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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-01-25
Heavie5; Fruit Crop.

Benjamin Newhall, an authority on
the apple situation, writing from
Chicago to the Fruit Trade Journal
and Produce Record ssys that up to
date the most important features of
the season have been-frst, the heavy
crop; second, the relative importanc ce
OF the western crop as compared
with the eastern, and third, the con
sumption.
AS to the first, it seems to be the
general opinion that it is the heaviest
crop on record with the possible ex
ception of 1896. Many good apple
men even place it ahead of that year
As to the second feature mentioned.
1t il likely that for the first time on
record, the Ben Davis group (or sec.
tom produced more apples than the
Baldwin section.
As to the third, the consumption,
judging by the number of cars ex,
ported weekly and the number re-.
ported as sold in New York, Phila.
delpbis and other markets, the con.
sumption has been on good scale and
is likely to keep up present values.
Exports have been only a little un.
der last year 10 date. The trade in
boxes has not been as good relatively
as that in barrels. With very few eI-
ceptions, the quality OF the box fruit
is not ~ good as the last two years,
while that Of the barrel fruit, es.
pecially the western varieties, was
never better.
The storage on December / is the
largest in the history OF the trade.
Even New York State (which only
claimed half crop has the largest
total In her history on hsnd-s larger
proportion than usual in that state be-
ing in common storage and in farmers
hands.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-01-25
SAN JOSE SCALE A
CHINESE PRODUCT
First Apperred In the 7O's In the
Grounds of James Lick on
Imported Trees.

The San Jose scale is known to b,
Of Chinese origin, says @. L. Marlatt
of the United States department o.
agriculture. in Bulletin ON the in
sect just published. Its first point
OF colonization in America was in Sar
Jose, Cal, in the grounds of James
Lick. Mr.. Lick WAS a great lover Of
plants and imported trees and shrubs
for the ornamentation of his ground.
from foreign countries and it was in
his orchard that the scale first ap.
peared. By 1878 it had spread tc
neighboring orchards. 1t had extend.
ed as far west as San Francisco by
1888 and reached important fruit dis.
tricts in Southern California in 1886
and 1887. 1t had already slowly ex.
tended its range on the Pacific coast
and in the states west of the Rocky
mountains, including California,
Oregon, Washington and Idaho on the
north and Nevada, Arizona and New
Mexico on the south. From the early
90's it had penetrated into British
Columbia. By the end of August,
1894, the scale was known in Florida,
Virginia, Maryland, Indiana, Pennsyl-
vania. New Jersey and New York.
In capacity for harm the San Jose
scale probably exceeds any other scale
insect known, and it attacks practi.
cally all, both those grown for fruit
and the ornamentals. Its economic
Importance 10 increased by the ease
with which it is distributed over
wide districts through the agency Of
nursery stock.
The practicability of several means
Of control and particularly the lime
and sulphur wash, has been demon
strated. In the case of certain fruits
as. for example, the peach. it has been
found that the lime and sulphur wash
has very great value as fungicide,
30 much SO That some growers are
recommending its use whether the
San Jose scale be present in the or
cherd or not. Furthermore. the pres
ence of this scale has led to much
more careful methods on the part of
the nurserymen and in the planting
and care, thus raising the standard
and giving intelligent and conscien-
tious, painstaking growers distinct
advantage over their careless neigh
bors. The necessity of annual spray.
ing of the trees is now clearly shown.
With the exception Of few hours Of
active larvel existence and an equally
brief winged existence in the case of
the mature male. the life round Of
this insect is passed under the protec-
tion Of way scale. This scale cover
ing conceals the real insect beneath.
The Winter is passed by the insect in
a half grown condition under small,
black protecting scales, mere points /;
just visible to the naked eye.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-01-25
EXCELLENT CHANCE FOR
AMERICAN IMPORTERS
European Apple Marke Seeking
Fruit-But II Must Be Care
fully Graded.

