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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1920)
The Monmouth Herald Monmouth, Polk County', Oregon, Friday, Augutt 20, 1920 No. 50 Vol. XII- : o Monmouth is Located in the tfest bection pi me dcsi vauey me ix&i owiuamcmu I! J in Cause and Cure of Orchard Trpublcs Some iiliirm hss been sounded at the rather general withri Intf and dying of prune and other orchard treei during August. The damage itind from in w ess ons! tree in beat orchards to a half or more of the tree! in a few extreme Itistan cot. Some worry over the wifely of prune growing hatfound exprei lion. It ii normal for trees to die JuHt it a hun or a pig occasionally will be found dead from natura cam', so trees go in thlssume man tier. The uperiiwcd orehardist eximcU to lose a few treea each year and think little of it. How ever, thi yt-ar the Ion la o heavy at to dn.w attention. Die low it caused chiefly by win ter Injury, Insects, disease and Doorly drained toil. Th flnt ia the only one not thoroughly fumiliar to every grower and the one causing the chief Ion Ihii nafon. It It nol to be denied that the freeie of last winter did no good to fruit treet. I n many cases the bark loosened up on one aide of the trunk. Some carefully nailed back the loose bark with Die hope everything would bt all right and their hopet were heightened when the treet leaved normally, wt fruit and put forth new wood lhese trees did well up to about Jn v 2flih. when thev reached I I critical period. Those that aru dis- - . MA mUVi ha inmnflt InfoM inn . I rnnv mm nv mibv Mhi...-m on well drained soil, and above a well cultivated to conserve the toll water during the drought, these trees are coming on In good, shape. Even with half the Urk on the trunk temporarily out of service with thoroly good cultivation these trees will bear a r.ormal crop and suffer no permsnent injury.. With a limited bark capacity, however, such trees are extremely sensitive to moisture conditions and will show any neglect in malntaing the soil mulch. A large and vig orous ton in the hot weather we hiiA hil tiwntlv makes demands lump mil water and linoaired bark rnnniitv that siiiiulv can not b I lue t. As I'ong as there is plenty of soil moaiture easily available the trees carry on well, but when the soil dries out, 'as it has done very quickly in neglected orchards, the loss will be high. . While winter injury accounts foi a lariw part of this year's loss, yel nttipr cmincunrecuntributinir. Trees ,,n nnnrlu Hmined mil are shallow ,ft,.tl. With the soil water with- u ,i . a . ;,! u,'ull in reach they may do fairly well, but in the dry season they suffer very quickly and only the best cul tivation 'will keep them thrifty. Any disease, such as root rot, or In sect injury, by borers for intstwee, will show up at this time because -r tree is in full leaf, growing the wood and fruit and is working hard. Dry weather with indifferent care . j.i:!ni l,r that lmUUM-'B OH ftUUIUUHai ivw . . i many 01 uiese ireea ran iiuw owm The extreme temperature of last win'er was unknown in recorded history. It probably will not be- reneated in a life time, if ever. rC1 .... .... There is no reason lor .cnangna plans for making additional plant- ings just because of that freeze. rha Itnlion nrune is thoro y at home In the Willamette Valley and .... . . ... there is no occasion ior .o faith in the frujt. , Thn yn(rience Of this Season i.. tU font- nlrpnilv Ullljf clIIJJIIBOItca w.w hv. ii ;.Jtkof ta ke generally iei.uB..,: .w corn, must oe cuiuvaieu anu cu.u- , ii(..iJ J . . ... .1 VateQ well. Kpvprat harrpls of oil have been a i-i mill nnnd in Dallas UUUICU IlltU ...... f-".-- r ...... mnnn,nf rortllnmcr T.llH Klliill of mosquitoes. 0 LONG LADDER W. W. HAWKINS TlM Host Important rcnl tvanl hi newapapurdom vis In oromollon of GeDenl' Minater w. W. Hawkins to the prraldonry of Palled Preu. wblcn bai. on.jer hit direction, become the leadlnc lalntruih ni distributing agency In the world. Like all good newspaper man. Mr. iiiwiini earn up from In bottom. He Urud as a reporter sod every promotion bis been lololy Derauaa of his wonderful surreal In ery )ob be Ucklad. By the war. t'uit'd Press Is t sister ot Autoeniter 8anUa In which this newiDioar own a membership franchise. Will Wait it Out ... L . lite iiuoer. paving piani is oeing movwJ from ,Q Rjckreu b, . . .... it is announced that when the remov al Is completed work on the Dallas- Salem road is to be postponed un til! the controversy is settled The fact that the plant is being rerout ed is evidence of the confidence ol the commission that the work w be ultimately