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GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.

Roses-queens OF the American
flower garden.
The Increasing tendency of people
to patronize the rural sections, and the
steadily increasing love for flowers,
with the impulse to cultivate the small
garden found in the city and the rural
homes brings into prominence the
flower of kings and of favorites-and
of the humblest menial-the rose.
1t is astonishing what varied types
in nature there are of this flower, and
how worldwide is its distribution.
Wild roses are found from frigid Lap
land TO tropic India. The rose has
the honor of being the first cultivated
flower. For 4 long time 1T was rare
possession, but with the general and
active love of nature that is marked
characteristic of the present times
much his been learned about the cul-
ture of flowers in general, and of the
rose in particular, and its special re-
quirements are better understood.
While verandas and trellises of
country homes may have their honey
suckles. and lilacs may bloom in
abundance. nothing excels in beauty
or fragrance the climbing roses when
in their gorgeous and glorious bloom.
There is no flower beset with more
difficulties 10 grow, yet its cultivation
is increasing. The harder it is to pro-
duce a beautiful thing the more highly
II is priced.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-05-17
Most Important Groups.

Roses of to-day are of complex line
age, for old and new species have been
crossed and recrossed until now our
cultivated roses are divided into more
than thirty general groups. The most
important OF these are: Moss, Rugosa,
Hybrid Teas, Persian roses and a few
June roses among the stiff, upright
growing sorts of medium to tall
growth; Polyanthus, upright but
dwarf. and Teas, of low or half re-
cumbent habit. The latter, by some
classifers, are again sub-divided into
China, Bourbon, ETC., of which classes
the teas and hybrid teas are the most
beautiful. They bloom longer than
other types, hence they have been
most widely grown.
For colder climates the hybrid per-
petuals are most valuable class, be-
ing generally harder and larger
bloomers, though they do not bloom so
The Greeley tribune., 1906-05-17

DtcH wearing lO1 eOft o"yS'
The Fischer Bunion
Protector is a neat, soft
leather device that is worn
over the stocking, inside a
smaller shoe than you have
been in the habit Of wearing
on YOUR bunion-tortured foot.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-05-17

of great value in getting the finest
blooms and the longest bud develop
ment Good wood dirt is excellent.
Fine. strong plants. set while entire-
ly dormant. should give satisfactory
quantity of flowers the first summer.
In planting, the tops should be cut
down to two or three buds.
Many fail at this point to prune close
enough On well grown plants there
is usually too much wood left. The de-
sire to obtain blossoms the first sum
mer is so great that frequently the en-
tire top is left to grow. which IS too
much for the root to support.
The reverse should be done. for by
close pruning the few buds left will
develop into strong, vigorous shoots
that will produce buds, and only by
this practice can they be surely OBJ
tained.
A good general rule to follow in
pruning is to cut severely all teas, hy-
brid teas and kinds that do not make
strong growth, and to cut all strong
growing kinds moderately The more
luxulriant a bush grows the less prun-
ing will be required, but the weakest
growing kinds require the seyerest
pruning.
While florists have their own way of
propagating roses, amateurs usually
get start of everblooming roses either
from cuttings of the blooming wood,
or from cuttings of mature wood rooted
during winter while in a semi-dormant
The Greeley tribune., 1906-05-17

They will fly off when you are attempt
ing to treat them.
The white grub is another parasite
upon roses, the list of which is becom-
ing somewhat formidable. This grub
comes from eggs deposited in the
ground by the June bug or May beetle.
After pairing, the male dies, when
the female bores down in the soil, de-
posting her eggs from six to eight
inches deep. The small white grubs
which are hatched from these live upon
the grass roots or the roots of other
plants.
In making up the soil for the rose.
bed sods frequently put in the bottom
to decompose have these grubs in
them, and as they live in the grub form
for three years, they frequently eat the
roots of the roses. causing them to
wither and often to die. On the first
discovery of willing plant the soil
should be dug over to find the grubs
Toads Are Friends.
There are no better friends to have
in the garden than the toads. If they
could be protected and encouraged to
live there they would eradicate many
OF the grubs and cutworms that do SO
much damage to garden plants.
The great enemy of the toad is the
small boy. Bands of schoolboys have
been known to go out. and in a single
day, Kill as many as 300 of these use.
full animals. The boys regard this as
innocent sport, being untaught and not
knowing that the toad is a most yalua.
BILE insect destroyer.
To the lovers of the rose these diff
hculties in its culture. great as they
are, are not altogether too discourag.
ing. They rather incite to greater
energy and determination to overcome
them, Knowing that eternal vigilance
is the price to be paid to win and tn
enjoy this queen and most beautiful of
all flowers.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-05-17

