/
■d
JACKSONVILLE, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, DECEMBER >4» 1908
NO. 31
had been imported from California.
and the people kept carefully within
this valley, both in attendance and in
The pear blight has been in existence
i
doors.
structive feathers of the program.
as long as pear trees have grown, but
Rl IIP
lAUl/CTC
was rePorte(l Tuesday morning
Every seat in the opera
,-- ,-- house
- ~ - —— was
•’ -•*’ fill-
«..."
it is only a little over one hundred
DL u L JAvIXt I 3 i that General Simon, the leader of the
ed
and
some
late
comers
were
compell
years ago that the blight began its
--------
' revolutionary movement was at Petit
ed to stand, and so close was the at-
ravages
upon
pear
trees.
It
began
its
(By Charles Meacrve )
Chief of Police William J. . Biggy, tention given that not a person left
American cruiser Des Moines sailed Goave. about 30 miles west of Port Au
into Port Au Prince Tuesday morning. Prince monday morning. He has with
To handle a modern orchard is a (, destruction in Connecticut and from who disappeared Monday night from the
— room
.
hiv two n hours that
during the
•
— -------
*
Her presence augments the force of him an army of 6000 men, well armed problem as difficult as to handle a I there it has spread until it is now the police launch Patrol, while the lit r»-
Professor P. J. O’Gara spoke.
r___ A no-
!
*.1
__
II«
.
_
“
found
in
every
section
of
the
United
tle
vessel
was
conveying
him
across
with
good
rifles
and
well
provisioned.
foreign sailors and marines that have
modern warship. The modern fruit
ticeable feature of the meeting was
San Francisco Bay, has been given up I
been landed for the protection of Port He has also several pieces of mounted tree is as highly and delicately bred I j States, Canada and Mexico.
the number of ladles present. As
That the fruit growers of Rogue for dead. The flag flies at half-mast
Au Prince, particularly the foreigners, artillery and some machine guns.
as is the modern dairy cow or fine
women
all over the United States are
in case a clash between the rebels and
horse and to make it profitable takes River Valley may be able to identify from the City Hall.
taking an active interest in horticul
I
the
most
serious
of
the
1100
pests
A score of launches ant! Other »»«all ture, among them being some of the
the troops of the government which
the same tfiqwiq^h, intelligent care
«1 |n «uarch, have visited mast successful fruitgrowers in the
apparently is bound to occur in a very FORGER CAUGHT
that the dairyman or ttie hor.emau fhijt threaten destruction to their or craft,
and that are most likely to soon every spot where an exhausted swim- ■ country, the ladies of the Rogue River
short time, results in turning loose on
IN CHICAGO gives to his cow or horse. And as is chards
the city disorganized and undiciplined
the finely bred cow or horse, the finely appear here the Rogue River Horticul mer might have found refuge, but the ■ vuliey are expected and will be made
soldiers.
fired
fruit tree is far more subject to tural Society has arranged with Prof. waters gave no encouragement to the 1 Welcome at all meetings of the Horti
Ernest A. Lowndes, said to be want-
P. J. O’Gara from the Department of searchers,
cultural society. And a feature that
The arrival of the Des Moines was I ed ot Portland, Or., on a charge of disease and ths ;n*vqges fff pests than .^gfifUltnre at Washington f), £. fu
important development pleased
,_____________
_ live at a distance
those who
preceded by that of the French cruiser I forgery, was arrested in Chicago Tues- was the hardy coarsely bred tree that
give
a
lecture
In
Medford
qn
Saturday,
was
the
official
statement
of
Police
from
Medford
and
had to travel a long
grew
in
the
orchards
of
our
forefath
Duguay Trouin and the American i day.
! , December 12, on fruit pests. In his Commissioner Hugo D. Keil, whom digtanee after the meeting to get home
ers,
This
lack
of
vigor
and
resistant
cruiser Tacoma. The British cruiser
E. A. Lowndes is wanted here on a
description of pests Prof. O’Gara will Biggy called upon last night at his was that the meeting began on time
Scylia and the Italian cruiser Fleramos- forgery charge. Lowndes who is an power of th» modgrr; fruit tree is the
show hv means of stereontif^n yievf»
ca are expected shortly. With their exmarine bought a suit of clothes at sequence that comes In sqeunpg the ! about iSt) of tiion), the slides for the fuqutry ht’b1e 1,1 Belvedere. The state- for Vice-President Tou Velle called it
ment was issued after a lengthy ex-1 to older promptly at 2 p. m.