hnaheJ and that as originally planned the system in Polk county will bo put in. The only tiling the Dallas-Independence combination will accomplish will be 1 delay and a longer period of mud dy roads for Deonle who travel in the county. F. D. Moore is the newest mem her of the Dallas common council, havinir been chosen to fil! the va cancy made by resignation of M. B. Young Oregon News Notes Of General Interest Tun arret of sunflowers ut the E.vst em Oregon State hoBpllnl wore hur sted the past week for silage and two 160-ton silos are filled with tin yield. It was at first Intended that the aunflowers should supplement corn is a sllase crcp but iuch a tremendout ylold was obtained that the silos wore tilled without the corn After 37 years In the employ of the itato hospital for the InBano, most of I he time as rarracr, u. t. urau no n ,nmn,.d by . . m health l0 regn. He Is nearly 80 years old. The state board of control has adopted resolutions in appreciation 01 m ... .l- Brown's Ion sorvice. tie enierea un employ of the state In 1883. Sheriff Orr and Deputy Sheriff Hooker unearthed one of the most complete moonshine outfits ever found In Polk county while looking for boot Ind(!pendenCe. The still - 0 h mountaln ,ecUon, of Kentucky and Tennessee, wal declared capable of turning out I one Quart of whisky every bix minutes. Qre A. White adjutant genera of Oregon, soon will receive from the , . rBP(ml ahowln. every . or0g0n soldier who was wounded In tli vnr anil a similar list will DO fur I niahcH hv th navv deoartment. It Is . . . . said tne list win run wen mm imm I BUUUB HUU Will u ii miu . ..... Mrv C0ffimunty r In the state. Foreign banks cannot lawfully adver Use their business In Oregon news- papers nor by means of circulars and I . . ... lRttM- aeeklnc natronage from resl- V I - dents Of this state with the intention that deposits shall bjmalleddlrectlj' "HAWK"' AT TOP On the Banks of The Luckiamute -.l. i r. ...... t,U l lie annual uin .. O ..ft............ ..n tVia hanks fif OUHUny iuirill""ii vii "i the Luckiamute was well attended and a very pleasant affair. A com munlty du.nor was served after all had arrived 'and in the afternoon .niimH .nH talked .... UiW. rfinnrtinr r - i- it,. .!., Tno wm rnnnv ..I.... ..i!. .,;. in h. nark during the duy. it being a popular ih.rihff nl.r, f,r the whole eoun- ""O try. The park ia situated on a bend in the river just south of the Helmlck bridge. The' river there has a good depth and a sandy bct- tom. Rarely a smumer day psaset but some one irom Monmouth is there to enjoy the shade of the trees and bathe in the river, A recent contribution to the grounds is a well with a pump placed there through the enterprise of local people Whei the highway ..com- plcteihiB.sboundtobeafo;ul.r people. Whei the highway is com resort with people over a wide stretch of territory. to the bank. Thli Is the holding ot Attorney Oenaral Brown in an opinion prepvad for Will H. Bennett, state superintendent of banks. Unlen means for controlling or ex terminating the plna beetle art discov ered it will be only t few years until weatern pine foreilt ire wiped out', according to Klamath Falls timber men who have bova investigating the extent of the destruction In Klamath county In the last two years. Bo far warfare against the armies ot tiny borers baa been Ineffectual. The exceptional warmth of the water In Rogue river this year Is keeping the fish from entering the river at Gold batch, according to fishermen who have lately returned from the mouth of the river. Many thouaandi of steelheads ire reported to be ly Ing at the mouth of the river, but re- fuae to come up the river on account !t the warm water. As soon as the stream cools, one of the greatest runs of small steel heads and salmon ever experienced may be looked for, accord ing to old -tlmeri on the river Ely resolutions adopted it Its session In Astoria the convention of the Ore- ton State Editorial association pledged III members to fight sny attempt to establish the non-partisan league In Oregon. It also condemned the I per cent Interest bill, Indorsed the north west rivers and harbors convention, favored the establishment ot printing departments In, the schools and urged congress to enact laws limiting the size of the metropolitan papers to 60 pages on Sundays and 24 pages on week days as a means of conserving the sup ply of news print. The Union Fishermen's Packing company of Astoria filed with the su nreme court an application for a tem porary restraining order In an action against Carl D. Shoemaker, former state game warden, to prevent enforce ment of the law prohibiting any per