Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-06
s. G. & THE G. & N. w. R. R.
[Sioux City Tribune.l

LSioux City Tribune
The probability of an early settlement
OF the Sioux City & Pacific railroad debt
and the absorption OF that road by the
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Com
pany is greatly strengthened by the en-.
abling act passed in the upper house Of
congress Saturday and duly reported to
the readers of this paper on that day
The act empowers the government, as
described. to sell the road for its debt
and to settle as best it can. That the
officers described will obey the spirit OF
the law goes without question and sc
Sioux City, which has united its for
tunes with those OF the Chicago &
Northwestern in the work of bringing
about this settlement and change OF
ownership, is in high elation. Sioux
City has recognized the Justice in Presi-
dent Marvin Hughitt's protest agains!
building the Neville extension or doing
any other considerable Improvement
here until 1t knew the extent of Its hold
ings and until it came legally into pos
sessionof llthat it desires to own here
There seems nothing now to obstruct
settlement3of all the vexing problems
involved, and upon this anticipation
Sioux City is building largely. She has
much in promise and much in hope for
this. She knows what the Chicago &
Northwestern can do for her and yet dc
for the Chicago & Northwestern at the
same time and she Is anxious TO begin
the alliance. She expects the Chicago 8
Northwestern to become Sioux City's
greatest railroad and thereby her great
est friend and to reciprocate such
Friendship. Sioux City is in a sentiment
tai mood toward the Chicago a. North
doubtless preserve the benefits of it by
some vigorous assurances soon.
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CROWN GALL OF THE APPLE.
[Des Moines Register.l
LeGrand. Iowa, May 21.-Prof. John
Craig, Amea. Ia.-Dear Sir: j send you
today a sample Of apple tree roots from
Ohio. as sold thru this, Marshall and
Tama counties They were sold as bud
ded trees. The parties selling them
claimed that budded trees We're harder
and better than root-grafted. They told
our farmers the reason there are 50
many failures in the west is because We
use the piece root graft system for the
propagation of the apple, instead OF
trees budded on hardy seedlings, claim
ing they can get much better roots in
this way than we doin the west, where
we use the root system of grating. The
specimens send you are u fair sample
OF. the roots in size aa sent. sas Fully
go per cent of the 100 trees Mr.. S. bought
had more or less of this growth or ais.
ease in the roots. Now, what we want
to know is. what IS the matter Will,
these roots, andis 1t injurious to the
trees! Other parties getting trees from
this Ohio nursery found thier trees in
done up so that the roots We're not seen
until they had got them home and un-
done their bundles. Mr.. S. refused ia
set a number of his lot. One of the
trees send you was badly blackhearted
to the very top.
j. w. SANDERS. 4
An unusual number Of letters like the
above have been received this spring re-
Sarding this trouble. These MARTY ex-
crescencea which appear upon the roots
of apple trees have recently been found
to be caused by fungous parasite. The
life history of this fungus has not thor
oughly been worked out yet, but the evil
dence is SO strong that it appears safe
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