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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 10, 1010.
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FRIZE WINNING
FRUIT IS TO GO
EAST CHICAGO
National Apple Show Trustees Make
Plans for Greatest Show In His
tory Prlzcwlnnlng Fruit Will Be
Exhibited at Livestock Show.
PEAR BLIGHT AND ITS CONTROL
UPON THE PACIFIC COAST
This Is the Seventh of a Scries of Articles That Will Bo Printed Dally
Until Subject Is Completed Every Orchardlst In the West Should
Save Theso Issues for Futuro Reference, as They Contain Valu
able Information.
SPOKANE, Wash., May 16. Offi
cial announcement Is made by the
board of trustees of tho National Ap
ple Show, lnco-poratd, that tho prlzo
. uB uu u. ... u ... w.. lication ft seem3 J
position In opokano nest Novembor i . T. . J ...
Ily 1'llOFKSSOK O'GAltA,
Assistant Pathologist United States
Department of Agrlcuturo. Writ
ten especially for tho Medford Mall
Tribune. Copyright, 1910, by tho
Medtord Mall Tribune
(Continued from Friday, May 13.)
Methods of Control nnd tinullcntlon
of Ullght.
To ono who knows something of
tho theory of tho disease, tho matter
and district and general displays from
Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Mon
tana will bo sent to Chicago for ex
ploitation purposes In tho First Reg
iment armory luring tho week of tho
International livestock exhllbtlon.
1 to writo about tho experiences of oth
1 ers and to tell in cousidornblo detail
how blight should be eradicated and
controlled. Tho actual fiold work is
'very difficult and tedious, and a
matter of days or months of train-
field
man. .No ono car. becomo expert ai-
Ilk n a hrtiiiwi' jL ti nnilAt
cost of tho Spokane show, which Is, . . . . .-'. ..
..... . . AA n.., L, , competent instruction erven by a
estimated at $42,000. Officials of., r , , . , , "
.i i ,t j i . trained man havine had years of ox
transcontinental railroads interested . " i ,
. i .. 1 . , 'penonce. However, we do find peo-
ln the development of the northwest- . , , ' ..
,.. . " ,j i,o P'e who are nblo to writo and m-
ern states havo guaranteed a large , ....... , .
n.nnn.inn ,. ,,. i - , i tstruot without having had any ex
proportlon or th fund for the first! - ..f...
mo TlilMHnn nml thn rln,, I "-"v"wu .. v .u uuuuiou,
rn. ani ? AAn
T1, fihlm- nlnn Involve an ex- "W wM only tnnko UU export
penditure of $35,000, exclusive of tho
ns well as tho uninitiated, lot mo say
that the eradication of pear blight is
fruit districts in the four states are
ilanAnilnfl ..nn.a fni 41ft ftftft ViV flV.
. .... ' . ... ono of tho most difficult problems
lng spaco for display purposes at Chi-, " . , "ow , " , . '; J,1"u,tu,a
cago. No charge w:il bo mado for en-1 kn0WQ to Plant pathologists. Let no
tries or exhibition space at tho Spo-1 ?n sf,?' thfat jt M ""j?8 II
, ,,. ,..,,!. i !, 1S difficult, very difficult. The rca-
Icane show, which Is open to the ' .. , ....
vorjd son for Uus difficulty is that wo are
To Chicago Free. j dealing wit considerable amount
tj,o ..ni oThihita wm h tr.nnR. of 'Rnorance and unbelief; again,
ported from Spokane to Chicago free few banners who have not had a
of expense to tho growe-s and, in ad. Ibactcnologis Va training, realize the
dltlon, tho management of the Na. I Peculiar relation existing between the
tlonal Apple Show will move at least , W fufng the disease and
(six prize winning carloads, also tho'thot hs.t P11.8' . f , s,co
winners in tho 10-box. five-box, sin-lthat this latl0?. Poticolly the
gle box and special display contests, ' fame which exists between
thuo making an exhibition of apples'"10 onn of tuberculosis and man.
that will attract wide attention to the ?n the one hand, antiseptic precau-
fruit districts In the northwest, as "uua uuu. luu w inieoiwns
.n .lnu h.ir nr.,.. p,m, seems unimportant ; on the other
district will have one or moro rop-,h,a.nd' however, long experience with
resentatlves Ir. charge to distribute "" d"ad human dl,seaso "stills u.