son or firm to possess or sell food fish cauaht outside the three mile limit opposite the mouth of the Colum bla river between the dates of August 25 and September 10. The application was placed In the hands of Justice Burnett who will have It under idvi6e ment until August 21. Dr. H. E. Armstrong, federal lnspec tor, reports that dipping ot sheep In Klamath county as a means ot eradl eating scabies Is virtually completed and be believes that the disease has been effectively stamped out. Since June 1, 251,295 sheep have been dipped In Klamath county and in the north ern part of Siskiyou county, Cal. For ty-six thousand sheep were dipped in Slsklvou. the remainder at various dlDDlng stations In Klamath county In addition, Dr. Armstrong states that 15,000 Jackson county sheep were dip ned In the vicinity of Ashland, and all other sheep In Jackson county have been carefully Inspected. A commltteo ot 11 Oregon men has been appointed by Governor Olcott to rcDresent this state In the Constltu tlonal league of America, an organlia- iinn nf leading: citizens of the nation, formed for the purpose of keeping the oeoole Informed relative to the ted eral constitution, and preserving and upholding the constitution. Jorome A. Myers, national director of the league, requested the governor to ap Dojnt. mneefor,aifigon,1 and Rumored, Reported Concocted, Collected Dr. and Mrs. L. D. Idleman and the latter i sister, Mrs. Oene btam ... j " children of Pendleton visited Bunds at D. M. Hampton's The lW0 are Vl mr- "m,r tin, their names formerly being Anderson, and both have .attended Normal here. They were traveling , oyauiomooneanu iibu vioiveu -iai r Uke and otner pent, un we return trip, Miss Mayda Hubert wr..pained them for a visiting East- ern Oregon. A farmer near Orville is locking for a car with red wheels. This car with a California license, camped near the Orville farmer's barn one night this week. The farmer's car wat in his barn an 1 the California man appropriated the Oregon license number and at tached It to his own car. A search is now being made for him, it be' urn)8ed C8r with the , . , red wheels, as well number, was stolen. Mrs. Percivai returned from htr visit in Madras Wednesday. She found the weather very hot there but all the inhabitants of that sec tion rejoicing in abundant crops. Eastern Oregon has had several raint this summer, electrical storms, which have benefitted ag riculture there. Two car loads of Monmouth peo ple motored to Corvallis last Sunday to visit at the home of M. M. Long. Those making the trip were: Mr. and Mrs. G. Crofoot and daughters, Georgia and" Louranie, Mr. and Mrt. M. M. Harvey and daughters Miss Manzaneta and Bernicee, Mrs. L. R. Purkhead, Messrs George Ruli'hf and Ranie Burkhead. Luther Hall came here from Mt. Solo last week and returned with Mrs. Hall and their Email son Sun day. Mrs. Hall had been here fir the past month, asked that It be nonpartisan.' Tht governor has appointed the following: Richard W. Montague, Portland, chair man; Charles H. Carey, Portland; C. E. Ingalla, Corvallis; Oscar Hayter, Dallas; Ed Wright, La Grande; S. 8. Smith, Medford; Dexter Rice, Rose- burg; O. C. Olbbs, Lakevlew; Vine W. Pearce, Madras; Daniel J. Boyd, En terpilse; Frank L. Chambers, Eugtne HAS SCONCE SOLVED .. j.,,. h. hoan .i.necuon oi lrrigauuu, uivu, only solution to crop production uuu ". r r i v i mi x r re-i s-jfl' mviM I But science is aiways buihub : ,, r , , r In the case of Chas. M. Hatfield, the "Rain Wlsard," who claims to L" " a . .i,ioi onnrtiia whereby ra n clouds are ut- nave yaritjmeu a vuuiu.vw. i-i . . , j . , . traded and caused to drop their wealth of rain drops. Mr. Hal field has practiced his secret system tor !J years with much success, chanting from $1000 to $3000 an Inch for rain. Only recently he If credited win a cloudburst In the northwest. Press reports did not state whether or nol he was paid at the above rate. Hurt in Colliiion A large car, containing party of Seattle j-eople going north, col lided with a touring car driven by a commercial traveler in the vicin ity of Suver last Tuesday morning. Both automobilet were badly dam aged and two women in the Seattle party wf-re injured. They tret at a sharp turn in the road and the Seattle car, a Buick, struck the other car in the side. In trying to decide which driver was at fault a dispute arose which came close to endina in a fres for all. The cars were taken to Independence for re pairs and there also the injured women were taken cue ot. The United Charities of Portland sends out a request for people who are putting up fruit to put up a csn for the association where