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'-. t - 7 - v..'' s. ;' ' v " ': "v. .v,, !-v - k. -. V vy4 ..j : . . I ! !,-. v ;'dv ; I.-..', ' .v 'V' v-.. ... THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5, 1909. LACKS FAITH IN LIME AND SULPHUR SPRAY RUSSIAN REFUGEE , ARC 11 II IF PRESIDENT SETS BUWALDA FREE Private Who Went to An archist Meeting and Be came Enthused. IUL STUDENT ' NEW YORK OF DIXIE Old Town Made New by Fire and Hustle Tourists Are a Help but It Could Live Without Them Paradise of Truck Farmer. ; 4 Br FREDERIC J. HASKIN. (Copyright. 1908, by Frederic J. Haskin.) Jacksonville, Pla., Jan. 6. Jackson ville la the gateway to Florida and sun Bhine. When- one Is bound for a- sum mer sky In a winter month, and seeks his haven in Florida or Cuba, he must KO through Jacksonville. Every winter a hundred thousand tourists alight from railroad trains In Jacksonville. Most of them will take another train, within two hours or J.WO. days, and be - oft Tampa way of. down the east coast Many of them stay all winter. But practically every one of the winter travelers who leave the annual contri bution of $20,000,000 in Florida stops a while" In Jacksonville. Naturally, Jacksonville takes care to provide for these tourists and Its hotels and its souvenir shops and its ostrich farm and Its alligator nurseries get their share of that 120.000,000. But If any one thinks for a moment that Jack sonville is a tourist town and depends upon the winter trade for its livelihood that person is sadly mistaken. For Jacksonville Is a business town, wide awake and hustling. Its business acumen is that of the north, its hustle is that of the west and its courtesy is that of the south. Its board of trade spends tomt thousands of dollars to advertise it as the "New York of the youth," and the occasional visitor is quick to admit the comparison. Old Jacksonville Burned Out. It is the New Jacksonville because it is all new. Nearly eight years ag-o lt was on May 3, lvOl a great connaera- tior visited . destruction upon the city find almost all of the business, as well as a Urge portion of the residence, sec tion of tne city was wiped out. The property loss amounted to $15,000,000, of which onb $4,000,000 was protected by insurance. Several lives were sac rificed and the city was so completely wrecked that for several days the prob lem of feeding and sheltering the home less was most difficult. Jacksonville fclt then that it would be many a de cade before It would recover from the blow. Klght years have passed. The citv is re.built. On the burned area stand a greater number of buildings than ever before, and their actual value Is almost twice as great as that of the buildings which were destroyed. Not only rebuilt, but rebuilding. Jacksonville is now tearing away the buildings which were erected at'ttr toe fire and replacing them with even better ones. A 10- Many ills come from impure blood. Can't have pure blood with faulty di gestion, lazy liver and sluggish bowels. Burdock Biood Bitters strengthens stom ach, bowels and liver, and purifies the blood. Itching, torturing skin eruptions, dis figure, annoy, drive one wild. Doans Ointment brings quick relief and last ing cures. Fifty cents at any drug store. After a heavy meal, take a couple of poan's Regulets, and give your stomach, liver and bowels the help they will need. Regulets bring easy, regular passages of the bowels. Everybody's friend Dr. Thomas' Eclectrtc Oil. Cures toothache, earache, sore throat. Heals cuts, bruises, scalds. Stops any pain. Montavllla, Or., Jan. 1. To the Ed itor of The Journal In The Journal of January 2 there appeared on editorial under the caption, "Winter Spraying." The closing sentence of that editorial, "No one can afford to refuse to spray,'' Is all right, but many errors were ap parent in this editorial. I have sprayed thousands of different trees under vari ous conditions and in different locali ties and -what I am about to state is the result of experience, observation and study. . . . Lime and sulphur solution cannot be made at home as cheaply as at the fac tory, if the farmer's time and fuel Is worth anything. Advocating home made spray solutions is like advocat ing home spun jeans, breeches and home knit box. The fruit farmer has too much else to do to stop his wouk and boil lime and sulphur. . Lime and sulphur solution will kill San Jose Scale if