IIHGS OF THE WEEK
60,000 COME W EST.
Spring
Colonist Travel Breaks
Previous Records.
All
Chicago, June 6.— During the brief
period between March 1 and April 15,
this spring, between 40,000 and 50,000
colonists, according to the various rail
road managers, found new homes in the
Pacific Northwest, in California, Idaho,
Montana, Nevada, Utah, Colorado and
Wyoming.
The spring movement o f colonists is
General Resume o f Important Events regarded as having broken the record
of the spring o f 1909 by from 15 to 20
Presented In Condensed Form
per cent. With the exception o f fig
fo r Our Busy Readers.
ures which were prepared by the man
agement o f the Harriman lines, all fig
ures of the colonist movement into
Two San Jose women were found the Northwest are estimates. The fig
dead beneath their over-turned auto.
ures presented by the Harriman lines
The International Horae Show is may be regarded as conservative and
open in London, and King Edward is as being close to the actual movement.
I Corresponding figures over the Bur-
badly missed.
I lington, the Northern Pacific and the
Maya Indians in Yucatan have re Great Northern could not be obtained,
belled against Mexico and sacked the as no detailed account is made of such
town o f Valladolid.
movement. The figures of the Har
Railroads have agreed to withdraw riman lines show that during the six
all proposed rate increases, pending a weeks of the spring movement a total
of 16,542 persons found homes in the
general conference.
various states and territories men
Congress has authorized Oregon and tioned. During the same period of
Washington to fix the boundaries be 1909 only 13,947 colonists moved
tween the two states.
through the various gateways fed by
Chairman Nelson, o f the Ballinger- the Harriman roads. This is an in
Pinchot investigatin commission, says crease for the six weeks o f 2,595 col
onists, or approximately 16 per cent.
conservation has run riot.
This comparison, however, does not
The Illinois Central railroad has
tell the whole story, as the movement
been bilked about $2,000,000 by crook
during 1909 continued 14 days longer
ed officials and big shippers in col
than the present movement.
Reduced
lusion.
rates were in effect last year from
Lightning struck the spectators at a March 1 to April 30. For some reason
ball game in Pony, Montana, badly in unexplained the railroads decided this
juring many and tearing off one wo year to reduce the colonist period from
man’s corset and shoes.
two months to six weeks.
According
The corruption fund which defeated ly, comparison can be made only be
the fisheries bill in the Illinois legisla tween the entire period this year and
ture has been traced to its source, and the corresponding six weeks of the
The in
it seems certain that the bribe-giver eight weeks’ period of 1909.
crease in the total movement of the
will be convicted.
entire period this year was not suffi
While swinging by his arm from cient, however, to make the move
the limb of a tree, in Dillon, Mont., ment greater than that of last year.
Frank Harkness, aged 12, struck the
point of a pair of sheep shears, hung
FARMERS GUIDED IN LOVE.
on a nail in the tree with the blades
outwards, the steel piercing the boy’s
Kansas Professor Issues Bulletin on
heart and instantly killing him.
Matrimonial Reform.
When George Cooke, paymaster for
Current Events oí Interest Gathered
From the World at Large.
INDUSTRIAL B E L O P IH I OF IHE «
$125,000 ON BIG RESERVOIR.
800,000 ACRES FOR M ARKET.
Drews Valley Dam Will Be Finished Agents o f Oregon & Western Colon
by Early Next Spring.
ization Co. Go to Ins-uct Lands
Vale— W. P. Davidson of the Oregon
Lakeview— The Oregon Valley Land
& Western Colonization company,
has
company has awarded the contract for
acquired 800,000 acres in interior Ore
the construction o f the Drews valley gon, accompanied by Curtis L. Mosher
dam to E. S. Burney, involving $125,- and Frank L. Reider, of Portland,
000. The work is to be finished by left Vale last week in an automobile
May 1, 1911. This insures water for for Burns and interior Oregon. Cur
tis L. Mosher stated that they are on
irrigating purposes next season.
a trip across the state to classify the
The dam will be 65 feet high, with a land holdings for the market.
base o f 140 feet and the top 12 feet
From Burns their way lies by the
wide. It will be built o f rock entirely, way o f Prineville, Lebanon, Albany
and on to Portland, where they expect
the lower part being faced with solid
to arrive within 30 days.
Mr. Mosh
masonry, while the upper part will be er, who is manager of the company’s
faced temporarily with lumber, the publicity department, stated that he
cost of cement at this time making had already taken 40 views in the
such action advisable.
