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About The Hillsboro argus. (Hillsboro, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (March 17, 1927)
MARCH 17. 1027 THE HILLSBORO ARGUS PAGE FIVE Growing Grain or Gras« Between Tree« is Decried by B. Lei», in Ar ticle, Which Gives Good Advice enough to take some of the nourish one excursion up the Tualatin val noose. A larjfe maple tree ttood near work hia way out one nitcht. Taking 1 rope. Next morning his body was ment from the trees, but grain or ley to the beautiful spot at Scholls, the old wooden jail. He managed to one of hi blanket* he made a good found dangling from the tree?* grass, never. If your young trees are which he later chose whin taking up stunted the first yeurs of their his donation land claim. growth they will never recover. Give "During the Gold Rush of '49 my H I. r I ■ , Beaverton orchardman, uttered these memorable words, “Sir, them good care and cultivation and father was caught by the fever for gold and set off for California. In given mini« timely advice to orch-.rd these are the first clean apples that you will be repaid u hundred fold. In my next article, providing I am IKf>0 he returned and took up his 1st» in th«« following article. Mr. ever came from Washington coun not imposing on your space, 1 will donation along the Tualatin river at Leia him mad« a real succe-.s in the ty." Wouldn't that jar you? tell you of another serious pest—the Scholls. He remained cn it until orchard game and him won muny 1 also remember as well as if it | anthracnose. With very few exeep- 1869 as a farmer and orcharding prizes in northwest competition. happened recently (although it was . lion every tree in the county shows Many orchards of this county con Beaverton- (Editor of Argus) — many years ago) when farmers It seems to the writer that he in in Would bring apples, they would wuit symptoms of this. If you see any tain trees from his nursery. "In 1860 he wedded Elizabeth truding on you; good nature, but, an ut the head of Jefferson street to dead limbs or twigs in your trees you are wall aware that I am giv see the other fellow coming from anthracnose is the cause. In young Taylor, who had crossed the plains ing my experience on how to raise town und this Is the first thing they , trees when sap begins to flow look with him. My brothers and sisters good marketable fruit In our county would ask: "Say, did you see the j over them and you will find brown are S. H., who died in '98; Mrs. I spots somewhat oblong and the size Emma E. Morgan of Portland, whose and co repair an much an possible fruit inspector around?" i of a dime or a little larger. They husband, John Morgan, was South Oltr good name of raining the bent of When a negative answer was giv are usually wet under the bark and ern Pacific agent here for many everything in our county. I um giv ing my time gratis, including my en he would sneak in and the gro lomswhst sunken. The best thing years; Mrs. Bruce Wolverton of experience in that line. I also be eery man would buy them for a song you cun do at this time is to take Portland Heights, whose husband has or less and put them in the base ; your pocket knife and cut out the been a school teacher for many lieve from the many calls I get from parties that want to know how I inent out of sight. The apple seller spot where it uppeurs and you will years and is a brother to the late practice and take care of my or would go home rejoicing over put keep it from spreading. In* some Federal Judge Wolverton; William ting one over on the fruit inspector. I cases it will girdle the limb or in J., deceased, Thomas J., a druggist chard that there must be many of ■ : XT Now you may think that I am ! small trees the trunk and in that at Heppner; Samuel T., who resides your reader» interested in rending overdrawing this, but It la a fact. case the tree or limb, for want of on Portland Heights with Mrs. Wol my letters. So you will pardon my That time is past we hope, but it sap to ascend, must die. More of this verton; Mrs. Araminta E. Baker of imposition, if you wish to call it does not hurt to be reminded again later. Kelso, Wash., and Arthur E., who is that. lest we forget. Now in conclusion will say that in the cement business at Tacoma, Well do 1 remember when some In my last article in the Argus, the writer has practiced thia method Wash. years ago the «tate fruit Inspector speaking of the delayed dormant for many years and improved upon "Under the Oregon Territorial got on a load of apples that I hud spray there was a misprint. It should as my experience warrants it and government Judge Humphreys pre in Portland to sell. After he got read—use 1 gallon lime and sul have made a study of it for I may sided over the county's probate through grubbing through the boxes, phur solution to 20 of water. This say a lifetime. Now if you feel so court. After the state was admitted he jumped off the wagon und asked spraying is for scab nnd mildew. inclined to go and do likewise, you he became U. S. assessor. He also me where those apples came from, The 1 to 20 is not strong enough to will have the same success that I am served as county clerk for two terms and after telling him from Wash F kill scale. It should read—1 gallon to proud to say 1 have had in raising and as county judge. For many ington county, I thought he would 30 for scab and mildew. The first clean fruit. years he was in the abstract busi drop. I thought that 1 would have I worm spray is called Calix spray as But once more let me impress ness in Hillsboro and practiced in the job of taking him tn the hos- described in my last article. Kindly upon you, when you spray, make a probate court. pital or some other place, but luck muke these corrections as they may thorough job and don't