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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-02-19
Horticultural Progress Great

The report reviews the horticultural
progress of the state in part as follows
considering period of two years
now ending, this state has never seen
so much horticultural development in
any other corresponding length of time.
New lands have come into cultiva-
ton by extensive irrigation, undertak-
ings in which both public and private
capital have figured extensively. With
the building of new railroads and the
opening of much new territory, it is
likely that the next few years will wit
ness more extensive and rapid develop
ment in horticultural lines than we
have yet seen.
GA bounding increase in the orchard
acreage of the state is noted and great
improvement in the quality of the
stock sold and planted is found. Trees
are better grown than formearly, and
cleaner in respect to infections by in
sect pests and diseases.
Encouraging progress has been
shown in combating insect pests and
tree and fruit diseases ?''
A heading of the report is devoted to
the frost problem, as there were sew
eral localities of the state where late
spring frosts some years ago occasioned
much damage to fruit. The plan of
neighborhood cooperation in building
large fires on cold nights has been
undertaken w it'll G,.,Co11rap inp reSu Its.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-02-19
Fight Frost With Fire

AS an illustration of the success of
this method, attention is drawn to the
Charleston district, on the Snake river.
Cherries and peaches, fruits earliest
to bloom, are grown there extensively.
The mild winter climate at that point
favors an early spring, but late frosts
have frequently cut down the yield
enormously. last year," the report
reads, ''people of that community
agreed to build fires whenever the tenn
perature of the air indicated frost.
The majority of the fruit growers
started fires in heaps of manure placed
throughout and surrounding the or
chards. Many also used coal tar. By
concerted action for three nights dur
ing the season there resulted the largest
and finest crop of fruit ever grown in
that community. The lowest temper
allure recorded on the dates referred to
were % and 80 degrees on April and
8 respectively. The damage resulting
in previous years indicated without
question that smudging was RESPONSE
BILE for the heavy crop -
The success Of the Charleston district,
the report continues, has drawn gener-
al attention to the utility of the idea,
and the present spring will find a great
many fruit growing communities ad-
opting this means of protection against
frost.
Fruit inspection in the markets is
credited with resulting in cleaner or
chards, cleaner product, greater care
in packing and more satisfaction to the
service.
Crop Worth $6,2O8,9 34
The report shows that the wholesale
price paid for the crop was Sc, 2O8,-
934. 40, divided among fruits as follows
Apples, So, 379, 965. 40; Pears, 1892
921. TO-; peaches, Sab, 339. SO; april
octs, $40, 21O. 40; plums and prunes.
$24O, 9O6. 90; cherries, 1915, 10000:
strawberries, $46S, 600 90; raspberries
and blackberries, 1884, 900. 90; $11S,
091. 20; cranberries, $50, 100000.
Fruit Acreage Totals 206,617
The report shows that in the state
there are 65,070,83 apple trees, 1859
40 peach trees, 1882, 591 pear trees,
74S, 2O9 cherry trees, and Ills, 147
plum and prune trees. The orchard
acreasge is given as follows: 1O1, 100
acres OF apples, 1928 of pears, 49,
"a OF peaches, 10, 688 of cherries, H.
IA OF plums and prunes and 1913 acres
OF miscellaneous large fruits, in addi-
ton to Al ,O18 acres credited to the
distribution of apricots, nectarines,
ounces, almonds and English walnuts.
The small fruit acreage is given as
follows: $500 acres of grapes, 1850
OF raspberries, 1900 blackberries, T.
600 strawberries, 400 currants and
gooseberries, and 200 cranberries.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-06

