once. J. O. VINCENT INJURED. J. O. Vincent, of North Roseburg, traded for a pair of mules the oth er day, and in trying to get ac quainted with the animals the gen tleman had a mix up with one of them that nearly put the owner out of commission. The mule took a bow swell and Mr. Vincent got en tangled! up In a rope attached to the quad raped and was dragged for a little distance before he could be extricated. Although 'badly shaken up and bruised Mr. Vincent believes he can master mule lore yet. JS A TAME AFFAIR Less Than One-sixth of Regis tered Votes Cast at Four O'clock. DEMOCRATS ARESCARCE itno Precinct Mustered Only Two ' Total Ballot Will Probably Kali Jielow 25 Per Cent of Registration. ELECTION RETURNS TONIGHT - The Evening News has' made arrangements to receive the election returns of the county and state tonight, commencing about 10 and continuing until 12 o'clock. The Western Un- Ion office will remain open until the latter hour to handle" all Associated Press reports In ref- erence to the state at large and it is quite probable that before midnight some Idea of how the kVidlng candidates on the ticket are running can be given, un- less it is a very close race among all of them. Bulletins will be posted as soon as they are received at The News office and all the information possible will be given to the public. That little interest was being tak en in the primary election today was demonstrated to be a self evi dent fact when The News reporter! visited the various precincts of thej city at 2:30 o clock this afternoon, In the live central precincts of the city, comprising Umpqua, Benson, Lane, Roseburg, and Deer- Creek, where there Is a total registered vot ing population of 1048, only 186 voters had taken the. trouble to cast their ballots. Of this number but 36 were democrats and the other 1 50 republicans. From, tills it will be seen about one fifth. of the registered vote had been cast, at that hour. With only a little, over Ave and a half hours of the day left, and only one-fifth of the vote cast, there was little to indicate that the ratio would be materially changed by time of closing the polls at 8 o'clock to night. The vote in the Ave precincts visit ed before three o'clock was as fol lows: Umpqua, with 231 registered voters, 31 republicans andl 7 demo crats voted. Benson, with 117 reg istered voters, 17 republicans and 4 democrats voted. Lane, ,with 214 registered voters, 31 republicans and 9 democrats voted. Roseburg, with 216 registered, 42 republicans and 8 democrats voted. Deer Creek, with 214 registered, 29 republicans and 8 democrats voted. In the five precincts of Woodard, Hermann, Caro, Hahiilton and1 Bel lows, where there Is a total register ed vote of 882, only 133 had cast their ballot up to 4 o'clock. One hundred and ten of this number had voted the republican ticket, and the remaining 23 were democratic. Woodard was distinguished for hav ing only two democrats to Its credit at that hour. In the same precinct 21 republicans had ta'ken enougb in terest in the selection of candidates to vote. There are 224 registered voters in that precinct. Hermann, with a registered! vote of 206, was In the same condition as all others In the city, as 33 had voted up to 4 o' clock. Caro, with a registered vote of 187. had cast 29 republican votes and 6 democratic ballots. Hamilton, where 143 voters have registered, in dicated the lowest record In the city, as only 14 out of a total registered vote of 143 had cast their ballots. Nine of them were republicans and 5 democrats. Bellows made a little better showing, as 24 republicans and 4 democratic votes had been cast out ot a total registration of 123. Ac cording to these figures it will be seen that only about one-sixth of the registered vote was accounted for at 4 o clock. There was nothing to in dicate, that the situation would liven up to any great extent after that hour, and in all probability scarcely 25 per cent of the normal vote will be cast in today's election. DIVORCE ACTION DISMISSED. In the divorce case of S. R. All red vs. Mary E. Allred, coming on for trial in Judge Hamilton's court yesterday afternoon, a motion for voluntary dismissal wan entered on motion of plaintiff's attorney, L. B. Sandblast. No witnesses were asked to take the Btand. The plaintiff, Mr. Allred, is a Civil war veteran of the age of 87 years, and his recollection was lost on the stand, being wholly unable to support bis complaint. ABOVE S4,000,000,(00. ' r , (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, May 17. Unofficial reports as to total subscriptions' put the liberty loan well above the (4,000,000,- 000 mark. V SURVEYORS ARRIVE l. CITY. Five line young fellows arrived in the city this afternoon from Sacra mento enroute to nortiiern cities. They are employed under the U. 8. G. survey, audi will only spend the night In tills city, then motoring north to Eugene. They uro a jolly bunch and state that their trip from California has .been moBt wonderful, but said that Roberts mountain put a Bmall damper on the pleasure part of It.