applied strong enough, often enough and carefully enough, but is is not a cure all, will not control apple and pear scab;' has , no effect on codlin moth; does not kill caterpillars, and lateen an togetner ts or but little or no value a a summer spray. Furthermore, in proportion as " lime and sulphur solution has been used, Bordeaux mixture has become ineffect ive. At the meeting of the State Hor ticultural, society, and the Northwest Fruit . Growers association, this , fact was clearly brought out. In -'Hood River they had a terrible loss from ap ple scab, last year, although they have sprayed to excess with lime and sul phur for the past 15 years. . . I have kept fruit absolutely free from scab with lime and vitriol (Bordeaux mixture) when I did not winter spray with lime and sulphur,' but have not been able to obtain the same results when lime and sulphur had been used in the winter or spring just preceedlng. After trying nearly every kind of (Dray for San Jose scale I have found the- Target Brand Scale Destroyer a soluble oil with paraffins base, the pleasantest to handle, easiest spreading , and most effective as a winter spray. Bordeaux mixture, properly made with lime that Is pure enough Is the best fungicide known up to date. I am in clined to think that an oil fungicide will' eventually be evolved that will be bet ter, but none has been brought out yet. My conclusions are, spray by all means, but do so intelligently, Another subject that deserves atten tion is the Giant cherry. I am ac-! quainted with the history of this cherry, ; and have no hesitancy in saying that "Uiani" is erronious, iu k;w -well krlown, even famous, variety, the grows like the Lambert, tastes Ue the LamDert ana is me same turn. The largest specimens of Giant . . i iu. n nnA r . tnn Or were no mrgeF man aiZ vr . ; ; Lamberts that Miss WebbL shipped to New York last July, for which she re- picked these cnerries from were bought rrom tne nussenvm y ux r ; trees are being propagated was bouirnt IrOm V, DlUUtnn, uimk " was laneled Lambert. . ' l . If any one tries to sell you a "Giant cherry tree give him the merry ha, ha! If you want the grandest cherry known sei me jj&iuueii. r - ' There is no activity In which there is wider difference or opinion inan amona horticulturists. The condlt on i. nitiimi. .for the industry on enllght eneri lines is yet new in Oregon. As its authority fou the statement that lime and sulphur spray is an effective agent in controlling San Jose scale. The Journal quoted the Agricultural college. Professor Cordley is the expert who makes th statement, and his attain ments are well known In Oregon. Pro fessor Cordley is also authority for The journal a statement mm unu mu sulphur Is an effective summer spray for apple scab, and with an ingredient of Paris green or arsenate of lead is likewise eirlcacious xor coanre muni preferable, in faot, to Bordeaux mix- rurA The Agricultural college authorities have been worKing xor some umo problem and with satisfactory results. The spray was employed this season in the college orchard, and the very" best results obtained: The effectiveness of sprays of all kinds is largely measured by the com pleteness of the application. .Many failures come from failure to make the contact perfect It Is this fact that often leader to the difference of view with respect to sprays. A thorough scientific training,., and 10 or 12 years of constant investigation and experi ment by Professor. Cordley load The Journal to have much faith In his views as both 'intelligent -and practical. There was a time in Oregon when farmers claimed clover could not be grown here. Professor Cordley is also authority for The Journal's statement that lime and sulphur sprays can be prepared at home at one third tho cost of commer cial solutions. . EDITOR. story building may not come under, the category of skyscraper" in these days of 40 story structures, but Jacksonville may be pardoned its pride in the fact that four 10. story buildings of the most modern type of steel construction are now being built in one city block on Forsyth street, which is the Wall street of Florida. The Best Painless Denial Work For 21 years a' leader in Pain less Dental work In Portland. By our painless methods we can do all kinds of good reliable dental work without causing you the old time suffering. See us about it. Get our prices and advice. For the next 15 