supported largely by women The wom-
am who brought % here was the Em-
press lingo. who conquered Korea CEN
turtles ago and IN consequence intro
duced the religion 0f that country. Tho
women who are supporting DO form "a
large proportion OF the japanese people
] see them trampiuR in crowds on pill
Rrimages TO the various shriuea I md
them praying by the roadsides. and
they are IN evidence IN every temple
One OF the most remarkable examples
OF their faith is shown IN the HiEashi
HougwauU structure. TO which I have
just referred. The building was made
largely by voluntary work on the part
OF the people and women by the hun
drcds aided 90 IL. They not only gave
their work but thousands Of them cut
OF their hair as AN Offering 90 Budd-
Ea. and this hair was twisted and
braided into great cables 10 drag the
logs OF which the temple is built
big coil of these ropes now lies outside
the temple door and I had chance 90
carefully examine them. Some were
go large that when / tried To- clasp them
with my hands my thumbs and fingers
would not meet ] pressed upon them.
and they were as solid as cables of
wire They were as dry as ropes OF
manila hcmp. All the Oh had gone out
0f the han. and a. looked more dead
than alive. There was au enormous
quantity of these ropes. and the priests
told me that they contained the locks
"a 200 900 women AS j looked L could
see that they represented AN ages. Tn
| some places the fine silky black hair Of
| the maideus was gVined in and out with
| the whitoncd locks of old women, aud
at the ends of the cables. where the
strands had become loosened, the hair
hung down like the tain of horse In
mixed white and black names. one
cable alone contained the hair OF 1000
women. when It is remembered that
| the hair Of the Japanese girl BE- her
chief ornament and that she prizes u
even more highly thur our maidens do
theirs. It. viii Doe seen what this offer
Ing means.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-06

us represent snans. Tradition says
that Buddha was SO kind 20 all ami
NAL creation that the snMlsi as an
evidence OF their gratitude, crawled
upon his head 10 shield him from the
sun. There are more than 500 such
snails on Buddha's head. and each OF
them is nine inches high.
The making of work Ike this
would be- difficult today. 10 would
tax tho skill of our greatest artists.
This Buddha was made boy the Japa-
nese 200 years before Columbus start
ed across the Atlantic and found the
new world. AT that time our ances-
tors were sun eating with their fingers
and sleeping on straw.
An even greater Buddha. although
less known, IS one which I have just
seen in the temple at Nara, about %
miles from here This Buddha Is un-
der cover and it is almost impossible
TO get "a good photograph Of IL. II
stands IN q building, filling a space
larger than tho dome OF the Capitol
at washington. IL IS made OF bronze,
and IL sits upon a lotus flower Of solid
bronze, against a background Of carved
gold The flower Is big enough Tor
| the foundation Of gOod-sized house
| and each OF tho lotus petals would
carpet a parlor. This Buddha is So
/ feet high and its eyes are three feet
In length The hand IS about II feet
| long measured one foot where 10
| lies upon the Nnoe. II is Just IS feet
! from heel 90 toe, The statue Is SYM
| metrical and the face is wonderfully
| beautiful perBonifylng cOntentment
| and repose This statue IS almost
| twice as old as that at Kamakura
! II was made many centuries ago, alouf
| about the time that little Mohammcd
| founder of the great religion which
| bears his name. was "a half-naked boy
| playing go the sands Of Arabia The
| head OF The original statue fell on
! and was burned several hundred year.
L. L L
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-06

MY three years old boy was badly
constipated had a high fever and was
In an awful condition. gave him
two doses OF Foleys Orino Laxative
and the next morning the fever was
gone and he was entirely We'll F0lcy's
Orino Laxative saved his Hfe" A.
Wolkush. Cashier. wis. r. J HIl
Drug CO., C"The Never Substtutors. ,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-06
SURGEONS CHANCES FOR PAY.

When the surgeon who happensd TO
be- spending night at Bushhy Inn HAD
SD the broken leg Of the weatherbeat-
en stranger who was the chief victim
of an automobile accident the patient
looked up al him anxiously. See here,
doe" said he In a husky voice !
haven't got much n any money would
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-06

you take out your fee IN trader"
yes 7 guess 3d. said the surgeon,
cheorfuIly what rs your trader
well, I've got number of things I
can do soon as I'm on my feet again, 20
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-06
RELIGION AND THE WAR

said the patient II can hang window
blinds, or 7 can put ON lightning rods
or I can play tho cornet. and TN do
em an first rate, n I'm the one 20 say
&C.. doc. YOUTHS Companion.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-06

moro peculiar that he should want 70
Visit YOU n remains 10 be seen what
New York and Washington society VIII
DO Tor him and whether the American
woman VIII succeed in cnticins MN
into the tolls OF matrimouy
LADY MARY.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-06
NrKKo AND sIuBA.