- They registered at the Grand hotel, their names being J. G. Boll, E. A. Berry, Wade G. Hodor, K. J. Gorman and and Geo. Fletcher, Jr., all being residents- of .Sacramento. SELECTS OF- FICIALS FOR BIG DRIVE Colonel W. C. Harding, field, com mander and director of the Red Cross drive whine will start on next Mon day, ban selected his staff of captains and lieutenants and is ready to be gin the flrewoiks bright and early next weck. Colonel Harding has made a careful selection and has on his list many of the city's most suc cessful "go get'ems" those who have achieved glory In past cam paigns. Included in the list are the follow ing captains, lieutenants and their respective fielr'h: No. 1, southwest ern! potrlon Of Roseburg, Captain J. W. Perkins and Lieutenants A. J. Iiilburn, Mose. Rice, Roy Bellows, Roscoe Green, J. E. McCllntock, Na than Fullerton, Rev. Coppage and L. B. Moore; No. 2, northwestern portion of Roseburg, Captain O. J. Lindsey and Lieutenants Frank H. Churchill, Robert Kidd, Guy Cor don, Roland Agee, Eugene Parrott, Oliver Johnson and L. B. Sandblast; No; 3, northeastern portion of Rose burg, Captain P. T. Bubar and Lieu tenants J. C. Spencer E.. W.. War rington. G. W. Young. R. L. Glle, W. F. Harlrs and A. S. Kuey; No. southeastern portion of Roseburg, Captain A. D. Bradley and Lieuten ants J. G. Hodges, D. I. Stewart, J. A. Worley. E. B. Perrine and D. W. Bennett; No. 6, North Roseburg, Captain Barton Helllwer4 and Lieu tenants H. C. Darby. R. I,. Whipple. Chas. McElhlnny, 13. S. Nichols and H. B. Church; Olalla. Captain W. B. Gilmore: South Deer Crook, Captain Clnude Banning; Noith Deer Creek, Captain Fred! Bonebrakr; Winston, Green, Brockway, Dll ard, Rice Creek and Glengary. Captain Fred Winston; Edenbower. Captains S. D. Cooley and F. M. Curtis; Looking Glass, Captain Arthur Marsh; Wil bur, Captain, Will Cobb; West Rose burg, Captain Peter Dallf; Garden Valley, Captain James PearBon, and Melrose, Captain R. A. Busonbark. A WEARY TRAVELER GOOD STOCK BOOZE A weary traveller on train No. 14 tnls afternoon was taken into cus tody by S. P. Detective Ward. He was on his way from Sacramento to Portland and In order to tide over the "dry" period had comfortably tucked away four bottles of whiskey, five of beer, and a gallon of fine old wine in a, couvle of suit cases. He was- not familiar with Oregon laws and on the train was very liberal with his "stock" passing It around to all who wished to sample the "goods" and which probably met with a ready response. He had noth ing for sale, was not a bootlegger, was simply giving it away. Finally he "bumped Into" the detective and met his Waterloo. He was taken before Judge I. B. Riddle, fined $20, which he paid, and' went on rejoicing minus what booze he had on hand. DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR HERE H. A. Vlckcrs, personal represen tative of Dr. Kerr, president of the Oregon Agricultural College, was In Roseburg today conferlng with Hon. B. L. Eddy, county food administra tor; C. J. Hurd. county agricultural agent; the Red Cross society and Council of Defense, In regard to a meeting to be addressed by Dr. Kerr on May 25 at 2 o'clock p. m. Mrs. E. N. Bradford arrived In this city this morning from Cottage Grove and transacted business with Attorney C. F. Hopkins In regard to her deceased husband's estate. She will return to her home late this ev enlng. GREATEST WAR IN WORLD'S HISTORY Writer In "Stars and Stripes," A Soldiers' Publication, Tells of Hun Spirit. GERMANS BEASTLY LOT Not An Uncommon Sight For the Poorest Working Girl to Give Her Salary to Soldier -Germany ' An Absolute Monarchy. The following article, written by Frank Doha, is taken from "The Stars and Stripes," an American publication issued In France for the benefit of our soldiers serving on for eign soil, a copy ot which has been received at The News oftlce; Question: What are wo here for? Answer: Because our country has declared war on Germany and Aus tria. Try again. Because the Germans are a beast ly lot, and have just naturally got a damned good) beating coming to them. That answer will last you about three weeks In the trendies. Because the kaiser and the junk ers started tho war, and we have got to get them and hang them for their crimes. This war iB not a war between "good people" and "bad! people." This is the greatest and fearfullest fight ever waged In the history of the world botween two llfo principles between two ways or living and of doing. These various ways of doing and thinking affect all our relations; with our women and children, our relations with our government, and, above all, our attitude towards the peoples of other countries.' When I was In Germany the first year of the war; a very young and very intelligent actress said to me on one occasion: ; "I love nobody else and nothing else in the world so much as I love the kaiser. My one regret is (hat 1 am not a man and can not light for him. iBut if Germany Is invaded; we women shall Beize arms and die be neath his standard. My kaiser is my God. I. have no other God but him, and no other religion but love of his perBon." , i Do you mean, to tell nie, I in quired, ".that you love the kaiser more than you. love the young officer at the front tq whom you are going to lie married?" ; ? j "Certainly I do, she said. "I love