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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-04-08
Investigating
High Prices

WASHINGTON, April THE senate
committee investigating the high cost
of living heard two witnesses today
Prank Tilford of New York, and
John H. Magruder of this city.
Mr.. Magruder told of the cancella-
ton of an order taken for large
quantity of securing soap because OF
protests made by the southern Whole-
sale grocers' association that the man.
ufacturer should not sell to him be-
cause he sold to- retailers.
Addressing a question to Mr.. Tilforc,
who had preceded him, Mr.. Magruder
sought to ascertain if the New York
firm had not mad the same eXper-
fence.
Il don't recall any such instance.
responded Mr.. Tilford.
Mr.. Magruder finally drew from Mr..
Tilford the admission that he had been
threatened by the Wholesale grocers
association and had avoided being shut
off from buying from manufacturers
by a strict compliance with the con-
tract between the wholesalers and the
manufacturers.
Mr.. Magruder presented letters from
a number of manufacturers, sollcitihS
trade direct because jobbers had dis
continued handling their goods on the
ground that these manufacturers sofa
to retailers.
Mr. Tilford gave these comparative
retail prices:
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The wide difference IN pfIcts IUI
the years named, according to Mr.. TIL
ford was accounted for by the fact
that his firm paid expressage ana SOFA
as cheaply in Virginia as in New YORK
He said the concern could afford TO DO
that because of the high cost of dellv-
erv in New York city. He announced
that the tariff caused no perceptible
increase in prices.
since the tariff was increased on
cbampagne. Mr. Tilford said his firm
had been making so cents case III
counarison with three or four dollars
a case ten years ago.
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In Desperate
Revolver Duel

SAN FRANCISCO, April Tn a
street battle with a robber tonight,
Policeman ]. J. Casey was shot
through the stomach and the robber
received wounds from which he prob
baly will die. Casey will recover.
The robber, a young man, who gave
the name of III. Hall, entered the
saloon of J. Madden at Post and Lar
kin streets just as Madden was clos
ing up.
Throw up your hands," commanded
Hail.
Madden obeyed The robber went
through the cash drawer, and took
$S5. Then he walked out, paying no
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dence against the defendant. while
those who pleaded guilty stood by his
support. John Hardwicl1 was called
upon to help his brother though his
evidence was not material. Hardwick
is out on bond. He will probably not
be sentenced until Monday morning.
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edly prove the most popular of the
engagement.
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Classified Ads. for results.
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THE L. CHING WO CHINESE
MEDICINE CO.

