HOW TO CONTROL . The following-circular, Issuefl to Ihe fruit men of Douglas county by Earl Pearcy,. former horticultural at, the Oregon "Stat Hospital or chards and now fruit Inspector and hortlculturallst for Douglas county, is submitted as i being of interest to the peach growers of Marion county &lso: i ThlS disease verv cor Inn el v fn. jured the peach orchards of Douglas county last year. The loss was so sever that many growers "became discouraged and chopped down their trees.',; This is unnecessary because peach leaf cujl can be controlled providing the nature of the disease i mm a m : i . . uuuMnioou ana me 'proper spray applied early and thoroughly. "The spores of this fungus winter Tcr In the bark and particularly on the buds of the-peaehtreie. They are there now and will. quickly ger minate on the tissues of the tips of the new leaves as the buds swell and open. " Once established In the - leaf no spray can reach it that does not kill the leaf Itself.- It quickly rpreads in the tissues causing an ab normal ceil growth to take placs resulting, in the misshapen, distort ed, thickened leaf which everyone recognizes a peach leaf curl. When the mycelium of the fungus has com Jifeted Its growth and : matured it neglns to produce Its fruiting bodies on the outside of the leaf from -riiMn-e me couniienn spores issue 10 1llf.--t the orfljflrrt ncrt inrlnir a train nearly iJne months ahead. When the spores , are matured the leaves drop taking with them the loss of a crop of peaches and a years growth i of the tree, and In extreme cases causing the death of young trees. A sew , late crop .of leaves is usually 1 SALEM DOCTOR CURES CANCER : Mrs. Juliet t Adam, Prominent ) . Resident of Folk iUmnty, Cured of Cancer of the Fare. To Whom It May Concern: For six years I suffered with ' cancer of the face. I was . haunted by the realization that . it was steadily becoming worse. As a last resort I ap- plied to Dr. S. C. Stone for treatment. lie applied a'rem- edy for a few days and the j cancer dropped completely out. I am happy to say that I am now completely free from the 1 dreaded disease. . I cheerfully recommend Dr. i Rtnntt and him troatmont j Mrs. Jullett Adams. R. 1, Box 1 4,'. Salem, Or. , November 3 0. 117." ' 1 will be pfi.ased to refer you ' to other Salem people whom I i have recently cured of cancer. i S.fc STONE, M.D., Consultation and Advice Free. -' Stent9 Drug Store:; ( "211 North Commercial fttreet Salem, Or . ,v, ;. Phone i t!-- r , Elbf el SEWARD Alder at 10th Street J PORTLAND, ORKGOX t The most homelike hotel in Port land. All Oregon Electrie trains ' top at the SEWARD. Hate $1 and up. With private bath $lJSO and np. "v W. It. Seward, Manage. NO' ADVANCE ! ' mm suit prices AlUiotigrh the price of all woolens has increased by leaps and bounds, I have still a large number of all-wool suitings bonnt, before the rise and will receive orders for salts at the old price. Youyneeed not take 'delivery of t he snit at 1 once; Orders placed now at the old price will be delivered to yon at your pleasure. ,1 - . ! New spring samples and fashion sheets now here for v your inspection. 'S- f " ; l '1 : " d ' - . I - JOHN SUND1N, TAILOR . 347 STATE STREET PEACH LEAF CURL formed. "Complete control of this disease has been secured by spraying as early as November' but January or early in February Is generally au- vised because the pruning is usually, finished by thm and it is easier to distinguish the buds. The jprnn- in era chrtii id be burned before the hud a oiien. Bordeaux 5-3-50 is recommended In this county because many grow ers reported poor results with lime MilDhnr last seasonb To mix 50 gal lons dissolve 5 pounds of blue vit rei, or copper sulphate as it is chem Icallv known, in 25 gallons of wa ter by suspending in a sack near the top of the liquid. Slack 5 pounds of lime and add 23 "gallons of watlr. keeping it in a separate barrel front the blue vitrei. , Pour the copper sdV ihate into the spray tankand start the agitator as the Jime is added or ie votir the two solutions in to e-ether. For large quantities a stock solution may be made, us hi g a pound to a irallon. i. in one barrel dis solve 50 pounds