Th OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, Jona 13, 1937
Traveling Is M--'UjphM::WTwn Cougar
to Trail
PAGE SIX
TMw
Douglas Wilds
Provide Sport
Travelog Writer Reveals
Things That Will Aid
. all Rash Nimrods
This newspaper I co-operating with
tht Oregon State Motor association
and Th Orejronlan tn presenting a
series of motor crulss under the title.
"Motor Cruising for Fun." It Is hoped
thereby to stimulate travel In ths Pa
cific northwest.
By HERBERT S. LAMPMAN
There are certain things thai
every young man should know
boot cougar hunting. These facts
tark, unvarnished and plain
are to be revealed herewith as the
result of a recent Oregonian-Ore-gon
State Motor association cruise
Into the Douglas county cougar
country near Roseburg.
Characters In the ensuing tra
gedy Included John C. Ulam. vet
eran "varmint" hunter for the
United States bureau of biological
surrey; George Vaughn, secretary
of the North Umpqua Rod and
Gun club; one reporter and one
Oregonlan staff artist and two
toL flap-eared "houn' dawgs.
We left civilization (and nobody
warned us) at a point about 20
miles out of Roseburg. The good
Ford sedan was parked at
V a u g h n's rambling ranch and
dan t Vi a nannhelriiall was as
sembled.
The trail started Immediately
and ended five minutes sooner.
We trekked . upward through si
lent groves of fir and maple. Not
a single bare spot indicated that
shoes ever had scarred the ancient
soil.
For perhaps half a mile we en
. dured the climb in silence. Per
spiration flowed from us like
Juice from a grapefruit. Our lungs
bellowed out like tents In a high
wind and we craved water.
Lees Under Armpits
Both these hillbillies had legs
geared up under their armpits.
Tnev didn't walk they galloped
and they covered vast portions of
real estate.
The hounds, loose-jointed and
bony, ranged far and -wide with
their muzzles to earth. They did
n't seem to mind the climb at all
and we envied them the four legs
of a dog.
These hlllmen must be made of
buckskin, cast iron and vinegar.
iney am Die a aiong at a ikuj
gait, rifles in hand, for a distance
that seemed to be .measured in
miles. Occasionally one would ex
pectorate a fathom of tobacco
-juice otherwise , there was no
sound. .'
It was at this point that the
hounds commenced to talk. Their
voices buglelike and brilliant
shattered against the ridge into
splintered echoes of sound.
"Guess I'd best be down thar,"
Ulam drawled, and forthwith
shuffled over the brlnk. I fol-
lowed.
That was a canyon-what I
mean, a real hole in the ground.
Rooted at Both Ends
It was so steep that the trees
- were rooted at both ends to hang
on. It was typical slde-hlll cougar
country. Down we slid until we
rmm tn a thlrlrot- Ttoar aled was
who had nothing more man a lew
city park observations to aid him.
We listened for a moment. Far
ahead came the long, golden wall
of Pilot. -
"He's lost the track -aglnV
: opined Ulam. I nodded sagely. By
now I was a seasoned cougar
hunter. We picked up and fol
lowed. My legs were composed of equal
parts of gelatin, fog and aches.
They'd scarcely operate. Ahead I
could see John's long pedal' ex
tremities navigating with peculiar
ease the Intricacies of another
windfall. -
Windfalls are composed of fall
. ' en logs. No log seems larger than
your wrist, and everyone is a full
30 feet oft the continent. The idea
Is to Jump lightly from match
stick to matchstick. Try It! You'll
break your confounded neck at
the second leap. Cougar hunters
like It.
Cougar hounds like windfalls.
They'll go three miles out of their
way to prowl one. Following con
gar hounds Is a lot of fun par
ticularly when you have a jar
head like Pilot tq follow.
His mate, Dixie, wasn't so bad.
- She minded her own business on
a cold trail. Whenever she cut
loose with a wail you could bank
your last nickel, that she - had
something.