Kyolo has other temples almost as
large as the Nish. Hongwauii and
there are some which are even more
beautiful iu the eastern part Of the
empire Take those which contain the
tombs OF the shoguus sat Shiha ln To-
kio. They are devoted 10 the worship
OF Shinto. and are mass of carving
and works of fine art. They are more
like great Jewels than pieces az Japa-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-06

Things is n great water tank. which
shows the marks Of many cannon balls.
DC now stands in the grounds OF the
Yakasuni temple ln Toxic During the
lighting in Manchuria the people here
showed their faith by the way they
went Co the shrines 20 pray for their
loved ones Many OF them took slabs
of cedar or pine. upon which they had
written their prayers. The back Of
each piece Of wood bore tho name OF
the person for whom they were especi-
ally praying and also that Of the god
whose utercession was suppllcated.
such prayers were laid on The affairs,
tho worshipors at the same time glv-
ing something 90 tho church 20 insure
the assistance Of the priests
JAPANESE LIBERALITY.
As far as / can learn the Buddhism
which Is proclaimed by the most ad-
vanced OF tho priests today IS as
broad as AN outdoors. This IS ,tho
spirit of the new Japan Indeed, the
people are so broad In religious mat
ters-I mean those Of the upper classes
that they are ready 90 accept the best
or any and an religions. Indeed, they
believe iu a combination Of ShintOism.
Confucianism and Buddhism, with "a
sprinkle Of Christianity thrown In. IL
Is said that there are thousands Of
japanese who would readily accept
Christianity by placing the image OF
Jesus with that OF Buddha and those
of their ancestors, ~ the Christian re-
lIgion dld not insist iu there being no
other god but one. Their constitution
permits all religions, and the govern
ment does not question the faith OF fits
employees. Count Katsura, the premier
OF Japan. says that this country Is at
the head. as TO religious uherality. and
that a man may have any religion
without suffering for it. Prince Ito
told me that hc considered the Budd-
hists more liberal than the Christians
and that there Is today a considerable
Christian element growing up IN Japan.
At one time the government actually
considered the adoption nf Christianity
as the state religion, proposing % mod
| lfy OF revise the Bible and. our doc
/ trncs TO suit Japanese requirements.
Centuries ago there was a big Chris
tian element IN Japan. The Jesuit.
came here and converted the people by
hundreds and it Is estimated that Their,
was once no less than 6OC 900 prOfessinG
/ Christians. That was more than 40l
years ago; and at that time Japanos,
/ missions were sent 10 the pope al
4 Rome A little later tho tide turne,
and Christianity was wiped out. tn
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-06

neee architecture. They are gorgeous
with gold leaf. paintings and carvings
OF lacquer. plated with gold. One goes
through courtyard after courtyard,
through rooted gates 100 feet high, ana
enters "a building foorod with lacquer
like. Set. so bright that YOU can sec
yourself iu 81 The temple steps are
moro highly polished than the top OF
any piano. and their edges are bound
with carved brass of beautiful patterns
Inside there are great urns OF gold lac
aucr as big around as a flour barrel
and YOU stand under a mass Of cary
mas. upheld by pillars Of brass inside
vain. of gold 10 is behind these stIuc-
lures that the Shotgun lies his tomb be-
irea single block of gray granite about
Gy. feet by DO feet "a size.
Al Nfxko there are other temples
c,,n more wonderful, some devoted 10
the worship of shinto and others 10
Buddha. put mp in commemorauon OF
some of the great heroes of Japan
past
SOME MIGHTY STATUES OF
BUDDHA.
Every one has heard Of the statue
Of Ruddhn at Kamakura. I have spent
d week ia It's shadow during my stay
in Japau. IL Is an immense sitting
figure. made OF bronze plates, so htted
together that II looks as though II We're
cut out by sculptor, and forming
altogether one Of the great art works
az the world. The figure rs enormous
1t rs as high as a fiye-story house and
| from knee 20 knee it measures 80 rect
NE ewes are of pure gold and they are
moro than three feet iu length; while
mo ears are go long that n you stood
| Ind the hole Of one Of the lobes you
could not reach 10 the top. This
| Buddha has a mouth a yard wide. lti
/ face is eight feet long and IT'S thumb
/ rs Just one foot ln thickness It's beau
/ ufm head is covered with what look
D like curls. but which the Japanese tel
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-06

