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About The Hood River news. (Hood River, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1912)
G THE HOOD R1VEK NEWS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1912 VASCO WANTS ROAD TO MOUNT HOOD It la now being proposed that tht road from Tli Italian t o lHifur and west from tin latter place towards Mount liooil lie extended In order to give Hivii-it to the iiiouiitaln from Wusco county mid to open that mo tion ti to t rattle from Portland ami the west when the auto road from Sandy to the upr Hood Kiver val ley Khali tie oeiied up. The Iu(ur iMspatch says: Mueh Interest Is ls.-lng taken at The Dalles and In various point along the line In a road running from The Dalle to Mt. Hood via 1 Hi fur. The road from here would run by way of the Ward Mill road an far ns the mill and from there an entirely new road would have to lie laid out. Thin road would lie of a great lie n etit to the residents of Iufur and vi cinity In that It would afford a nint h nearer route to the mountain for those who wish to take their outings In the Hummer there. It would lie the cause of a great deal of travel coming thl way a It would lie tak en advantage of by many M-ople from the Dalle and even from Port land aud other point. The road from here to Ward Mill could lie put In excellent shape at but very little expense, In fact 1 already In very good hIi!1h and it I said that a road from the mill to the bane of the mountain could he cons true ted at but very little expense ami trouble. It Is hoped that the citizen of I'u fur and vicinity will co operate with The Dalle Business Men' Associa tion In promoting the road. Buy a business block In down town city projierty at a price and terms, that mlt you. Address Attorney K. II. Hartwlg or A. A. Jnyne, Hood P.lvcr. Ore. :WStfc 0. A. C. WILL TEACH HOW TORAISE-BEES For the benefit of students In the horticultural and general agricultur al courses at the Oregon Agricultural College who expect to have a few stand tf bee, either for producing honey or for fertilizing fruit blossom a course In apiculture will be given at theO. A. t b.v Prof. II. F. Wilson thi winter. On account of the great Interest taken by the student In the winter short course lat year, it regular ser ies of short course lectures covering a period of two weeks will be given lu which special attention will be drawn to the proper management of liees In the orchard. The ollege opens September 24 and the short course January 0. Kepalrs are being made on the building occupied by the college api ary and two large commercial seed cotnpanle have donated equlpmrut to be used In the regular Instruction and lu demonstration. The work In bee-keeplug I elective to the stu deut In agriculture ami domestic science, and cover on" laboratory period a week. Announcement by Dr. Dutro Dr. Dutro has removed his resi dence to Odell In the H. S. Iwl house, where he will lie found at night aud In the foren on. Otlice hour lu the Smith Building, Hood Kiver, one to four p. tn , and by up polvtment. Charges in Hood Kiver am Odell i at all times) the usual fee for town visit. In the country mile age will be figured from whichever place I nearer to the patrons. Hood Kiver office phone 71. Residence phone Odell I!. lit! :!ic Regular Sunday excursion to Park dale. Pleasant trip for yourself and rlends. Dr. M. A. Jones DENTIST Formerly of Hood River, is now located at 245 1-2 Washing ton St., Portlanp, Ore. M. S, DENTAL, COMPANY THEY WILL LOOK LIKE NEW WHEN WE GET THROUGH Don't throw away your soiled clothes or hang them up to be moth-eaten and for gotten. Bring themjto us. We make a specialty of cleaning and pressing clothes F. F. ANDERSON 1219 12th Street On the Heights Phone 225-L CLUB HATES WEEKLY 0RE80NIAN AND HOOD RIVER NEWS C For One Year '.AO SUNSET MAGAZINE AND HOOD RIVER NEWS For One Year $2.25 The regular subscription rate of each of these publications is $1.50 a year. CALL AT THIS OFFICE SEEDER FOR HIRE Arrange for Date NOW Call W. G. E. SMITH Phone 1912-K FUN AMUSEMENT INFORMATION INSTRUCTION The Annual Wasco -Hood River County Fair will be held at The Dalles, October i, 2, 3 and 4, 1912 This Exhibition will comprise horses, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, farm products, fruit, flowers, merchandise, machinery, manufactures, woman's work, art, children's exhibits of art and jrardeninjr. Ppeed contests, novel attractions and entertainments that will tickle you very muchly. Come and have the best time of your life and you will live fifty years longer. DON'T FOfcCET THE DATE. JUDD S. FISH, Secretar Trcmiams 1500. 00 Haccs $3000. 00 FIRE BLIGHT IS ERADICATED HERE Professor Lawrence announces that H re blight, the moot destructive of nil diseases ot the orchard, has ap parently lieen eradicated from the valley. This has becu done through the co-oera tlon of all orchard owu ers and the fruit Innpector urges that this co-operation le continued In or der that a recur ranee of the Infection may lie prevented. Commenting up on thin pest, Professor Lawrence says: "Fire blight Is caused by a bacter ium which Uvea lu the diseased tree during the winter. During the spring drops of gum exude from the diseased areas currylug countless uumtiers of the bacteria, Bees and other Insect a feed upon the gum aud their feet and mouthparts tiecouie covered with the organism. While collecting nee- tar In fruit blossoms, bacteria are thus deposited In the nectar In which they thrive and multiply. These bacteria work their way dowuward Into the fruit spurs, limbs, larger branches, trunks, roots, progressing