days we will give you the best bargain you ever dreamed of getting in painless dental work. II IVcn't Ecrl a Bit! If you have to have your teeth out and bridge work or plates put In the same day. If you want It done at once" We will not keep you ' loafing abriut town to have your dental work done. Diseased, Gums Are your gums red, sore, -bleeding and receding from the teeth? We can curt it for you If you come to us In time. Plates $5 and up. Painless ex tracting 60c, free when other work is ordered. DB. W. A. WISB, President and Maniftr Te Wise Denial Co , Inc. The railine Bid., Tfelra and WasUngtoa Sts, Office hours t a. m. to I p. tn Sundays, 9 to 1. : . Phones A and XTain 1029." ' All Work Guaranteed. ; ,. g ELMHURST Named for Old Hickory. Nine years ago, when the last United Stages census was taken, Jacksonville had almost 30,000 inhabitants. It has almost doubled in size since then, and has multiplied Itself by six In wealth and commercial importance. Its peo ple are contident that the census next year will show more than 60,000 popu lation. Jacksonville is the outgrowth of the ancient settlement of Cowford, so called because of the shallowness of the St. John's river, just above the city. When the Spanish flag came down and the Stars and Stripes were hoisted over Florida in 1821 the Americans in the peninsula knew that they owed the change of sovereignty to certain acts of Andrew jacKson, more or less unconsti tutional, but certainly very effective. General Jackson was made the first governor of the territory. Cowford took on American aggressiveness, decided to make itself a city and called the clty- to-be "Jacksonville," in honor of Old Hickory. Its growth was slow and the devastation of civil war held it back for many years. By 1880 It was a con siderable town, by 1890 it had more than '15,000 people, and it doubled ltseir In the next 10 vears. The development of transportation facilities and the In creasing industrial activity of the state have contributed to its rapid growth in recent years until it is now the largest city or tne largest state, in area, raoi of the Mississippi river. More Than Shipload Per Say. Th beautiful St. John's river, broad and placid, gives Jacksonville an outlet i to the Atlantic ocean 27 miles away. The channel has 24 feet at mean low tide and the port is becoming more and more important all the time. Several lines of steamships connect It with the other Atlantic ports and with the Gulf of Mexico. Tramp steamers wunoui number come here to be loaded with naval stores, with phosphate rock, with manu factured fertiliser and with cotton. This little city sends more than a shipload of freight to sea every aay in tne year. Within the city limits there Is a waterfront of seven miles, directly on the 24 foot channel, which is peculiarly adapted for manufacturing plants. Great lumber mills and fertiliser plants, nil dnnots and packing houses are dotted along this shore line and there is plenty of room for more. The Jack sonville -board of trade is after the others. Yet agriculture and horticulture are the great resources of Florida and Jack sonville depends most upon them. It Is l ho rnilrfuH rlearlnr house for the -fruits and vegetables of the state. It Is Itself in tho center of a territory aanurauiy adapted for intensive farming for the truck markets of the north during the winter and early spring season, and Its vegetable business Is growing by leaps and Pounds. Treatment of Tourists. The tourists or the oecnslonat visitor Is more concerned with the attractions pf the city. Clean and. well paved, its handsome public and business buildings rive a proper buckground for the benu- i tiful picture of its residence streets. 1 Avenues of palms, groves of live oaks ! and green lawns lead to and -surround I pcores of magnificent villas. Scarlet i hibiscus and purple bougainvillea give I the touch of rich color that completes the picture the richness of June only ' 24 hours away from the snowbanks of a I SKtrthern January. .. . i tHie thing the tourist will not fall to ' appreciate a city government that I fixes the tariff for cab hire at 26 cents for two miles within the city limits, There are scores and scores of comfort able surreys drlvinir up. and down the streets, the drivers on the alert for fares. It costs a quarter and it is one of the best ways to see the city. A&totnar and Boating'. Duval county has addei to the at tractions of its metropolis by building manv miles of har.1 white road which i delight the automobile enthusiast- It isn't far away to Atlantic Beach, where j the great summer hotel -of the Florida ' Kast Coast System is situated and the ' drive is a Beautiful one. There is yacht- Ing nd motortioat racing on the broad ! 