it will be used in the charity service. The association will return cans if desir ed. Mrs. Burkhead is going about with her lace and head bandaged the result of quite a deep gash which she received Sunday from being thrown forward when the car in which she was riding, was driven into a ditch to save hitting another car. , A mare belonging" to Jas. Hinkle managed to break a leg while pa turing in Cra-en't woods this week and had to be shot. She leaves t small colt which James is bringing up on the bottle. . Dr. J. M. Prime of Omaha, Nc hraska. attended the state dental meeting in San Francisco recently and then came up for a visit with his cousin, J. S. Prime in Mon mouth. They are planning a fith ing tr ip to the coast for this week end. ' ' " S. Conkey has I. O. Andrus' old job as fireman at the Normal and E. A. Pagenkopf has succeeded to Mr. Force's old job as janitor of the training school. , J. M. Dalton. wife and three daughters of Burns, who have been touring California in an automobile, were visitors at O. A. Wolverton's Wednesday. George Rolphf of Kansas ia visit ing at the M.M.Harvey home. He was an old neighbor of the Harveys in Columbia county and is expect ing to come back to Oregon to make his future home. IRRIGATION PROBLEM? orient tn the last few years on the .rrTin ihA nresent time, was the - In aria sections, !,. nrnhlnml In Oilier WSIVI. & ill ires Alai and Occasion Damage Two small fires created scares m the local wheat harvest the past week. The Lorenee outfit wt threshing'on Hembree't farm Satur day afternoon. A load of bundles driven by Neal Edwards got too close to the belt transmitting pow er from the engine to the separator and friction set the straw on fire. There wat only a third cf load on the wagon and this waa lost with the rack. The wagon wat tipped over, freed from the rack and sav ed, and the separator, which was threatened, wat hauled out of danger in time. Sparks from the Riddell engine .lso caught in the ttubble of a field on the Kiddell farm Monday, which tet it on fire and caused the lost of tome grain in the shock before it ' was put out. Both losset were fully insured through G. W. Chese bro't companies and the damage at the Hembree farm was Mt at $30 and on the Riddell farm at $31.25. The insurance of grain it tome thing that hat been practiced only recently by growers, but it becom ing quite general among them. James Hinkle, Wallace and Elmer Green returning from a trip to McMinnville at 1 o'clock last Monday morning, headed off certain damage by fire to Postmaster A. Parker. . They discovered a fire in the back yard of the Parker prem ises, routed out the postmaster and by borrowing all the hose in the neighborhood, and titer an hour't work had the fire out. The fire, enmmunictated from a rubbish' blaze, had caught in the fence ' by , the woodshed. Unnoticed the fire would have reached the woodshed and residence to the fact that the boys were abroad at that hour it the morning wat a fortunate thing for the postmaster. Joy for Joy Ridert Between Monmouth and Portland by way of Salem and the East Side highway the distance is 68 miles and all paved but eight miles four miles between Independence and Brunk's corners and four milee be tween Aurora and Canby. .Over fie remainder of the distance the auto runs on a smooth hard surface with gentle grades, through a country as 'fine as the eye ever looked upon. At this season of the year freshly threshed straw piles are numerous and in many fields the threshing crews are at work. Oc casionally is passed a cornfield or a hop yard or berry or frutt acreagea. The highway itself attrscts atten tion. It is interesting to see how the road that jolted your bones, with abrupt grades, sharp turnt, detours, etc., eliminated, now lies smoothly ahead. Over such a course the spedometer clicks off mile after mile and distant places become next door neighbors. In voluntarily the motorist speeds up and thinks he is going fast at the speed limit of 30 miles an hour un til some wobbly boat of a car with a family aboard with camp equip ment tied to every projection on the car, goes careening by as if tl e speed limit was a snail's pace. Coming and going it it a constant stream of cart, big, little and in- termedUte, some glittering with fresh enamel, just out of the fac tory, and others showing the effects of wear and service. Many cars but few horses. Horse drawn ve hicles are few and far between on publicjthoroughfares these days. Miss Dorcas Conklin returned home this week. She has attended the summer school at Eugene and afterward visited with friends and relatives at Vernonia, Seaside and Portland.