is "a delightful place in Down street,
vet they stay al the Ritz or one OF tho
other big hotels when they are lu
town. Their stays hero are of snort
duration. however. for they are roma
of running off TO resorts un the conu-
nrut Their friends have seen PRAGUE
allv nothing OF them since their mar
rIaee and are complaining OF the ittI
Mrs. Dumm0nd ln writing 10 ah M
innate the other week. explained lhe
situation hy saying. You must Tor
give me- our honeymoon Us nol yel
over ] doubt III It ever VIII beg. IheN
are extraordinarily happy and do not
want 10 hoe worried with anyone. When
they are iu London they dine tete-a-
tetc I'm Paris they are Go Doe found
roaming about the galleries or the
.hona arm-in-arm a cynical relative
of Mrs prummoud8 has been leluns
iNnt she met them buying hats and
/ looking AS much In love as any AIRY
ana 'Arriet." She went ON 90 put the
matter Boo nutshell by saying lt
] thev continued to bin and coo as they
hove been they will simply be cut
/ dead
/ Al good many have not forgiven Mrs.
/ Urummoud FOR having been married lh
I "a registry office. 10 is frishuully ln-
/ ua dis 90 Go SEQ here, at amy rh.e, ai.9
/ many of her friends are determined
] fu lat her sec that they resent men
action There are plenty OF circles POI
. England wherein registry marllas,
] h. NOT recognized us "a marriage al alL
/ Tnusf who know best s1y she was one
Ir rITIue Way t0 the wishes of nor
/ husband Boo agreeing to such "a mar
/ rHre blt that is not accepted as amy
] excuse.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-06

Tho eulcrpusInE American girl with
matr0mIull ambitions VIII nave
chance one ol these days Of drawing
81 great Och to her balt in the person
8f the Duke Uf Richmond. Ills grace
H "a handsome and distinguished look-
ur man 0u Tho right side of Sixty.
For years boz has had the amhiuou
b. visit the United States but tho op-
u1rmrItp has not hitherto been ioFth-
COMING Now. however. because nj "a
sueht mIIsu0EItIou and Che necessity
of chance uf scene he has decided I'd
mako ile trip Ihe duke has been a
uIInwsr f1r years. hut there D. mo- rUH-
sar WHY Ue should remain so. ospr
uIy aa au bis dauEnteIa are NaIi .N
sane lady Helen Gordon LNnuoN WHO
a 10 accompany him to Amerirt
Though NOT wealthy man Tor h'
position. tne duke has, ueFerthfle7e, au
/ Income uf $4,000 year. nafnlNr
r.ut castle u scotland aa wen as one
| nupst mansion at Lockwood where f1r
veau hIa ato father invariably enc
/ urtaucd the then Prince and Prince
/ of Wales. the present k'nF and queen
| who have also hOuured his SON On trNr
| eraI occasions at house ptfiiDH roy iI0
| wcea Tho duke s 0l the Ola school
conventional and exclusive to the In.'
| degree. aud s0 far none of tho nous.
| eHuK riches hos over boon permitted
400 enter lhe stately ana hisior'. Gordon
| castle or Lockwood iouse hnr H|.
one heard of Americans being invited
I to DIE parties which makes ID AN tH0
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-06

