Medford mail tribune., December 01, 1913, SECOND EDITION, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3

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NEWS OF THE ORCHARD
Some Historical Facts Concerning Blight
Whit the I'liHnl Hliilc IiiiiIiiihiI f .ttfrli hIIiim Hum IIuihi nuil In
llulng,
(Coiitlmioil (miti I'rliluy )
'I'liu V, H. iluiwrlmuiil of nKrlcnU
turn linit nlwny tuln'ii tint lotul In
liiiliillliir. i'ilili!iiilr illnimncH, not only
In lilniitn liul In iiiiIiiiiiIh uy wtill. Ho
fur iih tint roulrol of punr IiIIkIiI lit
niiiruriimt tint ilopitrt iudii t of niirl
iMilliiro Ih tlni only limtltutluii wtiloli
linn tuldni up tint iimttitr In 11 miiioii
way. Niitiirully It U mil tint tlupiirt
nimit'H liimliicNri lo i;o Into it ntuti anil
iiuniiiiiii tlm work of routrol of uny
plant or atiluiiil illinium, Ah ii rulo
tlm iliMnrliiiniit ilium not ilo work of
tlilti U I till iiiiIum rallixl upon, hut Jl
i;ut!ii wltlimil nuyliiK Hint tlio ilupiirt
iiuiiit In iimnlly rnlletl uioii liy Milton
or by toiiiiniinltkn tu do work of tlil
Mini.
lnatlio itinttor of tlm control of pt'itr
Illicit It linn lii'i'ii my duty ilurltiK
tli (i lint tliutuu yiinin to vlnll niivernl
Mtntcit to tnlin clutrfiu of tlm ociilrol
of pnar IiIIkIH liornimo of Hid furl
I hut tlio Hlntu liutllutloiiit In tlm
ntiiti'M In which I linvu workml linil
uiiutu no itttuiupt to Kltu limlriutlo.i
In tlio control of Hit) dlimnn. In
I'JiM wluin tlm di'pnitiiii'Ut of nitrl
rulhirn wim cnlk'd upon hy tlm proml-
in-lit moil of tlm ituto of Lalliorniii
to 1 11 kit cliurKu of thu penr lillitni
work, prmllcnlly all tin penr orrlmrdu
of ilin Hun Joiuiuln vnlloy litul Imon
ulriuiily iliKtru)i'il. It wan formnaioil
hy until In tlm ntnln limtlliilloiii th.il
pi'ar KrmvhiK would ccunn to lio on
ludiintry In California, "simply bo
cnuno of tlio fact that uioro than ono
half Million penr tri'i hail beoii do
Mroycd liy hllithl In Ilin Han Joaiiiln
nlliy Hint 1'iat tliU Infection would
coiitliiuii ottr tlm fiitlro poar nrun
of tlio Hacraiucnto alloy and wlpn It
tint. I had a Kfcnt dual to do In tlio
jiintlur of aroiitliiK luteroul lu thu
work of urmlleutl'iu .Imply bccniuu
ou'uvtiry liuud wo wiiru uivt with dli
cournKliiK Ktittoiiiuutrt raining from
lliomi who not only took no Inturont
in our work, but fondly liopud that
wo would utterly fall, Ilowovor,
what ban bcon doiiu In tlm Mnto of
California by Hid dipartuiul nlnmU
today at n nuiniimciit to work of till
klod. .Not only U California mill
alilppliiK pfar, but In curtain dUtrldn
nr KrowliiK l on thu lucrumo, Hail
thu ilcpartiui'iit boon rallod nootiur,
tlio Han JoaiUlu pvar orchardi would
hao boon iwvoil.
It may bo IntoroctliiK to thoto who
aro followliiK tliU artlcln, to know
thai thuru l now run In is In tho oat
a dlicam) of thu client nut known ni
tho OlioMimt Hark ilUonno, which linn
to dato duatroyod probably fifty lull
IU111 dollar worth of utandliiR elicit
mil limber. TliU iIMdiuo In very to
MTu lu thu Now KiiKland and north
Atlnntli) NtatuH, mrtlctilarly lu Now
York, I'ttnuiylvatila and Coiitiocllcut.