When com Malheur valley, most o f which are to
pleted the dam will hold 6,000 acre be used in the advertising campaign in
feet of water.
bringing settlers into Oregon.
I t is expected that the contract for
building the flumes will be let next
NEW BERRY IS PRODUCED.
week. Work throughout the project
will be pushed from now on.
The
main flume in Drews creek canyon will Benson's
Oregonian
Strawberries
be about two miles in length, it being
Have Rich Mellow Flavor.
12 feet wide and 6 feet in depth.
Silverton— A fter seven years o f ex
Practically all o f the lumber is ready,
perimenting by C. A. Benson, of Sil
and the work is well in hand.
verton, Or., a new strawberry has
come into existence.
It is known as
Central Oregon Auto Road.
“ Benson’s Oregonians.”
The berry
Bend— Agreements have been drawn has a rich, mellowy flavor, which is
up between a number o f homestead lo very distinctive, entitling it to a name
cating firms here for the building and apart. The berry was produced by
clearing of 30 miles of highway which, cross-pollinating the native wild vari
when completed within a few weeks, eties with some of the best Eastern
will make Bend the radial point o f a tame ones.
The berries have an unusually deli
275-mile automobile road, the equal of
which is not to be found any place in cious flavor for their size, or any other
size, for that matter. They are large,
the state.
The work in contemplation embraces oval shaped and a glossy red in color.
a strip 30 miles long in Northeastern There is an absence of the dry, pulpy
Lake county, through which a roadway taste so common in the large berries.
will be cut to connect the present Mr. Benson has shipped a few to Chi
Bend-Burns road with the road from cago and has found them excellent for
Silver Lake to Burns. The road now long hauls, though only a very few
being used by locators for a distance of j have been marketed.
90 miles east of Bend is one of the
Oregon Lands on List.
finest auto highways in the state.
With the completion of the new road,
Washington — It is estimated that
work on which has already been start more than a million acres of land have
Topeka, Kan., June 6.— “ Farmers ed, autos leaving Bend will be able to been restored to entry from the forest
the Hans Rees Sons’ Tannery, Ashe
ville, N. C., reached the company’s know much more of a specific and re swing around a circuit totaling 275 reserves of the Pinchot regime since
office, after drawing $5,000 out of the liable nature about preparing their miles. The route lies east and south : Secretary of the Interior Ballinger in
bank to meet payrolls, he found to his hogs for the livestock market than from here to the northwestern corner augurated his ideas of conservation
utter astonishment that the money was they do about preparing their sons and o f Harney county, thence south and and made them effective.
Ballinger holds that many o f the
not in the suitcase where he had placed daughters for the matrimonial market. west to Silver Lake, thence north and
withdrawals were made without legal
it.
He believes he was a victim o f a All these important matters are left to west to Bend.
! authority and that vast stretches that
chance and accident because we have
shrewd broad daylight robbery.
[ never could be available for forest
Berry Growers Will Lose.
been laboring under the foolish delu
I t is believed that sentiment in the
Hood River — The unusually warm were included in President Roosevelt’s
sion that love is blind and not to be in
South is turning against prohibition.
weather of the past few days will re I sweeping withdrawals o f land from
fluenced by instruction or reason.”
President T a ft views the increase of
This is the text of an official “ score sult in great loss to the berry growers entry.
The following restorations are an
Socialism with considerable apprehen card on matrimony,” issued by W. A. o f the Hood River valley. The num
Pocatello, Idaho, 22,326
sion.
McKeever, professor of philosophy at ber of pickers in the field are not able nounced:
acres; San Isabel, Colo., 100,065 acres;
King George has called a conference the Kansas State Agricultural college, to cope with the situation and as a re Wallowa, Or., 23,635 acres.
sult hundreds of crates of strawberries
o f party leaders to settle the house of in a bulletin just issued to farmers of
are left on the vines and must be
the state.
lords dispute.
Complains That Stock is Killed.
As a foundation for matrimonial re picked as overripe and sold at small
An equestrian statue of General Cus form which Professor McKeever will figure.
The crate shortage will also
Salem— Frank L. Smith o f Portland
ter has been unveiled at Monroe, Mich inaugurate in Kansas, the qualifica cause many to lose a portion of their has filed vigorous complaint against
igan, Custer’s home.
tions of the young man and young wo crop. F ifty thousand crates have been the Oregon Railroad & Navigation
James M. Lynch has been re-elected man who apply for marriage licenses distributed by the Hood River box fac company, in which he alleges that
president of the International Typo should be passed upon by the probate tory to date, and the fact that the stock shipped over that road is treated
judge of each county, he says. This berry season is nearly two weeks ear in a cruel manner, that it is half
graphical union by 22,000 majority.
official, he contends, should be empow lier than usual has crowded the factory starved and even killed in transit.
