The herald., 1893-12-16

scott had been Oerelec5 IL n.e duty rs
commissioner and should he be puc-
cessful 10 proving this fact, the duty
and course devolying upon the board
was apparent.
MIR. STEWARDS EVIDENCE
John ]. Stewart OF Downey was the
next witness called by Mr.. Knox.
He said: | am in the nursery bu~h
iness and have small orchard ct Dow
new. The purple scale has been in my
orchard for four or Eve years. have
called Mr.. Scott's attention to this
fact, and about one month ago he first
visit it.
His inspector in that neighborhood
for the past two years has been Mr..
Evans, whose first visit to the orchard
to look after the purple scale was about
two months ago.
''Mr. Scott rented the orchard with
Wr. Evans later. The former suggested
that the trees be cnt eff and the trunks
washed. He feared that they would
die at the opening of the winter. Mr..
Scott then suggested that | wash the
trunks with coal oil and spray the tops
with the Acme wash. There were about
II 2-year-old trees tagged by Mir. Evans.
He had previously visited the nursery,
looking for the purple scale. The trees
were originally brought from Florida.
"There are number OF orchards in
that vicinity that are troubled with the
purple scale.
before Mr.. Scott'a visit I did moth
ing to kill the scale, because / did not
know what to use. -Ir. Evans, the in
spector, has an orchard in which are
about IL trees affected. In Mr.. Silent's
orchard there are about II trees with
the scale, which has been there for
|. about four years. l should judge there
are about dozen trees infested in Mr..
Woods orchard. MIR. johnson has
about the same number. | do not
know whether the scale has made much
progress in that locality or not.
1T was not due to Mr.. Evans efforts,
however, that the spread OF the scale
was prevented"
"Mr. SOFT said he thought that the
waah he recommended was a good one
and would destroy the bugs.
my experience has been that it is
not. Neither Mr.. Scott nor Mr.. Evans
has ever offered any excuse for their
negligence"
CROSS EXAMINED.
"Now, Mr.. Stewart" said Waldo M.
York, who represented Mr.. Scott, "did
you ever, while the scale was in your
orchard, speak with any one in regard
to it2"
"Yes, sir; spoke to the nefghbors. "
"Did you ever report it's report its
presence to the commissions oftice?'
'No; but they knew the scale was
| there"
J ''How do you know that2"
4, L., 4,
into the country from Florida the scale
was upon them"
"Are you not aware that there has
been a change in the commission eincs
that time? Why did you neglect to in
form the commissioners in regard to the
presence of the scale?"
AN OBJECTION.
Judge Knox here interposed an OBJ
| lection.
Supervisor Hay favored the witness
answering the various questions put to
him in order that full light be thrown
upon the matter.
Supervisor FORESTER remarked that il
| the orchardats desired to be rid of the
scale nests they should work with the
| commissioners and report ita presence to
| he authorizes.
1t was then decided by the board that
tie question of Judge York be allowed.
TALKED SOME MORE.
"When | took hold of my orchard the
scale were there. 1 consulted with some
of my neighbors but as none seemed to
! know of any remedy | did nothing for
| it. There is also black scale in my Or
chard and as l had been told that it
was harmless did not try to destroy it,"
A WITNESS FROM THE VALLEY.
Col. j. r. Dobbins OF San Gabriel was
next sworn. | am an orchardst. This
year shipped about 5000 trees north to
Butte county. They were inspected By
Mr.. @. H. Richardson, who gave me q
certificate for them.
| "She trees were planted in Butte
county and were complained OF on the
| grounds that all the scale had not been
killed. They had been fumlgated befo
| leaving here"
''Did Mr.. Scott make any effort to get
| those treeH out OF quarantineY'
Yes; he stated that he had written
north in regard to Them"
ADo you know anything from your
own knowledge OF the presencs OF pur-
pie scale in this county ?" asked Judge
Knox.
''No, sir; do not"
''Do you know" eaid Mr.. York, "of
any time that Mr.. Scott has neglected
his duty as horticultural commission
er?''
mo, sir; and l have always consid.
adhered him an efficient. faithlul and
competent person."
THAT will do.'
s'One moment, please,' interrupted
Judge Knox. "Hsve You signed petit
tion asking for the retention of MIR. Scott
as commissioner ?'
Yes, sir. In regard to the ecale
will say that when heard of It's arrival
here | reported it to Mr.. Scott and ad-
vised him to look out for it, which he
has done"
NURSERY MANS STATEMENT.
A. w. Eamea, nuraeryman, next
took the stand. He stated that his
source of complaint against Mr.. Scott
had been the latter's neglect and ignor-
ance OF duty. Mr.. Eames said that
some OF his apple trees from Long
Beach had been condemned during the
recent excitement over the root knot.
The reason the trees had been con-
demned was because there was an
irregulafity about them due to collar
grating. He had been told that Mr..
Scott had sent samples OF. the trees to
the department atWaahington and they