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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1918)
14 TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, AUGUST 23, 1918. FRUIT EXPERTS PAY , VISIT TO DOUGLAS Advice Is Given Growers Re garding Elimination of Destructive Pests. FIRE BLIGHT IS STUDIED Excursionists View Knight Orchards, Where Irrigation Has Revived Trees Which Had Long Failed to Produce. ROSEBURG. Or.. Aug. 24. Co-operating with the Douglas County fruit in spector, several members of the Agri cultural College extension service visit ed the I'mpqua Valley fruit sections Thursday and Friday, held a number of demonstrations and save lectures on the planting, cars and growing of fruit. The demonstration was under the su pervision of Professor W. S. Brown, division superintendent of the horti cultural extension work of the college, assisted by Professor C L Lewis, chief of the division of horticulture; Profes sor H. P. Barss. authority on all sorts of tree and plant diseases; A. I Lov ett. state college "bug man"; Earl Pearcy, fruit Inspector for Douglas County; County Agent Cate, of Jackson County, and C I. Thompson, of Grants Pass, county agent for Josephine County. The first day was spent in the apple and pear districts of the Sutherlin and Garden Valley sections, where interest ing sessions were held in various or chards and practical demonstrations of pruning, cultivation and picking fruit given. Preservation of fruits and vege tables was also given practical demon stration at the Everfresh plant in Suth erlin. Thursday the excursionists vis ited the orchard section east of Suth erlin. Ovedrlaad Orchards Attract. At Garden Valley the excursionists visited the Overland orchards, where there are 25 acres in grapes. Talks on subjects pertaining to demonstrations were made by Professor Barss. who discussed tree diseases most common In Louglas County. Professor Lovett talked on codling moth and other sects. Other speakers were C D. Thompson, of Josephine; C. C Cate, of Jarkton, and Assistant State Leader of County Agents Kadderly, of Eugene Bo fore leaving the Overland orchards the excursionists were given a demon stration in ary-iana plowing by a tractor. Fire blight and its consemjences and a study of methods for eliminating the dangerous menace to the orchards occupied a good part of the time In Garden Valley. Friday the prune men had an inning. In order to get In touch with the in dustry here, the excursion went to the famous prune section of the South I'mpqua River. Beginning at Myrtle Creek, demonstration was mads in one of the oldest prune orchards In the county, and heart rot was the subject of a brief talk by Professor Barss. Irrla-atlea Booata Profits. The stump of an old prune tree that had been ruined by heart rot was used to illustrate the lecture, and was an object of deep Interest to all the grow ers present. At Canyonvllle probably a hundred or more people were present to listen to the lectures by Professors Barss and Lewis. Short talks by other experts occupied the remainder of the time there. The excursionists then mo tored to the Knight farm, where the results of irrigation were shown In an old prune orchard that had failed to be profitable until water was utilized to revive its ebbing life. Not only had Irrigation stopped the prunes in the Knight orchard from dropping, but it had infused a new growth in the old trees, which, accord ing to college experts, would make the property yield bigger returns. Petite prunes in this orchard were nearly as large as Italians. Irrigation was highly commended by Professor Lewis. FRUIT ENTHUSIASTS AT CANYONVTLLE ON MISSION OF LEARNING. !; I r drZ -lUV O-; r: i".: So.----" ii i ' ' 'ji i L . . 