MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 18. 1910.
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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE,
PEAR BLIGHT AND ITS CONTROL
UPON THE PACIFIC COAST
This Is the Ninth of a Series of Articles That Will Bo Printed Dally
Until Subject Is Completed Every Orchardlst In the West Should
Save These Issues for Future Reference, as They Contain Valu
able Information.
By PROFESSOR. O'GAKA, havo boon nblo to cover up somo inlld
Assistant Pathologist United Statea
Dopartmont of Agrlcuturo. Writ
ten especially for tho Medford Mall
Tribune. Copyright, 1910, by tho
Medford Mall Tribune
(Continued from Tuesday, May 17.)
Remarkable Example of Eradication
Work.
Some remnrlcablo ensoo of oradl
cation havo been attempted and suc
cessfully accomplished In Cali
fornia and Oregon orchards, notably
In tho vicinity of Vieavllle, Cali
fornia, and In tho uppor Itoguo River
Valley In Oregon. In somo cases
where perhaps fifty per csnt of the
trees woro Infected on tho bodies and
in the roots, but still had sufficient
living bark and a fow roots left,
tho diseased portions wore complete
ly cut out oven to tho removal of all
of tho root- rn ono Bldo of tho tree
and peeling fully threo-fourthc of tho
bark from tho body. 1 hayo i oted In
lomo Instances vrhoro fully three
dollart In labor was expended In re
moving tho blight from a single tree.
This, of courco, Is exceptional, but
whero tho vah.e of tho tree may be
placed at from ton to fifty dollars,
depending upon Its ablWy to bear
heavy crops of fruit, this vrould not
seem to bo an induo expenditure In
eradicating: the blight and saving tho
tree. Many of tho trees so treated
havo not lrst Shelr vigor and are
Btlll bearing good crops of fruits.
Prom our standpoint, as pathologists,
If tho pear blight Is completely re
moved, under antiseptic methods from
the body and roots, tho Job Is sat
isfactory. It remains, therefore, with
tho grower to decide how much labor
ho Is going to undertake to save the
tree. Experience throughout tho
east and eoutl- has been that whero
much work of this sort has been at
tempted on the bodle3, numerous
failures havo resulted, and the work
rendered worse than useless. There
Is also more or less danger, In such
cases, of tho blight In tho sap wood.
Whllo tho germ almost wholly lives
in the bark and cambium, it Is also
:nown that it may Infect tho rich
sap wood of the Bartlett, Howell,
and other varieties of pears. This
is also true of tho Spltzeuburg apple,
Occasionally It has been noted that
tho germs spread, out in the vessels
of wood and live on tho starch and
sugar stored there. It Is, therefore,
desirable to leave all eradication work
on tho bodies dry out thoroughly for
perhnps a month or so before paint
ing over tho wound with whlto lead
paint. If any growth nkes place tho
ooze may bo detected by the dis
coloration appearing on the paint
It is certain that a great deal of
Might eradication work may bo done
to tho best advantage in the earl7
autumn, for certainly better results
may bo obtained before the fall rains
begin. It 1h also much easier to de
tect the blight which has attacked
the branches and twigs during the
summer, becaus'o at this time the
follago generally shows whero tho
blight has been working. Besides,
trees that have tho roots infected
usually begin to show a reddish dis
coloration In tho follago. A bad
body or limb Infection will also havo
a tendency to causo tho same discol
oration In tho folfago above tho In
fected part. Howover, this reddish
discoloration of the follago, Is, by no
means, a certain indication of blight
Infections, as there are many other
causes which would produce a like
appearanco In tho follago. Root
rot, borers, gophers or oven a girdle
caused by any means whatover will
produce practically tho same discol
oration. In irrigated orchards whero
the water has been cut off too early
In tho summer, there ic alwr.ys a
tendency toward follago discolora
tion. The foliage test, however,. Is a
sure ono that something is wrong
with the treo, and such a tree should
never bo passed by without making
a very critical examination. Never
leave a tree unless you aro absolutely
sure of your work. Caroloss Inspec
tion and careless eradication are
really worse than no work at all, for,
on tho ono hand, enough work may
be done to decelro, whllo on tho
other hand the chances for Infection
and subsequent spread of tho dlseaso
remains.
Secondary Methods Spraying.
