Vh OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oiiem' Saa&j Moraine, Apri'Vl!, 1937
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Blind Student
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Achieves Fame
Blark Shoesmith, Formerly
- Here, Recognized Now
: Among Top Artists
.1 Sightless for IS years. Mark
Ehoesmith. once a student la the
Oregon - school - for the blind In
Salem, nevertheless has found his
way Jto the top. Blinded at age
IS by an accidental explosion he
Is now at 25 recognized as one
of . America's moat promising
yoong artists. Ope example of his
work, the bust ot B. F. Irvine,
stands In the new dormitory. Ir
Tine hall, on the blind school
campus here.
Refusing to be daunted by fate,
young Bhoesmith learned to mas
ter the art of chiseling and whit
tling composition stone. Ills
sculptures, on their own merit,
ere, considered outstanding pieces
of 'art by famous sculptors, in
cluding Malvina Hoffman.
Mother la Salem
- Shoeimith's mother, Mrs. Ida
U. Shoesmlth, Is at present in
Salem but Is leaving soon for
Colorado Springs, Colo., to be
with another of her sons. Lloyd.
Two of Shoesmlth's brothers.
H. E. and C. E. Shoesmlth. and
a sister. Mrs. H. G. Cocking, also
live In Salem and take pride and
interest in the career which he
Is literally earring out for him
self. ! The following is from a New
York paper:
"la an lnterrlew here Satur
day at the Roerlch museum on
fashionable Riverside d r 1 t e ,
where for the last fire months
he has been a student with a
fellowship at the Master Institute
of the United Arts, Shoesmlth ex
plained that eventually he hopes
to obtain his master of arts de
gree and then present sculpturing
to other blind persons, not as a
trick but as an economically prac
tical medium for a livelihood.
Method Explained
"The slender, brown-haired,
brown-eyed young; man straddled
a lump of stone that was grad
ually being chipped Into the form
of a shield. He held his chisel 60
that the edge was guided by the
tip of his forefinger. After each
, tap of the hammer, he brushed
his hand oyer the surface ot the
stone. .
"When he wanted to obtain the
perspective of the figure, he
stood off and stretched forth his
arms, running his hands and
fingers over the stone. In his
mind's eye, he said, he saw and
remembered what alterations
were necessary.
"As a child of 12. living on a
cattle ranch near Weiser, Ida.,
Shoesmlth and another boy were
playing with a dynamite percus
sion cap. It exploded and he lost
his sight. Despite this accident,
he was able to go through the
Oregon state blind school In Sa
lem in three years, after which
he went to the University of Ore
gon. In his senior year he became
Interested in sculpturing.
Tried Broom-Making
"For a time he earned a liring
making brooms. This did not ap
peal to him. eren thongh he had
an aptitude for manual work,
baring woren baskets, made cane
sests for chairs, repaired and
tuned pianos. At one time, he
said smilingly, be had an old
model car which he took apart
and put together again so that
the car ran.
, "Largely dependent on his im
agination, Shoesmlth nerertheless
contrives to obtain realism In his
work. He relies on 'seeing his
subject with his fingers. Failing
this, he resorts to descriptions in
literature. That his power of ob
ferration, or analysis, Is keenly
-developed was shown, when, after
a few words of Introduction, he
was able to describe comparative
ly accurately the physical qual
ities of. a reporter eren to tie
general color of his hair.
"Although able to read Braille,
Shoesmlth finds It physically ex
hausting, as his fingers, after
chiseling all day. become hard,
calloused and insensitive. His
wife, Marian, who lires with him.
reads to him."
. (Continued from page 4)
Miss Darts assures us there Is
!' Book Nook
"no fallacy In the concept of work
as a form of unemployment relief.
The failures we hare experienced
In this country hare been, as we
hare dlscorered. the result of
haste and lack ot considered plan
ning.' : For the nnemployables. which
will be "with us always," Miss
Darls recommends the automatic
dote system of England
It is high time, this able report
er concludes, for ns to admit that
"under our present economic and
political system, . unemployment
relief Is going to be an ordinary
function of gorernment In com
mon with the postoftice and the
nary. Therefore It is essential to
accept the burden and to deal
with it rationally, with justice to
the rlctlms of our progress and to
ourselves." She Insists "we need
a national system ot unemploy
ment Insurance, and our need ot
It Is great. Only a constitutional
amendment will make It possible.