ere quite apt to throw out shoots from
their own roots which are vigorous
and soon overcome and run out the
bud. They may be readily discerned
when they do come out, for their leaves
and wood are of different character
from that of the bud, the wood being
covered with fine, prickly spines and
the leaves being seven in number Of
three serrations instead of five, as in
most of the budded kinds.
Budded roses should be planted deep
SO that the bud is at least three inches
below the surface of the soil, when
there will be less trouble from the
suckers. The roots should be examined,
and any eyes or buds that are starting
upon them should be carefully taken
out
The Greeley tribune., 1906-05-17
Have Your Soil Rich.

The soil can hardly be made too rich.
Well composted manure should be
worked down deep into the bottom of
the bed or Of the rows if they are not
in the latter form. This should be COW
manure. as that is of cooler nature
and better suited to the requirements
of the plant. Horse manure is too
heating and will injure the roots IL
used in large quantities Liquid
manure used in a diluted form once a
week after the buds are formed will be
The Greeley tribune., 1906-05-17

THE GOLDEN ETOILE DE LYON.
long as the teas. These have been OBJ
aimed by crossing the French and Da-
mask roses with the China rose.
Roses are propagated by cuttings, by
budding, grating and layering. All
varieties will not root equally well
from cuttings and layers, and budding
is largely done.
The budding roses have to be care
fully watched, for being started on
strong brier and Manetti roots they
The Greeley tribune., 1906-05-17
How to Grow Cuttings.

| How can you root summer cuttings?
Make or 5-inch cutting of rose
branch that is coming into bloom, or
| is just through blooming. Cut just be
low an eye, leaving small heel" or
strip of bark attached. Trim off the
lower set of leaves even with the wood.
| Leave the end leaf entire and trim the
leaf or two remaining, back to the
first pair of leaflets. Insert these cut
tings in wet sand up to the last eye.
Put them in the window and keep con-
stantly damp until they root, which
should be In from to weeks. Teas
root easily by this method
To root from semi-dormant wood:
About the beginning of autumn, Sep
tember in the North, October in the
South, take your cuttings. Several
may be made from one cane, as pretty
well ripened wood roots after this
method as we'll as any. Make the cut
tings about 6 inches long. Cut just be-
low an eye, making slanting cut,
and trim off the lower leaves. Now
dig a hole by the parent bush. Put a
handful of sand at the bottom il you
have it, and put in your cuttings, set
ting them one inch apart and firming
the earth very solidly about them
Only about an inch of the upper stem
should project above the ground. Put
glass fruit jar over the cuttings,
sinking the jar well into the ground,
then bank up the earth a couple Of
inches around the can. Let the cut
tings, jar and all, rigidly alone until
spring is well advanced. 1t will be
found then that nearly every cutting
has rooted. This plan seems to be a
success wherever 1t is tried. North,
South, East or West. Nearly all hybrid
teas and perpetuals root we'll in this
Iway. So do moss, memorial and ram
| bier roses.
In the culture of roses the greatest
trials and disappointments are met
with in the insects that persistently at.
tack them and of which there are
many. One of the first in the early
summer is the green fly or aphis.
How to Kill the Aphis.
This will be discovered on the tips
of the bushes and also upon the buds
and about their stems The insects
suck the sap from these tender parts
and greatly check the growth and de-
Iyelopment of the buds. Dusting with
heliebore will keep them in check, or
they may be sprayed with one pound of
caustic potash whale oil soap dis
solved in eight gallons of water. This
is easy work
One of these insects will be the pro-
genitor of over 5000 million descend
ants at the end of five generations,
which makes the discovery and prompt
treatment of the first ones highly i'm
portaat.
The leaf roller is another enemy that
rolls up the leaves and also works upon
the buds, eating small holes in the
ends.
Then there are other caterpilars.
the young OF moths and butterflies. that
feed upon the foliage and also upon the
buds. These should be hand picked or
crushed, as 1t Is difficult to reach them
after they have protected themselves
by the folding of the leaves.
The rose bug rose chafer Is a
y small brown beetle that appears in
The Greeley tribune., 1906-05-17

condition. The latter is the surest
method for the inexperienced flower
grower.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-05-17
THE OLD FASHIONED MARY WASHINGTON ROSE

The teas and hybrid teas will do
better in little lighter soil of the loan
type. but for either class there must
be perfect drainage.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-15
HORSES TO BE SOLD.
Fine Horses, Mules and Jacks to BE
Offered at Auction by B. +. Swag-
CERT, at Heppner, March 1 and 2.

