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' 10 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore,. Tuesday. Alienist 9. 1949
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Fall Special Election Date
Set by Council for October 14
Friday, October 14, instead ol Friday, September 30, was fixed
as the date for Salem's special election this fall in ordinance
bills introduced at the city council meeting Monday night.
September 30 had been the tentative date, and it so appeared
in the council agenda, but the bill vas changed before it was
introduced. The September date
would require feverish haste in
getting the measures and pos
sible referendum petitions on
the way and the last day of a
month is an inconvenient elec
tion date because of other city
month-end business.
The election will be to vote on
the West Salem merger, already
approved by West Salem; to
create a new eighth ward and
increase the number of alder
men from seven to eight; and to
vote on any other measures that
become a part of Alice avenue.
The other bill provides for va
cation of part of Oxford and
South Capitol streets.
BEAUTY IN THE GARDEN
Dr. Benbow Finds Dallas
Good Spot for Rose Culture
By Wes Sherman
Dallas, Aug. 8 You think in superlatives when you visit the
unique rose garden of Dr. Earl William Benbow, Presbyterian pas
tor in Dallas.
It's the sweetest-smelling spot in town, and among the most
beautiful with over 150 varieties of roses on one of the smallest
spaces less than 20 by 60 feet
In the rear of the church manse
It's about the neatest garden one
can find, weedless, clean and
free of disease.
There are roses to delight all
tastes large, flowering climb
ers: hybrid teas; old-fashioned
ones from "grandmother's gar
den"; and flora-bundl with
their many clusters. Among the
hybrid teas are charming single
roses, such as the Mrs. Frances
Ashton. Cecil, Betty Prior, and
Dainty Bess.
None makes such a fine bout-
onniere, in the opinion of the
rose-growing pastor, as the sin
gle Lulu in bud. A delicate pink
its bud is long and decorative.
For table decorations and
mantel pieces, Dr. Benbow con
siders single roses almost unex
celled. In 35 years of growing roses,
the minister, whose very con
genial personality harmonizes
well with the beauty of his
blossoms, has left a trail of color
and joy as he moved from one
pastorate to another. His first
garden was at Onslow, Iowa,
when he set out to beautify the
manse at his current charge in
1914. Since then, he has had
five other gardens. Prior to
coming to Dallas four years ago,
he grew roses in Seattle where
he was pastor for Presbyterian
students at the University of
Washington for 15V4 years,
While the Seattle garden was
lareer. he considers the one in
Dallas the best that he has start
ed. Dr. Benbow shies away from
all claim at being an expert
with roses, but his friends and
fellow-growers consider him an
authority and they have much
on which to base their conten
tion. Dr. Benbow has been a mem
ber of the American Rose so
ciety for 33 years and for three
years served as one of 12 on
the board of directors. At pres
ent he Is a member of the so
ciety's nominating committee.
His articles have appeared in
the organization's periodical up
on various occasions. He served
as president two years of the
Seattle Rose society.
For a number of years Dr,
Benbow has maintained a test
garden in his small plot for nur
series and at' the present time
has seedlings from three large
firms, Jackson and Perkins of
Newark, N.Y., Armstrong Nurs
eries of California, and Conard
Pyle company of West Grove
Penn.
"Fashion," a salmon-pink hy
brid tea rose which he now has
in his garden from the New
York nursery, is to be introduc
ed this fall, and the minister be
lieves that it is destined to be
one of the most popular vari
eties among growers.
The best of Dr. Benbow's ros
cs have won many prizes In ex
hibits but he has never made it
a policy to enter them in shows
away from his own locality. He
has exhibited in Salem where he
is a member of thn rose society
and past president.
Dr. Benbow has been called
upon to judge in many shows,
including the Rose Festival in
Portland and the Seattle exhib
its.
If he was forced to select just
one rose from his garden and
he would consider such a re
quirement heartless he would
pick the large and beautiful
Peace rose, one that was devel
oped during the last World war.
Its delicate shadings of pink
and gorgeous full blossoms
make it outstanding.