of copper sulphate and In another the 50 pounds of lime. To use take 5 pounds from each barrel far each 50 .gallon's of diluted spray. If lime sulphur is used the 1 to 35 strength Is recom mended. r "Spray Immediately; not two or three weeks hence, but on the first good day, if this disease is to be con trolled this year. This is important as the buds are dangerously close to the Infection stage. Spray thorough ly, covering every particle of the tree surface laying siecial stress on the buds. , Wet all sides of every wig.' Remember Uncle Sam needs these pearlies this. year. ALDERMEN MAY BE PETITIONED j ,. -( Steusloff Suggests Asking Council to Provide for Meat Inspector IJy W. CVCOWGILL, v Those; who are most interested in the appointment in Salem of an in spector of meats and dairy products, especially nn-ats. seem to be listen ing for George to dojt. or in other words shifting the responsibility of making the first move In the right direction onto the shoulders of others, i 1 Chairman F. W. Steusloff of the Marlon 1 county food conservation committee; commenting on 'the leth-J argy sr.iwn those who should ue most interested, said yesterday: "For the protection of , the general public, and to insnre a square deal to the producer in 'the first llace, and the consumer or the general public In the second place, we must get busy at. on ft, as the time "W at hand for making shipments abroad; as well ss replennbing stocks of fresh mfltf'tmT9trftse1f;" "Proposal should be made at once to the city council for' the appoint ment of, an expert man to that most important position. His expenses will be sa veil many times in the health of the people, and the certainty that his certificates of inspection will pass in Portland, or any other market to which our shippers may choose to send meat. . r.r.,. "Just look, for .instance, at the lit tle town of Paris, Tetas. A short time ago it was notorious for Its un sanitary condition generally, and es pecially in the meats on its markets, ft has a population today of less than 40,000. but its citizens took the bull by the h ns and appointed a city meat Inspector, and -bunt its own abattoir. Today it . if the cleanest city of Hi jsIneJa theJJnJted States, and its meats go all over the state of Tmim A No. 1. "We will sfte what can be done with our city conncli; and maybe we cancbnvlnce "the members of the urgency of the matter; just at the be ginning the hot season, even to a city-owned abattoir, as a part of Its 'clean, house' program." . Jcrman lies Retzmed From Sett Lake Concention D. IV Jarman. local manager for the 3. C Penney company, returned Friday evening from -Salt Lake City, where he attended the annual con vention of the J. C. Penney company. The convention lasted for three SALEM weeks and was attended by the 257 c om Dan v managers and the entire New York city force. All expenses of those in attendance were paid by the company. '4'S Mr. Jarman says the meeting was very Interesting. Instructive and ea- vjoyable s Many matters, of interest were brought before Urn convention and methods of management were discussed. A part of the "program was the Inspection of jnerchandist from numerous mills and factories throughout the nation. Another fea ture was the announcement inat notwithstanding tne war condition, the company had fully determined to establish a large ! number of new stores this year. Mr. Jarman says he brought away from the convention many new ideas as to the store management which he expects 'to iise to advantage inthe conduct. o;ithe J- C. Peaney "business in Salem. LOCAL FACTORY IS SOME SIGHT It Will Be Worth Anyone's .While-' to Give Salem Kings the Once-Over If you have never hal curiosity cnouKh to make a short trip out on North- Front street, to see ' one of thi biggest factories in the Willam- .... ...it... . . u ...... J.1 w. . tm In carload lots, it will Par you to take! an afternoon off, and call upon H-a ager "Jack" Walker just plain "Jack" Is the name he likes best, es DeclaHr when you see him In his working, clothes and. If yonr eyes don't oiien wide with surprise, jour ar fare will be refunded. The Salem-Kings Products com pany is becoming well known to all the farmers in the valley,,, many. of them have made five-year; con tracts with the company-'-tO'rtake their entire produce. be it 'fruits or vegetables or both, because by these methods, the farmer' is assurer 01 his market before the planting Is done, or vines eet out, or trees 'spray ed, at prices which are the topnolch for every variety of vegetable or fruit that can be dried In the big evaporator. Some, sixty men and women are working en; each shift three shifts day- and Just now they are pro- paring potatoes at the rate of twenty tons a day. 