Followed Two Honrs
For two hours we followed
these hounds "across Douglas
county's most unreasonable ter
rain. For long periods the dogs
were silent. Then we would hear
the dolefully golden voice of Pi
lot. 1
You could "almost see him
swapping ends on a log with his
nose busier than a vacuum clean
erand crying to the very hea
vens that "the track was lost."
"They're cold-trailin' a bob
cat," explained the hunter. "I kin
tell because the trail's so balled
op."
The shadows sloped more swift
ly. A night wind, soft and gentle,
played in the tall pines. Ulam
scanned the sky.
"Guess we'd better be amblin
back." he drawled.
Not even a check from home
sounded better than that laconic
pronouncement.
So ended the cougar hunt. We
started back along a fairish trail.
Rain began to fall softly at first
and then with Increasing enthus
iasm. The trail ran uphill. . All hill
men walk uphill. They never go
down. They walk uphill to go
"down home." The rule applies at
all times.
Let us pass lightly by the or
deal of the trail back, save to say
that It was blessed by a margin of
clear ground that Indicated other
feet had passed before. That help
ed a bit.
We made camp a small hill
cabin of shakes and moss Jnst as
the storm broke In earnest.
With rain falling In Inch-thick
Depicting
columns we built a fire.
Water? !
Ulam scratched his chin and
looked at George.
"Seems to me," replied George,
"that there was a spring over thar
when I was here in 1917." He in
dicated a Mack fringe of forest.
Bring Swamp Mad
The artist and the hunter set
forth. They returned with five
pounds of swampy mud, a gill of
water and the information that
the spring was a flat marsh at the
present writing. We drank the
alluvia mixture anyhov and Jt
tasted mighty grateful. So did the
coffee and you could have made
'dobe bricks out of jthe residue.
It was at this point that Pilot
illustrated his worth as a tracking
hound. He found the grub sack
with a nose as true as any arrow,
guzzled onto the bacon and set
forth into the hills. He was, for
tunately, restrained.
If anybody ever rubs bacon on a
cougar and turns him loose Pi
lot (the jar-headed misfit) will
find him without any trouble, at
all. That hound really likes his
bacon. . -1 i '
We moved into the cabin and
prepared for the night by tearing
up a section of .the floor, excavat
ing a 40-year accumulation of
packrat bedding and building a
fire. I
So hillmen sleep on fir boughs,
do they? Don't kid yourself.
They perch I around all night
telling of cougars they killed
three years ago in the "so-and-so"
country. They are nocturnal
in habit and in their veins flows
the blood ot the owl. In other
words, they shun sleep as one
would shun a plague.
How did we get out?
; Let's not go into that. Suffice
it to say that six hellish hours
were consumed on the trip back to
civilization and that every step
of the trip down went uphill.
That's the way hillbillies go
home uphill I I
Carnegie Scholarship
Winner Visits Sister
SILVERTON, June IS Miss
Rosella Richardson Is spending a
few days here as guest ot her
sister, Mrs. J. Ballantyne, before
leaving for Eugene where she will
spend the summer at the Univer
sity of Oregon.' .
Miss Richardson has been
awarded the Carnegie Art schol
arship. Miss Esther Wilcox, teach
er in the Silverton schools, re
ceived the scholarship last year.
Only 2 of these scholarships have
been awarded and two of them
have gone to Oregon. -
Stork Partial to Girls
In Woodborn Deliveries
WOODBURN, June 12 Born
to Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Clark of
Wood burn, at the Woodburn hos
pital, a girl, June S; to Mr. and
Mrs. Victor Hunklng of Broad
acres, June 6, at Woodburn hos
pital, a girl, Angelina Mellnda;
and to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Glbby, June 2,s at the Woodburn
hospital, a girl, Marilyn Fay.
of Salem
age
Speculates
By D. H. TALMADGE
(Continued From Page 4)
Riskin, scenario writer, Frank
Capra director.! Superbly acted by
a company consisting of Ronald
Colman. Jane Wyatt. Edward Ev
erett Horton. John Howard,
Thomas Mitchell, Margo, Isabel
Jewell. H. B. Warnre, Sam Jaffa
(the. High Lama, centuries old.)