1 i . i, i 1 11 B1 i BRIEF REST IS TAKE.V OX HILLSIDE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTION ON SOLVING OF HORTICULTURAL PROBLEMS. YANKEE VALOR WINS Battle of July 1 Chateau-Thierry Notable One. in! DRIVE SWIFT AND PRECISE tinued their advance. They took the Bols de la Roche. Here they met stub born resistance. In a ravine they were subjected to bitter shell fire, but their spirits held and they went on to finish their task. In two hours after the barrage started every objective was reached. The message sent back read "All objectives reached according: to schedule. ow dLgging in. The prisoners were herded together and sent back for examination. They were apparently average troops. All were veterans. They numbered about 500, Including six officers. "It was our finst trip over the top," said Sergeant Ross, "and we came out without a scratch. Every day is like the Fourth of July with us." Schedule of Action Planned and Ki- rented by Americans Followed to Dot and All Objectives Aimed at Attained. SOLDIERS GOOD ACTORS JMAM'AGER OP CAMP LEWIS THEA TER TELLS OF WORK OF HEN. Director Gilbert Saya That Whenever Taleat Is Desire It la Secared Among Troops at Caatoameat. Walter B. Gilbert, who will return to his former position of general stage director of the Baker Stock Company the coming season, motored to Port land last week from Camp Lewis, where he has been directing the stock com pany at Liberty Theater In the can tonment for the Summer. He has been busy since his arrival with Manager Seaman, of the Baker forces, laying out the season s schedule and preparing for rehearsals as soon as the company assembles at the Baker. "There Is some compensation In man aging or directing at one of Uncle Sam's Liberty theaters," said Mr. Gil bert, "and among them is the fact that there are no stage hands or orchestra to pay. In fact, about all the help around the theater was detailed from the Army, and when we got short of actors for a particularly large cast play I went to the Colonel and he dug up all we wanted from the enlisted men. some of them pretty good actors at that, who were glad to get out of other duties and walk before the foot lights once more, if only for a week.' Definite announcement of the Baker Company's opening date and the mem bers of the coming season's roster will doubtless be ready in a few days. POLICE BOTTLE NETS $155 Traffic Offenders Give Liberally for Relief of Babies. What is believed to be the largest femount ever collected In one milk bot- tie for the relief of Belgian babies was obtained at headquarters of the traffic bureau at the police station. The bot tle was opened yesterday and 11 pounds of silver and paper money was found to total J155.S5. Representatives of the Rotary Club. tinder whose auspices the funds are I collected, were present and after count ing the money complimented Captain Harms and his staff for the showing they had made. Every automobile driver who has ap peared at the bureau to report an ac cident or to explain minor infractions of the traffic laws has not escaped without contributing his mite to the relief of the Belgian babies. Beginning tomorrow a new bottle will repose on Officer Bales' desk. Of fending motorists will discover Its spe cial object. , . Dispatches concerning the battle of Chateau Thierry on July 1. which was the first complete military op eration planned and executed by the Americans, have been amplified by let ters from Portland boys, members of the old Third Oregon, who with Com' pany M. 23d Infantry, went over the top that day. captured their share of Germans, advanced 1000 yards on a front a mile and a half wide and cap tured the village of Vaux and sur rounding woods. Among the Fortland boys who were in this engagement were Sergeant Kirby Ross. Lieutenant Lambert wood and Sergeant Fred . T. Merrill, Jr., who have since been killed in action: David Loring. Jr., Sergeant Grass, Sergeant SchnelU Corporal Schafer. Sergeant wheaton. Corporal Loughlin. wl was wounded, and Corporal Jayne, who was killed in action. In comparison with other engage ments of the past four years this first operation of the Americans was not large, but few have surpassed it in precision and clock-work execution, say military authorities. Artillery preparation tor we attacs: began at o'clock Monday morning. The men were told to be in Vaux 25 minutes after 6 o clock on Monday evening. They were, there to the dot. They were told to be at Boia de la Roche at a certain time, and tney were there. At two minutes after 6 o'clock in the evening, after 12 hours of steady ar tillery preparation, a barrage was started on the German front line. This was the first barrage ever thrown over by the American artillery. At 6 o clock the infantymen. in thin ekirmish for mation, started up a gentle slope to an eminence overlooking the village of Vaux. as well as through fields which run up to the Bois de la Roche. Meanwhile the German artillery was dropping shells both on the slope and on the fields and machine guns were directed with more or less accuracy on the battle areas. The Americans fol lowed their barrage, keeping the re quired distance behind it. and thus escaping severe losses. They went over the top of the hill and disappeared on the other side, with Vaux but a few hundred yards before them, yvhen they reached the village there was less fighting than they had expected. The American artillery had terrified the Germans. What - resistance they met with was quickly overcome. Thirty Germans were found cringing in a cellar. They had their hands up and were taken prisoners and sent back. 