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MEDliWD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY im
m:mi year
No. 41.
Medford Mail Tribune
LIGHT
Professor O'Gara,
PAR B
United States Department of Agr
iculture Writes First Authentic
Discription of Dread of Orchards
This Is the First of a Scries of Articles That Will Bo Printed Dally Until
Subject Is Complctcd-Evcry Orchardlst In the West Should Save
These Issues for Future Reference, As They Contain Valuable Information.
(By I J. O'Gara, Assistant Path
ologist, U. S. Department of Agriotil
turo. Written especially for tint .Mail
Tribune. Copyright by Medford Mail
Tribune.)
In (lie preparation of thin nrticlo
on pear blight the writer Iiiih in mind
tbo many requests that have been
inado very recently for a completu
diHCUBHiou of this subject, and it is
to be hoped that those who are intor
oHted in it will preserve the several
niiinbers in which this serial article
will be published. Although a largo
number of patholoKiKts have studied
pear blight from tbo laboratory
standpoint, very few bavo over car
ried out successful experiments in its
control. To tho United States de
partment of agriculture belong the
credit of working out the methods of
control and putting them into prac
tice. Tho field work has been carried
out in tho cast and Houth and on the
Pacific coast in California and Ore
gon wheru excellent results have been
obtained,)
General Account of the Disease
Known as Pear Blight.
Early History and Nntivo Origin -In
going over tho literature on pear
blight wo find a long array of articles
which dcHcribu the disease fairly well,
but in the earlier accounts the con
clusions concerning the caiuo of the
disease are erroneous. The earliest
record wu have of pear blight was
published in the "Transactions of the
Massachusetts Society for the Pro
motion of Agriculture in 171)1. This
report contains a letter written by
William Denning, December :2, 171KI,
Ho first saw the disease on the high
lands of tho Hudson in 17QO.- He
also noted that, besides attacking ap
ples, the malady also affected pears
and (iiiuces. Subsequently, others
reported its occurrence on Long Is
land and in New Jersey and Pennsyl
vania in the vicinity of Philadelphia.
It also seems to have appeared quite
general in the apple anil pear orch
ards in the eastern states, and fol
lowing (ho settlements in Ohio, Indi
ana, Michigan, and lllinoiu we find
that tho pear blight appeared and at
tacked the young pear and apple
orchards. It was also well known
that tho disease occurred on wild
crab apples and bawtthoriiK of (ho
eastern states, hut, singular as it may
rcoiii, it is unknown in Europe and
Asia whore tho pear and apple are
native Thcso facts point to the
oastorn United States as tbo native
home of this disoasu and that wild
fruits of tbo porno .family, such as
oral) applo, hawthorn, mountain ash
and servico borry aro its nativo host
plants- It injures these trees, how
ever, to a very much less extent than
it does tho more sappy and vigorous
growths of the cultivated pear, apple,
iiiuco mid other fruits of tbo pome
family. It is very important that
every one should know that the pour
and apple aro ant the only spooicH
of tho porno family that may bo des
troyed by blight. In some recent
publications it has been noted that
no reforouco has been made to any
other species of tho pome family limn
the pear and apple. This is a ser
ious mistake. Orehardisls should
know, for instance, that the quince
is most seriously attacked by this
disease. Tho writor knows an iu
stnnco whore an on tiro district be
came infooted through a single case
of blight which had its starting point
in a loquat. Thoroforo, lot it lie un
derstood that the pear, apple, quinno,
loqunt, haw, sorvioo borry and moun
tain ash nro all omro or loss subjoet
AND 118 CONT
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THE PACIFIC COAST
Pathologist of the
to this disease. To a limited oxtcnt
1 tne disease also affects ome plums,
land the apricot. It has been noted
'ns attacking the blossoms and young
j shoots of the latter varieties of stone
'fruits. However, from a pathologi
cal standpoint, it cannot be consid
ered as n serious disease for any of
Itlio stone fruits.
Cause of the Disease.