Perfectly photographed. All in all,
a notable achievement. Motion
play versions of popular books
have not been among the happi
est of our experiences in the past.
The mapority ot attempts to re
create scenes and places and peo
ple identical with those of our
favorite books hare had Interest
ing points, but have imposed a
tremendous strain on our imagin
ative resources. They - have been
more Hollywood than they have
been the tales they were advr-
tised to be.
the Ultimate in Enjoyment on a Cougar Hunt
Statesman Book Nook
Reviews of New Books and Literary
News Notes
By CAROLINE C JERGEN
Midnight on the Desert. By
J. B. Priestly. Harper and Broth
ers. 1937. $3.00.
A smoothly running commen
tary on America, her people, her
customs as they appear in the
thoughts of a visiting English au
thor at one midnight in a small
cabin he had used for work out
on an Arizona desert, is this piece
of prose that is poetry, music
from a great symphony orchestra,
and the color of an Arizona desert
painting all rolled into one. While
he is thinking these amusing, se
rious, interesting and wholly ap
plicable thoughts, he is burning in
an old sheet iron stove bits of
things he has written, parts of a
novel, parts of a play, material
he no longer wants or has use for.
This book reflecting these
thoughts which occurred In an Ar
izona desert early in 1936 were
actually, written somewhat later
in the author's English home.
This he explains as one of the de
lights of being an author: "when
people tell you how lucky you are
to be a professional writer, they
enumerate advantages that you
know very well are things not
worth having; but they never
mention this genuine bit ot luck,
that you can sit in Arizona. and
build for yourself a London that
has just the people, streets,
houses and weather you need, and
can then, months afterwards, sit
in Hlghgate on a dark wet Mon
day morning and c o n J a r e for
yourself the bright Illimitable
spaces of the Arizona desert.
There Is so much within Its
pages a reviewer would like to
quote, so many rare bits one
would like to share with those
about him that It Is almost dan
gerous to begin to quote at all for
fear one would not know where to
leave off. It one is reading it in
a roomfull of people, the tempta
tion to read aloud, to break into
whatever they are reading or do
ing or thinking. Is almost over
whelming. For Instance, one is tempted to
say that Mr. Priestly comes back
at the Mary Ellen Chases, and
scores of other Americans who
visit England but to compare it
unfavorably to the home country.
Priestly, however. In his criticism,
is kindly. He sincerely likes Am
erica and her people. He admits
It freely. But those Americans
who have written home about the
English shabbiness and Inconven
iences in comparison to Amer
ica's brightly clean, electrified
and modern method of life might
do well to reflect a little upon
this picture seen by a visitor ; In
our own country:
"I was surprised all over again
by the apparent appearance of
poverty and the ugly sketchlness
of so much of these states. Fifth
avenue and Chicago's Lakeside
seem in another world. They be
long to the America of legend, the
place of uncounted i wealth. But
where are the signs of wealth
along this railway track? What
disguised riches are there in these
tumbledown wooden shacks pass
ing for houses, these unpaved
roads and streets, these piles of
old tin cans and rusting skeletons
of automobiles? Whole villages
look as if they would be dearly
bought at five hundred dollars,
drug store and all. To the English
eyes the pioneering seems to be
gin a mile or two outside of New
York. Most things you see appear
to be makeshift: they will do for
this year; and next year , perhaps
we can move to California or
Florida or into the city. Money
has been poured, out In Niagara
cataracts in the big cities to build
their towers. But if there Is much
money in between then 1500
miles of it are inhabited by mis
ers." And again "Mry Roberts
Rlnehart. who ought to know, de
clared with militant . emphasis
that American citizens had far
more comfort than any other peo
ple in the world, past and present.
I hope they have, for they deserve
It."
But as a stranger, he admits he
cannot "understand how they
contrive to exact all this said com
fort out of these wooden shacks
and rutted roads, these ugly, rus
ty, paintless villages. Icy In win
ter, dusty and glaring in summer,
slushy in early spring, menaced
by drougut and flood and winds
that blow away whole farms."
He admits that all America Is
not here. But nevertheless he
points out, "it takes yon about
two days and nights, paying extra
charges for fast travel, to put an
end to It."