my ofticer and shall marry, him the first time ho comes back. We have chosen our apartment, our furniture and even the pictures we are to have in our home after the war. But as much as 1 love him, I wouldn't die for him. For the kaiser I should die with joy in my heart and a smile on my Hps." To understand this war we must understand Germany. Then we shall understand what Germany began this war for, and just why she must be beaten flat. We shall then under stand why the masses of the German people will some daye thank us for the good drubbing they are now go ing to receive. -1 think I can answer the question proposed at the beginning, because both my parents were born In Ger many, because I studied for years at a German college, and because I have carefully observed tho life and de velopment of Germany for the past 15 years. Since the war began 1 have lived In Germany and talked mucli with all classes of her people. The whole llfo of Germany, polit ical, social, and Intellectual, Is soak ed through and through with the principles and methods of mediaeval barba'riBm. Germany makes war In the same spirit In which all -Europe made war five hundred years ago. When the Germans shot Edith Cavell In 1915, they thought and acted jUBt as the English did when they burned Joan of Are at the stake In 1416. When a Gorman woman recently wandered over a battle Held sawing off the heads of the wounded with a hand saw, she showed! the same Bpirlt as predominated in the Thirty Years war, three hundred years ago. The first Question to be answered Is: Why has Germany been left so far behind western: Europe and America? . This Is the answer: England Prance, America and Italy have all been modernized and civilized by a process of democratic revolution The supreme test of civilization Is the practice of popular self-govern ment througTi forms which yield or der as well as democracy. The English people became self- governing In the 17th century. The French people began to rule them selves during their great revolution in the 18th century. The king of England, since the end! of tho 17th century, has been a mere figure-head, without power to rule. Every great conflict In American history has made us more democratic. Italy organized her national life on a democratlo basis in the third quarter of the nineteenth century. In every one of our allied nations, the su preme political power restB with the elected representatives of the people. In Germany, not only government, but the whole social order, is totally different. The German revolution of 1848, which, had it been successful, would have democratized and civiliz ed Germany, was an utter failure. Following that great tragedy, two millions of German democrats emi grated to America, bo the German na tion lost the democratic people, who might have saved her from Bismarck and the modern emplro. . Germany Is today an absolute mon archy. The reichstag, or congress, of Germany, has no real power. The kaiser rules Germany through the physical power of his army, and his right of .personally appointing all the ministers of government. The first business of Germany is tho business of war. i Neither the great rich nor' the low ly poor have any respect for them selves. The only class which is re spected are those who are born and bred as aristocrats and officers. These officers can and do amuse them selves by pushing working people, college -professors, and even men of wealth and business importance, off the side-walk into the gutter, i It is not uncommon for the poor est German working girl to take her week's salary and give it to a soldier for the honor of walking down the street with him of a Sunday after noon. When an officer enters a cafe In Berlin, andl finds no vacant tent, any civilian, man or woman, is sup posed to riso and courteously surren der his seat to the uniformed repre sentative of his Imperial Majesty. In Germany, every class below the junkers may be properly described as cringing slaves who are permit ted to exist in the land for tho sole purpose of serving and honoring the aristocracy. All the schools and uni versities, nearly all the newspapers and books that are premltted to bo published, all the clergymen of ev ery church, without one known ex ception, advocate this slavery, this debauchery of the human mind and the human soul before tho power thut rules. This war Is a death grapple be tween this social system J have here described audi tho sort of life you know back homo. Both can't go on In this modern world. Elthor the German people will learn to rule and respect themselves through -the dofeat of their kaiser's army and the fall of their government, or that govern ment will, through victory, set an example which will some time be fol lowed throughout the world. Let us consider our own America. If we loBt or compromise tho Issues of this war,- we shall necessarily be come one vast war machine, prepar ing night and day for the next war, which would come in ten or 20 years. In that case, we Bhould lose our democracy at home in the very act of preparing to defend it against Imper ialism and militarism from without, Kather have our whole-American peo ple perish In the fight