'The women take off the 'Jackets' deftly with harp little knives, then they go into hoppers, eventually being sliced, and some times turned ouf Into tiny cubes for soup stock, ! ' A long row of sample bottles In the riffihe shows each kind of product a rued out. Including apples, peaches, bears, apricots, cherries, joganoer ries.. prunes, raspberries strawber ries. beets, carrots, beans cabbage. cauliflower, celery, onions, parsnips, pumpkins, rhubarb, squash, spinach. tomatoes, tsrnlps, cranberries, etc. When finished in the evaporator the product, whatever It be. Is packed In paraffin cartons by . machinery operated automatically, tnis one ma chine having cost the company near if . $100,000, including all its dupll cate parts. Sales are made In the homo office In Portland by the Wittenberg-Kin company, the parent honae, and Just now the plant here la working on a large order for a Jobbing bouse in Chicago.. . I DEALS IN REAL ESTATE I Bontrarer.nart of lot 22 and all of - lot V" block - 1, Thomas addition, Wbodbtrn. f ! tNieolus Mickel to aoman Catholic archbirihop of Oregon, 1 62 acres in D. I.. C. of B. Cleaver. 5-1-6-W. - II. K. and Lena'Uaker to Bessie Bays, lots 1 and 2, block 3, Bishops' addition, Salem. f- B. H. aid F. Mlllw to Marion county, land in Jabes Trohune D- L, "it. Vttn'd E. L. Craig to A. It Crawford,, X5 acres in section J. 7-8-1-W, $1500. ,...... . N. C. and II. E..Ilhondcs to 8. V. and Sufian K. Walton, lot 13, blocck 8, Capitol Park addition, Salem. GREAT PROBLEM IS MORE SHIPS Secretary Baker Says Number of Men in France Rests on Industry WASHINGTON. Feb. 9. Pointin? out that the number of soldiers the Ur ited . states can place and .main tain in France depends upon the number of .ships, .available for their transport , and sonnlies. Scrtarv Baker, tonight called on the friends end relatives of the men In the army to Jend their support in every way to the, shipping board that the nec essary .efficient laboi1 may be en rolled, in the United States shipyard volunteers." , , "hTey are doiag a work of vit.M Importance to the defense of the na tion," Mr. Haker said, "and the men who enroll in the shipyards are un dertaking patriotic service as great as any that can be performed behind the firing line." Retiring Minister of Nttfterlandt Honor Guest WASHINGTON-. Feb. . Cheva lier W. Is. F. C. Van Kappard, the retiring minister from The Nether lands, was the guest of honor here tonight at a dinner given by some forty friends at the Metropolitan club. Secretary Lansing has asked the retiring minlfter personally to pre sent his successor. Augustus Phillips, when the new minister makes his in troductory calt at the state depart- Many take adf aitageof tliiis offer The news of the unusual values obtained at this sale is spreading. Each purchaser tells his friends. They come and bring others. Our sales are increasing each Jay. Wei are really making you a wonderful offer. - Just think of it, a new suit, made to your measure, at the old price with AN EXTRA PAIR OF PANTS FREE. Many new suitings just received. Come in and look them oven SCOTCH 426 State Street inent, asit nejv wait This te an unusual procedure; is generally customary for n diplomatic representative to until J)i predecessor leaves Wash I ngt on "before presenting his credentials.!? Chevalier' Van Kappard Is return Ing td Holland to take a post V.ith JiiiRi8terk.tr rank In the department of.oreign affairs, where, It is said hlft duties will be to prepare Hol land's for presentation at th peace onfernce. Minister Phillips will arrive in Washington on Monday and will at once enter upon his duties