There is some comfort to many
ot na American women in his
suggestion that feminine America
should relax:
"Why," he asks, "be so aggres
sively feminine day and night?"
We irritate him because we are
"dolled up" all the time. "Even
at breakfast, you would think
they (the American women) were
going to a party. Probably they
consider they are at a party and I
am a lout to grumble because I
am also at the party. But I am al
ways wishing they would look
plain and sloppy just for a
change." He describes a few wrin
kles, a washed pale cheek, a
mouth without lipstick, comfort
able old clothes, as a welcome
sight to at least one traveling
Englishman who is "perhaps
homesick for his native frumpi
ness." He speaks of this continu
ous being on show as aa attempt
to look one's "horrid best." and
expresses the opinion that it
would be no great loss It "young
women appeared as God made
them most ot the day."
But Mr. Priestly is on the whole
far from unpleasantly critical of
America. These two criticisms of
America's poverty and women are
somewhat amusing when viewed
In the light ot criticisms of Eng
land and English women made by
natives of the United States.
The visiting author seems to
find that America is more ready
than most countries for a new
way ot living "fast, crude, vivid
perhaps a new civilization, per
haps another barbaric age." This
belief leads him into an interest
ing discussion , which he winds up
with the comment that America
is definitely in front and that
"Russia can turn the old econom
ic and political s e p 1 1 m upside
down, but no sooner has she done
so that she takes a long look at
America. One country after an
other follows suit. They may be
ten ye&Ts behind, but they are
following on steadily. America
does not know where she is going,
but if she walks into some abyss
ot barbarism, she will not walk
alone." f
Our visiting eon si a amuses
himself and ns. too. by de
scribing our press representatives
who rush out to ask new arrivals
who are still straining their eyes
to catch the first glimpse of Am
erica what they think of Amer
ica and American women as if the
latter were "specimens of some
rare creature kept in a few cages
here and there in these states."
Our natural scenery, Mr. Priest
ly admires and of the people who
have said they were disappointed
in the Grand Canyon he says,
"The same people will be disap
pointed at the Day of Judge
ment," "One Midnight on the Desert,"
Is simply page after page of pure
enchantment, enchantment such
as is seldom found between two
covers. Had It been written some
centuries ago, we would have call
ed It philosophy. But philosophy
as a classification for this work
seems to be outmoded. We have
found no word to take its place.
The End.
M Will Speak of Africa '
SILVERTON, June 12. M. C.
Woodward will speak of Ma re
cent trip to Africa at the Rotary
noon luncheon Monday.
World Famous
AKRON TRUSSES
Correctly Fitted
We Guarantee Comfort and
Security
: CAPITAL DRUG STORE
4 OS State. Cor. Liberty
jPeter Jenson at Home
After Operation; Sirs.
Tomkins Burns Hands
GRAND ISLAND, June 11.
Peter Jenson, son tf Mrs. Helen
Rorabaugh, returned to his home
this week after having been con
fined for the past two months in
the McMlnnvllle hospital conva
lescing from a major operation.
Mrs. J. H. Tompkins received
severe burns recently on both of
her hands when she accidentally
spilled burning grease on them.
Mr. and Mrs. Adelbert Smith
hare moved their house from the
Harold Tompkins place near the
school house to their small tract
of land near the head of the is
land. The house 'was moved on
skids by means ot Mr. Smith'a
tractor. -
Mildred Will, who has been at
tending school at the University
of Oregon in Eugene during the
past year, has returned to the
home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Roy E. Will.
Muriel Stoutenbnrg. . daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stouten
bnrg, and Barclay Tompkins, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Forbes Tomp
kins, were those from this dis
trict who were members of the
graduating class of the Amity
union high school.
Mrs. Dora Goodman to
Leave Wednesday For
Extended Ohio Visit
MONMOUTH. June IS. Mrs.