do like the "When a candidate for county favored ma and he recovered in perhnps be misleading. Scab and man I watched some time ago spray judge in 1872 my father opposed duo time. When he was able to ■ a * ■ - scale look so much alike in print ing his orchard. Running his nozzle Sam Hughes. At the time the politi i i speak, he patted me on the back and te that the error was made. Well, I up und down the trunk of the trees, cal issue was over the location of F 1 ■ 1 never got out of the first reader, he said. 1 wish I had 30 acres to the county seat. Had Hughes been \ a but considering that I believe the spray, I could spray them all in one elected Forest Grove would in all writer is doing fairly well. day. I know he could. If you make probability now be the county seat ( B. R. Nickeson VI Now there is a vast difference in a 100 per cent job I guarantee you for Washington county, because he actions as the scale will kill a tree, a 100 per cent kill of the San Jose was pledged to make the move in his but seal) is confined to fruit and scale. This does not include worms platform. My father stood for keep and ¿V leaves and gives the fruit such an as they are not killed with contact ing the county seat at Hillsboro. unsightly appearance. Black spots spray. Get the pure ingredients, The election favored him and the ¡X over the fruit and, in extreme use according to directions—use 1 transfer problem was settled. Phone 2407 cases, the fruit will crack open on gullon lime and sulphur to 10 of “It was dad who built the first one side and is like the wormy water for scale, etc., but not worms. brick court house, now a part of the fruit—fit for making fine flavored —B. Leis, The Aetna Orchards, present structure. The old frame natural tobacco cider that aome folks so much ad- Beaverton. building was moved to the southwest richness entirely free mire on account of its wormy flavor corner of the court house square and a few scale mixed in. It is FOREMEN FOR 1927 and for many years housed the In from "over-sweeten simply delicious, that is, if you don't ROAD WORK NAMED dependent. Later it was again sold ing”; in no other know it. If not used for that pur and removed and now houses •Em- pose, the hogs will enjoy them. cigarette do men mott's Meat Market. District foremen for 1927 road I forgot to mention in my last work in Washington county have "I can well remember the bad find such naturalness article to the Argus that the same bec'n appointed. Where road dis conditions of the mud in the down of taste and char treatment I have described for ap- tricts lay in municipalities the loca! town streets. I have seen many a pies will have the same effect on city officials take direct charge of wagon stuck. To get it out it was acter. pears and the same treatment may the road work and foremen are not either necessary to get more horses be used. or unload. appointed. Now that is all that can be done "There used to be a large pond in The 1927 list is completely re up to the time described in my last vised. In some cases where two or the vicinity of the block now bound article. I mean spraying. Now as more districts are in one vicinity ed by Washington, Baseline, Third Like a New Car | to cultivating, you will have to use one foreman acts for more than one and Fourth streets. When ice form Bring your car to us if you your own brains, but don't let your district Such a plan enables the ed on it in cold weather it was a are particular a boot the ' trees starve for want of moisture. court to cut down a gr-xt deal in favorite skating spot for the young way it looks. We have juat A man told me some time ago that overhead. sters. The present site of Mrs. Cave's installed the latent equip he had bought some trees and not The new list of foremen and their house was about the center of the ment for washing automo seeing them, the writer asked him pond. districts follow: bile« and are ready to. give where he planted them. He answer- representative “For many years the county jail Tualatin district, John Nyberg; ~ and yet, they9re MILD you particular service. , ed, "Oh, 1 put them in the fence Sherwood and Scholls vicinity, A. C. stood only a short distance west of | corner, let them grow and be- Kruger; Laurel, Finis L. Brown; Mrs. Cave's house. I vividly recall ! to them.” Patton Valley, J. R. Tompkins; stories of the very early pioneers of Service Garage Some are in the habit of grow- south of Cornelius, J. N. Jepson; the first murderer to be a county Goodyear Tires and Service ing grain or grass between the trees, Reedville and Witch Hazel, O. M. prisoner. The prisoner had killed a Third Street Phone 501 Don’t do it. A cultivated crop may Taylor; Tigard, L. F. O'Mara; Beav man on Sauvies island. He had been L iggett S c M yers T obacco C o . Hillsboro lie raised to good advantage between erton, Frank Allen; Cedar Milla, convicted and was awaiting the young trees if not planted close James Walters; North Plains, H. D. Kerkrnan; Forest Grove, M. E. Easterday; Cornelius vicinity, Frank Reh; Gaston and Scoggins valley, Ralph Nelson; Gales Creek, John McClaren; Banks, J. M. Van- derzanden; between Rock Creek and Glenco, J. II. Berger; Buxton, Geo. Fisher; Laurelwood, E. A. Meren; Beaverton, John Trachsel; North Plains, H. J. Keenon; Northeast of Hillsboro, Henry Hendrickson; Hill side, John Williams; Shady Brook, John Dorland; Bacona, Peter Hoff man; west of Hillsboro, W. F. Lor- /7. mer; Sherwood, H. C. Clutter; Tim ber, Oscar Schiffer; Sherwood, G. F. Atrops; Buxton, Frank Bailey; north and northeast of Hillsboro, John Bose; Strassel, Jefferson Hay den; Greenville, W. H. Lyda; south west of Forest Grove, W. C. Brown; Aloha, J. M. Thompson; Banks, 62, E. Pricket; Banks, 64, S. C. Inkley. 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