8t John's, and the people of the city go In for sports of these kinds with ! great enthusiasm. The prohibition way that has been sweeping over the south has not yet t engulfed Jacksonville, find ninny of the liquor houses driven rrom Georgia by prohibition have found refuge here. Un der the protection of the Interstate com merce laws and the original package ruling, whiskey ts shipped into "dry" territory in the neighboring states as well as into . rural Florida. One portion of the business section of the city is all mail order whiskey-houses and they are apparently very prosperous, light Bate Cat to One-rourtk. Jacksonville people are very proud of some features of their city government, and one of them is the municipal elec tric lighting plant. When the city took over th plant a few years ago, the pri vate corporation was chargine for cur rent at the rate of 18 cents per kilowatt hour. iThe city-took control and im mediately cut the rate to 7 cent per kilowatt hour, or one fourth of the old price. People said that It was eilly, that the very cut In priced showed that the city could -ot successfully conduct a great business like that of the light company. Notwithstanding - the pessl-i i -' . mism of the opposition, the city electric light plant has managed to prosper on the 7-cent rate. It has partially re built its piant, has extended Its service lines, has paid all its own expenses and has turned a profit of $200,000 over to the city treasury to be used for general purposes. Wanted: Intensive Farmer. A few successful experiments of this kind have greatly encouraged the citi zens. , Now they are facing the prob lem of bringing in people to settle the wild rural land adjacent to the city. Koads are being built throughout the county and bonds will be issued to ex tend this work. With good roads will come cheap transportation and then the necessary immigration to populate the rural sections of the county. More than 90 per cent of Duval county is wild and uncultivated, although perhaps half of that vast territory is admirably adapted to the growing of fine vegetables for the northern markets. It is hardly pos sible to imagine a thriving city of near ly 50,000 in the north entirely sur rounded by waste land which is waste only because there is nobody to culti vate it. Plenty of Playtime, Withal. In the city itself there Is no lack of development. Everything Is new and modern and up-to-date, and there is no appearance of wasted opportunities. Transportation facilities have made Jacksonville and will continue to cause It to grow. With five railroad systems, with the absolute control of the Flori dian peninsular transportation routes, and with an Atlantic ocean port, the future, of the city is assured. Vet with all this hueile and bustle, the man who drops off the train in Jacksonville In January .will find that a large number of Its people are given over to play. Automobiles and motor boats, tallyhos and carriages, every body going somewhere and everybody on pleasure bent the carnival spirit ex tends through all the year in Jolly Jacksonville. Nicholas Volgar Escapes the Czar's Police in School at Bellingham. ' (Special Pispatcb t? The Journal. V , Bellingham, Wash.. Jan. 5. Escaping from the czar's police Just in time to savo himself from dire punishment, that he declares would no doubt have taken the form of a term in the Si berian mines, Nicholas Volgar, a young Russian, is now attending the Belling ham State Normal school. He is devot tnsr his entire time to the study of the English language, and declares $hat when he has become proficient in its use he intends to devote his life to aid ing his down-trodden fellows. Volgar arrived in this city last Octo ber, but until now has managed to keep his identity a secret, fearing that he might suffer the fate of Christian Ru dowltz, the Lettish refugee, who was condemned o death for having voted the same penalty upon a Russian spy who was found in the camp of the revolu tionists. Rudowits has lately .been given over to the Russian government at Chicago. While the