Although the disease was known
, ns curly as 1780, it wns not until
,1878 that Prof. T. J. Hurrill ol me
University of Illinois, one of the pio
,nocr plant pathologists, discovered
jtlie true nnturo of this diucaso and
.named the organism which causes it,
! namely, bacillus nmylovoruu. From
the early date when the pear blight
llltli Ul'l'lllIIU HTUKIMtlU im II UIDIIIOV
up to tho tiino that Prof. Durrill dis
covered its true cause there bad bc'ii
much discussion regarding it, but
most of the discussions ore of little
interest at the present dnto. I may
also add that even now there are
many so-called fruit growers who do
not care to believo tho facts now so
well known to every worker in plant
pathology. Rather than believo the
unqucRtioncd facts which jiavo been
made known by the microscope, they
'are even willing to delude themselves
'by such explanations as were given
by those who first recognized the dis
I ...... i. ....
uunu rtui'ii iif iiiiiiiiiik, i.i?i, iiv.i
and various other causes. Dr. Burl-ill's
discovery of the nature of pear
blight is of striking and fundamental
iniortauco inasmuch ns it wns one
of tho first, if not the first, bacterial
diseaso of plants to bo discovered. A
Dutch botanist, Dr. Wukker, discov
ered a hyacinth disease about the
same time to bo of bacterial origin,
land it may be said that this is the
only rival in priority to Dr. Morrill'
pioneer discovory. At this time, re
search along tho Hues of plant path
ology, especially along bacteriologi
cal lines, was not being carried on
with a great deal of vigor, and ovon
after the nbovo-nnmed discoveries of
Dr. Hurrill and Dr. Wakker, a good
many promiueut bacteriologists his
itated in accepting this work with any
groat degree of confidence. It was
well known at this time that certain
human diseases were caused by hue
toria, but most bacteriologists were
quito unwilling to think that vegeta
bles could bo invaded by germ life.
That Dr. Hurrill's discovery was
doubted by many eminent men should
cause little wonder, became at that
time there were fewer advantages
and fewer laboratories equipped for
scientific research than there are
now, Even at that time the groat Dr.
Koch, the eminent flerman authority
on tuberculosis had not yet discover
ed tho cause of Huh diseune now so
commonly known as consumption,
ITowovor, since the initial discovery
of the bacterial nature of the pear
blight disease investigation of its nn
turo and tho life history of the germ
havo proeooded along tho lines of
niodorn bacteriological methods until
at tho present time we have as com
plete a knowledge of the pour blight
germ as tho doctors or physicians
havo of tbo typhoid genu or genii of
tuberculosis. In tho spring of 1881),
Prof. M. H, Waite, pathologist of the
U, S. department of agriculture, was
assignod to tho task of investigating
tho poar blight disease. At tho time
whon ho began his work, while the
disoaso was known to bo of germ or
igin, tho life history of the genu was
not known. No one had yet found
out whoro tho gorm remained during
the dormant period of tho trees; that
is to say, during tho fall and wintor.
.
TO D1S
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Insurgent Leaders in Congress Will
Distribute Oregon Senator's Re
marks In Senate Upon Initiative
and Referendum Laws.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 7.
Insurgent senators, including LuFoI
lette, Cummins, Dristow an- Brown,
at a conference have decided to send
out 27,000 circular letters to news
editors all over the United Stntes ex
tolling Senator's Bourne's speech,
particularly his remarks on the initi
ative and referendum and tho recall.
Senator Bonnie has agreed to pay
for printing and mailing those circu
lars. Scnntor Brown undertook to
bavo 00,000 copies of Bourne's
speech printed as a public doucumcnt
at Hie government's expense but Scn
ntor Qnllingcr objected.
HALLEY'S COMET VISIBLE
MEDFORD THIS MORNING
Hnllcy's comet was visible Satur
day morning to those residents of
Medford whoso business or inclina
tions caused them to be awake and
on tho street between 2 and -1 o'clock
a. m.
Policeman Atwcll reports the ap
penranco of tho comet in tho cast at
nn early hour, and that it was quite
brilliant. The tnil. Mr. Atwell says
"was apparently about a block in
length. '
New Cases In.ClrcuIt Court.