In some parts of England. especiall,
in the south, the fruit yield is plenti
full, while in the northern part it il
said that apples, pears and plums ar,
failure. In the neighborhood o.
which Hull is the center enough ap
pies for local consumption are no
grown even in good years, and tn,
market has to be supplied largely
from abroad. This gives American
exporters an excellent opportunity tC
market their surplus. But there art
rivals in the field.
Canada is makinge earnest efforts tc
get control of the fruit market in
England, and it is necessary to i'm.
press upon American exporters again
that the Canadian government is aid.
ing the movement to its best ability.
1t has made very strict regulations for
the grading of all apples shipped and
has imposed heavy fines on violations
of these rules.
For instance, Canadian barrel
branded Fancy" which is a new
grade. is required to contain sound,
well-grown fruit Of one variety, with
all imperfect, small and marked fruit
carefully eliminated. "No. 1" grade
consists of 80 per cent perfect fruit,
and ''No. 2" grade must have 80 per
cent of fruit free from defects that
cause material waste. The success
which has SO far attended the efforts
Of the Canadian government in this
line has encouraged it to make the
regulations still more strict in respect
to the picking of fruit and the penal
ties still more severe for the ship
ment of barrels graded wrongly.
Now it is believed that only apples
properly graded are received in
EDgland from Canada.
II the American farmers expect to
retain the hold they have ON the En-.
glish market they will have to be
as careful in grading their apples as
a re the Canadians. otherwise they
will soon lose their market in this
country. They have lost part of it
already by bad grading. and the.
same defective methods will lose
them more of it.
England consumes large amount
of fruit, and the quantity is con-
stantly growing as the public be-
comes educated to it. There are few
farmers in Britain as compared
with this class of farmer in America
and Canada. There has been no such
scientific culture of aples there as has
been conducted in some other
countries As consequence there
are few or no large orchards, most of
the fruit being grown on small. scat
tered patches of land.
1t is reported that a steamship SER
vice for the expectation of American
apples exclusively is about to be es-
tablished between Boston, London and
Hull. the vessels sailing semi monthly
and having capacity of 20, 900 bar
rels each,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-01-25
BOURNE AND MULKEY
GET SENATORSHIPS
Peoples Choice Ratified by Leg
islatures. Two Adverse
Votes.

Jonathan Bourne, with so out Of 81
cast, and Frederick w. Mulkey,
with 81 out of 81. were elected long
and short term United States Sens.
tor s respectively, at noon Tuesday by
the Oregon Legislature, Senate and
House balloting separately. Wednes-
day at noon a formal joint ballot was
taken. In the Senate Mulkey re-
ceived 81 votes, with Mays, Miller
(Linn) and nart absent. Bourne got
%. Those voting against him were
Booth, Laycock, Whealdon and Miller
(Msrion). The other four votes went
to Bean
In the House Mulkey received the
whole 60 votes for the short term.
For the long term Bourne got 81, F..
A. Moore 3 and Mulkey /. Rogers
and Reynolds voted for Moore and
Settlemeir for Mulkey.
1t was the first time in the history
Of Oregon that two candidates for
United States Senator each obtained q
majority of each House in the Legis-
lsture. It was the first time, also,
that the people of the state ever had
an opportunity to express their prefer
encs for these positions, amounting
practically to the election Of Senator
by popular vote.
Jonathan Bourne, Jr. was born in
New Bedford, Mass. and came to
Oregon in 1878. He read law with
Colonel Effinger in the SOS, and
formed partnership with him, the
firm taking the name of Effinger g.
Bourne. Later he abandoned the
practice of law and engaged in min
ing, with which he has been identified
ever since. He owns some extensive
properties, and the mining town of
Bourne, in Baker County, was named
after him.
Bourne was chairman of the Repub.
licsn State Central Committee in
1896. at the time of the first Bryan
ca Hpaign. He was stanch advocate
of the free coinage Of silver. He was
elected to the Legislature on the
Mitchell Republican ticket and at.
tended the session of 1897, when the
memorable deadlock, in which he took
an active part, prevented the Legis-
lature from organizing.
He has always been a strong advo-
cate of the direct primary nominating
elections law.
Frederick W. Mulkey is a native of
Oregon and has spent practically all
his life in this state. He is a
lawyer by profession. Having
graduate from the University of Ore
gon, he took a course in the law de.
partment of the university and began
practice, making Portland his home.
He was once a member of the Portland
City Council,
When the last Legislature passed an
act creating State Tax Commission
to prepare and submit new tax code,
Mr.. Mulkey was one of those ap-
pointed to undertake this vexatious
task The commission wrestled with
the problem for l3 months, and the
voluminous report which promises to
worry the energies of the Legislature
is in good part the result of his labor.
At the last election he was the sole
for election to the United
States Senate for the short term.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-01-25
UNLUCKY PLIGHT OF
DISEASE GERM
Senator Miller's Men sure to Ba l.
tie With Microbe In Pub
lie Schools.