while Chevalier Van Kappard will go to New York next week, there to await a steamer sailing for Holland. FOREIGN TRADE TO BE JPUCED Plan Is foUso Mere Ships foi Transporting of Men and iw Supplies WA S I UXGTpX. Feb. 9. Plans for -eduefn-jf Htry'r1ess' essential 'orelgn trade -flefe ships for th- 'ransport of troopij, and sunplles to urope will b Completed within few days and President - Wilson'u proclamation putting All exports and 'mports under license; as a prelim 'nary step will "be issued probably February 18. l The program It 1 U understood, lalls for a conslerabIe enlargement tt the war trade-board and Its func tions and contenrr ales a large rep resentation on'the kbord of other tovernnfent departments. The allies, too, probably trill be giv'en represent ition In some manner inasmuch ss they also intend a further redaction of other foreign commerce. All fthe c pifptrlew . -fighting Ger many are preparing tf put their shitm to war uses lllmqattng services which cannot Hys . regarded as essen tial. The. shlpfpng board today cre- tted ii divisfon of planning and sta tistics with B.F. Gay of Harvard at Its Jbead. Tbia, division will wor k with, tho war t"radeT board in deter mlninjr what imports and exports can, be reduced or eliminated. i 1. ' 1 1 1 1 Six Shipbuilding Zones For Country Are Planned Washington: Feb. s rnvision 0 the country 'info six ihlpbuildlng zones, wrth a competent shipbuilder in 'charge of each as one dlreator, la ''planned by the emergency fleet corporation as means of speeding up shipbuilding, operations. There will ne two tores each on the At lantic and ' Pacific coasts and one each on the g;ulf and on the great lakes. The rdan, calls for almost complete decentralization . of shipbuilding work. , Construction in each2one will be put Into the hands of the zone director, who will be given full autnotity to act. for the fleet corpor ation... The directors In each in stance will be chosen from the heads of the. large shipbuilding, companies in tne particular zone. MORE ML USED ! BY; FACTORIES Railroads, Tqo; Add to Short- h age ot ruel bxisting m lu East - , NEW YORK, Feb. $b Greater co il sumption of coal by railroads and' factories are some of the reasons assigned by the. federal fuel armin istrat ion at Washington for the e.$ isting fuel scarcity throughout the eastern .half of the nation, accorft ing to a statement received by tbV fuel adminiistrator here and given out tonight. - fc Government estimates of the n ro il net ion of bituminous coal in 1917 were fi41.000.ooo net tons, an in- cteasa of 41,000,600 over the prev ious year... r. ? The railroads, which are the larg- WTff YOIZR StT OJRDEB WOOLEN MILLS STORE Salem, Oregon t consumers of bituminous i coal, increased their consumption, in li17 l.ctwccn 1 ...000,000 and 20.00tt.00d tons over that of 1916 while blturrt inotis coal going into the coke in dustry increased 3.100.000, Production in all the coal states west of the Mississippi increased over that of 1916;. r In another statement, also receiv ed lKtre, the national fuel adminis tration declared that exportation of bituminous coal was not an im portant factor In the el shortage.' HtrpssawssMBSMMSSMBq 4000 Hun Students Sold to Have Gone to Finland LONDON, Feb. 9t. Tokol, pre mier of the All-Socialist cabinet of Finland, speaking to the Manchester Guardian's I'etrograd correspondent today said. 4000 students sons of the wealthier classes, who had en tered the German army at the begin ning of the war, had returned to Finland with arms and ammunition to assist in putting down the Fin nish revolution. M. Tokoi added: We, have Infor mation that the Finnish senate at tempted to reach a seeret"agreement with Sweden to send threer hundred thousand troops into Finland ' to drive out the Russian garrisons and compel the withdrawal of the Rus sian fleet from Finnish waters. In consideration for tbfs assistance, the Aland islands were to be ceded to 8weden. M. Tekol iald the resignation of Iljalmar Urantlng, Swedish minister of finance, which took place on Jan uary S, was a sequel to the exposure ot this attempt, . U.S. AVIATORS AWAIT TRANSFER One Hundred Experienced With French Would