PXGE THREE
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Meteorological Report
Forecast i
Medfora and vicinity: Tonight
and Friday fair; little change In tem
perature. Oregon: Fog on coast, otherwise
fair; little change.
Local Data
Lowest temperature this morning,
60 degrees.
1MEDF0RD If&TL TRTBT7XE. rEDFORD, ' OREGON. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1031.
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To the Editor:
I have been asked tor my reaction
to the action of the County Court
In cutting down the inspection iorce.
Space will not permit my going deep
ly Into the matter, but, after twenty
seven years residence In the vally and
all but ten of these as a membr of
the now defunct state board of horti
culture I want to say that I have
never seen a more retrogressive and
dangerous action taken by the coun
ty court of Jackson county. I do not
question the motives of the court and
accept their explanation at face val
ue I am sure they want us to. So,
also, do I accept the statement that
the county Judge made to me: "Well,
that's all right. I don't know one bug
from another, but this is a matter
of economy." Accepting that fact,
Isn't it rather dangerous to subject
our county to the dangers of these
"bugs' through pure Ignorance of
what damage can be done and the
consequent losses sustained, on the
mere -ground of "economy?"
Law Is Specific
Briefly the laws say that these
"huge" must be fought, that certain
products shall not enter the county
without inspection and certain pro
ducts shall not leave the county
without the same. It is up to the
state and the county to adequately
provide this service or repeal the
laws. For instance: no hay or pota
toes can be removed from Jackson
county without a certificate. No one
can sell strawberry plants without In
spection of the field and certification.
No household goods may leave Jack
son county with certificate. Nursery
stock, bulbs, plants, plant products
must be Inspected and certified.
All fruits and vegetables brought
into the county must be held for in
spection before being released, also
every plant bulb and other products
must be held for inspection. This
means that every freight and express
office In the county and the poBt
offlces must have prompt and ade
quate inspection. That is the law.
Cause of Quarantine
But what does this mean to the
people generally and to the farmer?
The latter says that a "fruit inspec
tor" does not help him. They don't
know "one bug from another" and
admit it. They don't know that the
presence of the alfalfa weevil is re-
aDonBlble for the fact that their
spuds have to be certified to and that
a certificate has to accompany house
hold sroods leaving the county, that
It is the principal reason (aside from
the Mediterranean fly) tor the estab
lishment of the quarantines on our
horders.
In the last few months shipments
of vegetables from California have
been intorceptd by our inspectors
containing vegetable weevil. The in
fested stock was burned up or return-
ed. ThlB insect will cause terrible
losses if it gets a hold here. It at-
tacks manv vegetables, weeds and
: pear trees. The intercepted shipments
- might have .Introduced them here
The potato tuber moth has been kept
out of the state merely by efficient
Inspection and, believe me, the farm
er will pay dearly If it geta in here,
. The Inspectors have condemned hun-
Temperature a year
Hlgest 06; lowest 63.
ago today:
Total precipitation since September
1, 1931, .00 inches.
Relative .humidity at 5:00 p. m.
yesterday 18 per cent; 5:00 a. m. to
day 62 per cent.
Sunset today, 6:43 p. m.
Tomorrow
Sunrise 5:39 a. m.
Sunset, 6:40 p. m.
Observations Taken at 5 A. M.
120th Meridian Time
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Baker City ..86
Boston . 84
Boise -J. 88
Chicago 74
Denver 83
Dea Moines 62
Fresno 100
Helena 78
Los Angeles 76
Medford 101
New York . 86
Phoenix .......... 94
Portland ........ 86
Reno ............ 92
Roseburg .. 92
Salt Lake 82
San Francisco 64
Seattle 68
Spokane 86
Wash., D. C... 90
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dreds of thousands of pounds of po
tatoes infested with it.
Inspectors Give Aid ,
Every day the Inspectors help the
people of the county by preventing
the introduction of dangerous pests
and diseases and by aiding them In
getting clean plants, bulbs and oth
er products. It would take a full page
for me to give Just a fair resume of
their activities but when one consid
ers that there are over 20.000 acres
of orchards to be closely watched be
sides the thousands of acres of agri
cultural lands it Is the height of the
ridiculous to suppose that one In
spector can even begin to cover the
field. And when one considers, the
prevalence of blight In the orchards
and the necessity of a good clean-up
this fall one can only stand aghast
at the possibilities of disaster. How
ever, through the Intervention of Gpd
and good luck we may pull through,
BUT -
A. 0. ALLEN,
Medford, Sept. 3.
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Priest Passes
SALEM, Sept. 3.(AP)Rev. Fr.
Benedict Barr, O. S. B., 61, member
of the Mt. Angel college faculty for
25 years, died In a Portland hospital
last night. He was the son of Mr. and
Mrs, John Barr, residents of Salem
since 1885. He was ordained In 1903.
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