Let us hare that amendment by
all means."
Am Artist's Herbal. By Loalse
Mansfield. MarmllUa company.
19.17.
In this slim artistic book. Miss
Mansfield presents 38 plates from
her pencil drawings of herbs and
glTes with each plate a brief de
scription ot the growth, color and
uses ot the plant. The plates are
beautifully designed and exquis
itely drawn.
Miss Mansfield Is special artist
of the Brooklyn Botanie Garden.
She has exhibited with the Amer
ican Water Color Society, New
York Water Color Club, Brooklyn
Society of Artist, and the Nation
al Association of Women Painters
and Sculptors.
The End
Lewis and Chrysler Shake Hands After Auto Agreement Signed
John L. Lewis j
After signing auto strike agreement In Lansing, Mich, returning
thousands of workers to their jobs, John L. Lewis, left. G. L O, lead
er, and Walter P- Chrysler, chairman of the board of the Chrysler
No Damage, Says
Rosedale Report
ROSEDALE. April 17. The
unprecedented storm has effec
tually stopped farm work but has
done no damage. Hilltops are a
good place to be liring these
days. - i
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cammack
are spending a few days In Ida
ho. Mrs. M. O. Presnell of Green
leaf. Idaho, returned with them.
The Marlon county Holiness as
sociation held its April meeting
at the church here Tuesday. A
good sized crowd, j mostly from
Salem, attended. 1 The annual
camp meeting at Qulnaby park
will begin July 1. 1
Mrs. Algot Holmes of Philo
math Is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Francis Ohse. .
Snows Disappear
And Logging Will
Open Up Shortly
J3ILVERTON. April 17. Mill
officials reported Friday morning
tlir.t snow was going in the hills
near the logging camps and that
while logging would probably not
start before the first of the
month, crews might go up before
then: Howerer, there Is still con
siderable snow In drifts in the
region of the camps.
No damage more than that
usually done by winter snows was
experienced this year. Some of
the recent rains In the ralley were
snows In the hills but the snow
was soft and did not add greatly
to that which was already there.
Mrs. Simpson Elected
Swegle Club President
SWEGLE, April U7. Mrs. J.
P. Thrasher was hostess to the
Swegle Ladies club at her home
Thursday afternoon. Mrs. W. A.
Swingle end Mrs. C. H. McCul
lah were assisting hostesses.
Mrs. W. F. Csrothers resigned
as president and Mrs. J. C. Simp
son was elected to fill the office.
Mrs. Marlon West: was elected
rice-president i
Mrs. W. A. Swingle will be the
next hostess at her home April
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Perry dale Play Draws
PERRYDALE. April 17. A
mystery play. "The Black Derby,"
was presented by the high school
students here last night with a
full house. j
The play was directed by Miss
Marjory Stewart and Professor
Haberly. I
Symphony Leader Is Honored
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Latest honor to be awarded Arturo RodzlnskL noted orchestra con
ductor, comes from the field of radio where he has been chosen with
Toecanim as associate director of a radio symphony. Rodslnskl is
regular conductor of the Cleveland orchestra, was one of three
chosen to direct at the famous Salzburg festival last year, and has
been guest conductor of the New York Philharmonic this season.
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FOLKS AND WEATHKK
Folks are like weatner.
Mebby you're noticed It
Cool and .bright and pow'ful dry.
Windy, wet and dark of sky.
Temper low and temper high.
Can't be changed no use to try
Folks are like weather,
Mebby you're noticed it.
One night years ago I met up
with a thunder storm. It was one
of the first truly human thunder
storms I had ever met up with. It
reminded me of the pirate gentle
man mentioned by the poet By
ron as being the mildest manner
ed man who erer cut a throat.
I had at that time but recently
arrived from a region where thun
der storms were In the heary
class, as actors are designated
who assume the roles of wicked
men who bluster and threaten
and otherwise deport themselres
in a manner to get themselres
heartily disliked and feared, al
though they are seldom so bad as
they would hare people, more
particularly timid people, believe.
The stage character system
seems a fair enough way In which
to rate thunder storms as well as
people. Dissenters may always be
referred to the Shakespearian
lines In "As Ton Like It," in
which the world is mentioned as
a stage and the men and women
on It merely players. Shakespeare
did not mention it, but thunder
storms snd such things are noth
ing more than features of the
play.