Mnrgnrot Meredith vs. Bort E.
Meredith, divoco; W. E. Phipps, at
torney for plaintiff. t
W. I. Vawtcr. oxecutor estate of
D. Polk Mntlvws vs. A. L. Ilazolton;
to recover money. W. I. Vr.wtor at-
t rnev fr pla'nliff.
PASSENGERS SAFE
Strikes on Rocks of Bay of Bulls and
Rests on Bottom Under 25 Fath
ams of Water Passengers All Off.
BOSTON, Mass., May 7, Tho
British Novmnudy, bound foi" Toronto
from Loiiiiou, struck and sank in 25
fathains of water on tho rocks of Bay
of Bulls, Now Fotindlund, today.
Fifty passengers aboard the vessel,
31 of whom wove women, wen lauded
safely at St. .Martin's in tho ship's
boats.
News of the d'&ustor is contained in
dispatches from St. ohu's. N, F.
Funeral of R. J. Cameron.
The remains of the lato Hubert J.
Cnmoron will bo interred in Jackson
ville cemetery thhi afternoon at 2
o'clock p. in.
Tho funeral servhos will bo hold
under tho direction of the Masonic
order of which tho deceased was a
membor.
Mr. Cameron was one of tho pion
eer citizens of tho AppUgat.: section
and was aged 78 years, 10 months
and 0 days at ho limo of his death.
It had been supposed that tho genu
lived in tho soil or in swamps, if such
woro uonr by, and Hint during the
spring wlicn tho blossoming season
began theso germs wore blown by
the winds into tho blossoms and in
fection ngnin started, Prof, Waite,
after an enormous nmouilt of oxpori
mentntion, found that the gorm did
not live in the soil, furthermore, Iiq
found thnt it did not blow about in
tho winds.
(To 'Bo Continued.)
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Women of tho Greater Med
ford Club will take charge of
the Mail Tribune for next
Sunday's issue. The pn cceds
will go to the libory and park.
It will be a paper written
and managed by the women of
Medford. The newspaper has
been turned over to them for
tho day. They will write tho
news, solicit the ads, collect
what they want for theui, and
sell the papers on the street.
Advertisers who want space
in this greatest paper ever is
sued, containing all the un
published news thnt women
talk nbout, must deal with the
ladies, and must net nt once,
ns there is a great demand.
Watch for it.
Sunday, May 15.
GRAVES SAYS HE
PINCHOT PLANS
Chief Forester Arrives In Portland on
Tour of Inspection Says Ho Will
Follow Pinchot's Policies In All Re
spects and Will Not Deviate.
PORTLAND, Ore., May 7. "My
policies nro identical with thoso of
Mr. Pincbot and whatever changes
have been made and might be made
will riot in any way affect theso poli
cies," said Henry Sclen Graves, chief
of the United States forestry sen-ice
who arrived in Portland today on nn
oficinl tonr of inspection.
Tho president appointed Graves
successor to Chief Forester Pinchot
in tho midst of the Pinchot-Ballingcr
controversy.
"Tho policies of Mr. Pinchot are
being carried out in every respect,"
said Graves this morning, "and there
is no intention to devinto therefrom
excepting in cases where readjust
ments hnvo become necessary as they
would in any other lino of endenvor
ns time progresses."
Graves expects to remain in Port
land sovcrnl days. Ho intends to go
to Missoula, Mont., nfter visiting Ore
gon nnd Washington.
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BASEBALL NOTES
Well, wo go to Jacksonville Sun
day. Yes, and there will ho a good
hunch of fans along.
Jacksonville has sotno good Med
ford rooters. Ask Pug nbout It.
Sny, what d you think about
Miles hitting this yonrT On tho
noso every tlnu.
There nro many sacculations ns to
which team will first break Medford's
percentage coUimn. Tho majority of
fans favor tho Central Point team.
Medford plays Central Point on
our homo grounds May 15. Just tnko
a tip, thoro will bo somo excitement
In thnt game.
