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
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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."
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sum and hoi wAirir iii:aiing
All Work CUmrunU'otl 1'ricoH KuuHounblo
COFFEEN (Si PRICE
11 Noith l)St..Mmlfonl,Oro.
Phone ;io;i
A ten-minute "struggle" in writing
a want nd and you'll sell that
property as sure as taxes 1
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428 ACRES Ivogue Itivor bottom land, euitablo
for fruit nnd gonornl forming purposes.
300 ACRES Alfalfa land, covered with irrigation
ditch and perpetual water right. Has coal outcrop
ping. At a bargain on long time, easy payments.
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