A ll union teamsters and 250 union ered by state law to hold an examina to meet demands. Many o f the grow Smith says his damage has been great
machinists of Portland, Or., are on tion and inquire into the fitness of men ers refused to sign up for crates early during the past few months, and wants
strike for higher pay and shorter hours. and women seeking marriage.
in the season so as to give the local to know what relief can be had
factory a basis to work on and these through the railroad commission. A
A wealthy man o f Ottawa, 111., has
will be the heaviest losers. It is esti recent shipment from Council, Idaho,
bequeathed $50,000 to aid worthy
SH IP BRAKE IS REJECTED.
mated that the crop this year will be he says, was on the road from seven to
young men, provided they do not study
about 100,000 crates. Solid trains of ten days.
theology.
Attachment Would Retard Vessel Also strawberries will leave Hood River for
Mrs. Helen Flagg Young, superin
When Speed is Sought.
the East in a few days.
Huge Raft Goes to Sea.
tendent o f schools o f Chicago, was
Astoria— Containing between 5,000,-
Washington, June 6. — Although it
given a reception by five thousand
State Bank Ready for Business.
000 and 6,000,000 feet o f lumber, the
was demonstrated by trial on the bat
teachers of that city.
Riddle— The new state bank o f Rid first cigar-shaped log raft to go out of
tleship Indiana that what is known as
A suit for $100,000 damages for the “ ship brake” would undoubtedly dle has just opened for business.
The the Columbia river this season is in
false imprisonment has been begun by stop a vessel in somewhat less time most modern safes and furniture have tow of the steamer George W. Fenwick
a Los Angeles man against the Bums than where it was not empolyed, the been installed. J. B. Ridddle, pioneer for San Francisco. The raft was dis
& Sheridan Detective agency.
device has been found unsuitable for and founder of the town, is president. patched by the Hammond Lumber com
The bank is backed by Eastern capital. pany. Two or three more of these
Excessive heat has injured the raisin naval usage.
The Atkins Real Estate company mammoth rafts composed of piling will
The naval board which conducted the
grape crop of California.
test holds that the brake, which re has opened offices and is already doing be sent to the Bay City by the Ham
It is reported that Madriz has lost sembles a'barn door on either side of a large business, as intending purchas mond company this season.
The sec
all his artillery and 400 prisoners.
the ship, would soon become clogged ers are arriving on nearly every train. ond one is under construction.
Ex-governor Folk o f Missouri, would with barnacles unless constantly em This usually quiet town is attracting
Big Log Drive.
like the Democratic nomination for ployed. It would also increase the much attention from Eastern people,
danger from torpedo attack, be a grave who are looking for safe investments.
president in 1912.
Coburg The Booth-Kelly company
menace in close evolutions and retard The climate and soil at Riddle are not has started the largest log drive down
A banker o f Minneapolis has been
the speed o f the ship.
surpassed by any locality in the state.
the McKenzie river that ever floated
fined $5,000 for smuggling two pearl
down that stream. There are 10,000,-
necklaces at Hoboken, N. J.
Orchard Company Adds More Land 000 feet in the drive. It will take
$20,000,000 In Stores.
T a ft would appoint Roosevelt chair
Medford—J. A. Westerlund, presi almost a month to bring it to Coburg.
Albany, N. Y., June 6.— The May
man o f a commission to tour the world
Department Stores company, of New dent o f the Western Oregon Orchards
in the interest o f uiversal peace.
PO R TLA N D M AR K E TS.
York, capitalized at $20,000,000, was company, has purchased the C. R.
A prisoner at San Quentin, Cal., incorporated today to conduct general Pidgeon place of 160 acres o f fruit
Wheat—Track prices: Bluestem, 84
haunted by the face o f his victim, has department stores.
O f the capital land for $6,000. This tract joins the
confessed to killing a man in a boxcar stock, $5,000,000 is to be 7 per cent company’s large holdings and makes Or/ 85c; club, 80@81c; red Russian, 78c;
cumulative preferred, and $15,000,000 its orchard probably one of the larg valley, 84c.
at Spokane.