21
I
quality
°F
fruit
that
the
market
of
to
advent the foreign element will feel Meier & Frank’s store on October
I
lantern having been sent to him from ecutive session of the Police Con;milbI
subject for consideration was
much more secure.
for $22 and in payment tendered a day demands, and the productiveness , ' the Department this past week for sion, and discloses that Chief Biggy, '. The
________r of
_...........
.
pollenization
pomaceous
fruits ......
and
that
the
modern
fruit
grower
requires
The night passed without any serious check on the Security Savings & Trugt
the purpose. The lecture will begin
bin USpartuee <m the ret irn trip it was presented by Professor P. J.
of
Uis
o^cfiqrd.
Whqt
man
disturbs
outbreak but the government showed Company for $16, receiving the balan-
ihni.
rAQIllto.l
irx
kia
rlio
/A
’
r
’
*
-
-
hi t■4'1 p. « us brof. H'ttara I that resulted in his disappearance, wrs
by its precautions that it expected an [ ce in cash. The check was made pay the balance of nature to secure Hner has to leave on the 3:20 train for Cal- very much concerned because of re- i O'Gara from the department of agri
culture. at Washington D. C. Prof
quality
or
greater
productiveness
in
attack at any moment.
able to Sarah F. Powell and signed by
an animal or a tree the penalty is a ifornia, where he goes to join a far-- cent newspaper attack^ upon his »ti I essor O'Gara u detailed by the depart
i
Fred
Martin,
Only occasional rifle shots were heard
ment of agriculture to supervise the
|oss of vigor and disease resistant mers institute train that will traverse , ministration,
bat each shot was taken to be the be
fl part of tfiat. stfite dqrj|^ the iattee Chief Biggy had several tim.'S cim- fight that is being made on the Pacific
pewes.
ginning of the expected fight. All
The Emerick serves meals at all
i part of this month.
I plained of feeling ill and after having coast against the pear blight and is
And while the modern orchardist has
night patrols of infantry and cavaly hours. Everything neat and clean,
Fruit growers, who propose to make given way to an attack of naus’ja, act- making his headquarters for this win
been so breeding his trees that they i
marched or rode through the streets. prices reasonable.
their orchards pay the big dividends (ed upon Murphy’» advice and started ter in Medford, to be in the center of
readily fall a victum to any pest that
that are certain wjier^ tjjq
and j for the cabin of the launch. This was his work, which extends from Spok
■ may attack them, h? has beer; making
fault aac protected from the pests, midway across the bay and it was only ane to Los Angeles. Finding that the
• a furthur unbalancing of nature's ar
will be quite certain to attend this when the launch wq§ noaring the San professor is a veritable fountain of
rangements and has made conditions1
meeting and gain the valuable infor- Francigcu J eka that Murphy discover knowledge on overy phase of the in
exceedingly favorable for the develop
mation that Prof. O’Gara will give in ud that Chief was no longer a pasaen- tricate problem of handling the modern
ment of a multitude of pests, both
|iis a^dresg, AH«?«! fruit growers i ' ger.
orchard the fruitgrowers of Rogue
animal «nd vegetable, that senk tfl de who declare that they hsve no time to
River valley are availing themselves
stroy his trees and the fruit they bear, j
attend such meetings and have no
of
his willingness to aid them and he
The experts of the Department of Ag
OREGON PRESENTS
knowledge of the pestsand consequent;
gets more invitations to speak at
riculture and of the various agricultur
I al colleges have identified over eleven ly no fear qf them, will not attend,
FOR MONARCHS ! fruitgrowers’ meetings than he can
hut taey will think differently later on
possibly fid aside from his regular
EFORF purchasing
hundred peats that arp found in the when the receipts from their orchards
pathological work
(Special
Correspondence.)
orchards
and
gardens
and
fields
of
the
your Christmas pres
In his address Professor O’Gura
United States. And to make this pro are so small that no profit is left lifter
Tremendous interest is manifested I quoted deductions from the many ex
the expenses ara paid.