In that region from which I
had come to t? Idaho highlands
thunder storms gathered their
forces before they struck, and by
the time they were ready to pro
ceed with the business In hand
they were sometimes fearful to
look upon. They were customarily
black in color and extremely ner
rous In disposition, but at times
they were a dark green In hue,
and anybody In that region will
tell you that the dark green ones
were the more vicious. It was a
theory amongst the third grade
pupils with whom I associated
that the dark green ones were
billions, and In consequence of
this more Irascible of disposition.
These storms rumbled and flashed
warnings from a distance. When
they adranced they presented an
impressive spectacle.
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Vu ' dMrs. Rodzlnskl
Sage of Salem
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Murphy)
Motor. Car corporation, shake hands
mediated the strike, looks on Their
a four weeks deadlock.. "' . -
I hsre In the past known polit
ical speakers and preachers who
were much the same the flash
of eyes, the lightning of words,
the thunder of. clenched hands
upon a desk or table, pounding
the argument home. At any rate,
it la generally conceded, I bellere.
that pounding with the fists upon
a desk or table elves emphasis to
thought. And possibly It does so
on occasions when thought has
not sufficient force to do Its own
pounding. Howerer. I who am not
versed In the art of oratory do. not
know.
. When I was a boy we heard
much In our home of Wendell
Phillips, whom .my mother had
heard from the public platform
many times In the hectic days pre
ceding the civil war. An Intense
abolitionist and perhaps the most
effective orator of his time, Mr.
Phillips seldom raised his voice to
a point eren suggestive of a
shout, made almost no gestures
with his hands, pounded no ta
bles.
That thunder storm In the Cab
inet mountains years ago was like
that. The storm visited us at
night. The cloud was In no place
sufficiently dense to prevent us
from viewing the stars through
it. Its area appeared no greater
than a large bedsheet somewhat
larger than the average large bed
sheet, but well, mebby It reach
ed from the big dipper to the
north star. It happened quite a
while ago, and of course I took
no measurements. The amount of
territory it took In Is not espe
cially Important anyway. It rum
bled not, nor did It threaten. It
was gentlemanly in every respect,
It gave no hint ot rtndictlveness.
But Its arguments were effective.
Violently so. Yet without vio
lence.
! It drifted calmly over from
some storm resort In north Idaho,
making not much more demon
stratlon In the way of flashes
than a Mississippi river firefly
makes on a hot night and making
none of an audible nature. On,
slowly on, over a sky-carpet of
stars. Not until It was Immediate
ly above us did It manifest a
change. Not a greatxhange. Mere
ly one thin streak of lightning
and one sharp clap of thunder. A
moment later a barn, 100 feet
from my chamber window, burst
into flames, and. facilities for
fighting fire not being available,
burned to the ground. And I was
again considering a familiar and
somewhat time worn subject
the deceltfulness of appearances
and the uncertainty of life in gen
eral.
I reckon there Is not much dif
ference between that cloud and
some human beings.
Sign reported as having been
seen In an Idaho cemetery "Per
sons are prohibited from picking
flowers from any but their own
graves."
A rancher from Tillamook
county, whom I knew when he
was a boy, and I chance to be
aware that he was brought up to
despise falsehood, was In town
one day this week. He waa stand
ing in front of a South Commer
cial street pool palace looking as
dusty as an eastern Colorado
breeze. We shook hands, and I.
feeling brilliant, said "Wet. ain't
ItT" "No," he replied bluntly.
"Excuse me so much," I said; "It
seems wet to me." "O yeah?
said he. "Say. on my place yester
day it rained an Inch In an hour.
This Salem rain wont measure
more than an Inch In 12 hours.
It's just a sort ot drouth." Just
then a man came out of the pool
palace who said he was from Kan
sas. and he overheard the Tilla
mook man and horned In. He
said that once on the Arkansaw
rtrer. south of Wichita, he got
caught with a load of punklns on
a truck. It rained nigh to eight
laches in an hour, he said, and
the rirer and the creeks rared up
somethln' tremenjus and he'd
probly here been drowned, he
said., if he hadn't grabbed onto a
floating punkln and kicked him
self to a cottonwood tree a mile
away and roosted there till some
guys came along in a boat and
rescued him. "Well." said I to the
Tillamook man.' "any remarks?"
"Naw." said he, and he looked
pretty sad. , v
It still seems to me a wet week
in Salem. But I'm being a bit
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Walter T. Chrysler
as Gov. Frank Murphy, who
agreement brought to an end
more careful about mentioning it
promiscuously.