until the tree Is dead unless stopped by the removal of thelufested portion by pruiilug, after which nil pruned surfaces have leeii saturated with corrosive sublimate, the work of sterilizing the tools and surfaces be ing done as the surgery work on the tree progresses. "Fire blight, pear Might or pome blight Is the most destructive of all diseases of the pome fruits. It Is par ticularly Injurious to the quince, has practically terminated the pear In dustry la many of the pear growing sections not only throughout the West, but over the entire country, and has become the disease of great est concern to growers of the apple. "During 1010 for the first time fire blight made Its appearance in the Hood Kiver valley and spread over an urea of more thau ItOOO acres. The fact that this dlseuse did spread over so large an urea has puzzled many w ho are not familiar with the action of bacteria and the progress of dis ease caused by them. Bac'erla are minute plants measuring about 1 10000 to 1 20000 of an Inch In length. The minuteness of these orgaulsms cannot be appreciated. They occur every where and oftentimes In great abundance. The New York Kxperi ment Station found till-', 54.'! (averuge of twelve tests) In one cubic centl meter (about 1 1000 of a quart) of milk drawn w ith a milking machine, Soils of ordinary fertility and la good tilth contain 1,000,000 to 5,000.000 bac teria lu each gram (about 2s grams In each ounce). "Tiider Ideal conditions a bacter ium of the shape of the one causing tire blight will elongate and divide, forming two Individuals In twenty to thirty minutes and these will In turn divide Into four, then eight. In creasing In this manner ami rate a single bacterium Is capable cf pro ducing 1,000,000 progeny lu less than 7 hours. At this rate more than "o, 000.000 would mature In less than 12 hours. I'ncliecked It would only take a few duys for t he ulr, water, and eartli to lie completely occupied with them. "When It Is remeiiilsred that fire blight Is caused by such an organism It Is easily understood why epidemics occur and why thousands of Infec tions may occur In a single tree and why entire orchards are completely eradicated In a single season. "Fortunately the location of areas in which the bacteria occur lu fruit trees are very conspicuous on the smooth portions of the tree as more or less Irregularly shaped black and shrunken areas extending along the sides of the limits or even girdling the branches or trunk of the tree. These areas are hold over cankers and ni 1 1 -1 be cut out as soon ns de tected Kvery cut surface must be treated wllli a solution of corrosive sublimate not weaker than 1 part of the poison to b)00 parts of water. The pruning tools must ulso be dis infected frequently as the work pro gresses. Should the hlluht make Its ap pearance at any time during the year It should Is? removed at once and with M II the nhove mentioned pre cautions Fire blight has apparently leen eradicated In tbl valley. There Is danger, however, that some cases have beeti overlooked. Kvery one should lie more than cautious to ol nerve all abnormal conditions and reportthesmiieatoc.ee to the fruit Inspector. Since tbla valley la natur ally favored by barriers on all sides the Introduction and rapid spread of disease at many places at one time which might lie Introduced from neighboring sections give us little concern. Our greatest concern la therefore to eradicate the pests al ready established, lly close co-oper-atlou ot all such results may U- accomplished." SPECIAL TRAINS FOR THEJOUND-UP Today, tomorrow and Friday the O.-W.K&X. will run special trains to the Pendleton lti.uiid-1'p on the following schedule: 1-eave Portland. 10::t0 p. m.; leave Hood Kiver 1:00 a. in.; arrive Pendle ton 7:00 a. in. Keturnlng special trains w ill leave tomorrow, Friday and Saturday as follows: Iave Pendleton 11:00 p. in.; arrive Hood Kiver 4:.'tt a in; arrive Port land 7:00 a in. These specials out of Portland on Sept. 2". 2ti and 27 will carry 5 stand ard sleepers, II tourist sleepers and several coaches In addition t.) n bag gag car. F.qulumenl of specials leaving Pendleton will be lu accord ance with what tratllcjustllies. These trains will stop at Hood Kiver In both directions to take on and let off passengers. The Hood Kiver Apple Vinegar Co. is receiving elder and vinegar apples, consisting of early varieties and windfalls ot later varieties. OTHER DISTRICTS HAVEJO: STORAGE Neither Yakima nor Colorado have any storage facilities to handle their winter apples. This places the two fruit districts In a grave situation, as they will have to dispose of their fruit early lu the season. Both dis tricts will produce a crop of appr.nl mately 1.1,000 cars. This will give Hood Kiver and other Pacific North west valleys the advantage, as they can hold their fruit for it ts-tter price after In the season. FRUIT CLEANING MACHINE IS DEMONSTRATED HERE lames Clienaur of Xillah, Wash., Is here this week demonstrating an tip pie wiping machine which has Is-en sold to the Hood Kiver Apple & Stor age 'ompany ami which Is now on exhibition at the company's plant at Van Horn. H. F. Davidson, local agent, and K. It. Pooley used the machine last year and were well pleased The Knterprlse Fruit Clean lug Machine cleans about fiOO boxes a diy. Several of these machines were put In practical use last season and are said to hnve given satisfaction In everv case. Copy for advertisements MUST be In the office by Monday MJON. lobar cTlTlm mm fill Are the (Order of the Bay Weve got a Pig yi(0)(C,k of Both. Call ID) 0 1 CTra L ((Q)o