Spraying as a rulo is of little use
in controlling tho blight. In the
blooming season now blossoms aro
opening every hour of tho day, and
now shooto aro pushing forth, all of
which, aro subject to Infection
through Insect agencies. Prom tho
standpoint, therefore, of attacking
the pear blight problem by spraying
there Is nothing to bo dono bo far
as the blossoms and young shoots are
concerned. On tho other hand, wo
cases by whltewnsn applied tnicKiy
so that they woro unable, tempor
arily, to bo a sourco of Infection dur-
Inc tho blossomlnc season. White
washing or spraying In tho winter
time may bo of somo slight assist
ance In tho matter, but It Is not rec
ommended. A strong llmo-sulphur
wnsh applied to tho bodies Just boforo
tho blossoms open will havo a ton
dancy to keep Insects away from any
infection which would oozo. It niiut
bo understood, howover, that all pear
blight Infection should bo carefully
removed and In no case should there
be any nttompt to covor up any
known case of hold-over blight. The
only reason for advocating tho strong
llmo-sulphur wash is that, should
a caso bo missed by accident,
the use of tho wash may prevent tho
infection from gottlng away. Just as
soon as It Is discovered, whether tho
wash has been applied or not, It
should be romoved. I wish to em
phasize that any attempt to spray
or wash may bo considered only a
temporary makeshift. If there Is a
case of holdover that has been cov
ered by spray or wash, It must be
eventually removed, and especially so
If It 13 in tho body of tho tree. Tho
wash In no way controls tho spread
of tho blight In tho soft bark be
neath; Its only office Is to prevent,
if possible, the spread of blight to
other treeo, by preventing Insects
from coming Into contact with tho
bacterial ooze.
Uso of So-Called Remedies.
There aro on the market a number
of so-called remedies for pear blight.
All of the concerns selling these rem
edies have no standing whatover, and
their' literature, which Is sent broad
cast over the country, Bhould bo
promptly burned. A favorite rem
edy is a mixture of potassium cyanide
and sulphur placed about the roots
of the tree. Still others consist of
such Insolubles as charcoal, calomel.
sulphur, bono black, and other sub
stances put Into holes bored Into tho
bodies of the trees. In every com
munlty trees may bo found which
havo been treated In this way, and
Invariably tho material put Into tho
holes has neither changed Its chem
ical makeup nor has It diminished
iu quanlty by absorption.
A common remedy is tho use of
table salt or even some alkali, both
of which would bo promptly removed
from the sqll if present In too largo
quantities In nature. Tho use of
table salt Is merely to Inhibit tho
growth of tho treo by preventing tho
normal taking up of water by tho
root system. A treo grown In a very
saline soil cannot take up" water
enough to make a strong growth,
henco, it does not bl!ght badly, per
haps not at all. As indicated before,
trees grown under good cultivation
with sufficient moisture and plant
food make a strong growth, and are,
therefore, more subject to blight.
There should bo no desire on the part
of an orchardlst to lnjuro his soil
and, consequently, his trees by add
ing to tho soil any chemical or salt
known to havo a poisonous action, or,
at least, an lnhibltlve effect. Do not
take tho word of every ono or any
one who baB something to sell. Bo
foro buying any euro or remedy, con
sult somo one who can be trusted and
who has nothing for salo.
(To Bo Continued.)
CENTRAL OREGON
LINES AGREE NOT
TO WARMER
Completo Understanding Arrived by
Hill and Harrlman Officials-
Trade Right of Way for Running
Rights In Narrow Canyons.
PORTLAND, Ore., May IS. -Tho
Hill nnd Harrlman linos building up
tho Dos Chutes Canyon In Contral
Oregon, havo cotno to an understand
ing in regard to trnckago arrange
ment according to nnnouncomont
from railroad officials today.
Tho two principal points In conflict
on tho lines havo bcon adjusted so
tho Des Chutes railroad shall havo
running right over tho twoKo ralloa
on tho east bank of tho river whero
tho Oregon Trunk had tiled its bu;
vcys In tho United States land ottlco
ahead of tho Dos Chutes railroad,
thus shutting out tho lattor road.
Further, the Oregon Trunk brldgo at
Crooked River is to bocomo froo to
tho Dos Chutes road trains, and run
ning powers will bo given to a point
500 feet south of Redmcnd.
In roturn the Dos Chutes company
will convoy to tho Oregon Trunk the
necessary right of way fo; tho lino
of the lattor through tho Smith ranch,
possession of which was acquired by
tho Harrlman people. Tho Smith
ranch Is closo to tho Warm Springs
reservation.
In addition tho Des Chutes com
pany Is to jrant tho necessary per
mission for tho overhead crossing of
tho tracks of tho Oregon Truuk at
Celllo and also conveys, for a consid
eration, tho ncossary right.- of way
required by th; Hill road botweon Ce
lllo and tho mouth of the Des Chutes
river.
Tho agreement was made following
long conferences between Judge C.
H. Carey, acting for President Ste
vens, of tho Oro-:on Trunk, and W.