Dora Goodman. Monnrouth real
estate agent, will leave Wednes
day for a long visit In the east.
the first trio to her old home at
Akron. Ohio. la IS roars. She will
be accompanied by her daughter,
Mrs. William Seldtfl of Bull Ran.
and Miss Betty Ana SeldeL. They
plan to leave Portland by train
en route for Flint, Michigan, With
a two day stop in Chicago. At
Flint, Mrs. Seldel will purchase a
new car, and by motor they ex
pect to go into Canada, visit Ni
agara Falls, see the Dionne quin
tuplets and thence into Ohio.
They will spend the summer
motoring, with many stops in
Kentucky. Pennsylvania and Ohio.
They will return to Oregon by
the southern route in September.
Enrollment Hits 495
MONMOUTH. June 12 En.
rollment for the summer session
at Oregon Normal school today
reached 415. The lists will remain
open till Monday, so the legisla
tion may reaoji 800. Among stu
dents here tor: the early pert of
the term are many graduates who
were certified IB or 20 years ago.
Son Born to Aliens
WOODBURN, June 12. Born
to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence H. Al
len, formerly oft Woodburn, June
8 at the Eugene hospital, a son,
William Lloyd, weight 7
pounds. Mrs. Allen will, be re
membered as i Miss Katherine
Garrison. '
:armerf Union
Newt
MONMOUTH, June 12. The
annual picnic of the Polk county
Farmers Union will be held Sun
day, June 12, at Helmlck state
park. A basket lunch will be serv
ed at noon, followed by a program
and sports. The 8alt Creek band
will furnish music Everyone Is
Invited ta attend.
Mortgage Loans
on Modern Homos
Lowest Rates
Hawkins &
Roberts
; toe. : -
Scio School Okeh
Directorate Says
SCIO. Jan IS. In an effort
to crush current but unfounded
rumors that the Scio school build
ing has been condemned, the
board of directors of district No.
35, Scio, has Issued a statement
that the structure, though old,
complies with all requirements of
the state bureau of labor and the
high school supervisor of the
state department of education.
Recommendations for Improve
ments, of Dr. V. D. Bain, state
high school supervisor, were com
pleted in full during last summer.
The school board last year ex
pended - $500 in rewiring the
school building, enclosing all elec
tric wires in metal casings. A fire
extinguisher was Installed back
stage In the high school assem
bly. Rubbish in the' basement has
been disposed of, new hose pur
chased, larger light globes and re
flectors Installed, and the fire
alarm system effected, to ring
from . any ot the three floors.
Globes and protectors hare been
installed in the gym. ;
Grandmothers not
Lacking for Child
DAYTON, June 12. Dayton
Ronald Penrose, two weeks old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Pen
rose of Wlllamina, is not lacking
In grandmothers. He has seven.
all residents ot the Dayton vi
cinity, i
Of his seven gr-indmothers,
three are of the paternal line
and four of the maternal.
Mrs. Tom Lawrence, 46, Grand
Island, is his paternal grand
mother. Her mother, Mrs. George
Antrim,. 66, Union vale. Is the
boy's great-grandmother while
Mrs. Carrie Penrose. 76, mother-in-law
of Mrs. Lawrence, Is also
a great-grandmother.
Mrs. Penrose's mother, Mrs.
Fred Bunn, 40, Dayton, Is an
other grandmother while her
mdther and her grandmother
give the boy another pair of
grandmothers. Mrs. Bunn's moth
er and great-grandmother of the
boy is Mrs. Adam Schweiger, 59,
Lafayette. Her mother and the
boy's great-great-grandmother is
Mrs. Dora Kinney, 80, Lafayette.
Mr. Bunn's-mother, Mrs. Flora
Crimmlns, 67, Dayton, furnishes
the final great-grandmother.
Silverton Hills Berry
Dinner up For Chamber
SILVERTON HILLS, June 12.
The Silverton Hills community
club' will serve the annual straw
berry dinner . o the Silverton
chamber of commerce Wednes
day night. In charge of arrange
ments are Mrs. Edith Beugll,
Mrs. Gertrude Anderson and Mrs.
Elisabeth Tulare.
Following the dinner a pro
gram will be given and dancing
enjoyed.