Barley— Feed and brewing, $21®22.
The papers say that the est on the coast, namely, 3,003 acres,
Interest is growing rapidly in the common.
Corn— Whole, $33; cracked, $34 ton.
proposed long-distance aeroplane races company intends to take over the prop o f which 1,250 acres are planted to
Hay— Track prices: Timothy, W il
in the United States, and many big erty of the Schoenberg Mercantile com pears and apples. The oldest and first lamette valley, $20fn21 per ton; East
pany, o f St. Louis; the May Shoe and planted trees will this year bear their
purses will be offered.
first crop. Mr. Westerlund intends to ern Oregon, $22(325; alfalfa, $15(316;
The trial of the “ golden rule” chief Clothing company, of Denver; and the plant about 80 acres o f the Pidgeon grain hay, $17(i/il8.
May
company,
of
Ohio.
The
company
of police o f Cleveland, Ohio, on charges
Oats— No. 1 white, $26®27 per ton.
tract next winter to apples and pears.
of immorality and drunkeness have paid an organization tax o f $10,000.
Fresh Fruits — Strawberries, 90c (3
failed almost entirely.
$1.50 per crate; apples, $1.50®3 per
Fruit Prospects Good.
Hair Cut From Corpses.
A British army officer in an Am eri
Cottage Grove -N e v e r better were box; cherries, 75c(d $1.26; gooseber
Victoria, B. C., June 6.— Women in
can aeroplane crossed the English
the promises for a large crop in Cot ries, 3®4c per pound.
the
United
States
who
purchase
switch
Potatoes — Carload buying prices:
channel and then returned, without
es o f black hair will be interested to tage Grove territory than at present. Oregon, 40c per hundred; sweet pota
alighting, in 90 minutes.
know that a crusade has been begun by Early in the season it was predicted by toes, 4c per pound.
Suit has been commenced to set the
Chinese
government
against farmers and fruitgrowers that the
Vegetables— Artichokes, 60(375c per
aside railroad land grants in Oregon Chinese who supply human hair for crop would be of the bumper propor
’ dozen; asparagus, $1.25fi/2 per box;
aggregating 3,000,000 acres, and now shipment to America.
It seems that tions, and this prediction is besoming \ head lettuce, 50c® 1 per dozen; hot
valued at about $50,000,000.
a charitable institution of Canton a certainty. The heavy and frequent house lettuce, 50c m l per box; green
East and Middle West railroads have which buries large numbers o f paupers spring rains, warm weather and sun
; onions. 15c per dozen; radishes, 15®
filed notice of an increase in freight whose relatives are unable to provide shine have been as if especially ordered
| 20c; rhubarb, 2c per pound; spinach,
rates, nearly every road in the country coffins found the hair dealers exhuming for this section, and the fruit crop will
8(o 10c; rutabagas,
$1.25®1.50 per
now having given such notice.
corpses to recover the hair, and when more than make up for last year.
| sack; carrots, 85c®$l; beets, $1.50;
this action was reported to the author
, parsnips, 75c®$l.
It is reported that an American en
Railway Extending Lines,
ities action was taken against them.
Putter— City creamery, extras, 29c;
gineer operating with the Estrada
Eugene—Construction has begun on
fancy outside creamery, 28(0 29c; store,
forces in Nicaragua has been captured
the College Hill loop o f the street
Ecuador Recalls Army.
20c. Butter fat prices average lj^ c
by Madriz, and the government has
Washington, June 6.— The State de- j railway system. Rails have been dis per pound under regular butter prices.
been asked to procure his release.
partment is officially advised that the tributed along Willamette street past
Eggs— Current receipts, 23(323'4c;
Charles H. Treat, ex-treasurer of the movement of the Ecuadorean army Hill Crest. Ties are distributed along ordinary candled, 25c; extra, 26c.
Manager O’Connor says
from the Feruvian frontier began yes- | the street.
United States, died of apoplexy.
Pork—Fancy, 126113 c per pound.
terday. President Alfaro, in his mes that cars will be running over the en
Veal— Fancy, 9 '..(it 10c per pound.
Four principal British colonies in
sage to the Ecuadorean congress, called tire route by July 4, if there are no un
Lambs— Fancy, 9®12c per pound.
South Africa have formed a union.
in extraordinary session, stated that foreseen delays.