Fly s UnderlLS. Flag . . ; .. WITH T1IK AMERICN ARMY IX FRANCK. Feb. . Nearly one hun dred American aviators experienced iftFrench escadrllles other than the Ldlayette are Impatiently awaiting C&elr formal transfer to the Ameri- caij forces In accordance with the agreement between the two govern ments. Twelve of these men. who hafe seen at least two months ser vice at the front, werje released by the French earry In January on sup position that they Vould soon be commissioned In the American avia tion service. , " Although all passed their exami nation and were recommended as first and second lieutenants, they have not yet received their commi sions and have been compelled, to wait in Paris. , Aviation headquar ters here are unable to give definite Information regarding the time of the! rtransfer beeanse the commf sions must come from Washington. Vexed at the delay and desirous of entering active service three of these i men have re-enlisted in the French! army. Two have been killed in the- French servlee after passing the Am erican officers' examination. Thirty three Lafayette flyers have been com missioned In the United States army genious schemes are devised for get front in American uniforms. General Railroad Strike 9 Called in Argentine lll KNOS AIRES. Feb. 9 A gen eral railroad strike was called today throughout Argentina. Immediately upon quitting work the strikers be gan a wild anarchistic demonstration throughout the country. Trains were wrecked, tracks destroyed, cars lad en with wheat were turned and wires were cut. preventing news from the Interior from) reaching this city. Troops are being rushed to'polnts of greatest disorder. The large yards In the outskirts of Buenos Aires, which cover 22 city blocks, were set on fire by strikers who fought off the firemen. Exploding tank cars added to the conflagration. The strike Is a frsh outbreak of the labor trou bles which have been dormant since last October,1 YANKS HATiEIER AVAYATHUNS Destructive Fire Is ftlaintain- ed on Enemy Buildings and Works WITH THK "AMERICAN ARMY IN ' FR ANCK.i Feb. 8.rTbe American artillery continued hammering . Ger man positions with marked success last night ''and today. r:A '''destructive fire on f eflemy buildings and works wss maintained, A German battery position was, struck by, shell from our large guns and caused a heavy explosion of ammunition. A sheet of flame shot high In the air, the ground trembled and the camou flage protection around' the posi tions was set on fire. Just before dawn two, German pa trols were observed in front of oar position. A barrage fire called for by the infantry in the front trenches effectively scattered and drove off the enemy. - ' With our machine guns we all dar harassed the enemy continuously. mooting streams of. bullets, into working parties or wherever the en emy showed hiroorru TneartHIty duel continued all. day. The enemy patrols are evidently learned a les sen, for last sight while our patrols worked freely all over No Man's Land they were unmolested. U.S. TO HAVE GREATEST NAVY Secretary Daniels Says Presi dent Wilton' Dream Will Be Realized .1 WASIIINGTOK,'' Feb .: Secre tary Daniels said in a speech at the National Press club tonight that the time was coming when President Wilson's dream uttered at St, Louis will b realized. v "That the United States shall hare incomparably the greatest navy 'in the world." This result, he said, would be ac complished with "the aid of Henry Ford and some other gentlemen.". Mr. Daniels spoke btleriy at a private exhibition of official pictures of the navy. H extolled the work of the navy, since. the war began as 1. f v. . . ...... 3. . 