I reckon some folks would only
roll orer and grunt eren if called
to witness the dawn of a new
era. :
News item from Kansas: A hen
laid four eggs in one day. Think
of the cackling she had to do!
Offended the over-production ex
perts too. And all. probably, be
cause some other hen told her she
couldn't do it.
Buts Carklns tells me he's dug
him out an old wise look he used
to wear when he went to school.
and he puts it on whenerer any
body mentions to him the proba
ble consequences of the Wagner
act.
Inormation dug up by request:
Gloria Swanson, movie star, now
attempting a comeback, was born
in Chicago March 27, 1898 . . ,
Helen Wills Moody, former tennis
champion, is taking screen tests
at 20 th Century-Fox ... "Seventh
Heaven" (S 1 m o n e Simon and
James Stewart) is still on the
program at the Grand. A photo
play well worth the seeing . . .
April showers in this section seem
to be rather overdoing the pro
motion of May flowers . . . In an
other week or two It will be mere
ly another topic for reminiscences
. . . How wet Is wet? The person
who left three kittens in a box at
the door of a doctor's office were
all wet, and the doctor, who noti
fied the police because he feared
the box might contain a bomb,
was all wet. and the police who
doused the box in water were all
wet, but the three kittens which
emerged from the box when It
was finally opened were the wet
test ot all . . . "Gone With the
Wind" continues to hold interest
locally . . . Bob Burns in "Walkl
ki" has a pig Instead of a bazoo
ka. Bob can't seem to rise above
a certain musical standard In his
choice of instruments ... A news
dispatch says Landon has struck
oil, and Senator Soaper suggests
that maybe the Literary Digest
was right after all.
A small incident in my life has
developed Into a little story dur
ing the years, and during the past
week has reached a denouement.
It is a commonplace little story,
and in no way reflects any light
upon me, else I should not tell it.
Where it happened, beyond the
fact that it was a railway junc
tion, where a branch line meets
a main line, is immaterial. Nor
does it matter how many years
ago it was, although it may be
said that it was so long ago that
the memory of it is beginning to
coat over with a sort of haziness.
I was on my way down the line to
spend a Sunday. The main line
train was late, and there were
rumors of a bridge weakened by
high water, and of track washed
out, A train arrived over the
branch, and the passengers died
into the waiting room. Among
them was a young woman carry
ing a baby in her arms. This
young woman made the usual In
qulries at the ticket office, and
waa told there would be no train
for two hours, possibly more.
Then she and the baby came orer
and sat by me. Three or four men
yawned and grumbled. Presently
one of them suggested that they
go to the store of a certain mer
chant whom he knew and hare a
little game of poker. It appeared
the merchant had a back room.
The others agreed. The young
woman with the baby asked if
Honored
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J. F. McSwain, widely known In
the construction world, has just
been elected chairman of the Pa
cific Coast Division of the Asphalt
Institute. He announces that the In
stitute Is planning a full program of
educational and technical work for
the coming year. Mr. Mcawain
manager of Shell . Oil Company's
asphalt department and makes his
headquarters la San Francisco.
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she might sit In. Of course - she
might why not? Then she asked
me if I would mind the baby for
her, and .because X was a natural
sucker I said certainly X wouldn't
mind, it would be a pleasure.
Which was a lie. Well. I knew a
thing or two. about ' babies, al
though I had nerer learned and
haven't learned yet how to guard
against an ot the little" darlings'
uncertainties, and this was a nice
baby and did no vocal stuff, so
when the child's mother returned
about two hours later everything
beyond the Inevitable wetness' was
quite all right. The poker party
was rather quiet when they re
turned. The men stole , odd glan
ces at the young woman and then
at one another, but there was not
much talk. The young woman.
who Impressed me as being a very
business-like young woman, did
what was necessary In the way of
changing the baby's garments.
She whispered to me that she was
grateful, and would I tell her my
name? X did so, there being no
reason why I shouldn't, although
warned her that I was a busy
person and could not be depend
ed upon to respond In the event
that ' she ' needed a baby-tender
later. Then she told me who she
was. and explained that she was
on her way to the bedside of her
husband, who was in a hospital
badly injured in a city down the
line where he had gone to look
for work. She had been almost
penniless until well, . . until she
had broken Into the poker party.