Poultry— Hens, 19c; broilers, 28(3:
A tidal wave swept the Oregon coast Ecuador warmly accepted the offer o f j
30c; ducks, 21 hi 25c; geese, 121 c;
Berry Men Cry fo r Help.
at Tillamook, damaging the tramway mediation by the governments of the |
turkeys, live, 20m 22c; dressed, 25c;
o f the life-saving station.
United States, Brazil and Argentina, | Salem— The Mutual Canning com- j squabs, $3 per dozen.
and that he had expressed his apprecia pany is deluged with strawberries, and
Cattle— Beef steers, good to choice,
Twenty-five Western railroads were tion to the mediating powers.
has called on City Superintendent of $5.75(35.90; fair to medium, $4.50m
enjoined from putting into force on
Schools Powers for help to handle the 5; cows and heifers, good to choice,
June 1, a general advance in freight
crop. Mr. Powers has arranged to ex $4.50(35; fair to medium, $4(34.76;
First Nome Boat Arrives.
rates.
Nome, Alaska, June 6.— The steam- \ cuse about 150 boys and girls whose bulls, $3(34; stags, $3(35; calves,
President T aft told Bryn Mawr stu ship Corwin, which left Seattle May standings are such that they will not
light, $6(3)7; heavy, $4(35.50.
dents that educated women make the 10, arrived yesterday after a hard bat be affected by the loss o f two or three
Hogs- Top, $10(310.25; fair to me
best companions, also that unmarried tle with the Behring Sea ice, in which, weeks of school.
dium, $9(310;.
women are not necessarily failures.
however, she sustained no serious dam
Sheep— Best wethers, $4.50(34.75;
Breaking Much Sod.
An effort is being made to bring age. A ll were well on board.
The
fair to good, $4(34.25; best ewes,
about a conference of representatives usual demonstration was made, the en
Enterprise — Farmers report that $3.75(34; lambs, choice, $5.50(36; fair,
of the United States, Great Britain, tire population of the camp going to more sod land has been broken this $4.75® 5.25.
Japan and Russia with a view of agree the beach to greet the first boat. Nome year than in the previous two seasons.
Hops — 1909 crop, 11® 14c; olds,
ing on the terms o f a treaty for the has been cut off from direct communi Much of the work is being done by nominal; 1910 contracts, nominal.
protection of fur seals in the North cation with the active warld since last new settlers 'who have been arriving
Wool -Eastern Oregon, 14(317c; val
Pacific ocean.
fall.
in large numbers for 12 months.
ley, 16m 18c; mohair, choice, 32®33c.
SIX S T A T E S FAVOR INCOME TAX
Five
*
Reject, Tw o
Postpone—Final
Result in Three Years,
Washington, June
4 . — Six states
thus far through their legislatures
have ratified the income tax amend
ment to the constitution, five have re
jected it and two have postponed ac
tion.
Most of the states will act during
the coming winter or the winter fol
lowing, and the fate of the amendment
will be definitely known in two or
three years at the very latest. I f 12
states vote adversely on the amend
ment it w ill be defeated, but it re
mains to be seen whether 12 states will
venture into the opposition column.
Friends o f the income tax express
the fullest confidence that the amend
ment ultimately will be adopted, and
believe that one or two of the states
now on record against it Will reverse
their attitude when new legislatures
are chosen.
The six Btates that have voted to
ratify this amendment are Alabama,
South Carolina, Illinois,
Maryland,
Kentucky and Mississippi. The states
voting adversely are New York, Rhode
Island, Massachusetts, V irginia and
Louisiana, while Georgia and New
Jersey have postponed a vote until the
next session of their legislatures.
Senator Norris Brown, o f Nebraska,
who has kept close tab on the income
tax fight, and who was one o f the fore
most advocates of the income tax
while the tariff bill was before congress
last session, predicts that the income
tax amendment w ill be a part of the
constitution within three years.
He
believes that more than three-fourths
of the states will support it, and says
it will be indorsed in every state
where the income tax is made a politi
cal issue in the legislative campaign.
He concedes that Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Delaware and some of the New
England states will be among the op
position, but all o f this was expected
when the fight opened.
New York,
however, he believes will in the end
fall in line and vote to ratify the
amendment.
According to Senator Brown, all the
stales of the West without exception,
will ratify the income tax amendment,
most of them during the coming Win
ter. He predicts also that the South
ern states will ratify it within two
years. Virginia failed to ratify be
cause the speaker of the Virginiajhouse
was able to bring about an adverse
vote. This vote, Brown believes, may
be reversed, particularly i f the income
tax is made an issue in Virginia. The
same thing may be done in Massachu
setts, though the chances there are not
particularly favorable, he opines.