What will be the greatest sale of
Oregon. will be the auction sale at
Heppner March l and 2, by B. F.
Swaggart. At this sale Mr.. Swaggart
will offer rs thoroughbred and STAN
dard bred horses ranging In age from
2 to years, all stable broke: 3-year-
old broken to ride and drive both sin
gle and double. Twelve matched
100 to 1900 pounds.
The thoroughbred imported stallion
Calphurnus 10 2-year-olds from such
mares as Sylvan Lass. Ella Dupoy.
Clara N, Mamie s.. Lady Opal, Miss
Coxey and Swamp Root.
One beautiful black Percheron stall
lion. I years old, weight 1900 pounds.
Mr.. Swaggart has the largest jack
and mule farm In oregon and all this
stock was selected with greatest care
as to breed and other desirable points.
so that this should be OF special inter-
est to the people of this section. In
the mule and jack line 100 mules from
yearlings to 6-year-olds, weighing
from 100 to 1900 pounds will be Of
fered to the highest bidder and also
eight Jacks from to years old of
mammoth and maltese breeds, bred
i'm Oregon and acclimated.
Lovers of good horses will also be
offered saddle horses suitable for
hunt clubs, race track and American
cavalry. Three full brothers to Ore
gon George, who defeated all district
colts in 1902, three brothers and sis
ters of oregon Kid, owned by Mr.,
Tongue, of Hillsboro. considered the
finest saddle and long distance horses
in the state.
This is the first sale given by Mr..
Swaggart and should attract all lovers
of good horses and mules in the
northwest. as some of the most desir-
able animals in the territory are to
be offered for sale, and it is expected
that a vast crowd will be in attend
ance, as the finest and most beautiful
driving horses both single and double
broke. racers and saddlers the public
here have ever had an opportunity to
buy are to be sold and also the best
bred jacks in the country.
All the horses come from such
stock as Calphurnus, Cherry Stone
and Master Bishop and many other of
the best horses ever brought to Ore
gcn, which are owned by Mr.. Swag-
CART.
William F. Yonka, the auctioneeer
of this city, will cry the sale. Any
particulars regarding horses or sale
can be obtained by writing b. F.
Swaggart, Lexington, Ore.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-15
ENGLAND'S 932.267 PAUPERS.
Great Increase of AblebOdied Unem.
pIoyed In the City.

On the first of this year 1926
persons were in receipt of poor Law
relief in England and Wales. OF this
number 14S,013 were in London, be-
ing an increase of 1880 on the fig
ures on January 1, 1904. Outside
London the number was 7S4,254, the
increase in this instance being 51,53a
The number in receipt of relief
says the half-yearly statement from
which these figures are taken, was
comparatively high throughout last
year, and the total on January 1, last
year was 7.3 per cent higher than
on the previous January 1. The pro-
portion to the population was one in
SO, or 27.6 per 1000. In London the
proportion was higher, being one in
81, or 31.S per 1000.
Exclusive of the insane and the
casuals, 46.S per cent of the total con-
sisted of 116,O94 families, comprising
37S,513 persons. There was a consid-
cradle increase in the class of mar
ried couples relieved with children,
particularly in the number receiving
outdoor relief.
The total number of adults return
ed as ordinarily able-bodied amount
ed to 132,6S9, an increase of III per
cent; those classed as not able-bodied
numbered 42S,469, an increase of 3.t
per cent. London had 21,549 of the
able-bodied paupers, an increase of
23.7 per cent, but the greatest in
crease was 142.2 per cent in Essex,
which had 9163 able-bodied paupers.
Compared with the corresponding
figures in the previous year, the class
of men returned as relieved "on ac-
count of want of work or other
causes" shows the highest increase,
amounting to CAST. including in
creases of 1851 in London and 2210
in West Ham. Under this heading
3244 We're relieved under a labor test
in labor yards.-London Mail.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-15
Sale of Oats to France.

