The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-12-28
SAN JOSE SCALE IN
THE ROSE BUSHES


shrubbery and trees. Too much care
cannot be exercised in keeping this
dangerous pest from gel ting foot
hold
The Telegram in recent article
tells what it is doing in Portland, and
is as follows;
portland is in even greater dan
ger of losing its title to Rose
Citg" through the destruction of its
rose bushes by the San Jose scale
than was intimated by Fruit Inspec-
tor James II. Reid in his warning to
rose growers through The Telegram
last week. Yards in many portions
of the city are already go infected
with this pest that even should spray
ing be resorted to at once it would
be impossible to save the bushes.
Ii anything we're needed TO empha-
size Inspector Reid's statement, it is
furnished by the condition of some
clippings he cut at random from
rose bushes in one yard at Sellwood,
Thousands of the tiny insects cover
the twigs aud limbs so thickly that
they can even be seen by the naked
eye. With a magnifying glass the in
sects, or rather the scaly outer cover
ing beneath which they lie dormant
for the winter, is plainly visible.
The limbs of the bushes have a dead
appearance, while the bark is notably
lacking in the fresh, green tint char
acterizing healthy bush. The ends
of the twigs are dead and brittle
where the scale attacked them first
These clippings aIe now on exhibition
at the Portland seed store, where they
were lett by Inspector Reid. II there
are any doubling Thomases among the
rosegrowers OF Portland, they are ask
ed to visit the store to see tor them
selves the destructive work of the
pest.
A yard in the central part of Sell
wood is where Mr.. Reid gathered the
clippings, the scrawny, unhealthy con
dition of the roses attracting his at
tention as he passed. 1t did not re-
quire even a close examination to de-
termine that the San Jose scale was
the cause of the trouble. Within 20C
feet of this yard, an old cherry tree,
which had been a family back yard
landmark fer years, was found to be
a veritable nest of millions of the
pests From here the wind had car
ried the scale to surrounding yards.
The insect is so infinitesimally small
that the slightest breeze will blow it q
great distance.
Mr.. Reid confirms the statement
made by Theodore Grueninger of Ash
land that coal oil is very effective
remedy for the pest, particularly IL
small orchards and front yards, where
the difficulties attending the prepara'
tion of the lime, sulphur nd blue
vitriol spray make it hard for the
owner to use. He urgently recon
mends the immediate use of this rem
edy at the earliest opportunity by ev
cry person who owns rose bush ol
any other sh Gb in Portland.
"Now is the time to deal with the
pest he says "Ihe scale is now il
a dormant condition, in which 1t will
remain for the winter. 1t is not nov
sucking tn sap of the ee, and is es
pecially sceptihle to the action o
sprays. No halfway spraying will do
It must he thorough. Where thu
owner finds his bushes too far gone tt
save, he should root them up and burr
them, for their presence means tina
t1ey will spread to other bushes, un
doing the good work which may haV
been accomplished there.
CATER February, or after the bud
ding season commences, it is too late
If the scale has chance to get in it
work when the buds are young ant
tender no amount of spraying cal
undo the danger. Now is the time.
A Common Sense View.
1t is great pity that the rebat
question and the rate question are 81
commonly confused. The rebate i
an exaction from the railroad com
pany and is possible only where ther,
is competition in transportation, ant
it is unjust to the railway companies
In legislating against rebates, Con
greess would have the assistance 0
the railroad companies-or rather ha
had it, for the law seems to do noV
all that law can do to prevent an &C
which is always secret. In legislatin
on rates, Congress is assuming danger
GUS powers and arraying the entir
railroad interest in opposition.
The llieghb charges in this countr
are we'll known to be extremely 10y
compared with those in other coun
tries, and are Pretty steadily declin
ing. Not many complaints have lee
made to the Interstate Commerc
Commission or the courts that rate
are iptrinsically unreasonable, and o
these complaints few have been suf
tained by the Commission and 1T ha
been said that not one has been suS
tlined by the courts.
The common complaint is that
rate is unfair in comparison wit
some other rate-usually the rate t
some other pont, The discrimint
tiou between individuals are usual
affected by rebates. The rates con
planned of are usually Discrimination
between localities. The law alread
forbids these 50 far p obably rs it
safe to forbid them. The gross an
arbitrary determinations that existe
twenty years ago have long sine
ceased.
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