Education, sanitation and health
are to march three abreast from one
end Of Oregon to the other il Senator
Miller, Of Linn and Marion, can sc
cure the approval of his fellow. law
makers. Disease will be battled with
on the playground of the little red
sohoolhouse and, oh joy if the lessons
are too numerous or too taxing ON the
brain, they can be changed not by the
teacher, nor the Board of Education,
but by the school physician.
Physical examination Of teachers
is insisted on. Even the janitor is
not exempt, nor are the pupils.
The mission of Senator Miller &
measure 10 to eliminate the festive di-
sease germ, especially and partiou-
larly the germs which are contagious.
Sanitation is one of the Senator q
strong points and no half. way meas.
ures will be tolerated with tubercu-
losis, mumps or anything else spread.
able. The proposed law is written to
embrace not only the public schools,
but the Agricultural College. the
Normal Schools and the State Univer-
sity.
To attend to tho duty imposed by
the Miller bill it carries a provision
for examining physicians. These are
to be appointed by the School Board
or the Board Of Regents. In cities
where there is Board OF Health. the
board shall take charge Of the appoint
ment.
All teachers and janitors are to
take physical examinationto see that
they are sound in wind and limb and
will have to pass as good physical
examination as they did an education.
al one to hold their job. The teachers,
once each term, are to give lecture
to the pupils on contagious diseases
and the way such diseases are commu-
nicsted. Pupils will be tested for de-
fects OF hearing and sight. This
test will be applied by the teacher,
who will receive instructions how
to make the experiment by the State
Board OF Health.
Pupils and all Others at school will
be closely watched for any symptoms
OF contagious disease, whether it be
mumps or tonsilitis. Anyone under
suspicion is to be reported to the
school physician, who will investigate
and diagnose the case. II the physi-
clan reports that the teacher, janitor
or pupil is affected with contagion,
that particular individual cannot re-
main in the school until we'll. VIII ere
there are defects in the hearing or
eyesight Of the children the parents
or guardians are to be notified and
this Is also the case where any dis
ease is found.
When the course OF studies is such
rs to impair the health of pupil,
the lessons are to be revised in such
manner as to relieve the strain aud
at the same time not cause a loss of
education. All school buildings are
to be regularly and carefully inspected
and the same is the case with the
grounds. The sole idea OF the bill is
to safeguard the schools, where there
is great danger of disease being
spread through want of proper re.
strictions. Teachers, when giving
lectures to the pupils on contagious
diseases are also to explain the
methods Of treatment for the same.
Data on this subject will be supplied
by medical authorities of the state.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-01-25

average, 81; June 80 to 66, average
So; July, "a TO 70. average, 6S ;
August, GA to "a, average SO; Septem.
ber 81 to GA, average, 81; October, 81
to 5S, average, "a; November, 40 to
AS, average, 45; December, 81 to 43,
average 80.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-01-25

rYPEWRITER-Visible writing ma.
chine for $40 at the Music Store.
All kinds of typewriter ribbons and
supplies.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-01-25
COUNTY TREASURER
CALLS FOR WARRANTS
Funds Now on Hand to Mako
Payment on Warrants
Interest Ceases.

There are funds in the treasury to
pay all warrants protested to July Z,
1908. Interest will cease from this
date, January IS. 1907.
j. 7. TAYLOR,
Treasurer of Josephine Ore < on.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-01-25

Edison and Victor Talking Machines
at the Music Store.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-28

Beginning Monday May s. the supple
mentary spring season at the Columbia
Theater viii be opened by Miss HHda
Sp0ng and the Columbia Theater Com
pany in the modern comedy, "The Firm of
Cunningham, which proved one OF the
Madison Square Theater successes when
produced with Miss Spong in the lending
role. Some of the best known leading men
and women Of the American stage viii be
intrusted with the roles AT the Columbia.
and the company viii bee a welI-balanced
one that viii produce only the best class
of royalty plays Last season all local
stock records were broken by the Column
bia Theater Company. with It's ran of thir-
teen weeks in the hot season Miss SpCng
is ii Iative of London She made her
debut in Australia in her fathers COM
pany, bat soon attracted the attention of
the leading London managers. and the
success Of her London enga cement was in
Simultaneous. This she duplicated in
America when. nine years ago. she at
Jracted the attention of Daniel Frohman.
and was brought over as leading woman
of his Lyceum Theater Company Since
then she has been seen in Washington
every year either as star or leadine
woman, and her most notable successes
have included 'Trelawney Of the Wells. Do
Wheels Within Wheels" Lady Hunt
worth's Experiment" "Imprudence." and
THE Firm of Cunningham
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-28
Start Them Laughing.