INCREASE OF WAGES T O KAISER
High o f Cost
Living Affects
ial Household.
Imper
Berlin, June 4.— A semi-official de
claration was issued today explaining
the causes o f the financial stress under
which the emperor finds himself and
the requirement for an increase in the
civil list o f the king 'o f Prussia as
agreed upon by the leaders o f the Prus
sian Diet yesterday.
I t has been decided to introduce a
bill to bring His Majesty’s allowance
up to $5,000,000.
The public is reminded that the
Prussian crown surrendered! to the
state in 1820 properties yielding at
that time nearly $2,000,000 annually
and the value of which has been great
ly augmented since.
The increased
cost o f living renders the present al
lowance inadequate, the statement
says.
Each year his support of the court
theaters alone costs the emperor $700,-
000, and in recent years he has in
creased the salaries of the middle and
lower employes of the imperial house
hold by a total of $250,000.
Spring Clean-Up $1,176,000.
Nome, Alaska, June 4.— The Spring
gold clean-up of the Nome district is
estimated at $1,175,000. A large por
tion o f this will come from third beach
mines. Candle creek will contribute
$300,000 and the creeks o f the Kou-
garok will yield $200,000. The first
sluicing of the year began here yester
day but telephone messages from points
further from the ocean say the weather
is still too cold for work.
There will
be no lack o f water this summer. The
Spring output o f the Innoko and Idita-
rod is estimated at $1,250,000.
Boat Burns O ff Alcatraz
San Francisco, June 4 . — The City of
Rafael, a small stern wheel freight
boat plying between this city and San
Rafael, burned to the water’s edge in
the middle of the bay off Alcatraz
Island shortly after 11 o’ clock last
night.
So rapidly did the flames
spread several members o f the crew
leaped overboard and were picked up
by launches and two fireboats which
went out to assistance o f the burning
vessel.
Considerable excitement was
caused by report the that the burning
vesse was one of the large ferry boats.
IGNORE RATE ACT
FIRE BLIGHT IN APPLE TREES
A Brief Description o. the
and Its Cure.
Disease
By H. S. Jackaon, Onufun Agricultural Colle$r«t,
Corvallis.
Railroads Prepare to Raise Com
modity Tariffs July 1st.
Shippers Take Immediate Steps to
Secure Injunction— Roads Pre
pared for Stubborn Fight.
Chicago, June 2.— Ignoring the ac
tion of the government in obtaining a
court order restraining an increase in
rates, Eastern railroads today filed
with the Interstate Commerce commis
sion at Washington tariffs of increased
commodity rates to take effect July 1.
Hearing of the unexpected action of
the Eastern railroads, shippers, repre
sented by the Illinois Manufacturers’
association, took immediate steps to
secure action by the government simi
lar to that taken with respect to West
ern increases.
J. M. Glenn, secretary of the associ
ation, issued a circular similar to the
one issued by his association in the
Western cases and sent copies of it to
all congressmen and senators and to
the attorney general and to the presi
dent.
The members of the association ex
pect as a result a bill will be filed in
one of the Eastern cities to restrain
the Eastern railroads from putting the
new rates into effect.
No class rates are affected and not
more than 50 per cent, possibly only 40
per cent, o f the commodity rates are
involved.
The increases will be im
posed upon all shipments in the terri
tory between the Mississippi river and
the Atlantic seaboard and north of the
Ohio river to the Canadian border.
It is stated that approximately 60
per cent o f the business in the vast
territory over which the increase will
pertain is done on commodity rates.
{T R U S T STO O D BY EM PLO YES
Havemeyer Left Orders to Care for
Crooked Weighers.
New York, June 2.— That the late
H. O. Havemeyer, ex-president of the
American Sugar Refining company,
gave directions two weeks before his
death in 1907 to “ take care o f the
boys” was part o f the testimony heard
today in the trial of three officials of
the company charged with complicity
in a conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment o f customs duties.
Ernest W. Gerbracht, refinery super
intendent; James F. Bandernagel, ex
cashier of the refinery, and Charles P.
Heike, secretary-treasurer o f the com
pany, are the three on trial.
“ Take care o f those boys; get coun
sel for them; see them through it,”
were the orders Gerbracht said he re
ceived from Havemeyer when he in
formed him after the first arrest of
checkers that the men insisted on their
innocence.
“ Taking care of the boys,” Ger
bracht later testified, had extended to
paying their wages from the day they
left the company’s service until the
present time.