ents don’ fail to examine
blem all the more serious tq the farm:
throughout Oregon, Washington and periments that had been mude by the
my stock and prices. I
er this number Qf kinds qf pasta la in j
For That Dull Feeling After Eating, British Columbia in the great fruit department cf agriculture and by the
creasing each vear, four new pests
gathering which will convene in Port
have a large line of
I have used Chamberlain’s Stomach land under the auspices of the State agricultural colleges and by individual
having been identified the past year.
orehardists that provo that there are
An instance of the dhvelopment of a and Liver Tablets for soma time, and Horticultural Society and Northwest
fixed rules of nature in the breeding
can
testify
that
they
have
done
me
pest
is
that
of
tho
pear
thripg,
Prior
Fruit Growers’ Association December of fruit as well as in the breeding of
Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, Cut Glass,
more
good
than
any
tablets
I
have
to 10 years ago tho thrlp was known
1st to 4th. The twenty premium boxes
Sterling Silver, Silver Plate and Silver
as a harmless insect found on fruit ever used. My trouble was a heavy of apples purchased by the Portland animals. And that one of the princi
pal causes of failure to bear or decrea
Filled Knives and Forks, Spoons and all
trees and other shrubs, Then for some dull feeling after oatlng—D avid Commercial Club will go five boxes
se
in yield in many apple and pear or
F
rkeman
,
Kempt,
Nova
Scatia.
cause unknown to entomologists a spe
each to King Edward of Englnnd,
Fancy pieces
cies found California began to feod up These tablets strengthen the stomach Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany, Czar chards is due to no provisions having
improve the
They clou Nicholas of Kussia and President Fal heen made at the time of planting for
on fruit buds, especially the peer; 6o
the proper pollenization of tne blos
Everything new and latest styles and patterns. A fine line of
serious is its ravages that it is rapidly regulate the liver and bowels. They lieres of France, after being exhibited
soms. Mating as it were the right
Clocks
becoming one of the most dangerous are far superior to pills but .cost no in Macy's show windows in New York.
varitie3 was one of the essentials in
pests that California orehardists have more. Get a free sample at Robin- The Pacifie Northwest is going to car
the planting of apple or pear trees to
to contend with. And this pest has ron’s City drug store and see what a ry off important prizes at the National
get and orchard that will bear true to
Everything I sell 1 absolutely Guarantee
splendid
medicine
it
is.
started out on a campaign of conquest,
Horticultural Congress in Council type fruit and prolific, and if the be
as did the San Jose scale that started
Bluffs, Iowa, December 14th to 19th, ginner lacks this knowledge it is but
at San Jose, California, and has in but FINCH’S PLEA
if united effort counts for anything.
chance that he will succeed in his or
1 a few years reached every state in the
It has been predicted that the great chard venture.
“
NOT
GUILTY
”
■
Union.
No
pear
thripe
has
so
far
been
Y. M. C. A. movement which resulted
I.'!'
”1 '' 1
Near the Pott Office
Medford, Oregon
In the cr(v«.pnllenizatlori of apple»
■ found in the Rogue River Valley, but
in raising $51,250 at Eugene in seven
j last spring Prof. O’Gara found many
Attorney J. A. Finch, the murderer days, is to be felt in many of the other it ¡9 pooessary that the varieties bloom
Rt the same time and that the fruit bo
j in an orchard near Salem, evidently of Attorney R. B. Fisher, pleaded not cities and towns in Oregon.
guilty at the preliminary hearing be The Presbyterian ^«t«*» of Portland of similar type. The color is not so
fore justices Olsen and Bell sitting met at tfiq Commercial Club last Fri essential but it is best to have like
day as the guests of President H, M. color. The color, though, is not affect
en banc, in Portland, Tuesday.
ed in crossing most varieties of apples
Deputy sheriff Lcf;t(y pve'rheard • Crooks of Albany College and pledged
to any extent. A Spitzeuburg will
whispered conversation in which Finch $10,000 as Portlands part in the endow
take on its fine red if the tree is heaL
ment
of
that
institution.
told fiia wife every detail of the crime.
thy
and the soil ami climatic condition*
W. H. Wehrung has been elected
OUR LINE OF
are favorable. But the shape and
of
the
Portland
Country
President
NOTICE
Club and Livestock Association, and type of the apple will be radically af
Commencing December 1, the Blade
Secretary M. D. Wisdom will go to fected, and a dozen Spitzenberg trees
Hotel will be under new management.