Jiteiaturo and give out Information. ' sort of fear even though the true
Those Taking Space. causo may not be fulI comprehend-
Space for exhibits at Chicago haaed K lcr? fruitgrower could bo
been cngaBed by the Commercial clubImado feel that fru,t trees nre ''v
and Apple Growers' union, Hood RIv-l"1 thm ,ver' much m tho same
er, Or.; Commercial club, Wenatchee.'sense.as themselves, and that the
Wash.; North Central Washington Parasites attacking them should be
Development league, Commercial club tviewe " a corresponding light for
and Fruit Growers' union. Walla Wal-i bth am sure the whole matter of
la; chamber of commerce, Ellensburg, , cducat,on wou,d be so,ved-
Primary Trentnicnt.
The treatment for pear blight, tr
rather the methods for controlling it,
may be divided into two classes,
primary and secondary. The prim
ary method of treating this disease
consists of cutting out thoroughly
Wash.; Latah County Fruit Growers' ,
union, Idaho; chamber of commerce, '
Missoula, Mont.; commercial clubs of
Stevens county, Washington; Com
mercial club of Medford, Ore.; Com
mercial club and Fruit Growers' un
ion, North Yakima; Commercial club, j
LewUton, Idaho; Sunnyside, Zlllah and antiseptically the hold-over dur-
and Spokane Valley Fruit Growers' ing the dormant season of tho trees
associations and the Sutherlln Devel
opment league, Oregon.
No Advertising Vehicle.
Tho decision of the trustees of the
show to eliminate orchard land com
panies from making the Chicago
1 that is, during the fall and winter.
It has been explained that tho hold
over blight may Be found in tho
larger limbs, the trunk and even the
root system. These hold-over cases
have become such through the vari
show a vehicle for private advertls-. ous means of infection pointed out
ing has met with general approval in a previous chapter, namely,
and the companies aro assisting the (through blossoms, buds or water
various commercial organizations and j sprouts, which havo becomo infect
ffult growers' associations by contrlb-1 ed and through which the blight has
utlng to the expense funds. They gained entrance to the fleshy bark
realize that the movement will en-, and cambium of tho bodies nnd mots.
courage emigration and Investments
and thus is bound to bo of great ben-pojntea out before, aro through
em to every line 01 iraae in me noiru- Rr0wth cracks, insect nnd bird punc
The other methods of entrnnce, as
-western states.
soon by roforring to tho factors in
fluencing tho disease, tho presence of
tho gorm is of primary importance.
If tho pear blight genu is not present
in tho orchards there can bo no
blight no matter what tho weather
conditions may bo. Tho orchards of
California existed for 'Jo years with
varying climatic conditions, and no
ouo ovor heard of blight in theso or
chards until tho germ was lntroduo
od. Tho regular development of the
disease has-been pointed out by'
which it rutts down on one side of
tho limb or body nnd not on tho
othor; this often lends to failures in
eradicating tho blight from orchard.
Whilo tho disease in tho top is very(
easy to handle nud any ouo who
looks nt all closoly cannot "only de
tect it, but can readily remove the
infected branches; the disease on the'
bodies and in tho root system is not
only hard to sco, but it is often dif
ficult to find it, especially on old
trees whero tho crowns and bodies)
aro covered with rough bark. It
may be said here that tho removal
and tho dotootion of holdovor in pear !
trees is not nearly so difficult as it
is in tho applo and quince. The
Spitzcnbcrg applo is probably the
worst variety, if not the worst spo-
cies of tho pome family, in which to
detect holdover and to effectively re
move it
The gum-exudnto, when it is pres
ent, gives a clow to many othorwiso
obscure cases. Howovcr. in cases of
late fall and summer infections, the
lesions may bo so small as to pro-
duce no exudate or to give any other
evidenco of infection. A dead water
sprout or fmit fepur, no mattor how
tiny it may be, leads to tho dcteo-j
tion of a case. Sometimes theso have I
been broken off in cultivation or!
carelessly cut off without following
up the infection at tho base. Very
often a water sprout which has come
up from the root system nt some
distance from tho base of the tree,
becomes infected, and is later rcmov-1
ed by cultivation; but the infection
passes on up tho infected root, fin-1
ally involving tho entiro root system.
Sometimes there is infection without,
a water sprout or bud at all, and)
such cases nro the hardest to detect
unless some ooze hns exuded, buch
infections come nbout through insect
puncturos and growth cracks byi
means of which tho germ has been
introduced. Where there is a large
quantity of blight to bo removed
from the orchard, necessitating nj
great deal of labor, it has proven ne
cessnry in ovcry ase to go over
the orchard critically, or perhaps wo '
may say leisurely, on a dry, sunshiny
day when thero is good light, and
find the few cases that have been
missed on tho first inspection. No
matter how thorough the work this!