offense with which Volgar was charged is a minor one, the ydung man lias been -living in rear inai me czar's officers might learn of his whereabouts and seek to take him back to his native home. Reformers there are dealt harshly with, as Is evidenced by the fact that a number of those strikers whom Vol gar joined in an attempt to force their wage scale up, are now serving terms in prison, the leaders being In the Si berian mines. Volgar was a telegraph operator em ployed on one of the government wires that served the Dalaca Ocraina, a news paper of Vladivostok. Out of sympa thy with his fellow workers he went on strike. All were employed by the government, and as a result all imme diately became listed as reformers by the czar's officers. Makes His Escape, They were at once sought out, the majority of them being Unfortunate enough, to fail into the hands of the police. Volgar managed to get aboard a steamship when he learned of the probable fate that was in store for him. Stowing himself away, he got far out to sea before he was discovered. He made the passage without Inci dent and landed in Vancouver, B. C, early in the fall. Prom there he hastened- across the boundary line, fearing that if he remained there he mlsht be subject to extradition. For some weeks oast he has been applying himself to his study at the normal school, and so industriously has he worked that he is becoming a fairly good talker. He was aided somewhat by a slight' knowledge of the English I which he secured 4n Russian schools.1 ; (Unlttd Press Leued Wire. San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 6. William Buwalda, a private at the Presidio, Sari Francisco, who was sentenced to serve five years in the military prison on Al catras Island for applauding utterances of Emma Goldman, the anarchist and shaking hands with her, was today set free by President Roosevelt. The pardon of the soldier was an nounced this morning and the news was Immediately communicated to the pris oner. Charges were preferred against Buwalda, and as the result of a court martial, he was found guilty and sen tenced to five years' Imprison rnent. Not long ago this sentence was reduced to three years on recommendation of Gen eral Funston. Buwalda's plea In his own behalf was that he attended the anarchist meeting to take notes, but this evidence was not accepted by the military court. AmiualCit-PriccSak 11 mm As soon as he has become able to handle English well he ex"p?cts to begin a sys tematic battle for better conditions In Russia. Just how he expects to accom plish results, or what plan of action he has laid out he refuses to explain in de tail. One statement, however, gives some Idea. He says: "Millions of lives wiir be sacrificed in bringing about a thorough reform In Russia and the' dethroning of the czar, which Is inevitable." . 5' .$10,000,000 IN REBATES TO GAS CONSUMERS COntteif Pre Leased Wtre.t New York, Jan. 6. As a result of the United States supreme court's decision against the Consolidated Gas companies, over gio.ootr.ooo in rebates will be paid to the gas consumers of Greater New York. Pending the appeal of the case the excess over 80 cents paid by the consumers for each thousand cubic feet was- held4trust by United... fitatea Commissioner Shields pending a final decision In the case. Shields now has in his possession over $9,000,000 of this money, which .will be paid back to the consumers, who were given special receipts for the amount when they paid their gas bills. EVXBT KOTHSS Is or should be worried when the little ones have a cough or cold. It may lead to croup or pleurisy or pneumonia then to something more serious. Ballard's Horehound Syrup will cure the trouble at once and prevent any complication. Sold by Skidmore Drug Co. Broken and discontinued lines of this season's most fav ored shapes and colors; greens, tans, browns and blacks; every size represented. Cut Pfbcs $1 We are exclusive Portland agents for Holeproof Ho siery for men, women and children; men's holeproof Sox are now $1.50 box of 6 pairs; same guarantee and quality as formerly sold for $2 box. KLEP RELEASED OX GIVING UP HATS , (Halted Tree Leaseil WIr. Seattle, Wash., Jan. 5. Accused of attempting to steal two hats from the Bon Marche millinery department, a handsome woman, fashionably dressed, was taken to police headquarters and released after she had given up the property. An effort was