Teachers Co to School
BRUSH COLLEGE. Jnne 12
Miss Edith Ross, upper grade,
and Miss Margaret Blood, pri
mary teacher at Brush College
school are intending to take the
extension coarse of the Univer
sity or Oregon at Portland which
begins June 21. The Brush Col
lege school was out Friday,
Jnne 4.
BRUSH COLLEGE, June 12.
The final meeting of Brush Col
lege community club for the sea
son, was held at school house
Friday night. Two new members
were elected on the community
board which is in charge of the
picnic grounds and community
affairs, namely Dr. C. L. Blod
gett'and Mrs. J. C. Burton. Out
going members are Fred Ewing
and Mrs. John Schindler.
WALDO HILLS, June 12.
The Waldo Hills community club
held its last meeting of the year
Friday night.
The matter of selling part of
an acre of the grounds to Mr.
and Mrs. R. L. Morton was dis
cussed at length and finally ta
bled until next year.
New officers are: President.
Max Griffith Scrlber; rice pres
ident, Dudley Morton; secretary
treasurer, Karl Haberly; direc
tor of finance, Frank Bo wens;
director of organization and
membership. Miss Martha Good
knecht. WW
nuiiV'oeujnngii
V A lJ
How Docs your Garden Grow?
Bugs of Various Kinds and Designs Bothering
Flower and Garden Growers
By LILLIE L. MADSEN
4 LMOST every mail brings me a
description of some brand of
bug. beetle or worm which is de
stroying plants.
I don't believe I
have ever heard
so many com-
plaints of pests
in gardens as : I
have this season.
And if I didn't
hear 'about the
pests from oth
ers I could Just
go Into my own
garden and
"see" about
them. There cer
tainly are plenty
of all varieties
MadMa
and considerable
blackspot thrown
mildew and
ta for good
measure. '
I hope I cover most of the re
quests for pest information in the :
following. If I miss " covering:
something, thoroughly enough to
satisfy, don't hesitate to write j
again. .
Dust for Spittle Bug
Spittle bug la particularly fond
of lavender, it would seem. While
dusting for the spittle bug on the
lavender ahould have been done a
little earlier for better-results It
is still not too late to have some
effect. Rotenone dust seems to be
the most highly recommended
spittle bug controller this season.
The dust must reach the foam
surrounding the bugs.
Suggestions are to spray goose
berry bushes as soon as the ber
ries are picked with a Bordeaux
lead arsenate spray.
bulpbur for Mildew
Mildew or roses, phlox, delphin
iums and grapes should be treated
to frequent doses of sulphur dusts
or bordeaux. Black spot on roses
should be given the same treat
ment. These diseases must be
watched for closely. If they are
permitted to gain headway, con
trol is much more difficult. -
Earwigs seem to have come out
with whole- armies this season..
For a couple of seasons they have-
been lying rather low probably
mobilizing for a final strong at
tack. The strong attack should ba
met by a counter-one from the
gardener. Poison baits there are
several good prepared, ones on the
market should be ; used. Care
must also be taken not to leave
the poison bait about where birds
or- bantam chicks can absorb it.
Birds are very efficient earwig en
emies. Combatting Earwigs .
However, there is one blessing
connected with the earwigs. They
show a tendency to work tinder
cover- under old boards or boxes.
Such places are excellent in
which to place the bait. Beneath
porch boxes and in the edges of
porch boxes are favored spots to
catch them. They will completely
destroy, plants in boxes it they are
not stopped. A lead arsenate
spray will do much to catch them.
But I still believe the bait habit
is superior. - .
Leaves on some trees are en
tlrely curled up with aphlds this
year. On small trees, such as Mrs.
A. F. of Salem writes about.
would pick, off the few leavea thus
affected and burn them. II the
aphlds are crawling about - like
they do on rosebushes, spray with
a nicotine-soap water solution.
Directions tor the amount ot nic
otlne to use' should Je on the con
talner. Otherwise a teaspoonfnl
for a gallon Is advised by some
sprayers. Black-Leaf-40 la a han
dy way ot getting the nicotine.