careful method of inspection has I
proved extremely important. Not on
ly should the work be inspected im
mediately following tho general
clean-up, but someone else with
keen, well-trained eyes should look
over the trees several times during
the winter. A special effort should
bo made to find out when there is n
new exudation of ooze. This may
follow nny warm mild spelf in the
er tracts into smaller ones of, say,
fivo or ton acres, will largely solve
tho problem of blicht control. Whop
this is done onoli tract will luwe
eoo, personal supervision, nnd tip
details of eradicating tho bllglil, nn
well as kcopiug it under control, will
fall to tho owner. It is n common
mistake to think that tho mattor of
eradication nnd control rests with tho
inspector nlono. An inspector must
have tho co-operation of tho entire
district. I do not know of any ouo
speetor to assume tho mattor of cul
tivation, pruning or nny othor of the
rognlnr orohnrd praotices; so why
should nn inspootor bo asked to do
tho notunl work of blight eradication.
The inspector is, in the first place, an
instructor, and in tho sooond plnce,
tho ono to enforce tho horticultural
laws, hut ho Ih no common hired
man.
(To Ho Continued.)
Enrtliquake Shocks Noted.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 10.
SuismogrnpliH nt the wontliur bureau,
Georgetown university, nud at tho
const null goodutiu survey magnetic
observatory at Cheltenham, Air,, re
corded oarthqttuko shocks of -IH
minutes' duration onrly today. Tho
tremorn wore unusual bcoauso of tho
alternating directions.
New Cases Filed.
M. Wntkins va. J. 1'. llnrr nnd
Hort llnrr, suit in equity; Hnunu &
Ilnunn, for plaintiff.
Charles P. Pntton vs. Ella Patten;
divorce; J. II. Curkin for plaintiff.
SOCIALISTS THREATEN SPLIT
WITH LABOR OVER ASIATICS I also
epidermis may be broken so as to
expose the tissues beneath. It has
been shown that the pruning
knife or other orchard instruments
CHICAGO, 111., May 10. A closed . and implements may bo the means
door for Asiatics, involving a split 'of spreading the disease. If tho
with the international Socialist party! work of removing holdover cases is
or the advocacy of unlimited imrai-1 thoroughly done it leaves no oppor
gration, in opposition to the Amer-'tunity for additional advantages
can Federation of Labor's policy, is from any other secondary method
an issue which is oxpected to bring I which will bo given later,
some stormy sessions of tho national ' Ileraember that the nil-important
Socialist convention, which meets in j thing is tho removal of the source, or
Chicago Sunday. Tho immigration what will bo the source of infection
jiAinmil.nn linf.3 n nAnnlnn lnnf viirvl. f ! tlm VlHnWinrP Vfinf TtVnm tlm Clfnt1f?
...u .u..vr .....(, J--.. .w... w.u U.....U-
point of the pear or apple, it is just
as important that this work bo done
ns carefully and skillfully as the
work of a surgeon in removing u
member infected with blood poison.
Every ono realizes the attention giv
en to tho source of a city's water
supply, and it muy be said that tho
death rate is very largely an index
of its condition. In the same sense,
the attention given the sanitary con
ditions of the orchards of any com
munity is an index of tho death rate
of tho orchards. Of course, the cut
committee, held a ecssion last night
and it was predicted that its report
to tho convention would bo in favor
of repudiating the stand tnken by
the international organization.
.BEAUTIFYING THE HOME WITH
TAINTS AND FINISHES.
It is really remarkable what trans
formations may be made now-a-days
with paints and finishes.
Olmstoad & Hlbbard are showing
this week In tho center of their win
dow a beautifully finished panel show
ing results that can be easily secured
by anyone over old painted surfaces , nf, out 0f holdover blight must bo
or on old bare wood. It Is one of tho
handsomoBt and most practical dis
plays wo hayo seen and reflects great
credit both to Olmstead and Hlbbard,
and to Acme Quality Paints and Fin
ishes. Tho extenslvo advertising being
done by Olmstcad & Hlbbard in bo
half of Acme Quality goods is pro
ducing oxcellent results.
HasUino for Healti:.
winter, wnen mere is a wiue range
tures, or any other way by which the between the dav and night tempera
ture. Such conditions aro known to
affect the flow of sap in the sugar
maple und other trees. A final in
spection should bo made just before
blossoming time to catch any hold
over blight the last momont, in caso
it has been overlooked before.