Sales of 400, 600 bushels of oats. re-
ported as made from the Northwest
and reported Monday, We're to France
says a Chicago dispatch. There We're
10000 bushels of oats sold here and
in the northwest on that day. Some
of the oats sold from the northwest
are to come through Chicago and the
balance to go to New orleans. There
is rate of 1Sc per 100 pounds or
coarse grains for export from Mime
apolis to New Orleans, and from
Omhaa to New Orleans via the North.
western and Illinois Central roads
This has stimulated business and
ocean room was booked at New Or
leans yesterday for 25O,OOO bushels OF
oats.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-15
CITY BREVITIES

Primary election petitions at the
East Oregonian office.
For Rent-Housekeeping rooms.
Apply to 3O7 Aura street.
John Gagen's Family liquor store.
Court St. opposite Golden Rule hotel.
Buy Planola for your piano. Easy
terms. Elers Piano House, S13 Main
street.
Wanted-Stenograph to work
part or all the time. Inquire at this
office.
Rooms for Rent-Three partly fur
lnished housekeeping rooms for rent.
777 Thompson street.
When in Portland stop at the Hotel
Oregon. Rates 81 per day and up
ward. European plan. Free bus.
Put Pendleton people to sleep
peacefully and in perfect comfort on
b. NJ. o. f. Nuff sed. U C RAIDER.
For Sale-Furniture in s-room
rooming house and building for rent.
inquire of V. Stroeble. Court street.
For Sale--A good 6-year-old COW
with young calf, three-quarter Jersey;
$4,000. X. NJ. O'Brien, Pendleton
Oregon.
For Sale--Nearly new high-grade
piano, standard make; must sell at
once for half what It cost me- In
quire Bowman hotel. room 80.
Call Leathers Transfer Co., for the
best dray service in the city; wagon
son all night. Phone main ell. Leave
orders at Gritman's cigar store, or
Hotel Pendleton.
A man who once had rough, horny
hands, made them soft and smooth
with Witch Hazel Salve, but he used
the genuine-that bearing the name
"E. C. Dewitt & Co., Chicago" For
sores. boils. cuts, burns, bruises, etc,
1t has no equal. and affords almost
immediate relief from blind, bleed
ing, itching and protruding piles.
Sold by Tallman & Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-15
TO HELP ALASKA.
Government VIII BE Asked to All
Railroad Building.

A hearing will be given by the
house committee on territories this
week on the Lowering bill, providing
for government aid for general rail-
way construction in Alaska, says a
Washington dispatch.
Ex-senator George Turner will
speak for the bill in the hope that
the Alaska Central railway, in which
he is interested, will share in its
benefits.
In the course of the hearings before
the house and senate committees the
interesting fact has been developed
that the Alaska Central road, now
building northward from Resurrection
bay, is financed for only about 80
miles beyond the point now reached
by the road. About so miles of road
are said to be in operation. When
80 miles shall have been laid down,
the funds at present guaranteed for
the project will have been exhausted.
This statement is made on the tes-
timony of Mr.. Turner and other rep
resentatives of the company and the
fact has been used as an argument
why the government should not sub
sidize any railroad in Alaska unless
share in the governments aid.
The plan of the Alaska Central
people is supposed to be the floating
of bond issue on the strength of so
or 90 miles of road actually con-
structed and in operation.
The hope of the promoters of the
enterprise also is to develop some
mineral resources through which a
showing of actual traffic may be
made to prospective bond purchasers.
Ex-senator Turner says that gov
ernment aid to another railroad in
Alaska without extending similar as
sstance to the Alaska Central rail-
road would be to destroy the market
for Alaska Central bonds and ruin
the enterprise. 1t is declared that
$2.5OO.O 900 has already been expended
by the Alaska Central.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-15

Potatoes, peas, beans, chestnuts,
acorns, ETC., for food, 16 cents pound.
Potatoes, peas, beans, chestnuts,
acorns, ETC., for planting, s cents per
pound.
This is an elementary step toward
postal reform. 1t is urged by every
official of the postoffice and the pos
tai reform league of the United States.
1t is opposed by nobody thus far, un-
less it is Senator Platt, of the United
States Express company, who has not
been in his seat in the senate during
this session, and who, If the people OF
New York have their way, would not
be allowed to sit in it again.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-15
NEEDED POSTAL REFORMS.
Bill in Congress to Simplify Postal
Charges.