'I got a few of those Germans Just what I wanted." writes Kirby Ross to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C P. Ross. Sweeping through the village accord ing to programme, the Americans con- FISH DEALER IS ARRESTED Joe Connor, of Malarkey Company, Accused of Violating Law. - Joe Conner, of the Malarkey Fish Company, was arrested yesterday by S. L. Rathbon and E. H. Clark, officers of the Oregon Fish and Game Commis sion, charged with violating the state fish laws. The company, it 13 said, placed on the market catfish not prop erly tagged by the Fish Commission. The tagging law was adopted by the State Fish Commission some years ago with a view to keeping track of the amount of fish being caught and the methods employed in catching them. Mr. Conner was given a bearing before Judge BelL He asked for time to plead. and was given until 2 P. M. Monday. GOOD I! Citizens Will Give Soldiers Helpful Instruction. Y. M. SPONSORS SCHEME Newspaper Sales Are Large. Daily sales of old newspapers at the Red Cross Salvage Bureau ranged last week from one-half to six tons per day. The newspapers should be tied, neatly folded and clean. They sell at $20 per ton. provided .they are tied In bundles. If the papers are loose they bring but is per ton and even at that are almost impossible to" handle. Papers may be left at the district receiving stations or at Third and Oak streets. Owners of machines may do the bureau service by offering to transport the bundles to the central depot. Rags are not sorted, but are sold in bags at the Salvage Bureau. Pasadena Man to Speak. Rev. D. F. Fox, of Pasadena, will speak at Sunnyside Congregational Church. East Thirty-second and Taylor streets, at 11 o'clock this morning. ; ( M - if l : AX V ' 'V- jaws 1 Ashland Boy Visits Here. Russell Frost, young son of Mr. and Mrs. G. M.- Frost, of Ashland, is visit ing with his aunt, Mrs. L. K. Moore. He will return home in a few days Organization, Working With Others, Will Follow Plan Tried Ont In Cleveland Work Highly Im portant to Government. Registrants under the selective draft are to receive Instruction of much im portance rrora a board of 66 prominent business and professional men under auspices of the T. M. C. A., in co operation with the Knights of Colum bus, the Jewish Welfare Board, Oregon Social Hygiene Society and the State Council of Defense. This work will be of state-wide scope, radiating out of the Portland "T" under the direction of Barclay Acheson and C. A. Steele, secretary and assistant secretary, respectively, of the service department. The plan of in struction to be followed here was first tried out in Cleveland, O. ' So splendidly has the plan worked out there that the War Department of tice says it saves one month in camp or cantonment training of selectives," said Mr. Acheson. "If we can do that for the Oregon boys it will be a work of vast importance to the Government." Points to be emphasized by members of the advisory volunteer board will be those having to do with family rela tionships, such as property interests, life insurance, what the Government and Red Cross will do in the way of support, mortgages, debts, etc. As It is necessary that men go to their respective camps or cantonments thoroughly clean, the advisers will give the full message of the Oregon Social Hygiene Society to them. Nothing is emphasized more strongly by Army of ficers than this, and it will be the aim of the, instructors to make it entirely clear. , In addition, the instructors will make clear the reasons why this country is in the war, why the allies must win and the personal relationship of each selected man to his country. Dr. W. G. Eliot, Jr., A. F. Fiegel and Dr. R. C. Coffey constitute a committee Your Victrola Is Here Every Victrola from Style IV at $22.50 