3 . a"ug pen iiuea wua giory. i "I do not believe." he said, "that any other organization in the world Is so filled with the spirit bf en thusiasm and team work ; Front the newest recruit to the youngest ad m i ral for we Jiave no 0I4, ad mi rala and the navy Is a boy organization they are eager to continue the great record made in protecting ire coun- LUT.IBERT.IEN IN ANNUAL SESSION Noted Speakers Appear at Meeting of Western Re tailers9 Meeting- GRKAT FAUJ&. Mont., Feb. 7. Retail lumbermen from nine western states met here today for the annual convention of the Western Retail Lumbermen's association which will continue for three ; days. Noted speakers from the oat and west will appear before the convention. The talk on patriotic subjects will' be interspersed with papers or interest to the retail lumber dealers of Montana. Callfarnia, Qregon, Washington, Wyorairig. Utah. Colo rado and Nevada. : The convention will be opened 'by addresses of welcome by the Rev. O. G. iJennett of Great Falls, who will spak on "What Are You Doin? with the Talent the Almighty alls Endowed You with," and by Gover 1; nor R. V, Stewart who hat chosen a patriotic subject. ' " . Captain W. J. Hlndley of Rpokass will- respond for. the association sod at the same time wilt speak on "Tb IJuslness Man, and 'War IJogies.w J. G. KJosnesa of Lewlston Idaho, pres ident of the association. Is to deliver his .annual address at the opeal&s session and A. L. Porter of, Spokane, secretary for many years pf the as- mrutatlnn will y q V a tlii a n m .1 a 1 . . - . - . W . . - W .. V W . . port and will talk on "Latest Stylea m iiusiurna wijiw. : t,,., ..... "Service as a RosInesftJettcr has been chosen by any VT. Bulmer of Great Falls as the subject of hli address. II.. R. Isherwood of Chi cago. In charge of the retail depart ment of the National Lumber Man t facturer's association, will apeak 0.1 ."Dealer Helps.!' The are. of maIa?; a ;sale will be demonstrated at - r."tt R. Vandaman of Oes Moines. Io. and It. W. Franklin of Spokane w,:i discuss who - should pay the thr. per cent war tax on freight bills, v Other' speakers on the- progrc'-i during the convention will be L; 1,' Banks of St.' Louis, who will sp. : on accounts, fl. L. Smith of Portlur 1, Or., on "Silos' and V. K. Ilaymai t ot Detroit on "Home' l.nlldlng 'a .1 Citizenship." The entertain mi ;t part of the program will Include u dinner dance and a II 00 IIoo coa catention. - . . ... , . l a if1PITTt1f frTl n) diiiUbliLUb lb CLEVERLY DOLJ t Contraband Article Zl X Across Mexican Border by Store System ' .-J -. y '; ' " r m .-t ; EL PASO, Tex. Feb. 8Many In genlout schemes are devised, for fa ting contraband articles across the Mexican border, and ilesplte the vig ilance of the war trade board and customg officials, often iucceedV Men In the employ of the smorcleff will conceal themselves behind the bullet proof adobe bouses on the Mexican side and fire shots across the border into the United States. Thia in la tended to attrat the border patrols to that particular point to Invcs gate the cause of the shooting. T. 1 sumgglers will then rush their co trabanad rtlcles across the border at other points distant from the scene of the firing. Another plan la to hare a eha.'a of small Mexican grocery stores es tablished In the Mexican quarter near the border. Contraband foods are sent from wholesale houses to theto grocery stores apparently In tho course of legitimate business. But the small stores in reality are only blinds for the smugglers .who slip out of the back doors of these stores and wade the river with hacks efc sugar, flour or lard on their backs. To stop this practice licenses of sev eral wholesale houses were revoked here recently. Women and children EXPIJINATIOX IX)LLOWED. An amusing story was told to v& the other day concerning Lord Saal wlch. whose lone experience In so cial and welfare work Is being titH ized by the government In drafting a plan for training British prisoners of war interned lit Switzerland. ; 11 appears, that his loardship recently attended an Informal dance organ ized on behalf of some war chaiity or other, and during the, evening he expressed wish to be Introducea to a certain young lady. The Intro- ducer agreed and led him up to the lady. - "May I introduce Lord SandwlchT" he asked;" . f The young lady, however, evident ly thought it was a made-up nair.p, and that the two men were poking fun at her, for she retorted promptly with. . -"Why, certainly! And Lord Sponge cake, too, if you like." -Pearson'a London. Of 350 claims received by the British -government for relief for air raid damage the smallest was for f l-for a doll's dress, and the largest for $1450 for furniture. t