ing the sixteenth century and the re-
mainder Of the body was made more
than 500 years before that time
Here In kyotO. there is a Buddha
which is AN head and shoulders. Il
fills n temple. and ls bigger than either
OF the Buddhas I have mentioned. Il
has eyes five feet long, uostrils two
feet wide. and 10 measures AZ feet across
the shoulders. IL is almost go feet
high and SC has a nose Q feet long.
just outside the temple is one Of the
biggest bells OF Japan. which is rung
now and then 90 wake mp the statue.
IL weighs go tons and is about as big
as a h0ystack
All of the above Buddhas are old
saw one at Hyog0, about two hours
ride from here by train, which was
erected IN 1891 by n paper manufac-
turer who had made a fortune and was
grateful TO the gods That Buddha is
~ bronze Tt measures So feet around
the waist and tho diameter of it's lap
is % feet The ears are six feet Ions
and by my tape line 20 is just two feet
around the thumb it has an electric
bulb ia IFS forehead.
RELIGION AND THE WAR.
There has been a decided revival
| among tho native religions here since
the Russian war. Many OF the priests
went 90 the front 90 give spiritual con-
/ ISOLATION 90 the soldiers This was so
OF both Buddhists and shintoists When
the war closed the emperor added %
! this revival by visiting the Great shin
| TO shrine at lse whore he proclaimed
| 90 the imperial ancestors that the war
/ was successfully ended Since then
many other famous persluages have
! visited lsa, and Shint0lsm and am cs-
! trial worship stand higher than thoy
/ have Tor years. Many of the cannon
/ and other trophies which were captured
/ ina Manchura were brought 10 Japan
and given 10 the temples, where they
] are kept as monuments. Among such
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-06
HOW THE OLD RELIGION is ADOPT
ING CHRISTIAN METHODS AND IN.
CREASING ITS FOLLOWERS.

converts being killed by the tb,r...
IN the most horrible ways. Tg,s..- H.
it ls SAID something like i50o60 .,,..
Christians in Japan TODAY. '''''
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-06
GAVE NOR HATR 10 RrDDHA

q saying that tho sims OF any good
woman are creator than those OF the
thousand worst men who have over
lived. Nevertheless, Buddhism came
into Japan through woman and it is
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-10-29
PARASITE DEADLY TO TREES
Thousands of Large and Stately Oaks Have Been Killed in the South
 western Part of Texas.

According to information received by the state health department, vegetable parasite, deadly to trees, especially oak trees, has made it's appearance in the southwestern DOT tion of the state, and as result thou sands of large and stately oaks have been killed, and the rayages continue. State Health Officer Brumby, who has just returned to Austin from Gal weston where he has been on official business, says that this parasite ap- pears something like moss or ivy and grows on trees and in comparatively short time the tree is dead. Particu- lar attention has been called to the vicinity of New Braunfels, thence in q southwesterly direction through San Antonio and westward Thus far no steps have been taken to check the ravages of this destroyer of trees, and an investigation of the matter does not come within the functions of the department of health, consequently it is more than likely that the pest will continue it's deadly work. Dr. Brumby said he had been advised that this parasite has appeared among the trees in some of the parks at San An tonic, and if that is the case, unless immediate steps be taken to check it., some of the trees in these parks will be dead within short time The department of agriculture may likely take up the matter and make a thor iough investigation of this pest.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-10-29
MORE WHEAT-LESS COTTON
Sea Island Cotton News Advises Mem- bers of Union to Pay More
 Attention to Grain.

Commenting upon the effort of the officials of the Arkansas State Farm CTS union to induce the members of the organization in that state to plant enough wheat this fall to supply the needs of the people of the state, the Sea Island Cotton News, a paper published in the interest of the Sea Island cotton districts of Carolina and Georgia, advises it's readers and mem Carolina as follows. The advice, which is applicable to members of the union in all the states, is as follows:
 ''The advice given to the farmers of Arkansas would be good advice to the farmers of South Carolina, al among the wheat-producing states, there are portions of it we'll adapted for it's growth. The whole Piedmont section, now given over almost wholly to cotton, could be made to yield more than enough for all the people of the state. Nature intended this section for a cereal growing, stock raising country; and we have often wondered why it's farmers should have devoted themselves so exclusively to the un- certainties of cotton planting, when, by turning their attention to grain and stock, they could with less labor and anxiety of mind reap greater re- wards for their industry. There is every incentive for the upper Carolina farmer to do this. Mules, horses, hogs and beef cattle are in great demand and bring good prices. And as for wheat, there is no other grain so uni versally used in this country. It is not probable that the supply will ever exceed the demand, except when the price becomes exorbitant. Bread be- ing the chief food of man, it ought to be within the reach of all, and there fore we believe it is the duty of every farmer to raise wheat who can. When the speculator puts the price of wheat beyond the reach of many millions of people, which inures very little to the benefit of the wheat raiser, it is time for farmers all over the country to raise more wheat as protection to these suffering millions against such cnpcu1atOrc D