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V o l u m e 8,
Yocum Orchard IsThorough-
ly Sprayed Nevertheless
In an effort to test the validity
o f the Oregon state fruit inspec
tion laws, 1 bos. Yocum o f Gar-
lieid recently lei'used to sptay
UUU generally
live lip lo the ,e-
qui.enieiiLr- ot tile law, as speu-
lied by Clackamas county inspec
tor, P. F. Stanciish o f Garfield.
Inasmuch as Mr. Yocum re
fused to do as suggested by
the inspector, he
as duly
served with tin. necessary ,egul
notices and at the expiration of
the stipulated time, the inspec
tor and assistants attempted lo
perform their duties, o f spraying
the six acres of apple orchard.
The inspector, assistants and
Marshall Ames were arrested,
wnen they attempted to proceed
with the work, hut were immedi
ately released and the case which
was to come up Thursday in the
Justice Court, was dismissed by
County Attorney Hedges.
Aside from the bother o f this
arrest and a few trivial hin
drances placed in their way, the
inspector went ahead unu thor
oughly sprayed the trees. The
cost of this work is charged
against the property on the coun
ty records and such action as the
defendant may now have, will Le
against the county and ihe State
Hoard o f Horticulture. It is i ot
likely that this charge can he dis
missed, as it w ould take a large
amount o f money to fight the
matter through the courts and
then the validity o f the law
would probably tie upheld, as it
has been in other cases.
Many similar attempts have
been ma e in other parts of the
state to test this law, but in each
case the law has been upheld and
the farmer fighting it has mere
ly wasted his money. Recently
a Yamhill county farmer lost out,
in the instance of having had his
trees cut down by the inspection
officials.
The Yocum orchard, in ques
tion, is located in the Garfield
fruit section, comprising about
six acres o f old apple trees, about
one third o f which are bearing
fair samples of fruit, but owing
to having had little care, the
fruit is far from merchantable.
This orchard for sometime past
has been a pasture for hogs.
Thare was a very small amount
o f sentiment expressed in favor
o f Mr. Yocum’s attitude but sen
timent was strong in favor o f the
inspector. It was reported that
several farmers had agreed to
help defray the expenses of such
a test, but if so, their identities
have been kept secret.
Legally, the inspector had the
right to have ordered the Yocum
orchard cut down and much of it
would be better off if this had
been done. Hereafter, in the
case of parties refusing to spray
and care for the trees as speci
fied, the extreme measure will
be taken, the trees cut down and
the charges placed against the
property, on the county’s records.
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INSPECTOR ARF.ESTED
to the Interests of Eastern Clackamas County
It is to be hoped that this an
tagonistic feeling will not spread
and that as a protection for the
neighboring fruit growers, the
horticultuial laws will be lived
up to.
It will profit a man nothing to
raise other than clean fruit here
after and a diseased orchard will
not bear sucti a pioduct. 'ihe
law regulating the sale of dis
eased and wormy apples and oth
er fruit will be enforced in Clack
amas county from now or..
The follow ing question has been
asked by some o f the parties,
who are antagonistic to the in
spection laws: “ Lees the fruit
in. 1 ection board expect to spray
ail of the trees in the forests,
j such as wild crab apples, which
ate infected with disease?” Us-
ua ly Ihe questioner feels that
i this is a stunner ar.d its answer
should prove the futility o f try
ing to combat ana legulate dis
ease in domestic orchaids.
It would be as sensible to re
fuse to kill ycur dog which 1 as
the rabies or lefuse to muzzle the
animal to help e< i tied the spiead
of the disease, by asking: " L o
the authorities exiect to muzzle
all of the coyotes in the moun
tains and kill those that are
mad?”
Society today is based on law s
and these laws are passed by rep
resentatives elected by the peo
ple. The law ot the state of Oi e-
gon is back o f the efforts o f the
county fruit inspector. Oregon
as a state and Clackamas coui tv
as a unit, are ever advertising to
the world their famous fruit
growing lands and for the pro
tection of those interests, smh a
law was necessary, but its en
forcement is necessary against
the man w ho is not in the fruit
raising business as a rule, but
whose ill cared for trees breed
and scatter disease among the
neighboring commercial orchards.
Anyone or all o f these same
misguided men would come to
his neighbor’s help in the eve nt
of any casualty threatening his
family, home, barns, crops or
fields. I f his house was on fire
he would risk his life to help, or
w'ould stay up all night to help
that neighbor doctor a sick horse,
but if he will stop to realize it,
he is refusing to go to a small ex
pense, which will directly benefit
him, and will save his neighbor
thousands of dollars.
I f the diseases o f fruit trees
were as malignant and acted as
quickly as potato blight or simi
lar diseases, no farmer would
hesitate for a minute to spray or
in any other way stamp out the
disease, hut the fruit diseases
while harder to see and slow er in
action, are just as dangerous.
T hursday ,
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C. I. C. Takes Action
BRIDE DROWNED IN W ELL
A t the regular meeting of the
C. I. C. last Saturday afternoon,
the club voted to join the State
Federation o f Women's Clubs.
