The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-03


force. but who writes with much /
flourishes and Slight lcgiblity. came to !
last week and in accord
ance with the naval regulations
his signature on the register
i'm the navy department. \ friend
with an eye to humor noticed the
name. and noticing that no writing was
under the space. devoted to object or
occasio ion Of visit" appended the words.
drunk and disorderly."
Secretary of Interior Ballngcr Is
having his way in the administration of
this important department OF the gov
eminent. His first step upon assuming
office on March last was to restore
land withdrawn under irrigation pro-
jects to entry. and this caused Il mild
row in the reclamation quarters, bur
the trouble was not oi serious conso-
uuence Secretary Ballinger believes
in throwing open as much land as pos
sib'e for the building of the western
country and :t:e entrance Of settlers.
Recently Mr.. Bailinger has effected
the transfer of forests I'm the Indian
reservation from the control of the
forestry bureau and department of aG-
riculture To the interior department,
or the Indian bureau. which comes un-
der the interior. When Mr.. Clarified
was secretary of the interior he ar
ranged with Secretary Wilson for the
transfer of jurisdiction over Indian for
ests from the interior department to
the forestry bureau under the aSri-
culture department. This was done
with II view of selling the timber. su-
pcrintendng the logging. protecting
the forests and studying them with
view to determining the best perma-
nent use of the lands. Under the ar
rangement. ii is said. the forestry ana
Indian bureau people worked satisiac-
torily. Mr.. Bailinger thinks the agree
meat was without authority of law,
and has ordered its abrogation. and
upou his request the forester Of the
government turned over to the interior
department the papers. maps and
charts and information and statistics
relating Ia pha Indian forests. In d.
ing so he says the forestry service will
always be glad to render any assis-
lance possible.
A postnffice has been or Tered estab-
rShed al Mortfnr,.. Flnthcad coanty.
with William J. Egan In charge.
The Mcmillan. Dawson county. post
office has been ordered Immediately
discontinued.
The mail messenger service at
Princeton. Granite county. has been
ordered discontinued also.
Lying i.s"n- the eastern and western
shores of Chesapeake bay in south
eastern Virginia are five counties
which constitute the greatest center in
the United States for the production
Of early potatoes.
The value Of the crop shipped from
these counties is about sS.0e0,o0o year.
The fields are planted about the last
of February and the crop of new po-
tatoess is harvested in June. In some
cases Il second crop is grown on the
same ground.
Naturally the Colorado potato bug
it, finds this section rich feeling
ground. The mature beetles, which
have hioernated in the groun1 over
winner come out during the first half
of Anril just i'm time to begin feeding
On the Young tender plants. \ IozeE
or more beetles may sometimes lie
found on IA single plant. Where they
are very numerous they sometimes eat
the plant down 10 the root. and IL the
seed potatoes have not been completely
covered with soil the hungry beetles
will devour them also. Soon they de-
post large numbers Of eggs On the
young plants. which in a Weeks time
or less hatch out new generation.
The main business Of life with these
youngsters is To eat. and they begin
without loss of tine. II the trucker
who is interested in growing u fine
supply of early tabeTs does not bestir
himself about this time the crop will
lie greatly injured if not ruined. He
mikes d pound Of land plaster and puts
some of the mixture into a burlap ba
which he hires a negro boy to shake
over the potato rows The mixture
shifts down over the plants. and. as
the insect goes right on eating. nearly
all get enough al the poison I" kill
them