than lose In a cause so great as this. Remember, above all, that a patched-up "peace" which compromises the issues would not be a peace at all, but only an armed truce. That Is why we are in this fight to stay, whether it takes one year or three years or ton years. DEATH CALLS FORMER LOOKING CLASS MAN Mrs. 0. Littman, of Looking Ulass, recently received a letter an nounclng the death of Mcrll IIInoH ley, who passed away on May 8 at Bellevue, Idaho. He had been 111 for seven weeks with an acute attnek of Brlght's diseaBe, but was confined to his room until May 4, death en suing the following Wednesday. That morning he realiezd the end was near, but said "I cannot go yet. I mjust wait to see the sun shlno. Ten minutes before death he took his medicine, and a little lator died in his sister's arms, asking hor to raise him up higher, and then, "Oh, ploaso lay mo down," and was gone. Merll was 23 yoai-B of ago October 3 last. He had many friends at Look ing Glass who will deeply mourn his death, and their heartfelt sympathy will go out to the parents and brothers and sisters of the deceased. CALLED TO BEDSIDE OF WIFE. Private Russell Carpenter, ot the 44th Infantry, Co. C, arrived home last evening upon receipt, of a tele gram announcing the serious illness of his wife In this city. The young soldier only recently was discharged from the hospital at American Lake after being confined to his bed for three weeks following concussion of the brain as the result of a fall Young Carpenter has been stationed at American Lake since last Novem ber and expects to leave soon with his contingent for France,- F COUNTY CAN ENLIST Aim of Committee Is to Report Douglas Over Subscribed Next Tuesday. SMALL AMOUNTS GOOD Let the Buys and-Glris and the Wifo In on the Subscription List So Their Names Can Ho Counted. An urgent appeal la mado to the good people of Douglas county In this second war fund Red Cross drive, that every person, both old and young shall be represented, if for only a very small amount. It is bet ter to have 10,000 subscriptions for -one dollar each than 1000 at ten dol lars each. Better still If 20,000 can be included In tho final list of sub scribers, even if many ot them are for even a less sum than one dollars. Tor instance, take a family of six, Instead of the father or mother sub scribing five or. ten dollars, . divide : the subscription nil), so that every member of the family Is represented. What we want ito be permitted to report at the close of this urlve is that Douglas county Is 100 per cent patriotic. There will be several large sub scriptions from people who can well - afford to give the larger sums, but this does not in any way excuse the person who can only afford to give 25 cents. Another matter we wish to suggest before the drive starts and that is this: Forget that you gave to the Red Cross one year ago, or that you joined the Red Cross In the, re cent drive for membership, and pre sent this as an argument why you should be relieved this time. The boj-B In the front line trenches yester day will be there today, and" again to- Inorrow. We never hear one of them say that they should be excused from duty today, because they serv ed yesterday, -, - , - Tho drive starts early Monday morning, May 20. Not later than Tuesday evening we hope to be able to reawrt Douglas county over-subscribed and this can be done, with the united support of all the people, or It can be hindered by selfish in dividuals delaying the committee when they call, by trying to put up a line of argument why they should be excused! from giving In this drive. Wie trust that no person In Roseburg will -be so "low down" as to refuse to come to the door when the committee calls, as some tow did In the drive one year ago. J. E. McCLINTOCK, Publicity Chairman. AT IS According to a statement emenat Ing from the managers of the Green cannery, farmers and truck growers can sell all the blackberries, either cultivated or wild varieties that they will pick and take to the cannery. String beans are also in great de mand. The sorts desired are either Kentucky Wondler or Refuge. Both of these sorts of beans grow thrifty and yield well. The cannery will take every pound that can be raised in this country, and since they yield Immensely, the crop Is a good one to grow. The management Is offering to contract tomatoes at $18 per ton, and probably the price will go higher. Demand for this staple is great, and the product of 150 acres can be UBed here this year.- HOW TO KILL PRUNE " TREE AND ROSE APHIS Plant lice or aphis are the most plentiful this yeur that they have ever been In Oregon. Poison sprays are valuolcss against them, as tho bugs stick their beaks right through the poison into the leaf or stems. UBe "Blackloaf 40" or nicotine sul phate, one part to 1200 parts of wa ter, which means one and three fourths pints to a two hundred gal lons, or about a teaspoonful to a quart. Apply In a fine spray and bo very thorough, as -only those In sects that are wet will be killed. Soap at the rate of four to six pounds per hundred gallons helps the spray to spread. A. BURR BLACK, Oregon Agricultural College. (Spe cial Agent U. S. Blureau Entomol ogy.) .- , ,