Control of Few Gnats
Any well-known vaporising
spray used for flies or moths will
also control the little black gnats
which " sometimes Invade the
house after a fern has been repot
ted with woods oll which has not
been sterilized
Weak-necked rosea are usually
caused by too much nitrogen fer
tilizer. Also might be caused by
too much shade. Work wood ash
es into the soil.; fertilize a little
with fertilizer containing less ni
trogen (if any at all) then potash
and super-phosphate. Be sure
drainage about roses - is good.
Some of the beetles which prey
on roses almost have to be erad
icated by hand, they are so diffi
cult to poison. Knock them off
the plants Into a can ot coal oil
or water and destroy .them. This
Is best done la the morning,
If roses are te be watered, do
this in the morning. Night water
ing of roses tends to cause mil
dew.
Curly Leaf on Peaches
Control of curly leaf on peach
es can not be accomplished at this
season of the year. Trees ahould
be sprayed- la autumn jnst as soon
as the fruit Is harvested and If
the trees are small without fruit
spraying should be done In ear
ly September All leavea should
be raked up and burned and
spraying should be done again In
XJllia
December or by the middle ot
January. Bordeaux is said to be
the most effective controL A 6-6-50
solution is advised.
If the rose bed is kept thor
oughly cultivated throughout the
season many of the roses, bugs
and pests will be controlled.
Spray Lilac Bushes Now t
Some lilac growers are spraying
their bushes this month to con
trol oyster scale. A nicotine sul
phate at the rate ot one ounce to
six gallons of water is advised, by
some growers. Be sure you spray
up in the canopy ot the bush so
that all the branches and twigs
receive a coating. Have you re
membered to remove the seed
pods from your lilacs and given
them a feeding of bonemeal?
An arsenate solution, to which
one quart of molasses is added
for each gallon of spray, is said to
be effective in the control of the
little bugs and worms which are'
making lace out of so many of our
little tree leaves.
Those who report trouble with
seeds decaying in cold frames or
open ground should use- a teas
poonfnl of copper oxide to a
pound of Seed, shaking the mix
ture thoroughly about In a fruit
jar so that all seeds become coat
ed. If you are using just a pack
age ot seed, put In a mere pinch
of the copper oxide and shake
fifinnt In tha nlrVfl tra hafnra t,V.
ing the seeds out to plant.
Remove "Limp- Foliage
The foliage of early-blooming
bulbs should be left until it be
comes limp and yellow. Then re
move It by cutting and burn It so
that no Insect eggs are permitted
to remain on the foliage dropped
in the garden.
Dahlia tubers may yet be plant-
a4 i f H Ann mr ar na T1a at m a
set the stakes at the time the tub
ers are planted.
Lead arsenate at the rate ot a
quarter of a pound in five gallons
of water to which a little raw lin
seed oil haa been added will con
trol the caterpillars which have
begun to invade trees and shrubs.
In reply toC. H.,( Salem: Why
not plant bright gerantsma in the
space at the south Aide of the
house? Geraniums ike sunshiAe.'
Tou can purchase t;iem in blo6m
and so do not have to wait until
the. season Is nearly gone before
you have a "bright spot," as yon
say, in your .garden. When one
moves, as you have done, to a new
location at this time ot the year,
it is often difficult to have much
in the way of a garden.
Geraniums Give Color
But I would most certainly cut
the grass which has grown lank,
keep it well watered and add some
of the bright blooming plants
which yon can purchase at flor
ists. The Martha Washington ger-
anlums will also do well in the
location to which you refer. They
like sun just as well as the com
mon geranliint does.' You might
still be able to obtain some ver
benas. They like sun and will
come Into bloom almost at once.
They will give you considerable
color.
Do not let your pansles dry out
if yon wish them to continue to -bloom.
If the soil Is sour, dig in a
little lfane. . Keep all blossoms
picked. Give a tablespoonful ot
balanced fertilizer to each plant.
Pinch back scraggly ones. Ton
will be surprised how much pleas
ure pansles will give you for an
other month or so.
. Word of Death Received
WALDO HILLS. June 12.
William Smith received word
Friday of the death of his old
est brother. Gale Smith, la Den
ver, Colorado.
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