FRIDAY; MARCH II, 1009. tuE ROGUB RIVER COURIER FAQS THREE Garden S eeds Order your Grass Seeds, Vegetable Seeds, and Flower Seeds early, for the season is on and Dame Nature is ready to do her part in the yield DIXON the Grocer CLEAN UP," SAYS PROFESSOR O'CARA W.ith the advent of fine weather comes the necessity of cleaning up the orchards before the blossoming season begins. This will be necessary in order to prevent wide-spread in fection through various pests invo all. the orchards of the country. The most important disease which should be closely guarded against is pear blight, which affects all pomaceoua fruits, viz.: apple, p?ar, quince, lo quat, service berry, haw and moun tain ash. Therefore, all trees above named should be carefully examined, and, if found diseased, the affected parts should be destroyed. Remem ber that pear blight is a bacterial disease which can not be cured. However, its spread may be prevent ed by carefully removing all cases of infection which have held over from the previous year. The germ does not live in the ground, nor does it fly about in the air; it lives only in the bark tissues and the cambium layer of infected pomaceous fruit trees. To show how dangerous this germ is, a single organism, if per mitted to produce under ideal condi tions, would give rise to 1,140,000, 000,000,000 organisms in twenty four hours. Insects are the agents of distribution, and, when it is known that the average flower on fruit trees may be visitsd at least twenty times during its life, we see the chances for Infection through this source are very great, providing living germs are in the immediate vicinity where insects may come in contact with them. . Besides pear blight, we has an other enemy which must be fought the San Jose scale, or Chinese scale, as it should be called. The commercial orchards are particularly free from this insect pest, but the town lot orchards are very badly in fested. This insect, according to Professor C, L. Marlatt, U. S. 'depart ment of agriculture, Is so prolific that a single female, during a single season, would have 3,216,080,400 descendants. Think of this enor mous number coming from a single female! Supposing that all these in sects from a 'single female, which had been permitted to winter over, had secured a foothold on the fruit of an apple orchard, and allowing 20 scale insects for each apple, 1,236, 954 boxes of apples, with an average of 130 apples per box, would be ren dered unsalable. Think of one scale insect rendering unsalable 2000 car loads of fruit! As a matter of fact according to the state horticultural statutes, a single scale insect found upon a fruit would render it unsal able. We are giving these enormous fig ures in order to make everyone feel the necesity of cleaning up. It Is not a matter of the few trees In your own orchard, or lot, but !t concerns the whole community, and particu larly the commercial orchard tuts of the valley. A number of people nev er feel like doing anything uatil the inspector comes, and then feci that the inspector wants to do them him. An, inspector never destroys proper ty, but he does abate nuisances; and this In accordance with his instruc tions. It Is remarkable that people who would not think of disobeying a quarantine order in case of small pox or scarlet fever, pay no atten tion to orders of the very same na ture given by the horticultural In spector. Of course, the reason Is evident, because in the former event, to disobey would mean fine and im prisonment, perhaps; in the latter case the law has seldom been en forced. The county inspector has already given out a legal notice through the papers for everyone to clean up. His order must be obeyed or unpleasant consequences will follow. Time was when the law was not enforced, but that time has passed. The commer cial orchardlst must be, and will be protected. The county is paying for this protection,, and the inspectors will enforce the law. Everyone who owns trees, whether fruit trees or ornamentals, must look after them. 'It will be much cheaper to look after your own trees than to have the in spector clean up for you. At this time, look every pome tree over very carefully and eradicate pear blight, if you find It. If you do not know what blight is, please call at my of fice and find out,' or ask tny inspec tor. Whether your trees have scale or not does not matter; they must be sprayed just the same, lhe mater ial to be used is the commercial lime sulphur diluted one gallon to eight gallons of water. If you have no spray pump, do not try to put on the mixture on the trees with a whisk broom or garden sprinkler. Better hire some one who has a good pump and can do a good Job or cut your trees down and burn them up. By doing either one or the other you will Bave money. To those owning trees within the city limits permit me to say that you snouia taite pride enough in your city to have clean trees in your back yards, ana not nave them over grown with pests. Let each one con sider himself an Inspector working for the good of the whole commun ity, and when disease Is found either report the matter to the proper au thorities or eradicate it. Remember you are your