There is pending in congress a bill
for postal reform, approved by the
present postmaster general and by the
third assistant postmaster general,
Mr. Madden, under whose personal
supervision the abuses complained of
come, says the San Francisco EXam-
iner.
The bill provides that the two clas-
sifications of matter now known as
third and fourth-c class matter should
be consolidated under one head. This
Is urged because of the difficulty
placed before the postal clerks and
postmasters in determining the pos
tage to he charged on parcels having
almost identical contents, but which
complicated law says must be paid
for at different rates.
Third-class matter Is charged at
one cent for each ounce. How utter
ly illogical and unreasonable the diff
ference In these charges is, and how
difficult 1t must be for the official
in the postoffce to assess parcel al
its proper cost, is shown by this state
ment of articles continually sent
through the post:
Printed books, s cents a pound.
Blank books, 16 cents pound.
Visiting cards, printed, s cents a
pound.
Visiting cards, blank, 16 cents q
pound.
Christmas cards, printed on paper
cents q pound.
Christmas cards, printed on silk
satin. or any other substance thar
paper, 16 cents pound.
Advertisements on blotting paper
1 cent per ounce.
Advertisements on ordinary paper
l cent per each two ounces.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-15

MENTION

Mr.. and Mrs. r. j. Slater visited
Echo today.
Robert Frazier of Milton, was n
visitor here last evening.
w. A. Bartholomew of Boise,
passed through here this morning.
Tim Donovan, o. r. & N. lineman
from La Grande, is In the city today
making repairs.
b. e. Kennedy, manager of the Ba-
ker City Herald, came. down from
Mr.. and Mrs. William wertzwiler,
of Prineville, are visiting here the
guests of the formers uncle, r. Alex
ander.
s. d. Peterson. the Milton attorney,
came down from that place last eve
ming and has been attending to busi-
ness here today.
A. Smythe arrived here last eve
ming from North Yakima and Joined
his wife, who has been visiting here
for the past week.
j. n. Burgess, manager of the Cum
ningham Sheep & Land company, is in
town today from the company's place
near Pilot Rock.
Mrs. A. Smythe is visiting her son,
Dan, at Pendleton, for a few days. He
is one of the leading attorneys of that
town.-Arlington Record.
Adolph Newlin, a well known young
druggist of La Grande, passed
through this morning to Walla Walla
on brief business visit.
Mrs. Max Baer left this morning for
Portland, where she will remain for
some time. She was accompanied by
her son and her niece, Miss Irene
Hexter.
Dean S. Tatom, a prominent wheat
raiser and broker of Pendleton, arriv-
ed in the city this morning and is at
tending to some business matters here
today:-Baker City Herald.
Mrs. C. S. Dunn passed through this
morning to her home in Wardner,
Idaho, from a visit at La Grande. Her
father, Frank Leavitt, now deceased.
was one of the very oldest locomotive
engineers on the Mountain division of
the o. r. & N, and formerly ran a
helper engine out of this city.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-15
Baptist Church Notice.

Tomorrow night will be Bible study
night. Fellowship lunch served at G
O'Clock to all who wish to come. Study
begins at o'clock and closes prompt
ly at s. The Bible teachers class
meets from s to Q o'clock. This plan
has been carried on with marked sue
cess ever since last fall, there being In
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-15

attendance at every study night 80 or
more. The pastor, Rev. &c Leroy
Hall, leads the Z to O'Clock study.
Friday night of this week you are
cordially invited. You need not go
home to supper, but come straight
from work and get lunch at the
church.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-15
Wrecked Train Is Burning.

Lancaster, Pa, Feb. 15.-A mail
train on the Pennsylvania collided
with freight near here this morning.
There was a terrible smashup, and the
debris is burning. No one was killed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-15

At Mayview, 20 miles from Pome-
roy, Wash, Andrew Key assaulted Al
Wade with beer bottle which he
broke over his head. Wade is suf-
fering from badly lacerated scalp,
and conclusion of the brain.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-15
Double Execution.

Ebensburg, Pa. Feb. 15.-Stepher
Fellows and Jacob Hauser We're exc
cuted for murder on the same gal
lows here this afternoon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-02-15
Fire In Wholesale District.

st, Louis, Feb. 15,-There was n
100000 fire in the wholesale district
this morning.