to the finest electrically operated at $332.50 is shown on our floors. It simply remains for you to select the instrument best adapted to your home and pocketbook. With any of these Victrolas you can hear the world's best music every day, sung and played by the world's best artists. It is a joy and inspiration you cannot af ford to be without. Our method of deferred payments makes it particularly easy for you to secure the instrument of your choice without further delay. There will surely be a great shortage and prices may advance very soon, so we ad vise you to make your selection NOW. PIANOS PLAYERS MUSIC -MASON AND HAMLIN P1AN0S- JVICTORS lEDISONS JRECORDS MORRISON STREET AT BROADWAY Stores Also in San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Los Angeles and San Diego. to arrange definite information for use by the various boards throughout the state. John K. Kollock personally repre sents the Council of Defense and E. J. Cummins the Social Hygiene Society. The following named men will give instruction here: H. R. Albee, Kates Snedecor, D. A. Pat- rallo, William G. Eliot, Jr., W. T. Fletcher, A M. Smith, F. L Fuller, J. C. Enelish. A. J. Montgomery, Guy W. Talbot, A. J. Bale, C. C. Holt. C. H. Faning-ton, Ellis Lawrence, Henry E. Reed, Dr. W. F. Amos. Albert K. Doyle, C. E. Cochran, L. A. Wiley, A. A. Witham, John S. Bradley, C H. Carey, W. A. Gobs. H. H. Ward, H. E. Witham, John McCourt, Hopkin Jenkins. B. S. Huntington, H. A, Conner. George Lawrence, Carl M. Little, Ben Selling, J. R. Ellison, Dr. J. H. Boyd, L. R. Alderman, W. B. Hinson, M. A. Zollinger, Joseph L. Hewett, Wilfred P. Jones, O. W. Davidson, William McMurray, Fletcher Linn, R, S. Farrell, C. L. Lindner, Frank Kerr, H. L. Corbett. Earl C. Bron- augh, Edward Cookingham, John H. Steven son. F, C Knapp, Everett Ames, J. J. Ross, John Van Zante, Judge W. N. Gatens, R. L. Glisan, Fred H. Strong. J. E. Wheeler, L. R. Wheeler. Emery Olmstead, L. E. Carter, E. L. Thompson, Marshall N. Dana. C. J. Smith. H. P. Coffin,, Dr. R. C. Coffey and A. F. Fiegel. Examinations Being: Held 'Now. Examinations are now being held for the position of auditing clerk in the United States Civil Service. Those wishing to take this examination must have the following qualifications. Four I years of high school work or equiva lent, in addition1 to having four years of college or university of recognized standing, or four years in normal or other school of college grade. In either case, specializing In economics, statis tics, mathematics, or business adminis tration. Women interested may call at the National league headquarters in the sixth floor of Meier & l1 ranks. Bootlegger Gives Assumed Xunie. Because George Knowlton, a self confessed bootlegger of 255 North Twenty-first street, chose to tell Depu ty Sheriffs that his name was George Noltner, he has created some little em barrassment for George Noltner, of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Build ing. Mr. Noltner lias been annoyed by the confusion in names which Knowl ton started. Giving the name of Nolt ner, Knowlton was arrested early last week by Deputy Sheriffs and later paid $100 fine in the District Court, after pleading guilty to bootlegging charges. , Writer and Reviewer Coming. Frank B. Howe, writer of vaudeville sketches and New York Dramatic News reviewer; will arrive in Portland next Monday night. Mr. Howe is making a tour of the Coast cities and will be here several days before continuing north. Double Chin If you have a, double chin and flab biness of the face, or if you are over stout In other parts of the body, get a small box of oil of korein at the druggist's; follow directions and re ceive information about beautifyins figure and improving health, vivacity, etc., through a simple system for re ducing weight ten to sixty pounds. Kiit all you need, including sweets, if de sired. Oil of korein is pleasant to take, helps the digestion and Is perfectly- harmless. Look and feel younger. Adv. DRUGS BY MAIL WE PAY THE POSTAGE. If In nefrd of Pure DruRi aud Chem icals Shoulder Uraoeit, Arch Sup ports, TRUSSES, Elastic Stocking, Abdominal Supporters, v SuMpenaorj Bandages for Men, and all other rubber poods of every description send to the LAUE-DAVIS DRUG CO. TRUSS EXPERTS, DE1"T 1, Third and Yamhill, Portland, Oregon Walter B. 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