brother's keeper. P. J. O'OARA, Assistant Pathologist. They Arc Doing Good Work. Property owners on those streets which are to be paved at once are fast signing up so as to-take advan tage of the Bancroft bonding act. This work U being done under the direction of City Recorder Opdycke and J. D. Fry, representing the prop erty owners on the streets to be paved. These gentlemen are doing good work and hastening" the time for paving to commence, in all these matters some one always has to do no small amount of work for which they are riot paid, but being patriotic they labor for the public good. They are certainly deserving of the thanks of our citizens. JncksonvNIc Elects. Last week . Tuesday Jacksonville held Its annual election and as the result the following citizens will pre side over the destinies of that place: Mayor, T. T. Shaw; Councllmen, W. T. Grieves, Emll Britt, Fred Flck, Chas. Dunford, Sr.; treasurer, James M. Cronemlllerf marshal, Melvin D. Jones; street commissioner, James Young. Total number of votes cast, 175. Demonstration Train for Farmers. New Street Crossing. Street Commissioner McLerfn has put In a street crossing on South Sixth street, about four hundred feet north of the steel bridge. This crossing has long been needed and now that It is an assured fact it will be enjoyed to the full by a large num ber of people. . Curd of Thanks. We take this means of expressing our gratitude to our neighbors and friends for their kindness and sym pathy during the Illness and conse quent death of our infant son and thank those contributing tho floral offerings, the singers and Mr. Bailey for his kind words at the grave. MR. AND MRS. C. V. KILGORE. Adds neathfal Qualities to the Food Economizes Flcur, Butter and Eggs The only baking powder made from Royal Grape Cream oi Tartar No AlumNo Lima Phosphates ROGIE RIVKR 1SOATIXG THK PRESENT SEASON Much Pleasure Looked Forward to by Lovers of Aquatic Snorts in Grants Pass. Johnson place, another at the Hamil ton place and still another at the Adams place and a landing at the dam. , Boating on the Rogue river will become a popular amusement this year at a very early season. Canoes and rowboats to a considerable num ber will be added and a boating club will be .organized, which will become a strong feature in our pleasure world. An attempt was made last year by the Commercial Club to in augurate an undertaking to open the rapids on the river between this city and the Anient dam, thus enabling gasoline and other boats to make the six mile round trip. The agitation of the subject was commenced late In the season, and while considerable headway was made, the committee having the matter in charge was un able to make a final report before the season was over. This year the subject will receive early attention and it is believed that before the summer Is over a passage will be made up the river so that boats can make the trip succtssfully. The plan Is to have a dock at the William V Subscription Blanks Open. The committee selected for the in corporation of the Rogue River Val ley Fruit Growers' Union met at Med ford Thursday and completed the plans for final organization and have gotten out a complete draft of the by-laws and articles of incorpora tion. Dr. Reddy has consented to take charge of the subscription books and as soon as he returns from California, which will be In a day or so, will open the books and make a strong effort to secure the subscription of 51 -per cent of it by the 16th day of April, which is the day set for the first stockholders' meeting, at 11 o'clock, at Medford. There is a great deal of enthusiasm In getting the or ganization under way and much good feeling and the absolute necessity of tho organization Is conceded by everybody interested in fruit. Dr. Reddy, the, original Medford booster, enthusing Into the proposi tion Borne of the Medford "bug" there seems nothing In the way of success. nn u Shoes that stand the test. Buy your shoes at the BIG- STORE. The best standard advertised Shoes. COST LESS 15 and $4 Shoes When you buy a "Douglas you get the best I W '"-1I::ii;::ii7 .THE R. L. COE CO. BIG SPRING STOCK OF LADIES', MEN'S, BOYS' AND GIRLS' ADVERTISED "FOOTWEAR" STANDARD NOW ON qatp tttp ma STORE OWNS EXCLUSIVE SALE OF THE FOLLOWING BIG SHOE FACTORIES: . ALSO W. L. Douglas "Gilt Edge" PINGREE MADE SHOES Gloria dSU. $3.50 Governor, for Men Hand Welts and Turns Vogfvie ?r Mn $5.00 $4.60 Men's "Waldorf" Shoe $250 Hand Welt $2.50 The "WALDOKF" shoe'is made of good, plump calf stock. Smooth inner sole. No tacks, no rough threads. Looks as good as a $3.50 shoe. Wears as well as a $3.50 shoe. Made just like a $3.50 shoe. You can get a good $3.50 shoe at Coe's for $2.50 $2.50 $2.50 Hamilton-Brown Shoe Ladies' All Solid Kid Shoe $1.50 Child's' All Solid Calf and Kid Shoes $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75. All Sizes American Lady Shoes $3.50 American (Sontlenieii Shoe.. $3.50to$5.00 hows' America, all sizes $L48 Boys' "5-Toe" Shoe Shoe the boy's foot as Nature makes it "PARENTS" . , should have a vital interest in getting the proper shape shoe for their .boys' feet . 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