W. Cotton, chief attorney of tho Har
rlman lines, acting for General Man
ager and Vice-President O'Brien.
It Is announced that tho agree
ment will not prevent tho Des
Chutes railroad from continuing con
struct Irn of Its tracks, 'dth tho ex
ception of tho points over which the
Oregon Trunk has granted running
rights. The agreement Is purely o.io
of mutual convenience.
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House Furnishings
"Wo arc now showing a
very nice lino of Furniture,
Rugs, Carpets, Refrigera
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aro'positivc that wo can save
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Special Values
Ranging from
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untcd at
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THE OLIVER
MEETINGS
Dr. Oliver preached a splendid ser
mon last night at the tabernaclo on
tho subject, "What Is Hell?"
A good crowd was present to hear
him and were well paid for tholr
coming. His text was from Hob.
3:7, 8. Ho said In part:
"Tho BIblo Is not a good book If
It Is not tho word of GoJ. Jesus waB
not a good man If Ho was not tho
Sou of God for Ho claimed to bo tho
Son of God.
"Hell was not mado fc." man, but
for tho devil and his augols. If a
man sorves tho dovll here It Is a
logical thln for him to cwoll with
him In eternity. Tho mo.-o a man
rojocts tho gospel tho harder It will
bo for him to accept It."
Another Man Goes Hungry.
BUTTE, Mont., May 18. Twenty
days without food with tho exception
of water and lemon and orange juico
is tho record established by Henry
Roberts of this city.
Roberts is endeavoring to correct
stomach trouble
tlaoklns for Health.
Talent M. E. Church.
First M. E .church, Talent, Sun
day school 10 a. m., Dr. Forbes, su-j
pcrintendent. Five classes organized
now. People of nil ages nnd dis-J
position invited. Preaching services
at 11 a. m. Public cordially invited
to attend theso services. f s
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RESOLVED
Th boat resolution for yon
to mnko is to oomo to us for
your next suit, if you waut
Bomothing out of the ordinary.
Wo do tho bost work and chsiff
Iho lowent prices.
W. W. EIFERT
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Office 1 13 South Front Street.
Phone 275L
For Sale
100 acres, $2000.
20 acres, 2 miles from Medford,
$375.
34 acroB, 3 miles from Medford, un
der ditch, $7000.
9 acres, 1 mile from Medford, iu
bearing.
160 acres, a good buy, $40 per acre.
2 ucrcs, 5-room house.
0-room houso, close in.
7-room house, lot 01x200; a fino har
gain. West Walnut Park lots, terms.
1 lot, 50x215. $300.
7-room modern bungalow.
2 lots at a bargain for cash.
2 lots on Oakdale avenue.
Blacksmith.
Ranch hands, $35 per month.
Hay mon, $1.50 per day.
Women to work nnd cook.
Girl for general housework.
Bellboy.
Luboring men for city and railroad.
E. F. A. BITTNBR
Medford Employment Bureau.
Business chances, real estate, all
kinds of hvlp furnished and business
chances handled.
Room 206. Taylor & Phlpps Bldg.
Phone 4141 Main.
The Pasadena
of Oregon
People of refinement; people with means; ro tired business men; professional mon;
college and university graduates, aro coming to the Rogue River Valley by tho score.
Within tho past two years almost a hundred Chicago and Evanston, Illinois, people havo
purchased homes near Mcdofrd, and nearly every one of them' has a fnond or two
whom they hope to induce to come and locate in the valley.
New York, Philadelphia, Boston and many other eastern cities aro almost if not
quite as well represented, while St. Paul and Minneapolis havo more representatives
here than any other several cities combined.
Think these statements over and get your thinker going. Write to tho undersigned
or the Medford Commercial Club for detailed informtaion about tho country, and you
will never have causo to regret it. ,
Bearing Orchards
Near Medford
Moat of the producing orchards have been held in large holdings until recently.
0 few weeks ago the Eden Valley Orchard, containing COS acres, was placed on the
sarket in any desired acreage. We have boon authorized to offer tho bearing apples
and pears for salo, and if you ksa anything about t country and want a desirable
block of bearing trees, write or come soon. During tho past week over $150,000
worth of tho property has been disposed of. It is located within two miles of Medford
at an elevation of about 100 foot above tho city and is one of tho best kopt orchards in
tho world. Parts of tho orchard offered for salo havo paid the owner over $600 per
acre per year for four years straight.
Do not como unless you aro prepared to stay, for just so sure as you do como tho com
bination of fat soil, grandeur of scenic beauty and Italian climate will steal you, body
and soul. After ono visit here you will bo miserable any other placo on earth.
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EXHIBIT BUILDING
MEDFORD, OREGON
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