made to hush up the affair as the young woman s said to belonsr to a well known and highly respected family. On good authority is was stated thif she went into the store, took off her own hat and put in Its place one val ued at J4l', which she started to wea off. A young woman detective stopped her and a fight ensued during which the accused woman stabbed the detec tive in the side with a hatpin. She then submitted to arrest and when searched another hat valued at 46 was found under her coat. GEORGIA'S PEACH GROWERS ORGANIZE Atlanta. Oa., Jan. B Efforts begun a year ago to form the peach growers of this state into a strong organisa tion for the promotion of their mutual interests culminated today In the elec lon of officers and the completion of other details in the organiiation of the new Oeorgla Fruit Exchange. The membership of the new organization embraces more than f!0 per cent of the fruitgrowers of (Jeoruia. who ship over S000 carloads of peaches Annually to the northern mcrkots. Eventually It Is hoped to Include practically every grower In the stnte In the organiza tion, which will f-oncern itself chiefly with the matter of securing better rate's from the railroad and more honest treatment from the commission men INTERESTING FACTS, rood Knowledge on the Farm. With the Rural Free Delivery of malls, the farmer is ns closely In touch with what is soing on In the world, as his city brother. What to eat, in ord-r to get the best out of one's brain and body. Is as Im portant for the modern farmer as the manufacturer, business man or profes sional worker. An Illinois farmer writes: "I am a farmer and was troubled With chronic Indiareation for tarn voara suffered great aeonv and could find no permanent reiter rrom medicines. "A friend suggested that I quit using so much starchv foods, which are the principal cause of intestinal indigestion. I began to use - Grape-Nuts and have continued with most gratifying results. "Grape-Nuts food has built me up wonderfully. I gained pounds, the first fmtr Weeks that I used it. Mr arrnral health Is better than before, my brain is clear, my nerves strong. "For breakfast and dinner I have Grape-Nuts with cnim, a slice of crisp toast a soft boiled egg and a cup of Postum. My evening meal la made of Grape-Nutr and cream, alone. This dit glvea roe good rest every night and t am now well again." X. a m a vltfu K IV.l i . m f T , Creek. Mich. Read "The Road to Well rllle," la pkgs. "There's a Reason." Ever rt-ad the above letter? A new Ipte appear from time to time. Th?v are genuine, trae, and fall of banian interest. , - AT. ONE, THIRD-On Victor Talking Machines ILdison Phonographs Victor Records-Ldison Records ONE THIRD OFF GREATLY REDUCED Victor and ILdison Cabinets a? , j -mi j nA9Tta voioi TtO 2 bsassBsassBssssasaasasisaaaaMaasiaBi AT ONE, HALF PRICE, We are closing out our entire stock of Victor Talking Machines. Records and Cabinets. Also, entire stock of Edison Phonographs, Records and Cabinets. The phenomenal growth of our Picture Depart ment makes it necessary to close out this section, in order to give the picture department needed space. We offer all Talking Machines and Phono- graphs and Records at a discount of one third from regular prices. This includes the new Amberol Records and the new Victor double-sided. All Rec ord Cabinets one-half price. It has always been our rule, whenever closing out a department, to give " the public the benefit. The stock is not a large one, so we suggest early choosing. . . . VICTOR TALKING MACHINES v iv ... in ... ii .... X e- J 0 Junior Reg. 60.00, now 40.00 Victor Auxetophone Reg. $500!00, now $375.00 Victor VI Retr. 100.00. now 66.65 c-i Victor Victor Victor Victor Victor Victor Victor ALL VICTOR RECORDS ONE, THIRD OfF . . . Reg. ...Reg. . . .Reg. . . .Reg. Reg. Reg. 50.00, 40.00, 30.00, 20.00, 17.50, now 10.00, now now now now now 33.35 26.65 20.00 13.35 11.90 6.65 LDISON PHONOGRAPHS Edison Triumph, combination type, regular Now Edison Triumph, regular type, regular Now Edison Home, regular type, reg. $35, nov. . . Edison Standard, combination type, regular Now ........... i ..V.. . Edison Gem, regular $12.50, now. .......... EDISON RXCORDS Four Minute Records, regular 50c, now; . . . ; Two-Minute Records, regular 35c, now... . . . $60.00 .$40.00 $55.00 $36,65 , $23.35 $30.00 .20.00 .$9.35 . , , . 35 Open Charge Account SUMS ELS- EM -r l 1 Iv Uzxz Yc::r