The object of this alliance is to
get into closer touch with other
similar organizations ai.d to prof
it by their experience. Incident
ally the Progress believes that
the Slate Federation will aiso
profit by getting some of the
ideas and methods of hustling
that have characterized the C.
Temporary Insanity Probable
C .use of Deed
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Work Begun
The rebuilding of the burned
Carv Mercantile su re is now u der-
wav. The work is in charge of a
1 Me Minnville contractor Put local
men are being employed.
At the
present rale, the building should
he completed within a few wc<ks
$1. P e r Y e a r
M a r c h 18, 1915
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The hundreds o f friends and
relatives of Mrs. Minnie K. Arm
strong were greatly shocked to
learn o f her sudden death, last
Monday noon, at her Itcii.e in
Lower CartieiJ.
Mrs. Armstrong, w ho was in
her twenty-fifth year, was the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Steinman of Ourrinsville. She
was married the 17th of last Feb
ruary lo Ceoige Armstrong of
Garfield and the young couple
immediately began housekeeping
on their pretty ranch, which
was formerly the D. M. Mar-
shall place.
The couple were apparently
happy in their married lilt*, en
tering into all of the social life
of the younger folks and had at
tended the dance in Esiacada
last Saturday night. Aside from
a strong tendency towards home
sickness and its consequent
moody spells, the bride was in
the best of health and spirits,
giving her attention to her home
and her husband,
Monday morning her husband
had left her busily engaged in
the house work, to attend to some
work on the rear of the farm and
on returning to the house about
11 o’clock, was unable to find her.
He immediately notified some of
the neighbors, who thoroughly in
vestigated thelOfoot well, which
is located a few feet from the
kitchen door. This well was not
in use as water is piped through
the house from a nearby spring,
and the well is ordinarily covered.
The lid, covering the 18x20 inch
opening into the curb, was found
at one side and the immediate
fears of searchers were soon jus
tified.
With the help of Frank Thom
as, Fred Bates, Ceo. DeShields
and the Duus boys, Ernest Duus
was lowered into the well, where
he succeeded in fastening a rope
about the body, which had been
brought to the sur face of the 7
feet o f water with a grappling
hook, and the body was brought
to the top.
A t about six o’clock that night,
acting coroner, John Sievers of
Oregon City, and assistant ar
rived at the house, accompanied
by Dr. H. V. Adix o f Eatacada.
A coroner’s jury was immediate
ly sworn in, which body, after
listening to all of the evidence
from all witnesses, handed in a
verdict of “ Death by drowning,
from causes unknown” . While
this verdict, owing to its word
ing, was subject to question, the
reason for such finding was that
no strong motive for self destruc
tion could be found and the ele
ment o f accident was a negligi
ble one.
A slight rumor of foul play and
mystery was current for a time,
owing to the supposed dissapear-
ance o f a sum of money, which
was not found on the premises,
until the following day.
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The members decided to re
quest the city council to formu
late and present an application
to the secretary of the Carnegie
Corporation o f New York City,
asking for help from that source
i i the obtaining of a library for
Estacada.
In a letter to Mrs. Blanche
Frazier, Mr. Ernest Kroner of
Portland, who was the architect
for Carnegie libraries ac Wood-
barn, Hillsboro, McMinnville and
other Oregon cities, states that
it will be necessary for the city
to pais a resolution, applying
for funds from the Carnegie
Corpora1 ion. Mr. Kroner fur-
titer says that an amount equal
to 10-o of the sum donated must
be annually furnished by the city
or other organization, and that
this sum must be used for main
tenance < if the building and equip
ment. The city must own the lot
urul the property must be free of
incumbrances, before the Carne
gie Corporation will consider any
donation.
The C. I. C. is now raising
about $30. per month for light
ing the city, the ladies are will
ing to raise $12. per month more,
which would make $500. per year,
which amount would equal 10"J
o f a $5000. donation. It probab
ly would not be necessary for the
club to guarantee this sum for
many years, as a regular library
tax fund would soon he created,
which would handle that item.
It should not be necessary for
the C. I. C. to have to buy a lot
and now is a good chance for
some public spirited citizen, who
wishes to immortalize his name,
to rise as a benefactor and phil
anthropist and present the city
with a suitable lot, providing it
is used for a library. In order to
do away with any confusion, the
Progress will keep tab on all such
offers and would like to he able
to chronicle such a showing of
public spiritedness on the part of
one or more of our citizens.
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Farmers’ Institute
Beginning at 10 A. M March
i qt l i and continuing Saturday the
20 th . Farmers’ Institute will he
held at Spring water Grange hull.
Friday will b e O A. C. Day wiili
the following subjects: - Hnrtirul
tore. Agronomy. Dairying, Animal
Husbandry and Domestic Science.
Sttnrdav will be U. oi O, Day
and among the speakers will be Dr.
Clifton IS Hodge, Dr Gilbert. Mr.
K l'p itrick ami possibly Pres Camp-
Iie(| nf the university. Fvert one is
i ivtted to attend th.se instructive
meetings.