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PRUNES, PER PKG.. ........ 25e
FIGS, TER PKG. . ;. .. .. .. . ..3"e
PEACHES, PER PKG. '. . .. .. 30c
APRICOTS, PER PKG. ....35e
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OPINIONS ON
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Ld Grande, Oregon, November 13, :
To the Editor: Several announce-
ments have appeared of late in the Ob- )
server stating the determination of the j
local fruit inspector to enforca the !
law .against the selling of wormy and
diseased fruit in this county. .
I think the local Inspector, Mr.
Oldenburg, is mistaken in his construe j
tioo of the intent of the lav in some f
of Its provisions. I take It from the
reading of the law and ita various
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be obtained la to prevent the spreading
of ruit pests and the disease of fruit
and trees. He Beems to think the Intent
of the law is to prohibit the sale of
worm eaten fruit and to prevent the
consumption of the same In the in
terests of pure food for the people.
This law has no connection with the
Question of pure food, and In the
matter of. inter-state business the
Jurisdiction would be vested id federal
officials.
The sections of the law relating to
the selling of shipments of infected
or diseased fruit are as follows:
Section 4194. .It shall be unlawful
for any person, firm or corporation to
nport or sell sny infected or dioejBi'd
fruit of any kind in the Btate of Ore
gon. .
Section 4195. Every person who
packs or prepares for shipment to any
point within the state, or delivers or
causes to be delivered to any express
agent or railway agent or other per
son, or to any transportation company
o v corporation for shipment to any
l...nt without the state fruit or fruiU
either fresh, cured or dried that is In
fected with insect pests or diseases
injurious to trees, shrubs, plants fruit
or vegetables is guilty of a mlsdomean
or. i' -
The violation of the law largely de
pends on the definition of the word
"Infected." We are infected with mos
; qultoes and flies when the little biters
Are fcere and when fly pap r is in de
mand. Thi country la infested with
an enemy when its armies are on our
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shores or its navy is bombarding our
fortifications. It signifies an act in
the process of being consumated. It
means the present and not the past
tense. At this time of the year it Is
well known that the worms have all
gone out of the apples and they are
no longer Infested. They are only scar
red and have small holes in them
where the worms have' been. The
worms are like the enemy departed
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that we have a line of
Hardware
of quality, and at prices that should
attract careful buyers.
Harness
that will pay you to examine, and our
usual complete atock of up-to-date
FARM IMPLEMENTS, ETC.
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people of small means who cannot af
ford to buy the "fancy pack" at .prices
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and flies and mosquitoes gone to their
winter quarters. It Is the habit of the
worm to make its escape from the ap- , ranging from $1.50 per box when they
pie in about two weeks after it has', -n ur.M0 Tt i rn,.
that some peidlo.vj tll tht'Je npp.c?
by the box for "r coa.s fur the l).:x
and charge nothoi'i for tlio apples
They do not wish to get into trouble
with the officers. A conversation was
overheard where one of the must re
spected citizens 0' -a Crando said to
a fruit grower "bring me m the jp
plet and I will iee that the fruit in.
sptctor don't know any thing aXiu t.
I can't afford to buy those high priced
apples." Every twllt and turn Is mode
to beat the devil about the bush. Ard
it is a crying shame to pu j euple u.t -j
such a hypocritical position in roer
that they may get wnar thv miy r
ally need and have a right U h6e.
One warehouse-man says to a t arty
waiting fruit that has b6ja ci.l':id vtit
la shipping: "Thero U the fr:f. tke
it along when you ko .ar.l le:iva the
money on the tab!e. Ton know thtt I
am not allowed to U Jf Such "nior,-
entered.. Then it crawls down the
limbs of the tree to a hiding place in
the bark or the ground. It is the orch
ard that is infested after the apples
hove matured.
In this view of the case most of the
worm eaten apples have been disposed
of in one way and another during ah
of the seasons past, and there is but
little doubt but that tney will be dis
posed of this year. They have been
shipped to Walla Walla and other
places in car loads. They have been
sold by. the ton to the fruit dryer. The
vinegar man has bought up large quan
titles of them. Farmers have come In
from the country from eight and ten
miles around and have bought, wagon
l.Bos of them Peddlers nave taken
the mby the wagon load and sold them
in the mines and camps and townB In
every direction. People of humble
means nave filled up their sacks and
Daily Observer, 65c per Month
boxes and have laid up a plentiful ' key business" and sk-illducgery is
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supply for their winters consumption.
The Inspector can probably find In a '
thousand homes In Union county ap-!
jue sauce tnat Has been prepared by
the thrifty housewife from apples that
h;ve been ".afopted" by ths effect loti
of the codling moth. The apple is care
fully peeled and the small hole that
has been made by the worm is cut out
with a knife so that the refuse matter
that is deposited by the worm is re
moved so that nothing goes into the
pot or the apple "sass" but the pure
part of the apple. This does not hold
true in making cldar, vinegar, dried
or evaporated apples, and other food
products wherein the apple is ground
or cut up in the process of preparing
products for food or drink.
If the question hinges as a matter
o- vure food tlie wing of worm eaten
apple in the preparatln of family food
has all the other methods of manufac
ture "skinned to a frawle."
Besides, where such a large percent
tg the worm holes out. ant cook and
e :he balance t.r 'he appl it ii clnn
to.be a hard matter of any Inspector
be he ymt 8oMi;, j ,Uf off the
npnl? r ?fc cjtnsnd keer-s I.S tit
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