jtfEDFOKD DML TRIBUTE, atEDFORD, ORKflON. TUESDAY, .JULY .12, .19.10. E PROTECTION OF ORCHARD BY SMUDGING iP. J. O'Gara, Scientific Assistant, Fruit-Disease Bureau of Plant Industry. Invcstinations, EDEN PRECINCT ITEMS mains tho Instrument, wet tho M .bulb and whirl It rapidly bo ftUwuporatloa will tako plnco from at least In a general way, tlio kliul of weathor that would bo llkoly to occur within a certain time and -."wot surface. The whirling should would give this Information long vxmtfnucd until tho morcury Is (enough In advance so that prepara- IttTM low as possible when lt.tion might be mauo tor nring in mo 3t bo Joworod any fnrthor It lu !bo arcad simultaneously with i &xy ibulb thormomctcr. Tho tom- uro rtt tho dry bulb, which Is tho rtemperaturo, and tho dlfforcnco jn It and that of tho wet bulb gld flflien be referred to tablo II. las (best -when using tho psychrom- ?to tako sovcral readings and orchards. For very small orchards preparation may bo quickly made, but whoro tho tracts aro largo It requires somo time. Without doubt tho small tracts of say ton acres or less en In bo much moro easily and successfully handled. Conclusions. (1) There is no doubt that frost txikQ tho mean before referring injury may bo prevented by tho uso She table. In this way greater icy -will result. One point which eM not be overlooked In tho rant er, selecting tho thermometers Is : the wo Instruments should read aliko for all temperatures, me Jt Is thb difference between of fires nnd smudges. (2) Wood and coal hnvo proved to bo tho best fuel. (3) Where tho temperature drops to 20 degrees F. It would seem that 50 fires per acre aro necessary. Only half as many aro needed when tho 4wo thermometers that Is of the. temperature reaches, say, 25 to 20 st Importance. i Several good thermometers. should bo placed at different degrees F. (4) Shavings, chips or othor fine material In paper sacks saturated i In the orchard at an eleva-;wlth crude oil or kerosene have been oE 3rom four to five feet from , found best for starting tho fires i ii n . A 'i'AiMtnin ntno nnni ttin . .. t.,t T-Aa...An 6...,.n trxnm ltr.t ElUUiiU. lCUIJlrtklUCO t-tW kuuUif;h( I.J. USUI! V lUtUVQ Lt I II5UW arc always much lower than ing tho fires have also proved to bo Soar or five feet higher. It Is .very serviceable as compared with matches. .1. W. Dean of Warmer creek cuino down to Phoenix Monday. Mr. ami Mi's, Joshua Patterson wore over in Fern Valley Sunday visiting their daughter, Mrs. William Fern. Miss Gussio Clinohununer came down from Ashland Saturday eve ning to visit her sister, Mrs. Sain Van Dyke. Lem Hughes of Fern Val'.jy was in the city of Medford last Saturday. Mr. nnd Mrs. W. K. Anderson of NTorth Phoenix were Medford visitors last Saturday. F. E. Furry, tho livorymnn of Phoenix, was in Medford last Thurs day. Last Sunday afternoon several of the neighbors gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. Carey nnd en joyed ice cream. Miss Clam Allen was a Phoenix visitor Monday morning. Mrs. A. B. Fern was over in North Talent last Monday after berries to can. J. S. Spitrer of Talent was n Medford business caller last Monday morning. Mrs. W. S. Stanoliff of North Tal ent was in Phoenix Saturday eve ning, V. A. Duulnn nnd daughter, Miss llerthn, of Talent, visited in Phoenix Sunday evening. dohn Shideler of Tulout was in Phoenix last Monday forenoon. Mr. and .Mrs. W. S. Staueliff were visitors at tho home of Mr. and Mrs. Kd Hamlin of Kden Vnllov last Sun day. Talent continues to boom. There a iv five now dwellings under way, besides wo have n big furniture store, two bnrbor shops and a bath, n big hardware store, n box factory, and soon to hnvo another largo packing house. Those aro all new business houses, to say nothing of tho old ones. James Allen of North Talent is delivering about 20 tons of alfalfa hay to different parties in Phoenix at a good figure. Wiley Tumbow loft for Starling early Monday morning to aid in fighting a forest firo which ho fears will reach his buildings on his ranch near "there. temperature of tho air which sur- the fruiting portion of the ithat -wo wish to know about. RFNTRAI POINT NFUTC ITFMS """"" " "-"- -""' CANNOT HAVE A SALOON AT WEED WKED, Unl July 11!.