Tho dUuamt la of rathor recent origin,
that Ik to nny, It wan clearly rocoK
nliml at lurloua In 1901 and It un
doubtodly oxlitnd nuvural yuara carl
iur, Thu flra lufuctloua occurred on
I.011K Inland and from tliU vicinity
ui a cuiitur It hni Niruad lu uvury ill
ruction and It tlll itproadlng nl a
very rapid rato, buliiK now known lu
leu Mnto, ll i n airaiiKO, but nail
comiiiuutary that uothluK wnt dimu
by thu ntalo liutltuttoiiM In thu control
of thl dUenio until It had boromu a
Mivuro vpldciiik'. Aa a mattor of fuct,
tho different utatea which wuro nor
louuly affucted uiado no uudcavor lu
IU control, and nut until thu depart
ment o fitKrlculturo In 1907 Iickbii a
thoroiiKh luvuitluntlon of tho illMrlct
was any imrtlcular uotlco taken of It.
Tho Mnto palholoKlHta in hoiiio of thu
HtnteH actually ridiculed thu Idea thai
tho dUeaHii wiiii ilaiiKurouu nud put
thouiKulvt'a on record iih tniyltiK Hint
tho trouble wnu InrKoly cllinatle, and
that coudltloim would uoou como
about whom tho dlvontio would ho
tiolf-lliiiltliiK that la to any, It would
control IlKclf. Through Dr. llavon
.Molcalf, foront patholoKlal of tho
Unltud Htiituu depnrtuiuut of agrloul
turo, loRothor with lithor iiunubura of
hlri Htaff, It wim HUKKUHted that tho
fiini;im orKitnlHiu ciiuuIiik tho ilUc-ano
wiih an liitroducud otio; that It was
not of Auiurlcnu origin, nud that
ovory ouduavor ahoiild bo uiado to
Htiimp out tho (IIbciiho, Ilowovor,
nil of thin lioio llttlo fruit oncopHur
rldlciilo on tlio pari of thoao who
fihotild havo boun modi luturoated In
co-nponitlou with tho, dopartmont.
I'iiHioIokUIh who put tliumnolvcs on
locord nH atatliiK that tho fuiiKUH w:is
native, or at luiiHt Kuropuaii In diIkId.
Iiiivo now had to tnko u buck aoat
hIiico thu dopurtnient pntholoclBtn
liavo hIiowii that tho untlvo Iiomo of
tho fuiiKUH Ih China, it havliiK boon
found thuru by an URrlculturul ox
ploror of tho dopartmont of nmiciil
turo, It has boon rocontly found that this
dlaoaau has buuu rnrrlod up Into n
curtain dlatrlct in lirltlsh Columbia
through iniportatlonu of chestuut
lro"'M front tlm Orient -lliumi trcim
ImvliiK pnimod throlii;i tho United
Htatini by way of thu Han Krniiclarn
port of ontry,
It ban henn through thu nfforlH of
Or. Mulralf and hla aKaUtauta that
Hid I'euiiNylvanla rtatu lenlHlaturii lu
1HII panned a bill atithorlrliiK thu
Kovornor to appoint it (oiiiiiiIhhIom
for tho purponu of tliuroiiKlily Inroall
Kallnit thu rlioHtuiit Iron bark dUmmo
Tlm act placed an (ip;irorlatlon of
7r..l)U0 lit tho dlHponnl of tho coin
iiiIuhIihi for Hid InvimtlKatlou and
at'luiitllfc utitily of Ilin problem, nud
iiioru apeolflcally to uncurtain tho ux
tent of thu bllKht' and lo duvlao wnyn
and inciiiiH through which It iiilj;lit If
pomilblii lio Mumped out. Tho Hulled
Htntca dupartnumt of ajtrlrulturo imlo
appropriated funda ho aa to puiih the
work lu l)r Metralfa department, Al
the head of thu comtiilaalou'H labor a
lory l)r Al, i:, Carlton, of tho depart
iiient of itcrliiilturu, waa placed, and
tin ha taken cluin;o of thu Iiivi-hIIkii
llniiH which bitvu alnci) been tindur
way Aa lu thu cam of tho ittudlcn
which hnto been curried on In thu
control of bllKht, tho department ami
hlntu official working on (ho cheat
nut bark tlUciuo have iited every poa-
Hlblo method which could bo called
forth lo uld them In Ihl work to aavn
thu cbi-Htniit fiireNt of tho Hulted
State, eradication, Irco aurKery, ami
medication are all emp)ocd, Aa re
Kard Ireo medlrntlou, Dr. Metcalf
ban tills to ray:
"Thu poMilhlllty of rontrollliiK din
enau lu tree by Hperlitl fertilization
or by direct chemotherapy, that I, by
thu Introduction of ehemlcnU or Im
inunUliiK aubatauciHi directly Into thu
treo, hit long been n faicluatlm:
Ideal Thu method ha been discred
ited by tho liuiuber of "faku' retne
die which am Htipponml to bu applied
lu (hi way. Tho l'uunalvaula
Chealnut Treo IIIIkIiI commUalou, lu
co-operation with the Tnlled State
department of apiculture, I mukliiK
exiemhii nxperlmeiit nloiiK thla gen
eral line. I'roui thl work every val-
uabln Hcleutlflc reaulta are lo bo ex
pected, whether tho method become
a practical Hiircea or not, and thu ru
atilla obtained may be expected to bo
lu hoiiik mcaauru applicable to other
apecle of tree, Including fruit tree."