The salary of Oliver Spitzer, ex-dock
superintendent, who was pardoned
from the Atlanta penitentiary by Pres
ident Taft, Gerbracht said, was paid
to Mrs. Spitzer while her husband was
in prison and he believed she was still
getting it.
$40,000 RACE PROPOSED.
Fat Purses Offered for Three-C or
nered Aeroplane Flight.
St. Louis, June 2.— A. B. Lambert,
president o f the Aero club o f St.
Louis, announced tonight plans for an
aeroplane race over a triangular course
from Chicago to Indianapolis, thence
to St. Louis, thence to Chicago.
The purse is expected to be about
$40,000. O f this amount, the three
aero clubs in St. Louis, Chicago and
Indianapolis will provide $5,000 each,
and the balance will be made up from
the 70 or more towns along the pro
posed course. The race probably will
be held in October.
Verdict Staggers Road.
Aberdeen, Wash., June 2.— Re-ar
rangement o f plans for entering this
city, with the possibility that the rail
road may end at Cosmopolis, is rumor
ed concerning the Grays Harbor & Pu
get Sound (Union Pacific) railway as
the result o f the entirely unexpected
verdict o f $71,000 secured in a con
demnation suit by the Vulcan Iron
Works, o f Aberdeen.
Whethef this
verdict will be accepted is not yet
stated, nor has it been determined to
appeal, word being awaited from head
Harriman officials in this state.
Hail Damages Nashville.
Nashville, Tenn., June 2.— A hail
and wind storm which lasted less than
ten minutes today and which swept a
territory in and near this city less than
a mile wide and four miles long caused
damage to the amount of many thous
and dollars. The Reid-Avenue Christ
ian church was so badly wrecked that
it will have to be torn down.
Many
trees were uprooted and streetcar traf
fic was demoralized. Three streetcars
on a viaduct narrowly missed being
tossed to the ground below by the
wind.
Conductor Takes Blame.
Oakland, Cal., June 4.— W. J. Hol-
dorf, the Oakland traction conductor,
in a signed statement to his employer,
has taken all responsibility fc the
Leona Heights wreck on Memorial Jay,
in which four persons were killed and
a score o f others seriously injured. He
surrendered himself to the police and
was today charged with manslaughter
Each Shot Hits Bullseye.
and released upon his own recogniz
Norfolk, Va., June 2.— A new world’s
ance, pending the verdict of the cor record for big gun shooting has been
oner’s jury, which will meet June 7.
made by Coxswain John R. Edwards,
of the new battleship South Carolina.
Theft Covered by Storm.
With her No. 4 after turret 12-inch
Salinas, Kan., June 4 . — During a guns he made 16 "bullseye” target
thunder storm last night three men hits out o f 16 shots in 4 :51. Edwards
broke into the postoffice at Kanopolis, is under 21 years old, is on his first
30 miles west o f here, loaded the safe enlistment His home is in Roadhouse,
on a truck and took it some distance III. It is said aboard the South Caro
away, where it was cracked open. Six lina that the gunnery, just completed,
hundred dollars in cash and $1,000 in will make her No. 1 in the navy.
stamps were taken.
Madero Will Be Diaz's Rival.
Italians Stone Princes.
Monterey, Mex., June 2.— I t the
Detmold, Lippe, June 4 . — Prince first official issue of the orgrn of the
Leopold IV, the reigning prince of Anti-Re-Electionists club. El Republi
Lippe, and his brother. Prince Julius, cano, published yesterday, Francisco
were stoned by a gang o f Italian la Madero, a wealthy Haciendado of Neu-
borers while
motoring
yesterday. va, Leon, announced himself as a can
Prince Julius received a wound on the didate for president, and Dr. Francis
head. Later several of the assailants W. Gomez asks support as vice-presi
dent on the Anti-Re-Election tick et
were arrested.
Fire blight is the most serious of all
the diseases which attack the pear and
apple. It is a contagious disease of
bacterial origin which, under proper
conditions, may attack any part of the
tree. Besides the pear and apple, the
quince, wild crab apple, hawthorns,
mountain ash, serviceberry and some
other pomaceous trees are subject to
attacks of this disease.
Myriads of germs are present in all
freshly blighted portions of the tree
and in the sticky ooze exuding from
rankers. The germs live almost en
tirely in the sappy portion of the bark,
though in some vigorous-growing vari
eties of pears the germs have been
known to invade the sap wood to a
limited extenL Fire blight occurs in
more or less severity in nearly all
parts of the United States where
pears and apples are grown.