After the blossoming period has
passed so that the blight has had
time to develop, if a colony of blight
is found in tho orchard, careful ex
amination of this colony will general
ly result in tho finding of a caso of
holdovor blight in tho center nnd
from which all trouble may bo trac
ed. During tho 'first year's work,
those who aro just learning how to
eradicate blight will probably miss a
good many cases; however, after
practice, they usually becomo keener
nnd rarely miss any. In fact, I have
seen men who from tho very first
were able to do excellent work, but,
liko othor jobs, which requiro care
ful work and a sharp eye, relatively
few men aro capable of making first
class inspectors. In many of tho
large orchards whoro the question of
efficient labor is sorious and whero
all sorts of tramp and other low
class labor has been employed, abso
lute failures in blight control havo
benerally rosulted. As I havo stated
before, a tramp, or, for that mat-
tor, oven tho better sort of laboror, (
cannot bo thoroughly schooled in
careful work of this kind within the I
space or n day or two. in every
event, tho best und most careful m.eji
should bo placed in charge of work
of this kind. It is almost needless tn
say that the breaking up of the lurg-
dono, not alono in a single orchard,
but tho work should bo general
and thorough throughout the entire
area, such as an inelosod valley or
even, for better work, nn entire
state, Complote eradication of pear
blight from such a largo area is, of
course, very difficult, if not impos
sible. However, tho fowor holdovor
cases that may be missed will result
in fewer cases of infection later in
tho spring and summer. As may be
Do You Wish
To Buy a Home
AEE YOU WANTING A HOME?
WHY RENT WHEN YOU CAN TAKE ADVAN
TAGE OF OTHER PEOPLE'S MISFORTUNES?
Parties are compelled to leave the city, and of for a
fine new two-story, eight-room houso, completely
furnished, with high-grade furniture, best light and
plumbing fixtures, lawn, cemont walks and curb,
south front, street to be paved. This is a beautiful
home and is located on oue of the best streets in the
city. Price is very low, with or without furniture.
Modern Cottage For Sale
A neat, modern, five-room cottage, closo in on Oak
dale, east front, fine lawn and slmibbcry, cement
walks and curb, paved street, large range goes with
house, large barn; lot 50x145.
New Five-Room Cottage
New five-room cottage, south front, lot 50x150,
near South Newtown; price $2000, terms.
J. W. Dressier Agency
WEST MAIN STREET
PLUMBING
S1EAM ANI) HOT WAIER HEAIINO
All Work Guarantcoil ' IMcoh lloiiHpimhlo
COFFEEN & PRICE
y 11 North D St.. Medford, Ore. IMiono 30H
For Sale
Land that will cut six crops of alfalfa a year. U.
S. Govornmont irrigation. If you aro interested,
address
S. F, EHORN & SON
ORLAND, CALIF.
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TOM MOP1MT
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We mako any kind and stylo of Windows. ;
Wo carry Glass of any size on hund.
MEDFORD SASH & DOOR OO., Medford, Oregon. :
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RESOLVED
Tho bcM resolution for you
to mnko Ih to cotnu to uh for
your nuxt suit, if you want
Bomothiug out of tho ordinary.
Wo do tho bflrit work nnd charg
lh lovtcut priooa.
W. W. EIFERT
tub Fxoofttiaeiva tailoi
H'UL -I I
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In Case of Sickness
P H O N K 3 0 ! 1
MEDFORD PHARMACY
Near Pont Olfico AllNight Sorvicu Froo Dolivury
The Pasadena
of Oregon
People of refinement; people with means; retired business men; professional men;
college and university graduates, are coming to tho Roguo River Valley by tho score.
Within the past two years almost a hundred Chicago and Evanston, Illinois, people havo
purchased homes near Medofrd, and nearly every ono of them has a friond or two
whom they hope to induce to come and locate in tho valley.
New York, Philadelphia, Boston and many other eastern cities aro almost if not
quite as well represented, while St. Paul and Minneapolis havo moro representatives
here than any other several cities combined.
Think these statements over and get your thinker going. Writo to the undersigned
or the Medford Commercial Club for detailed informtaion about tho country, and you
will never have cause to regret it.
j Bearing Orchards
Near Medford
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Moat of the producing orchards have been hold in large holdings until recently.
f) few weeks ago'the Eden Valley Orchard, containing COS acres, was placed on tho
& any desired acreage. We havo boon authorized to offer tho bearing apples
and pears foi' sale, and if you ldo" anything about tH" country acl wsut a desirable
block of bearing trees, write or come soon. During tho past week over $150,000
worth of the property has been disposed of. It is located within two miles of Medford
at an elevation of about 100 feet above tho city .and is ono of tho best kept orchards in
the world. Parts of tho orchard offered for sale have paid the owner ovor $600 per
acre per year for four years straight.
Do not come unless you aro prepared to stay, for just so sure as you do come the com
bination of fat soil, grandeur of scenic beauty and Italian climate will steal you, body
and soul. After one visit hero you will bo miserable any othor place on earth.
John D. Olwell
EXHIBIT BUILDING
MEDFORD, OREGON