"The way to get "a laugh Is 10 go on
with d laugh Good nature begets good
nature. There may be dyspeptic come
dians, but / know of none" So declares
Hattie Williams, star OF the Little
Cherub' company
You can catch some FISH with artificial
flies, but you cant catch laughs with
artificial smiles. You must really feel in
the humOr if you expect your audience 40
respond to You Now. you may say that
one cannot always be in good humor just
because one wants to amuse an audieuc=,
but pray, why not? Good humor comes
with good health ana "a clear conscience,
and II il is your profession TO ensendea
good humor you must be good humored
Why not cultivate good digestion and
clear Conscience
There is this advantage in laughmak-
lug--Wlth a good start you are quite sure
OF a good finish. Get your audience
laughing and il VIII 90 the rest. After
you have raised the first real broad smile
you may-if you want-be as dyspeptic
and as sorely troubled in conscience as
you please. for the first impression de-
cides the fate Of the performance. o.
course your digestion or your conscience
Is not going 20 change in the course Of an
hour or $3.50 I can safely lay down this
seemingly absurd rule.
In The Little Cherub' I am supposed
To make my FIRST appearance IN a greatly
pertu-bed state Of mind. / am supposed ta
be an actress In love with young noble
man. 1 am visiting his fathers house
under the preteXt of giving some lessons
in stagecraft 60 his young sIsters-but
really. ia order to meet his father and win
papa over 20 me. Good acting might call
Cor soTce signs OF that perturbation on
my part. but 1 must remember that THE
Little Cherub' is a comedy and intended
TO amuse, 50 I throw over the traditions
Of the stage and enter the scene radiantIy
good humored and light hearted
My real feelings-that is. the real feel
ings Of Molly Montros-are made clear
later, but my first entrance must be made
IN spirit 10 amuse and not TO depresz
the audience. which really doesn't care
for my troubles. but is impatiently await
ing the happy solution of The story"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-28
Wis I,nthrrn PnrneII.

Kathryn Purnell. the talented young ac-
tress, now appearing at the Majestic,
gave the writer the pleasure Of short
interview during one OF her perform
ances last week. Miss Purnen said that
she never let speech or gesture 10 be
made that would offend the most seusi-
tive auditor and that nearly every play
in her repertoire was looked upon as one
that teaches "a mora! lesson. During the
conversation she laid special stress upon
the early Greek dramas. we are told
that the Greeks were the first 70 give
any sort of entertainment she said.
They did SO. not wholly for their own
amusement. but TO better illustrate the
teachings OF the Bible and they selected
their actors from among their religious
men and women, and each one gave the
readings and dialogue assigned 20 them
All this we are told was upon an ele-
waited platform or stage and before null
titudes. ard as long as we strive TO keep
our performances clean and instructive,
We may be cIassed among the early de-
scendents of the church. for much good
may be learned from a play that has for
its foundation the unfolding Of virtue and
the protection of the weak and innocent
I strive 10 eliminate from my plays all
that might be misunderstood and ] am
thankful TO knew that The members of
my company agree with me and lend
every assistance 20 attain this end.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-28
Lending Ladr,s Troubles

Emma Dunn. whose resignation from
Richard Mansneld's company some time
ago. following charges Of IN treatment
which she made against the actor saws
the Pittsburg Times. is not the first lead
ins woman TO have trouble with the star.
nor viii she be the last Indeed, the con
I slant warfare that goes on between the
leading man ana the leading woman
members Of a theatrical company is one
Of the most interesting. although it is
one of the least known. incidents OF life
on the stage.
Before Miss Dunn left the AIansneldian
service Katharine Grey had left it. and
Isabelle Irving and Florence Rockwell
and Florence Kahn. and several others.
But Mansfield is not the only leading ac-
TOR that leading women have quarreIed
with.
Long ago. in David Garrick's time. a
leading woman Of the day complained be-
cause Garrick would not let her speak
with her face to the audience as often as
he did himself. She complained that Car
rick subordinated the interest Of the play
30 himself, "a charge which various per
sons have brought against various actors
ever since and which likely was brought
against actors back in the days Of The
nrst productions of the plays OF Aristo-
planes and SOphocles.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-28
''aIuch Ado About Nothing" Tues
day, by the Ben Greet Players.