GIVES MODE THAN $500,000 IN
CAMPAIGN FOR Y. W. C. A.
JtaaiiH' ' iJHiiiiHI
KMlr ' "ValaiiiiiiiiiiUI
ESi ,irM " feravJ
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W, .1
PER
FAVORTE
ROGUE VALLEY
E
RIS RANDALL
lu tho pear ncreaKo wan duo to tlio
fact that wo have i;rubbod out prac
tically all of our lion DavU npplei.
All of thin acruncu wax pul In penra
liei'itiiMfi thero mo much better ru-(
turiiK lo tho unworn. I'eara pro
duce more fruit to tho arro than np-j
; plea and thero la much lean exponne '
In Kultlnc tho fruit to market,
"Our Hplt7oiihurK nppl' thla acn
Hon wcro by far the beat over pro-'
diiced In tho valley. Tho colors wero
Wlilt. i
; fur auporlor to anything heretofore ,
!UOal 0(fpin.ri fittm riftfilna ull rtirclrt hi
Th.
I'Olt'lXANi), Ore, Dec, 1
If nifl I ii r la a if llfiu niinllli-i.il
"""'' " v"' '-" """" ""urowii.
tho worlira prirua for applca thai t hkheat price obtained In the
that Kcctlon baa koiiu after, tho din- j market. A cable Juat recolvo-l
trlct la deatlned to become more nrnl irotii Oormany ahowa iloguo river
more n poar auction. ISpltreriburK aold thoro at a price
While tho return for apploa havo that means $2.00 f. o, b. Hokuo river
been excemlliiKly favorable, II la" tho ' "Home people havo atated rertt-
(Par that the avern(?o ItoKUo river or-ny that tho apnlo market In Germany
ihardlHl bank upon. Th poar aero- hrd aluinptKl. We conaldor It ex
ao of that Miction I already about eellenl- -thu pr'lc uow for them
eiiunl to that crowltiB upploa, but the aclvoa."
ilncreaao recently haa been moat not- ,.' i '! s: z: i-s-z.
Iceable In thu former. :
(l.,... P.ii .... . ..m .1... . It
.iw in uu i-r tuiiv i mo ucreKU
In tho ItoBito rlvor vnlloy nt thla '
time." aay A. ('. Itaudall, prealdont '
and Kenerul munaKor of tho Ko'cuo ,
Itlvt-r Trull & Produce naaoclatlon,
"la In poara, and much tho larKoit,
per cent of tho IncreaaPd fruit aero-1
iiko thoro to coitiu Into bearlui; with-
lu the next few yearn will bo pearo. ,
"Wo know that wo grow thu bi-at'
pear In the world and our JiidK-j
muni I ahown by wa that Kuropo
and tho United Hlate competea for,
our fruit. Wo not only turn out n '
flrat-clar product bul we ;ut tho ,
money. I
"All told thla rcanou'a output of
niplea and pear In tho Hokuo rlvur
valley will reach perhaps 1200 earn1
compared with about 757 cara a year
aKo. Thero waa an Increaao In both
pear and apple thla aeaaou nl
thouith thu Kreateat lucrearu waa In I
I pear. I
A lartio per cent of our Increase
- jta ;""
Arrow shirts
Note tho styles, enjoy tho comfort and test tho quality
that an Arrow label emu res in shirts. $1,0, tlb.
