Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1905-09-07

! were sent OUT before tnc present ACT
was approved. The old act is re-
pealed and so the commissioners hold
there is no warrant for the allowance
OF timber rebates this year. From
now on it will be possible to comply
with the terms of the new act, and
next year the duplicates will bear
the proper assessments and the re-
bates allowed as provided by it
Reporter Journal.
State Z0Ologist Surface sounds a
warning against the San Jose scale,
which he says will destroy thousands
methods OF battling the imported in
sects are resorted to this year.
The proper time to fight the inst t
is in the fall of the year as soon as
the foliage leaves the trees and Pro-
fessor Surface strongly recommends
the use of insecticide for spraying.
The division of zoology is plann
ing a gigantic campaign against the
pest, which Professor Surface will
superintend He has determined to
give exhibitions by experts of the
process of spraying, in at least one
orchard in each township of the
state SO that fruit growers may gain
an intelligent idea of how the spray
ing is done. Not only will a whole
day he devoted to the process Of
spraying in each township, but the
method of mixing the insecticide viii
be practically illustrated.
The division has just issued two
illustrated bulletins, one on "Our
Native Birds" dealing especially
with the chimney swift, night hawk
and humming bird, and the other
containing the usual "Monthly Chat
With Readers" These will be
wildly distributed throughout the
state.
Rev. Ira r. Hicks has issued the
following weather predictions for the
month of September: The last storm
disturbances in August promise to
reach into the first day ofSeptember.
On and touching Friday the lst, no
reader need be surprised to see or
hear crises in the elements-ra
wind and thunder. The disturbanc
at this time will, in all probabilit :,
be prolonged in cloudy and threaten
ing and possibly stormy weather up
to and through the Bird, 4th and 9TH.
The regular Vulcan storm period is
central on the 9th will be felt as ear
ly as the 7th and Sth. There is al
ways much tendancy to prolonged
disturbances during the immediate
presence of earth's autumnal equi-
noctial especially when full or new
moon fall near the ending of the
storm periods. These phases of the
moon IN September, the equinoctial
month, always find the moon on or
near the celestial equator Hence
we find full moon on the 18th and
moon on the equator on the l4th.
The 18th to 18th are also reactionary
storm days. We may ther, fore look
for decided storm conditions to con
many localities, especially northward
between the 9TH and 10Th may reason
ably be expected. The next regular
storm period is central on the Dist,
| this being also the central day of
earth's autumnal equinox. We pre-
dict that within the period embraced
between Wednesday 9th and Satur-
day 30th many widespread and vio-
lent storms will visit various parts
of sea and land. We predict cool
weather at the close of the month.
Ihdicationa are favorable for low
temperatures and frOsts over all cen
tral and northern sections along with
the changes that will follow this last
September storm period.
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