Anywny, tho fans seemed to bo
pleased with Inst Sunday's game. Aft
er all, that 3 all there Is to It.
Next Sunday's gnmo at Jackson
ville ought to be Just ns good. Tho
train loaves nt t: 15 p. m.
No cheap sports la Medford. Thir
ty ?50 seats havo nlready boon sold
for tho Johnson-Jeffrlos fight.
Jacksonville will colobrnto July tho
Fourth.
Yes soraotimos a plnoai'd in a
window holps tho nd-answeror to
find tho houso that's advortisod. But
it docs not usually holp much more
than that.
i in i
S CARRYING OUT
A Oil WEEK IN S
COMER FORT
WILL NOT ASK FOR
J.
Refuses to Make Requisition Upon
Illinois for Packer Who is Wanted
in New Jersey Upon a Charge of
Conspiracy Probably End of Case
TRENTON, N. J., May 7. Gover
nor Fort today refused to make a
requisition upon Illinois for J. Ogdei
Armour, wonted here on a charge of
conspiracy.
The governor declares that Armour
was not in New Jersey on tho date
mentioned in tbo indictment. This
action probably ends criminal prosc
cutious so far as individual directors
6f the meat trust arc concerned.
Baesball Sunday.
Medford is duo to fall down from
that 1000 per ccntagc this afternoon.
This is tho second time I havo mndo
this prediction and I never miss more
than throe times in succession on a
ball game. Realy, though, with Me
Intyro in good condition and the
bunch behind him playing tLc kind of
ball they used to play when the Don
eenns made most of the team they
should hold tho Mcdforditcs to n
close score. Pat Doncgnn, with bis
cool bead and knowledge of ball play
ing, gained, by flic way from study,
not from actual observation, was a
lilf. fnoinr ?n .Tfiiit-cnnviltn'e ciiaaacc
in past years. With a weak team
Pat has pulled many a gameveat of
ti.n :. : ,i
tho fire
stunt and he recognizes neither friend
nor foe in his decisions.
Manager Ulrich of tho Jacksonville
baseball team expects to cop a game
frnm inn InnrTnrc inAnx TT ........ I
has been strengthened somewhat and
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D EN ARM UR
pith "Me" pitching tho same game he " 1 1 , Vm )ammmi LV 3 ,
id last Sunday, tho Jacksonville0 ,Itt' r Through the
oys ought to put up a good nrgu-,F,rcSf of f PPi
.,,,,. fe 'event of the evening. Miss C. Deuel
SYmYHONY ORCHESTRA
IS TO BE HEARD HERE
I Miss G. Fny ns tbo vain elder sistor
Walter Damrosch With His World-"?0 ,oan,s ximiy thro"h su?f,r
ing, was good. The character of tho
Famous Orchestra and Four Vocal ld nurso was well sustained by Miss
n nun pi it i .. j V' Griffin. Miss B. Lithcrland did
Artists Will Entertain In Medford ' ,, s tho faithrill ricnd mid coujill
'of Dolores and tho little Misses Slov-
jor, Trimble and Klum made very at
Modford is about to hang up an- . tractivo younger sisters. Mr. L. Wil-
other record in tho ainusoment line
this time it will be the appearance of,mtc w.ou tno Iie."rttJ ot tho ""Jo
Walter Dnmrosch and tho New York
Symphony orchestra of SO men,
companied by four metropolitan vo-
eal nrtists. This will be the smallest
city ever visited by this world re-
Downed orcanization and is onlv an-.
other fact which points to Medford's
growing inioprtnneo in tho outside
world. This attraction is the first of
a list of nrtists that Seers and Cor-
nnn, tho N, Y. impivssarios will send
to Medford during the coming season
including such famous names as
Sehuinnnn-IIeink, Sembrick, Kubelik,
Kreislor, etc. Mr. Damrosch is easily
tho foremost figure in American mu-
sio today.
Besides introducing the Wagnerian
oporas to tho American public Walter
Damrosch is to bo credited for per-
forming u large number of new works
for tho first time in th's countrv.