I asked her how much her win
nings amounted to. She hesitated
a moment before she replied. She
said she was somewhat ashamed
ot herself. : and ordinarily she
wouldn't hare done it, but after
all. she said, is It my fault that I
am a better poker -player than
they are?- How much? I asked.
One hundred and six dollars, she
whispered, and how much did she
owe me for taking care of the
baby. Of course she owed me
nothing, but she Insisted on gir
ing me a dollar. She said she'd
feel better It I'd take it. So I took
it. And that was the end of the
story until this week, when a man
and a woman, accompanied by a
fine looking young man. passing
through Salem looked me up. The
woman said she thought I should
see the baby, because he was an
old acquaintance of mine. It was
a happy experience. But I am still
wondering where that woman
learned to play poker.
Last Rites Said
For Mrs. Freres
STAYTON, April IT. The fu
neral services for Tresa Marie
Freres, wife of Ted Freres, owner
of the Freres Lumber company
at Mehama, were held Monday
morning from the Stayton Cath
olic church. Rev. Sniderhom of
fl rating. Burial was in the Cath
olic cemetery under the direction
of W. A. Weddle & Son.
Tresa Marie Forrette was born
in Stayton May 22. 1902. and at
tended school here, graduating
from high school in 1922. She
taught school for two years at
Coon Hollow and Mt. Pleasant
before her marriage. November
27, 1924, to Ted Freres at Stay
ton.
Mrs. Freres was a popular
social leader -and active in the
Women's Catholic Order of For
esters organization, being the
first recording secretary of the
lodge in 1923.
Surviving are the widower and
four children. Phyllis, Robert.
Harold and Larry; her mother,
Mrs. Mary Forrette; one sister.
Leon a Porter of Aumsrille, and
four brothers, Olirer, Clarence
and Edwin of Stayton and Ar
thur of Aumsrille.
Edwin Keech Buys Tract
Adjoining His Theatre;
Plans Business Building
STAYTON. April IT. Edwin
Keech. Salem attorney and own
er ot the Star theater here, pur
chased the tract of land just
south ot the theater this week
from Frank Lesley.
The purchase) of the property
sires Keech practically the entire
block of land with a frontage of
ICO feet along Third street and
extending back ISO feet. Keech
will erect a business building
there.
Elliotts and Chapins
Plan Eastern Journey
PERRYDALE, April IT. Mr.
and Mrs. H. J. Elliott and Mr..
and Mrs. Rose Chapin will leare
by train April 2( tor Flint, Mich.,
where Mr. Elliott will get a new
car and pick-up truck. From
there they will vlsrt Mr. Chapin's
brother in New York and then
go to Philadelphia where they
will . spend some time with Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Corert, youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elliott.
Mrs. Fay Morrison, wss a bus
iness caller In Dallas Friday af
ternoon. '
Weather Fails to Dampen
Enthusiasm for Meeting
MACLEAY. April IT. Despite
the stormy weather, 25 women
representing Auburn, SUrerton,
Silrert n Hills. Mseleay, Victor
Point. Silrer Cliff, Central How
ell and Rickey attended the dem
onstration on hosiery put on by
Eile.n C. Purdue, acting cloth
ing specialist ot the Oregon State
college.
Morrison Gets Post
PERRYDALE, April 17 Carl
Morrison.-son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Morrison of this place, waa
elected to the - principalship - of
the North Bend high school tor
the coming year. Morrison has
taught in the junior high school
at North Bend for the past ten
years." -. . , .;; .
Leare for Michigan '
MONMOUTH, .April IT. Mrs,
H. W.-Morlan and daughter. Bev
erly, started by stage yesterday
for Jaekson. Mich., where they
will visit friends and ' relatives.
They plan to go to Detroit and
Chicago before returning.
Hovv Docs Your Garden Grow?
Large Planter of Rhododendrons and Azaleas Finds
Hog FhpI to Be Saccessful Mulch
By LILLIE L. MADSEN
1TERY recently I visited a gar
: Y dener with a large planting
' of rhododendrons and asaleas.
The- planting is
a ; eomme rem
venture and the
slants are unus
ually hardy-! -y
looking. I noted L V
ne usea nog-iuei
as a mulch. . He .