Ben Greet and his company Of Eng
lish players will give one shakespear-
can performance on next Tuesday
evening April go, az Continental Hall
for the benefit Of the George Wash
ington University building fund
Much Ado About othing'.-ealIed
the last Of the joyous comedies-is one
of the favorite plays ia the repertoire
Of the Ben Greet players. It IS a play
that suffers nothing by the lack Of
scenic adOrnment. for the language is
so witty and the situation so dra-
matte that they need no artihciality
Great liberties have been taken with
this play by elaborate producers. and
lately, IN London, BeneWlck went so
far as 10 climb a tree and throw
oranges down upon Don Pedro and his
friends Sir Henry Irving followed
the play as Shakespeare wrote it, and
only used his skill as a stage mana ger
ia the most perfect representation Of
q church ceremony seen upon the
wooden stage. With that exception. he
relied entirely upon the genius OF
Shakespeare. Some star actors who
are anxious 10 be all the more before
the public have even gone so far as
20 double Bencdlck ana DOgDeTry. Mr.
Greet has played both parts many
times. but on the present occasion ne
I intends % content himself with one
only-Benedick Il IS possible that
the Ben Greet players may give Shake
speare a rest for season. ~ Mr. Greet
has secured n modern comedy that he
thinks very highly Of. and as a good
many managers have been after It, 81
being one OF Londons latest successes.
there viii not be much dimculty In
placing it,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-28
The Columbia - "The Gingerbread
Man"

1.-THE Gingerbread Man. which viii be
seen at the Columbia Thoater for a week
commencing tomorrow night. with the
usual Thursday and Saturday maunees,
is the only one of all the big musical eX-
travaganzas en- tour that carries I've
established comedians like Gus Weinburg.
late star OF '"The BTgomasteT.' The
Storks, and Forbidden Land, Ross
Snow. who was The original Fairy Queen
in the notable production Of Jack and
the Beanstaik;" Eddie Roadway, who star
red in smiling Island" ". II. Mack,
who starred for a number Of years under
his own management IN farce comedies,
and VIA Doruelly the latter one of the
few comedians on the stage to-day who
Possesses a tenor voice of quality 1t Is 10
the efforts OF this quintet of laugh-prO-
duccrs That the success achieved by The
Gingerbread Man Is due. THE Ginger
bread Man with its big roster of come
dams and singers, possesses the strong
est ali-ar0uHd cast that has left New
York this season for I'm addition 20
Messrs. Weinburg. Snow. Redway, Mack
and DOnueIly. IL contains Grace Belmont.
who was pr.ma donna with the Nixon a
Zimmerman opera company; Nae Phelps,
who vas especially engaged 10 sing the
Urima donna role with THE Prince 0f
PlIseu during the New York run of this
piece, and Nellie Lynch, who scored so
decidedly in the original cast of The
Tenderfo0t"
In addition TO this cast OF principals,
''The Gingerbread Man carries an en-
semble OF siXty-fyc girls. vho have been
christened the American Beauty
Chorus"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-28
Lii Fisher.s &C.,.

The career Of SaIle Fisher. the prima
DONNA who has been intrusted with an
important role in Glare Runners new
comical fantasy. ''Noah's Ark. reads ike
a romance Miss Fisher started her stage
work by singing popular and sentimental
ballads on the little platform Of the palm
garden at the mammoth opera han known
as Duquesnc Garden Pittsburg Later
she went 10 New York at the advice of
Thomas #. Kirk, jr., manager of the
Nixon Theater. Pittsburg Her advance
ment was rapid. and she PLAYED in "a
number of musical shows along Broad
way before gaining a sufficiently impor-
tant role To have her featured with a road
production. Washington playgoers re-
member Miss Fisher as the soprano who
sang 'Dearie' with Frank Daniels pro-
duclion OF Sergeant Brue." This song
was by the author Of "Noahs ARK. "
and Glare Hummer has provided Miss
Fisher with Q new song that gives
promise Of rivaiing in popularity TIE IA
vorite "Dearic. The name of the new
number is Ny Very own"