Among the important oporntio works
which received their first production
in Atnerica under his baton nro Cor-
nelius, Tho Barbor of Bagdad, Gold-
marks's Merlin, Padorvvski's Manrit
and Saint Soon's Snmson and Delilah.
Finnlly ho was the first ono to rovonl
to tho music lovers of this country
Tsohnikowsky's pathetic symphony
nnd Eugon Onegiu, Dtvorak's The
Now World and Elgar's first eym-
phony.
0C1ETY:
Social Circles Enlivened By Series of
Dinners Both at Home and at
Grills-Card Parties and Entertain
ments Complete the Rountine
Greater Medford Club Postpone May Day Fete In Order to Embark in
Journalism High School Holds Its Annual Exhibit of Domestic Sci
encePupils of St. Mary's Academy Render An Enjoyable Program
to a Large Audience.
The most enjoynblo dance of the
season was thnt given by the Elks
Wednesday nignt. loo nail was gay
with their colors purple and white
long festoons of bunting were ar
tistically draped across the hall,
whilo royal purple pennants were
strung everywhere. Large American
flags were also nscd. The lights were
shaded with -purple tulip shades,
which gave a very subdued hue effec
tive light.. Some very stunning
gowns were worn and tbo Elks, as
usual, saw that everyone had a most,
enjoyable time.
.
The Greater Medford club is prov
ing its versatility by showing the
number of things it can do and do
well. Its latest departure is in the
newspaper field, and next Sunday it
will show how the ladies can excel in
that, as they will take charge of the
issuing of the Mail Tribune on that
date.
Mrs. E. E. Gore will be managing
editor, Mrs. II. C. Stoddard city edi
tor and Miss Emily Jnnuey telegraph
editor. Those on the business staff
i nr jf"?" Rcdd H"is' RnK,nn
and Ar' H,M,"e, Edtf r afer
'and Mrs. B. P. Theiss nro the ndver-
tising solicitors.
Tho proceeds will to increasing the
park fund.
The pupils of St. Mary'o academy
, . . .. ,
Tve a,.mos esung musical anuunn ol aprmgiiem an. ino deco
(lis "Dolores," carrying off tho hon
ors as the unselhsh girl, wLi to save
her older sister from the discovery
of theft, is turned into tho street by
a heartless mother, but being be
friended by ti bcnevolant widow
which part was well done by Miss Z.
Griffin wins honor nnd feme.
as the good hearted policeman
,um . , '"7V ,
m-jMi;sp8 j, Koh, Lashlov " , c
'Murphy mndo excellent young Indies
of fashion. Mies M. Gillotto did well
ns the maid.
Tho bucrlo sont in nnntomimc. tho
'dream fairies and the revel of the
Naiads wore all splendidly douo by
tho girls of tho school, and tho boys
in "Olo Man Moon" were very en-
joyablo.
A littlo one aot comedy entitled a
"Lovo of a Bonnet," was vory
nmusing with Miss V. Griffin ns a
very good indulgent mothor. Miss J.
Root, tho charming daughter, who
thinks tho "Love of a Boniiett" tho
only thing worth having; Miss I. Bes-
nick was good as tho inquie-itivo aunt
and Miss A. Kingsbury as tho mother,
and Miss J. Anderson, hor daughter,
did well as "gonteol" peoplo of fash-
ion, and Misc M. MoKco was capital
ns "Katie, tho Irish help."
Miss A. Kingsbury sang "Ilanpy
Days" (Strclczki) vory well, with vio-
Hn obligato by Mies I. FJynn, Miss
Kontnor accompanying. Tho iustru-
mental selections w.ero vory well dono
nnd tho j'oung ladies dosorvo groat
orodit for thoir work,
Thoso taking part woro tho Misses
& Fay, B. Lilhorlund, I. L. Kontnor,
(M. Deuel, J. Root, J. Andorson, (..,
E PRINCIPAL EVENT
Andrews, V. Childcrs, N. Samuels, D.
Deward, E. Trumble and E. Lnrouche.