CLURTT. r"AT)ODY ft r ,f , Tr-iy, V Y Jf niieri of Aaaow Coti.Aa
(To bu continued,)
WHISLERS BILL
TO STANDARDIZE
BOXES OE APPLES
A year iiro before (lie Oregon .Stute
llortieultiirnl Mieiel.v, C. 13. WIi'inIct
of Meill'nril )ropo.et! n iiuiiounl law
to htumlitrilir.o the tipple box mill itH
oonlcntH ninth; liuijM blmilur to (lie
Suler law now in effeel ceiiccrnini:
Hie apple barrel ami its contents.
TIiIh meiiNiiii) wiih iinuuimouhly
mloplcil usd wiih nlleruuril nnnrov
eil by lite statu huitieiilttinil Koci
eliet of WiiHhinutuit, Idaho nnd
.ron(uun. On November IS, HUH,
tit n conference held iliiriiijr tlio Spo
kitttu npplo hhow, hOiii.i slight i'liunt;es
were adopted nrnl tit Hie form xliowtt
below it, will jitftiiii lie referred lo Hie
sin 1 1) horticultural Micictie Hint ns-
hixleil In !Ih inception. All ft nil con
cerns, inleieslrt or o,riiwurs tire in
vited lo mid Hid weights of llu-ir
iiiilornemcnlH lo tlio iuoihim'iI law
ami forward niiiiiu (o ('. I!. Wliider
nt .Meilfonl, Or., at mi eiuly ilitle, iih
it Ih expected Hint the hill will he
inlrniliiceil in coiii'roHS iluiiii,' the
IIP.t HChhioil.
The hill piovidcK Hint the slnmliitii
box for iipplen bliull ho of the fol
low iittr ilimuusioiiK when iiiciiKiired
ullhoul dihten'ioii of it k purls;
Depth of end, 10VL- incite).; width
of end, 11 i.j inches" IoiikHi of box
18 inelicH, nil inside nifiiMimncui.
ninl leptcscntinj: us iicaily us uw
hiblo LM7;i'j ciihie inches.'
Kee. 2. That uny box in which
iii!ch hIiiiII bu imekcil uiul offeieil
lor mile, which docs not eonlnin less
limit tho required number of cubical
inehos oh preseribed in neelion 1 of
Ill's net, hlinll bu pliiiulv niurkcd on
one hido nrnl ono end wiih I ho wonb.
"Short Hox," or with voii1h or lt;
tiruH blinwini; tho fiaetioinil relation
which thuiiuliiiil cnpueily of tlio box
bourn to tho capacity of the box pro
scribed in section 1 of this net.
rice. II. Standard boxes when
pnokod, hhlppcil or delivered for
bhipment in iutcrstnto or foreign
commoroe, or wliieh shall ho Hold or
offered for snlo within thu District
of Columuiuror tho terrltorioH of tho
United States of America, uliiill bvuv
.Mi. Wlllard D. StrnlKlit
.Mrn, I'lnley .1. Sheparil
Mrs. Wlllard I) Straight, datiKli
ter of the lato William C Whitney.
and wife of thu man who haa had
much tu do with financial matter In
China for J. I'. .lornuu & Co., and
tho American hanker who havo
taken part in Chltiece loans, and Mr,
l-'lnluy J. Hhepnrd, who wa MIm
Helen Could till a year acn, lmo
Klvcu inoro than n halt million dol
lar lu thu campaign for a $1,000,000
fund for thu Yoiiiik Women's Chris
tian Aaioclatlou and tho Young Men's
Chrlatlau Association,
In fact they, with John D. Rocke
feller and Mlaa draco DoiIko, Ilea J
the list of larKo Klvcrs. Thoao four
pcraona In nil gao a follows;
Mrs. Straight $300,000.
Mrs. Shopard $200,000.
Mrs. Dodtiu $250,000.
Mr. Itockefullur $:t.'0.000.
Coffrc
Thero isiiotliiiiglruor
ilian this, wc make
what wc buy. IT no
bod v would buy poor
coflVo there would be
none of it roasted. The
sale of Schilling's Best
is increasing because
the number of people
who demand the best
coffee is increasiiig.
Ask for it,
Tho belt time to buy'Schll
HuR'a Heat Is today.