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it very .success-
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ed to agree with - Z
the plants. Btf-" Tf
In one ot the koCur . - -
letters I re- um u um
ceired this week the inouirer
wanted to know how my experi
mental mulching of sawdust was
proving out and onwhat I had
nhioni thm sawdust. . Early , last
autumn I mentioned in this col
umn that I was using a sawausi
mulch on my bed of acld-loring
plants. It has now been on ap
proximately seren montns. truu
roses, axaleas, rhododendrons,
blueberry and huckleberry pianis
are doing; very nicely in the
mulch.
Of course, one can scarcely tell
this a.rlv how .beneficial if it
i the mulch, will be. However,
I have been advised by experi
enced stales and rhododendron
growers that a sawdust mulch Is
effective.
Plants for Shady Area
Plantinn in the shady part
ot the rock garden might include
ferns (maiden hair do nicely, if
the soil is well-drained, rich and
given plenty of water), native
bleeding heart, primroses, tuber
ous-rooted begonias.
"Can camellas be started from
cnttlnn?" asks Mrs. C. A. B. of
Salem.
About Camelia Planting
That Is the- usual method of
propagating camellas. Take short
cuttings about' three inches
and plant two-thirds of the
length in sham sand. The sand
must be kept moist and warm.
Cover, if possible, each cutting
with a glass a fruit jar will do
and keen them in the shade.
Occasionally lift the jars to at
low water to evaporate. In three
or four weeks roots should have
started.
When you are sure they . are
rooted, plant each cutting In mix
ture ot peat, sand and good gar
den loam. Be sure to keep them
shaded and do not let them dry
out. Another gardener' wants to
know why all her camelia buds
fell off this - year. Cold weather
is likely the answer.
W. S. Jack of Silverton, who
has a reputation for growing
some of the finest camellas in
the valley, tells me that on one
large bush, loaded with at least
1000 buds, all but 150 fell
off. Where the sun hit the shrubs
the buds were most apt to fall,
as they were advanced furthest.
Buds set the proceeding late sum
mer - and autumn. , The shrubs
must also hare plenty of. water
and care during their bud-form
ing period. . Camellas must be
planted in an acid soil.
Pampering Spoils Ferns
One gardener tells me that her
ferns out-door natlre ones- are
dying out. They used to be pretty
but are no longer so. She tells
me she cuts them back each
spring and keeps them well-hoed.
,i Denere she over-pampers
them. The wildlings do not like
too much attention. They should
not be hoed. AH the little roots
near the surface are thus re
moved. And It fronds are cut off
a mulch of leaf mould should be
put back around the ferns. Ferns
of the woods are accustomed to
standing knee-deep in cool, moist
wooa-sou. on cannot transplant
tnem and treat them like cab
bages and turnips and expect
tnem to do well.
"What." asks Wood burn
newcomer, "are the funny little
cup-shaped flowers of a chocolate
brown with greenish spots? They
axw jusc coming into bloom now.
Can I transplant them?"
I take it she means fritllarias
or mission bells, as we common lv
call them here. Their bulbs grow
deep and most frequently they
grow In the nearness of oaks.
They can be transplanted if care
is taxen. aiso, they can be mad
to gain in both size and number
oi uowers on a stem.
Disease Hits Lawns
m. aw icveiTinj many com-
piamis ot disease which has hit
mo n ui&meue valley lawns. It
soes in circles, turns brown, and
beneath the grass a white mould
mis me soil. I am maVln- -.t.
sire Inquiries about this. So far
I hare been told that a bordeaux
soiuuon, thoroughly saturating
v v 7? Iiei. snd applied
mi a part each
time, will prove effectire. When
I receive news of other remedies
nan say so through
column.
Mrs. A. D. ot Salem wants to
know what to do for brown spots
showing on her hollyhock foliage.
Fighting Hollyhock Rust
Rust Is the cause of the spots
uu uuien steps in controlling
' iBea at once, she won't
have a very successful hollyhock
.season. Remove and b u r n all
foliage showing these spots. Be
sure there are no old leaves or
stalks of last year's growth lying
about on the rronnif if...
thoroughly with bordeaux. Spray-
in . to oe repeated each
t "Bring me season.
I have failed tn mt .
hare failed to cut my 'rose
ROCK
' Also General Line
ORNAMENTALS &
PERENNIALS
ERNEST IUFER
15 Yrs. in Salem
bushes back. I it too late now?"
writes D. D. K. oi aiem. -r
This should have been done
before the bushes leaved out as
much aa they have now done.
r v wnnM certainly go
over the. bushes and xemore all
diseased or weaa
pruning -can be . done now, but
the bushes should not be pruned
tftverelv at this late, date.