As a class, the climbers arc
perhaps the favorite of the en
thusiastic grower. When treat
ed right, they will bloom all
summer and thus make the rose
one of the most desirable of
flowers. Prominent in the gar
den is the yellow climber High
Noon. Dr. Benbow himself de
veloped a white climber which
he named after a rose-loving
physician friend in Seattle, Dr.
Faris Blair. A novelty in the
plot of beauty is what the pastor
calls "The Weeper," a climber
that he budded six feet high. It
is the Bloomficld Courage and
its blossom is a single red with
white center. From the six-
foot height its foliage drops to
wards the ground on all sides,
hence the name.
As to the technique of main
taining his garden, Dr. Benbow
uses lots of barnyard manure
Dallas Dr. Earl Benbow, Presbyterian pastor, can meditate
on matters of theology as he works in his rose garden at the
manse of the church he serves in Dallas. Here he admires
the single rose, "Mrs. Frances Ashton," which he terms "a
honey." At the left is the climbing rose, "Phyllis Byde," which
comes out an orange color and fades through several shades
to white. Although his garden plot is very small (most of it
shown in the photo) it includes 150 varieties and over 200
plants. Below The gorgeous "Peace" rose is one of the
most beautiful in the garden of Dr. Benbow. This photo was
taken a few days too late to catch the rose at the height of its
beauty, the minister says. It has passed its peak and opened
too widely. (Abel Photo)
and mulches his beds for the
summer. Tanbark paths give it a
neat appearance, keep down
weeds and are dry and clean to
walk on.
Mildew is a perpetual threat
when days are warm and nights
are cool, but good sprays pretty
much take care of it. Aphids
cause some trouble, too, but
they may be easily controlled
with the spray for such insects.
Near to the heart of the Dal
las rose-lover is his "Sally," t
seedling of his own that he nam
ed after his daughter. He knows
that it isn't among the best and
would not be successful on the
commercial market, but it is a
pretty white tea rose and grac
es the garden. Another that he
especially enjoys is the deep-red
Mrs. Miniver, one of the most
famous red roses.
For a profusion of blossom
the Harmony climber, a pink
one, is one of the favorites. In
tile Benbow garden two are
trained as pillar roses.
The Willamette valley enjoys
the reputation of being one of
the best spots in the nation for
growing roses, Dr. Benbow says.
His average from three to four
feet high and even in the "bad
month'" for roses, August, many
lovely bouquets could be pick-l
ed from the garden. In Septem
ber, when the days are cooler,
they will come back in profus
ion.
Dr. Benbow feels that his hob
by ties in well with his minis
try, brings joy and gladness to
humankind. When retirement
time comes, he expects to be
surrounded by the flowers.
"It is one of the nicest hobbies
men can have," he states. "More
and more, particularly profes
sional people who want some
thing different, are turning to
rose growing as a hobby."
Dallas people, besides know
ing the doctor of divinity for his
roses and ministry, like him for
his jovial nature and love of i
good joke.
Recently, members of the Sa
lem rose society paid him a Sun
day morning call. Before visit
ing his garden, they attended
the Presbyterian church service
next door -and heard Dr. Ben
bow deliver the message. The
large turnout from the 100-odd
members swelled the congrega
tion.
"But best of all," said the pas
lor laugning, "me 'take' was
good. The boys liked that. Bill
Blackley, our 'lifter,' thought it
was great." .
1 iAk't
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may come up c-y imitative or
referendum. A referendum of
the Baldock plan bills is antici
pated.
And it developed Monday
night that one other annexation
measure probably will be on
the ballot. At a previous meet
ing a month ago the council
barred from the fall ballot an
other attempt to annex the large
area south of the city that was
defeated previously by five
votes, but the legality of which
was challenged. Last night the
council rescinded the action of
a month ago and will permit the
annexation to be voted on if
presented.
The three ordinances covering
the Baldock plan were again
tabled Monday night without
opposition from any council
member, but it was definitely
said they would be voted on
at the next meeting, which will
be August 22.
Two other ordinance bills
were introduced. One is to ac
cept deeds from Marion county
and a deed from E. T. Waring
and wife, to premises that will
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