The Monmouth Herald
Monmouth, Polk County', Oregon, Friday, Augutt 20, 1920
No. 50
Vol. XII-
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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
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critical period. Those that aru dis-
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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there is no occasion ior .o
faith in the frujt. ,
Thn yn(rience Of this Season
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Ullljf clIIJJIIBOItca w.w hv.
ii ;.Jtkof ta ke
generally iei.uB..,: .w
corn, must oe cuiuvaieu anu cu.u-
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VateQ well.
Kpvprat harrpls of oil have been
a i-i mill nnnd in Dallas
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mnnn,nf rortllnmcr T.llH Klliill
of mosquitoes.
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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
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lite iiuoer. paving piani is oeing
movwJ from ,Q Rjckreu b,
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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
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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
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said tne list win run wen mm imm
I BUUUB HUU Will u ii miu
. ..... Mrv C0ffimunty
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In the state.
Foreign banks cannot lawfully adver
Use their business In Oregon news-
papers nor by means of circulars and
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... lRttM- aeeklnc natronage from resl-
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dents Of this state with the intention
that deposits shall bjmalleddlrectlj'
"HAWK"' AT TOP
On the Banks of
The Luckiamute
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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
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..I.... ..i!. .,;. in h. nark
during the duy. it being a popular
ih.rihff nl.r, f,r the whole eoun-
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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
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" 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
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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
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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
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.i.necuon oi lrrigauuu, uivu,
only solution to crop production
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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
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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.