--Tim board of suporviuors ut Yreku yoslorduv rejected tho application of the Weed Lumber company for n liquor liceiwo permit for n saloon here. Last year the board limited tho number of .u loons in Weed to six. At that lime thoro wore seven, but u short lime ago one of tho saloons went out of eommissiou and Weed has only hud tho limit, six. Tho Weed Lutnbor company inado application to tho hoard at the pres ent meeting for n liquor license per mit, but as tho board had heretofore mndo an order limiting tho number, nnd which order wno sanctioned bv tho residents of Weed, it could not seo its way clear to overrule its for mer order, and tho application was rejected. SAYS ALL WHO LOVE CHRIST ARE GETTING TOGETHER James Grieve, who was overcome (5) Straw and stable manure aro; by heat Inst Saturday, is still in a valuable for producing dense smudges precarious condition, but is much im- 2) Maximum and minimum ther-'.but aro not effective in raising tho proved. It will be weeks before ho temperature in the orchard. Tho val-I is able to resume his run on rural ue of the smudgo, or dense smoke, is. routo No. 1. Mr. Grieve is conscious, moro to protect tho trees from tho but not allowed to talk or undergo early morning sun where somo slight (any undue- oxcitement. It is the be freczlng of the blossoms and tho fruit i lief of Dr. Polluitz that Mr. Grieve has occurred during tho night. will soon rally and grow stronger seter. This instrument is not itely iccessary, but it Is very Fril In serving as a check upon the itions made with tho other aometers. C-) -An aneroid barometer. Thi3 rnment Is rather costly, being cth from $18 to $20, but if a sin- jErower does not desire to buy "several might purchase the In- ani .together. This instrument ites the air pressure and the .and Jows which may bo seen ted on tho weather maps. Dur- -ai tperlod of high pressure tho are that frosts may be ex- while during low pressure, appear. This instrument wouia ate the movement of the high low pressure of the atmosphere average moro than $2 a night per acre, even where it may bo necessary to keep the fires burning five or six hours. In somo localities where wood can bo had without expense ex cept for hauling, theso figures might be reduced somewhat. However, In localities where wood is rather scarce they would probably bo somewhat zaeans that there is a consld- higher. quantity of water vapor In the (7) The results of tho past sea- here, frosts are not so likely .son's work in tho Rogue River valley havo shown that many acres of crops valued at from $500 to $1000 per acre have been saved at a total ex act as a check upon the phy- pondlture or not moro than $15 to eter observations. $20 per aero for firing. Very strik es) It would also be well to get Ing examples havo been seen where dally weather maps and warn-Junsmudged orchards adjoining those tfrtam the nearest weather Bta- that have been smudged have borno These reports would indicate, no fruit. EAGLE POINT EAGLETS By A? C. Howlett JL cntlman from Portland by the of M. West came out from rd Tuesday night and the next unj took the Eagle Point-Trail- ect stage for Trail. GwBorge Whito and wife came fout y evening on the Eugle Point - n stage and stopped for a day fcwe .to have an operation per il oji his tonsils, but our doc- ewas called away to Talent, so had to go to Medford to have work -done. 'Sace I last wrote we havo had our of nuto riders, and thoy gen- omc about dinner time, day, T. K. Bolton, C. M. Sta- s .and R. L. Burdic of Ashland, rapamed by II. M. Coss. They eimply riding around to see the witry and try to find something to that was good. FE. Huff of Dunsmuir, Cal., was the callers Thursday night. came out to try to buy out our slcsmith business of W. L. Chil- but Wcss thinks that ho has t -Reed n thing here, for ho has all work that he, his brother Henry 2 Ids other helper, tho shoor, Geo. er, can do. .C. H. Webster, wife and little boy out from near Peyton on the m 1 i A f" ., .1 ntrt Tuesday uigiii, wem id jicu- the next morning on business, fciwrned on Fridny and Saturday Eafc Ihc stage for their home. "Mr, Powers, doputy sheriff of Etc Falls, stopped with us YVeu lay .night on Ids way homo. Ho rbecn out to Medford and stuyed vto catch tho Eaglo Point and kMe Palls stage (5. H. Johnson of Dunsmuir, Cul., ItsviWcd 0.'hursdny night on his wny tlDiittr Phils, Crater Lake, etc. Ho a also looking around to view out n naraspect for nn cloctno plant w. JIo is intorosted m nn electric vrtl in Dunsmuir, Cnl., nnd would rto etnblish ono bore nnd thus MiUm thu water powor that is going 'sva&ta. aKnv. W. G. "Wright, a daughter of . aJnwk of Clark's creek, recently ij Lor AiiKoles, stopped lioro on rsuav nigiit on hor way to Urnnts lfor incdicn) troatment, Sho is nnpAiilod by hor stepson nnd (C) The cost of firing with wood' under tho splendid nursing of Mrs. and coal, Including labor, should not Grieve. S. Conntt, formerly n resident of Central Point, but now of Tolo, was transacting business here Monday and reports much improvement in the new town, and that 40 buildings are to go up as soon as logs can bo tnkou to the Tolo mill to mnko tho lumber. Some new business houses are al ready complete and moro are to bo erected when home-sawed material can be obtained. Louis L. Tullier was transacting business in Central Point today and reports all tilings as fljurishing on the farm. Mr. Tullier is still a booster of the first water and the Rogue River valley is fortnnnto in having him ns a citizen. Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Adams were in from the Eagle Point vicinity Mon day trading and marketing products. Central Point is mnny degrees cooler than in tho past few days, 97 being tho highest point reached by the mercury, with a trade wind just n size larger than a "balmy breeze." Mayor Leever is building a gnragc for his now White Steamer, which is to arrive in a few days. It will be the handsomest automobile in Central Point. Secretary William E. Knhler of the Commercial club was kept busy for several days the past week an swering correspondence nnd sending out booklets to eastern parties who had requested them. The secretary now has a neat new return postenrd which is a novelty in tho line of a bnby booster. Work will be resumed next Mon day on tho Whiteside Childers block, corner Fourth nnd Pine streots. The city council is talking of building a high board fence around the hastile to keep the vermin from enrrying the thing nwu'y. Many of our citizens packed up valley property, but few cush buj'erh. bag nnd baggage today and left for Ashland to camp during tho Chau tauqua. Real estate dealers report business tho quietest in mnny months. Hun dreds of letters offering to trade eastern property for Rogue Rivor W. E. Whiteside has been busy the past few days completing tho inside finish of his fine Pino-street bunga low, into which ho recently moved his family. The housewives of Conlrnl Point. JMin P, Chun, ono-of tho postofficp ub Kndnv night on his tour of inspection. I understand that Mr. Pardcn, the gentleman who bought the Joseph Radcr place, has had his leg so bad ly injured that his physician forbids his using it, but I did not learn the cnuso of the trouble. A. II. Boothby and wife and son Porcy nnd wife called Friday evening on their way to Medford. A. II. Boothby and wife are on their way to San Joaquin vnlley, California, whro ho has resided for tho Inst year or more. Mr. Boothby was for a number of years a resident of this valley and for a number of years re sided in Klamath comity, Oregon. Rev. Reuter, formerly of Medford, having acted as pastor of tho First Methodist church in that city for some years, but now he has charge of the church at Newport, Or., came out Friday to look after a young orchard ho had planted near here. Our railrond agent at the Pacific & Eustcrn depot of this place has moved from the Sunnyside hotel into the house recently bought by I. IJ. Williams, nnd vacated by Professor P. II. Daley. Quite a number of the railroad men quit work on tho rond Friday bore, but said that they woro going to an other camp. The P. & E. It. It. Co. has begun to lay steel again. Uenj. IIowo of Talent came Satur day afternoon on his bike on his way to Elk creek to visit his sister, who is engaged teaching n school about five miles above the mouth of tile creek. Mr. Wheeler, of the firm of Clas pil & Wheeler of Butto Falls, stopped hero Friday night, us did also Ed Walker of tho Iowa mills, near Butto Falls. Ed got to the dopot just in time to see tho train move off for Medford. W. A. Gellntly, sheriff of Benton county, Oregon, his two brothers R. G. Gellntly, of Chcomoth, J. A. Gol Intly of Wonatcheo, Wash., maypr of tho town of Wonatchee, with son and daughter and Miss Fnrris. J. A. Gellntly and family came all tho way from Wonatchee, Wash., in his unto. They nro going to Crater Lake and will then proceed on north through Enstorn Oregon to Pendleton in their auto, and thonco on to thoir home in Wonatchee, Wash. Thoy nro a jolly crowd and nro going to see what is to bo seen on tho routo. regardless of hot weather, aro busy canning hundreds of quarts of peaches, blackberries, loganberries and cherries. Tho merchants report big sales of fruit jars and berry boxes. Charles N. Wellor, an experienced steam laundry opomtor, was in town today looking over the field with n view to establishing n steam laundry nt Central Point. While tho .Medford laundry is giving satisfactory serv ice, likewiso tho laundry nt Ashland, yet we need n homo laundry nnd could give it much business. Jnmes McDowell, the city snvior of shoe soles, will go to the hills for n week's recreation and close his shop. Business has been so good that he has overworked and in the interest of his health ho takes to the "tall unmined" to recuperate. CLEVELAND, 0., July 32.- A giant combination in religions is the future told by John I). Hookofeller nnd which is being discussed by the theologians today. Rockefeller, be fore his Biblo class yesterday, de clared that in time there will he an amalgamation of nil religious. "People who love Christ nro com ing together," Rockefeller said. "Thev will unite, regardless of slight differences in present religious organizations." PLUMBING sum and hoi wAirir iii:aiing All Work CUmrunU'otl 1'ricoH KuuHounblo COFFEEN (Si PRICE 11 Noith l)St..Mmlfonl,Oro. 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