Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-29
HORSEMEN PLAN
POLO TOURNEY
SANTA BARBARA ENTHUSIASTS
ARE ACTIVE
TO SAVE SHADE TREES
Citizens Indignant over Attempts of
Ranehers to Destroy Magnificent
Lombardy and Carolina
Poplars
Special 70 The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
SANTA BARBARA, May 2s-There
is prospect of a polo tournament for
August. Local enthusiasts are in com
munication with teams in the southern
part of the state and expect to reach a
conclusion shortly as to dates and
other details. The Burlington team
seems to have been scattered and con-
sequently the tournament will have to
proceed without the pleasure of It's
presence But Los Angeles is expected
to send a good strong team into the
arena and it's team is doing some good
practice work in anticipation of the
event. The Riverside Country club
will be able to send a good team, as
it always has done, and 1t is its hope
and intention to advance the cham
Barbara in August.
Theodore Aarkrogh familiarly known
in naval circles as Fearless Teddy"
and who is in fact one of the most
widely known heroes of the Spanish
American war, is in Santa Barbara.
the two men under Schley who were
struck by Spanish shells at the battle
of Santiago. He was in the naval hos
pital at Brooklyn for seven months
after the battle and now shows the
scars of wounds received in action.
Aarkrogh was standing by the side of
Yeoman Ellis when a shell practically
severed Ellis head from his body. and
Aarkrogh caught the lifeless form be-
fore it could fall upon the deck of the
Brooklyn. They were the only men
struck in the battle by the Spanish
Shells
A tempest which has gotten beyond
the teapot has been raised in Santa
Barbara and Goleta by the threat of
owners of property along the Goleta
road which runs from Santa Barbara.
to cut down the Lombardy and Caro-
| lima poplars which go to make one of
the most attractive drives in the vicin-
ity. The owners of the land claim that
the trees absorb too much of the nutri-
ment that should go into the crops,
while the other people contend that
the beauty of the drive would be ruined
by the destruction of the trees. The
trees seem to be on the highway and
the supervisors propose to abide by the
decision of the people, to be expressed
! by petition. AS the owners are few
and the people are many, it is not
| likely that the interests of the crop
of beans will weigh very much in the
balance with that of the crop of tour
lists and the esthetic tastes of the fire.
quenters of the beautiful Goleta road.
The Santa Barbara county board of
horticultural commissioners met yes
terday morning at the office of l.. q.
Yates in the Natural History society
building. This is the first meeting of
the new board. Commissioners Yates
of Santa Barbara and w. H. Schuyler
of Lompoc were present. The other
member of the board c. j. Russell of
| Santa Maria, was unable to attend.
Dr. Yates was elected president and
secretary. The commissioners made
| an investigation of injurious fruit
| pests found on trees in the gardens in
|
History society building, and then dis
cussed the best means for their de-
struction. Commissioner Schuyler re-
ported that the San Jose scale was
working great damage on orchards in
I the Lompoc valley, and that some
measures should be taken at once to
suppress the pests. He also said that
a disease had struck the apple crops
in that vicinity to such an extent that
in some parts of the valley two-thirds
of the crop would be lost Mr.. Schuy-
| ler suggested that petition be pre-
sented to the supervisors at an early
date, asking them to pass an ordinance
that will prevent any one from remov
| Lompoc valleys from the ground upon
which it is grown, without the fruit
first being inspected by the commits
| sioner and the grower given certih-
cate to that effect; and also to em-
mower the commissioners to condemn
fruit that is affected by contagious,
! injurious or destructive pests or dis
eases. The commissioners will ask the
county to supply them with badges
showing their official capacity, in order
TO assist them in examining orchards
and other duties. The county will also
he asked to furnish the commissioners
with suitable stationery. record books
and legal blanks.
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