Tho cntortanmenfc reflects groat,
credit on the sisters of the academy.
Others participating were : Misses G.
Fay, B. Lithcrland, I. L. Kcntner, M.
Deuel, A. McMahon, A. Dietrich, U.
Reddy, M. Roc, M. Brown, L. Klum,
G. Ilargrave, D. Deward, N. Samuels,
E. Larouche, J.' Borcn, I. Randolph,
F. Tenny, T. Frazier, E. Trimble, A.
Wakcman, L. Smock, A. Vogcl, M.
Gordon, L. Weaver, J. Anderson, C.
Emig, C. Andrews, V. Childcrs, V.
Thornburg, B. Brown, I. Brown, L.
Arzner, A. Chandler, L. Barry, M.
Rolfe, A. Rolfo, E. Townsend, E. Mil
ler, .B. Penninger, L. Slovor, S.
Bruckner, A. Simons; Messrs. B. Mc
Mahon, O. Larouche, J. Rouche, P.
Reddy, W. Rice, R. Duff, L. Duff, J.
Brophy, Jns. Brophy, Richcrd Sing-
jlor, Rudolf Singlcr, V. Singlcr, P.
Murphy, O. Parker, E. Green, B.
Pressley, L. Ingram, R. Boren, II.
Dalej', N. Samuels, D. Doward, E.
Trimble, E. Larouche; Misses J. An
derson, J. Root, C. Andrews, V. Child
crs, A. Kingsbury, I. L. Kcntner, I.
Flynn, Z. Griffin, V. Griffin, M.
Deuel, C. Deuel, I. L. Kcntner, A.
Kingsbury, B. Lithcrland, G. Fay..
A very pretty dinner wns given
Thursday night nt the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Edgar Hafer. Tho affair
! was in honor of Mrs. Susan Lawrence
,it . r 11 1.. n.. i
rations wcro in pink nnd tho vory
effective ccnterpieco was a huge bas
ket of pink carnations, with long
streamers of pink satin ribbon. Dain
ty pink plnco cards wero usod.
Following tho dinner was dancing
and music. The guests wero:
Mrs. Susan Lawrence Dann, Mr.
nnd Mrs. Vawtor, Dr. and Mrs. J. F.
Reddy, Messrs II. Dudloy, F R. Allen
and Wnito of Roseburg.
Tho high school held its nnnunl
exhibit of tho work during tho year.
Tljo domestic scienco and manual
training exhibit wns the most impor
tant, as this is tho first year thoy
havo exhibited, and the showing wns
a vory crcditablo ono. Following is.
tho musical program wiiich was given
during tho nfternoon:
Solection, by high school orchestra
piano duet, Misses Sehultzo and God
love; piano solo, Miss Ruth Wood
ford; recitation, Edison Marshall; se
lection, Mandolin club. '
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There wero many dinner parties n
tho Louvro cafo. during tho woofcv
Among thoso noticed woro Mr. Martin
with a party of six; Dr. nnd Mrs.
Reddy nnd party, Mr. nnd Mrs. Dan
iels and party, Mr. Coram and party
of four, Mr. Rosenbnum nnd party,
Mr. and Mrs. Ilaskins and party, Mr.
Gay and party, Dr. Ray and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Bnrnebiirg and party,
Mr. and Mrs. Qunssonbury and party,
Mr. Burko and party, Dr. and Mrs.
Barbor, Mossrs. Frank Burgess, Geo.
Bordoaux and party of twolvo. -
Mr. nud Mrs. F. II. Honking, tho
formor ownors of tho Snowy Butte
orchard, loft Monday for Portland,
which is to bo thoir futtiro homo.
Thoy will bo greatly missed in Med
ford by their hosts of frionds, who
nope tor their spoouy return. They
woro idoal hosts, and thoir homo wns
always at tho disposal of thoir
friends.
Tho Eastern Star will hold tho reg
ular mooting Wednesday. All mom
bors are requested to uttcud, as" thcro
is work on baud.
(Continued on Pago 13.)