Season for Gift Choosing
Has Arrived
"We arc ready with a shop full of appropriate gifts and ask that you inspect
these interesting things before making your purchases. You know the wis
dom of early shopping. AVe list a few of the many articles:
CHRISTMAS CARDS, CHRISTMAS GREET
INGS, SWEET GRASS BASKETS, LEATH
ER GOODS, FRENCH MOROCCO WORK
BASKETS, HAND MADE NOVELTIES OF
ALL KINDS, HAND EMBRODDERED LIN
ENS, EMBROIDERED PILLOW TOPS,
CROCHED INFANTS' SETS, CROCKED
SHAWLS.
You will find it really a relief to visit this simp, with its many beautiful ar
ticles. t takes all the unpleasantness out of Christmas shopping and makes
it a delightful pleasure.
Handicraft Shop
su
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upon one or ho'.li ciiiIh in plum fit:
u i is the number of apple contained
in the box; lib) in plain litters, the
stvlu of pack used, the name of the
pcrMUi, firm, oumpativ or organim
Hon which firl packul or cau-ed ih
Mime to be packed ; His name of the
locality where said apples were
crown, nud the name of I lie variety
of the apples contained in the box,
unless the variety j not known to the
packer, in which eent the box shall
ho marked "I'likiiown. ' A Munition
ot tliree apples I mm the iiuuiiier
ilciduutcil as lioiut; in the box hlinll
bu nllowed.
See. I. That the apples contained
u It hilt the said Manila nl bo when
so packed uiul offered for stile,
shipment or ilolivcry in inlci.-lale or
roreimi eunimeri'e, shall bo well
urown hpcoitneiiH, of out wiriety,
reasonably ljpiforin in mxo, piperl.v
matured, pnu'ticnllv free from dirt,
ittscel pesls, diseases, hrnices uiul
oilier defteU except siieli as me ne
cessarily caused in the operation of
packing.
See. 5. 'Flint tdnndnril bo.xe-. pack
ed in lu'corilaiieu with Hie provisions
of this net may be mitikcd 'Viand
aid." See. (1. Thai boes eontainiii" m
pies murk cd ''Staiiduiil" shall lie
deemed to be iiiii-luaiiih-il within Hit
uieaniiit,' of this no' when the hue
of tho hox does not conform to the
rciuireiucuts of section 1 of this net,
mid when the inaikins on tho box
and Hie cnutcus tltrieof do not eon
form to tfio rciuiiTinciilH of section
It nrnl 4 of thih net.
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With Mod ford trmlo ti Mfflforil niiulo-
FOR SALE
18 head of mares, and
horses, ranging from 8H0 to
1000 pounds; ages yearly to
lu years. Uan no seen at
any time. III! North River
side. D. S. LITTS
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Page Theatre, Thursday, Dec. 4
THE THEATRICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR.
John Cort's Attraction Extraordinary
ANNA HELD
n? All Star Variete Jubilee
Wlr THE GREATEST CONSTELLATION OF LUMINARIES ON ANY STAGE
&. THE ULTRA VIVACIOUS
AlNlA trltLLaU
ROLAND BOTTOMLY. CrURLES JUDELS
AND BEAUTY CHORUS
In a New Musical Playlet. "MLLE. BABY"
T:
GEORGE BEBAN & CO.
in an Emotional Sketch in one act
'THE SIGN OP THE ROSE"
The Emperors of Comedy
WARD and CURRAN
in "THE STAGE-DOORTENDER"
CHINA'S LATEST IMPORTANT IMPORTATION
THE IMPERIAL PEKINESE COMPANY
MOST WONDERFUL OP COMEDY ACROBATS
THE YOUNG HUNGARIAN
HIRSCHEL HENDLER
RIVAL OP PADEREWSK1
THE IDOLS OF ALL EUROPE
FRANCIS & FL0RETTE
IN ARTISTIC BALL ROOM DANCES
CHARLES AHEARN AND COMPANY
IN THE MOST NOVEL AND STARTLING COMEDY BICYCLE
ACT OP INTERNATIONAL RENOWN
THIS WONDERFULLY ARTISTIC ORGANIZATION TRAVELING BY
SPECIAL TRAIN ON ITS TRANSCONTINENTAL TOUR OF CONQUEST
The Management Guarantees That Miss Anna Held herself Will Positively Appear.
SEAT SALE OPENS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2.
Special Attention Given to Mail Orders Received Now.
PRICES: $2.00, $1.50, $1.00, 75c, 50c TELEPHONE 418.
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