More pruning can be done when
cutting the bloom.
Start Spraying sea
Tb. snraring or dusting cam-
n.p-n hould be started at once
and it should be repeated once
a week, or at the rery least,
every 10 days. -The market offers
a three-in-one aiiair, wureu
very effective, I am told, and it
saves using different sprays or
dusts for different diseases and
Insects. Be sure to spray mor
oughly on the underside, as well
as the top side of the foliage.
"X was advised to give my lawn
and flower beds a good top
dressing ot lime this spring. Is
this a good idea How often
should It be done What kind ot
lime should I use?" asxs u. u. oi
Woodburn. i
Factors ia Lime use
WelL I don't believe in scatter
ing lime over - everything in an
indiscriminate manner. Whether
or. not to use lime would depend
upon what variety or grass, wnas
kind of plants, trees and shrubs
. i
you nave, u you ui
lawn, then lime la all right. If you
have bent grasses on the lawn
lime ' would not be suitable.
Titfcr la limit suitable on your
broad-leaved . evergreens. Del
Dhiniums. lilacs, figs are some
of the shrubs which enjoy lime.
Hydrated lime or ground lime
stone awe convenient ways of
using it. Some suggest using lime
every spring, and others say
every two years is sufficient.
"What fertiliser do the fol
lowing items furnish: Sulphate
of ammonia, bone meal, wood
ashes, sheep guano,' nitrate ot
soda, phosphate, muriate ot pot
ash, dried blood?" T. B., Salem.
Nitrogen comes' from sulphate
of ammonia, sheep guano, nitrate,
of soda, dried blood. Phosphorus
comes from bone meal and phos
phate. Potash from muriate ot
potash and wood ashes.
To Control AphJds.
To control aphids which are
already attacking snowballs, use
some sort of nicotine spray such
as nicotine sulphate or any other
of the nicotine sprays. . Add a
little soap to the water and nico
tine. The . spray must strike the
insect. 1 v
Tulips whose foliage turns yel
low prematurely should be pulled
up and burned. Inspect your gar
den frequently, and be ruthless
when disease strikes. Also do
follow a strict spray program.
From now on a rlgid-once-a-week
spraying; program must be car
ried out. ,'
To Kill Root Insects
To kill insects attacking the
roots of plants use carbon bisul
phide. This is highly inflammable
and great care should be used
to keep it away from fire. Not
even a lighted cigarette should
be held in its vicinity. To apply
make a hole about, a foot deep
near the affected plant, then pour
a tablespoonful ot the carbon bi
sulphide into this and refill with
soil at once. The poison should
be used at intervals of every IS
inches or two feet.
"I have some borers at work
on some of my lawn trees. How
can I get rid of them?" asks
E. L. A. ot Albany. - I
There is a nicotine paste on
the market which is said to care
for these pests. The paste is
simply squeezed Into the hole
and the borers are suffocated.
Symphony Concert Has
Enthusiastic Audience
In Civic Club Program
MONMOUTH, April IT. The.
community symphony orchestra
of Monmouth and Independence
presented in concert Thursday
night by the Monmouth Civic club
in the auditorium of the Oregon
Normal school, offered a splendid
program to an appreciative audi
ence. , -.-
The three soloists: Max Diet
rick, Warren Elliott and Miss
Dora Henry, were enthusiastical
ly recelred. F. T. Ellefson of In-
dependence Is director. Mrs. R. D.
Elliott, Monmouth, is pianist. Be
tween 30 and 40 musicians par
ticipated. , :
More Hazel Green Homes
Enjoy Electrical Services
. HAZEL GREEN. April IT. .
Mrs. Alice Aspinwall and Leonard
Klnkaid are haring electricity In
stalled. Mrs. Fred Chapman, sr., and
daughter. Mrs. Maurice Dunlgan.
attended the funeral of Mr. Chap
man's sister. .Mrs. Kate Morgan,
99, si ACMinuvuie juonuay.
Polk County Will Give
4-H Program Over KOAC
DALLAS. April lT.Polk
county will present a 4-H club
program over KOAC Monday
night, April 1, at T:20 o'clock.
W C. Leth, county agent, and
Joaiah Wills, ' county school su
perintendent, are, arranging the
program.
PLANTS
Open Sunday
All Day!
LANDSCAPE CO.
So. 12th St, Cutoff