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.
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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
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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 . We have the shoe
$2.25 and $2.50
"Pood wear or a new pair."
SOLE AGENTS
'Pacific Logger
Shoes
The Big Store is sole agents for
the "Pacific Logger." Strictly
hand-made and best boot made.
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