In Oregon fire blight has appeared
in two general localities — one in the
Southwestern part of the state, includ
ing the Rogue River valley, the other
in the Northeastern part.
Beginning in the spring the first ap
parent damage produced by the disease
in an infected orchard is the blighting
o f the blossomB. Infection is brought
about by insects, principally bees,
which have visited a case of hold-over
blight and become covered with the
organisms contained in the sticky ex
udation, inoculating the flowers in
their search for nectar. The organ
isms divide and multiply in the nectar
and are able to enter the living tissues
through the unprotected nectaries.
Having entered the tissues they quick
ly blight the blossoms, pass down the
blossom-stem and into the fruit spur,
killing the tissues and cutting off the
leaves from water supply, causing
them to shrivel and dry, thus produc
ing “ fruit spur blight.” The latter
occurs several weeks after blossom in
fection.
In very serious cases nearly
all the fruit spurs may be blighted in
this way and the trees set no fruit.
Usually the germs die out and do not
grow into the tw ig or branch on which
the spur occurs, but occasionally the
germs may continue into the bark of
the branch at the base of the fruit spur
and form a typical canker. Fruit spurs
on the larger branches are a fruitful
source of body infection and many
cases of blight canker originate in
this way.
The name “ fire blight” is given to
this disease because of the characteris
tic appearance of pear foliage on twigs
or branches which have been killed by
the organisms. The leaves turn black
as though scorched by fire and fre
quently remain on the tree during the
following winter. It should be noted
that this color o f the foliage is charac
teristic of the pear when it has been
killed during the growing seaaun. I f a
grower not familiar with the pear
blight desires to known how the “ twig
blight” looks let him girdle a twig in
mid-summer and watch the results.
The cankers are also quite character
istic, but are very variable in appear
ance.
The disease progresses most
rapidly in the fleshy outer layer of the
bark and at first produces a watery
appearance in the affected area. Later
the tissues of the bark are more or less
broken down and the cankers become
dark in color.
Besides the blight cankers found on
the limbs and trunks, one frequently
finds in some varieties o f pears and
Spitzenberg apples a larger canker at
the surface of the ground extending up
on the trunk for some distance and
down the large roots.
This condition
is called “ collar rot,” and may result
from a blight canker
A pear tree when badly cankered is
easily recognized at a distance in the
early autumn by the general reddish
cast to the foliage
On the apple the foliage o f tw ig and
fruit spur blight turns brown and dry.
One of the most fruitful sources of
infection has been by the pruning
shears or saw.
In pruning, i f an
active canker is cut into, the tools be
come infected and serve as inoculating
instruments to spread the disease.
The only method known o f control
ling fire blight is to cut out all cases
of cankers wherever they appear.
Spraying with fungicides is o f only
supplementary value and the various
blight cures are worse than useless.
Experience has shown that it is of
little permanent value to attempt to
cut out the fruit spur and tw ig blight
as they appear.
Unless these forms
of the disease extend into the branches
on which they occur and a canker is
formed the disease usually becomes
naturally limited and the germs gradu
ally die.
The efforts o f the grower should be
directed to cutting out all cases o f
blight canker and body canker during
the fall, winter and early spring, when
the cankers have become more or less
limited in their growth and are not
actively spreading.
Summer cutting is intelligently ap
plied is frequently of great value,
particularly where there is only a little
blight.
In the autumn before the
leaves fall is a good time to do the cut
ting, as all cases o f tw ig blight are
easily observed.
The trees should be particularly ex
amined for cases of the collar rot.
It
is this form o f the disease that causes
many trees to be killed outright.
In cutting out cankers it is neces
sary that the tools be kept moist
with some good disinfectant. I f this
is not done each cut will reinocúlate
the germs into the bark at the edges
of the canker and the labor may thus
be useless.
Corrosive sublimate in a solution of
one part to one thousand o f water has
been found to be the most satisfactory
disinfects®. The solution is a violent
poison. It must be kept in glass.
Information Free to Orchardists.
The Department of Entomology and
Plant Pathology o f the Agricultural
College at Corvallis, Oregon, will be
glad to answer inquiries relating to
insect pests or plant diseases at any
time. Always include with your in
quiries as full a description o f the
trouble as possible and send specimens
for examinstion. Address Department
of Entomology and Plant Pathology.
Oregon Agricultural College, Corval
lis, Oregon.