THE CHEMAWA- AMERICAN.
fir. Westley' Lecture,
, Mr Weatley lectured to the school body
last Wednesday evening on horticulture
sud the raising of fruit. He opened by
telling a short story which was used as an
illustration, after which he proceeded with
hi lecture. The lecture was as follows:
. ,"Thf re are too many people trying to
get rich froth fruit raising in a few days.'
They n ant to make bis ruoney the first
thing. The first thing to do la to select a
Bgitabls place for your orchard, upland Is
most preferred by experienced (nut grow
ers," of which Mr, Westley is one.
. "Plow your ground deep before, setting
the -young trees out. The ground should
be, plowed, at least, twelve-inches deep for
an orchard. Next, set your treeB 25 feet a
part North' and South, East and West, so
that tbey will be in rows any way you look
attnero. Twenty-five feet apart applies
. principally to the apple, -pear, peach and
cherry trees and 20 feet apart, In rqws as
above, for prunes 'and plume., The roots
, liquid always be pruned or cut off sloping
from the'bottom, bo aato cause the rootB to
grow Btraight down into the ground, and
. unless you trim1 thpm in t hat r way they
will spread out under the ground near the
, surface of the earth, and will not thrive
nearly so well during the dry season.
That Is why so many trees die in Ore.
during the dry season. Always, I repeat
it, cut tha slant from the bottom of the
roots, so that it will almost stand alone.
I think' you thoroughly understand this
now, which is the most important part of
my lecture. Now dig the hole, in which,
the young tree is to be set, and dig it at
least six inches deeper and six inches big
ger around than the space the free will
take up, after which fill the bottom of tbe
hole up (t inches with the top soil, or souse
oilier rich fertilizer,- and then, set in your
shrub carefully and firmly putting the top
Boil next to the plant.
Grafting if next. When pru ning a tree
always use the blade of the knife next, to
the tree.'' Grafting is generally dune in
iarcta and tbe Btub, of. the. old tree, in
which the grafts are to be inserted, should
be sawed off about five feet from the
ground and put in pleuty of wedges or
grafts so as to consume all of the feap, and
in case some dies. If they all live some
can be cut out. This newly grafted tree
should be pruned about two mdotbs after
it has been grafted, and do not neglect it
either. ' . 'u001
The receipe for graftipg is alT' flows' !2T
Seven pounds rosin, one poundes'wx'
and one pint of boiled linseed toil. ' ' '
One year old limbs are the best for graft
ing purpose. . : - i
Do not plow your orchard to late - in the
spring and be careful not to cut any roots
when plowing. But. If tbe trees are set
accordiug to the above directions' yWHvill1
not be bothered with Bide roots',1 :,0,i
:,.h;r orfi idrt
PROPOSALS FOR BRICK DORMITO
RY Department of the Iuterior, ,pmYe.
of Indian Affairs, Washington.'D. 0. Dec.
18. 1908. SEALED PROPOSALS endorsed
"Proposals for Dormitory, Halem, Oregon,'
and addressed to the Commissioner of In
dian Affairs, Washington, D. C, will bs.re,'
ceivedat th Indian Office until two o,-Clocb
p. m. of Thursday Jan'y, 15, i903;ffbr fml
nishiug the necessary materials and labor
required to construct and complete a brick
dormitory with plumbing, steam heat and
electric light at the Salem School, Chema
wa, Oregon, in strict accordance with plans,
'specifications and instructions to bidders
which may be examined nt tbiB'ofticerthei
offices of the "Improvement Bulletin" Minn
neapolia, Minnesota; the "Cbronieto" of
Sau Fran Cisco, California"; tbe "Oregon
Statesman" Salem, Oregon; the "Morning
Oregoniau," Portland, Oregon ; tbe "PoRt
Intelligencer," 8eattleL Washington; the
"Builders' and Traders' Exchanges nfOma
' ha, Nebr., Mil aukee, Wis. and Minne
apolis, Minn.; the North western ; Miwiufaov
hirers Association, St. Paul, .Minn.;-the
U. 8. Indian Warehouses at 815 Howard
'St., Omaha, Nebr.", 25 So. Canal St,
Chicago, 111.; and 119-121 . Wooster St;
New York-City, and at the school.
For further information apply " to
Thos. W. Potter, Supt. Indian School, Che-,
mawa, Oregon. ' ' -J
W. A. Jonee, Commissioner.