Chicago to attend the International scattered about in a mixed orchard
The house will be as a first-class ho
Show and arrange dates for nex) may have as many different types of
tel. —0. D. Abbott.
apples. This same rule applies to
year.
pears
puite as much as to apples.
In Goldendale, Washington the High
Professor O’Gara gave a long list
WAR CLOUDS IN
School pupils had a great deal of fun
IS COMPLETE
their "Tag Day” on Saturday— of both apples and pears that in com
BALKINS AGAIN with
the proceeds will go towards pninting binations of two would cross pollenize
and enable both to produce a good
The Balkan situation is considered to the school building.
yiald of first-class fruit, and he gave
Congressman
William
Lorimer
of
have grown more disquieting. The
those that were failures in cross-pol-
Austro-Hungarian military prepara Chicago, member of tfie River and lenization or that produced small yields
Harbor
Committee,
is
making
an
ex
tions are taken to indicate that Austra-
of inferior fruit.
Best in the World
Hungary is determined to support her tends! visit to many of the important
harbors
of
the
Pacific
Coast,
He
gave
claims at all hazards and that she will
--------- -------- -----
FREE ENTERTAINMENT
promptly crush an attempt on the part the Columbia River especial attention,
One of the most enjoyable trips yet
of Servia or Montenegro to disturb the
poace. In the meantime negotiations made by the Portland Realty Board
The Jacksonville Musical Club will
for an international congress drag on. was to Vancover, Washington, on the give a free entertainment in the U. S.
-—---------
28th.
They
went
by
trolley
and
re
A semi-official announcement made
Hall on Sunday, Dec« rnber fi, at 2:30
today declares that the German Am turned by the Spokane, Portland & p. m. All are cordially invited to at
bassador at Constantinople, Baron von- Seattle Railway, over the famous brid tend. There are about 35 members in
Bieberstein pointed out to the Sultan ges which span the Columbia and Will this club and the public can expect a
duriug a recent audience that the boy amette. The realty men were royally good entertainment.
----------- »<sze-----------
cotting of German goods as well as entertained.
Austrian, threatens to endanger inter
A premium list sufierior to any offer
Beware of Frequent Colds«.
Children’s Knee Boots in sizes 7 to 12 1-2
national relations.
ed before is being circulated for the
A succession of colds or a protract
The report that Germany offered to approaching Oregon State Dairy As
ed cold is almost certain to end in
Boys Knee Boots in Sizes 12 1-2 to 5 1-2
bring about an agreement between sociation's Convention at Salem Dec chronic catarrh, from which few per
Austria-Hungary and Turkey through ember 10th and lltp. Particularly sons ever wholly recover. Give every
her Ambassador at Constantinople is handsome cups are a feature of the cold the attention it deserves and you
without foundation.
priaes. Correspondence indicates an may avoid this disagreeable disease.
——'t--------
attendance larger than ever before. How can you cure a col i? Why not
It Is a Wonder.
try Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy?
Chamberlain's Liniment is one of FRUIT MEETING
It is highly recommended. Mrs. M.
i the most remarkable preparations yet
of Butler, Tenn., says: "Sev
A
SUCCESS White,
produced for the relief of rheumatic
eral years ago I was bothered with my
| pains, and for lame back, sprains and
throat and lungs. Someone told me of
! bruises. The quick relief from pain
The fruitgrowers’ meeting held Sat Chamberlain’s Cough .Remedy. I be
which it affords in case of rheumatism urday afternoon at the Angle opera ( gan using it and it relieved me at
is alone worth many times its cost, house in Medford under the auspices . once. Now my throat and lungs are
i Price, 25 cents; large size 50 cents. of the Rogue River Horticultural so-1 sound and well.” For sale by City
[ For sale by City Drug Store.
cicty was one of the best ever held in Drug Store.
SELECT THE
PROPER TREE
CRUISER LANDS
notice
B
MARTIN J. REDDY
B
1
Men's Hip Boots in Gold Seal & J.H.Parker
-Men's Knee Boots in Superior Gradeq-
Men's Long and Short Slickers in Yellow
and Black also Hats in the same Color
ULRICH BROTHERS
LEADING MERCHANTS
CHIEF OF POLICE
IS MISSING