80 's0 VA y
and all dis
eases that
the human
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to. My won
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p o w e r full
remedies are
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a seed parent, and it developed
flower when the only pollen available
was from the variety Tom Wood.
This pollen was used, without any pre-
conceived idea of consideration OF the
result, which was the new rose, 'Mis.
intermediate between the parents, Mr..
Dickson states, than any other cross
of which he has any note. The effort
to retain in distinct sense, and, II
possible, in added volume, the delight
full perfume Of the tea rose in the h"-
brid tea crosses is the effort of rose
hybridists. This is exceedingly desir.
able for 80 many novelties of recent
years are totally devoid of perfume,
thereby discounting their beauty ana
usefulness.
The efforts Of Messrs. Dickson in this
direction have had some very surprising
results, in that it has in some of their
seedlings introduced perfumes hithcr-
to unknown among roses. For instance:
the rose, ''Mrs. James Craig has. IN
most pronounced degree, the distinct
and delightful perfume of the ordinary
| field primrose, and crimson seeding
of last years batch-as yet unnamed
has the unique scent, distinct and
easily recognized, of ripe raspberries
Another unnamed Seeding. of deep SAT-
from yellow color, has a strong per-
1 fume of ripe oranges.
Not a Long List.
The list of Seeding roses born in the
Royal Irish Gardens is not long one
but for quality stands we'll to the front.
Among the number are Hugh Dickson,
J. 3. Clark, Dorothy, II. Armytage
Moore q deep rose pink, edged silvery
| pink; Mrs James Craig, Simplicity, one
Of the most beautiful pure white single
roses in the world; Lady Pirrle, Coun-
tess of Shaftesburv and my favorite of
all the roses introduced yet by this
firm. Leslie Holland The list COM
prises eight gold medal roses
The general stock of roses is. as L
have stated, over 100000 plants grown
in the open ground. and on new lnnd
recently acquired. This insures hardi-
ness and strength of constitution. with
out which the best and most beautiful
OF roses are worthless.
/ To see a stretch of ten to twelve
acres of strong and vigorous rose bushes
such as these | have named. in full
bloom is a sight not to be easily for
gotten. And when, IN addition To the
ordinary varieties of commerce, all the
novelties of the European continent,
America. and Australia are to be seen
under trial, together with innumera BILE
[ seedlings. some of them of unique
2 beauty and sterling merit, showing end
5 less variety and novelty of color and
\ form, the sight makes real 'rose
S crank" forget his meals II is not
S easy TO estimate nor describe the wealth
l of charming beauty, culture and. re.
4 finement that ten acres of roses. in full
: bloom, represent TO a rose enthusiast.
e In future articles ] will more fully
: descmbc and differentiate some of the
{ very latest roses Many are of charm
ing beauty, some are only commonplace
- and one cannot tell by the catalogue
f descriptions always which rose is the
:, best. Also there are general rules for
t culture, including planting and prun
, ing, that belong to the different roses
{ 1t is certain that much difference must
= be observed in all these for some Of the
s. new roses.
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same stock, with results at once most
favorable and 1arreaching.
Thousands Of Rose Plants.
In 1880 the number OF roses grown
annually at Belfast was about 10000.
When this is compared with the present
annual output the mind gets an idea
of the extent of the present rose gar
dcns and marveIs at the demand that
enables this one firm TO dispose of over
100000 rose plants each year. No local
Irish trade could absorb such a guam
tity, and IL will be no surprise to be
told that there is not country in the
civilized world to which these famous
Irish rose gardens have not contributed
of their stock Indeed, in many lands
which IL would require some stretch OF
the ina gination to call civilized, these
famous Irish roses are a wonder and
delight 20 the native population.
Perhaps the greatert interest at pres:
ent centers in tho new roses under trial
at these famous nurseries. Some four
teen or fifteen wears ago the present
partners. Mr., Alexander Dickson and
Mr. Hugh Dickson. sons of the founder.
decided to commence hybridiZing with
n view to improving the roses then III
commerce, and in order that thns might
be done in thorough and scientific
manner erected a couple OF large glass
structures TO this end. They decided
on one or two lines of experiment and
after one or two years of very careful
and painstalling work. found out. to use
their own words, "First, several things
which il was evidently impossible to
accomplish. Second that the result OF
crossing one rose of distinct habit. form
and color with another variety equally
decided in another direction, generally
produced a rose totally different from
what might have reasonably been eN-
rccted After careful consideration they
decided to amend their method of cross
ing. with a vlew TO finding ont which
parent gave the most distinct charac
teristics TO its progeny. and how far 1t
was possible TO inbreed, by first cross"
ing this progeny on It's parents. male
and female. and again TO cross the re-
sulting' seedlings with the original first
cross. This was a tedious process and
the results obtained were in some cases
curious. in some disappointing, and in
some; il must be confessed; totally i'm;
possible Of explanation. One general
tendency, however, was noted, i. e,
When. the Seeding roses were carefully
selected, a distinct Improvement in hab.
it Of growth and form of flower, and
general all round tendency TO an im-
proved type. resulted.
Breeding to Color.
The difficulty, however, of breeding
to color has been the one which has
gwen the most trouble. The Messrs.
Dickson set themselves to produce a
race of strong. free growing, free bloom.
ing and perpetual Towering hybrid tea
roses, of that rich crimson scarlet color
which is at once the aim and the des-
pair of the rose hybridist. One noted
rose hybridist told me he had toiled for
years, and grown over 10000 Seeding
roses, before he produced crimson
| hybrid tea rose But the Messrs Dick
| son have no reason to complain of their
seedlings. Hugh Dickson and J. B
| Clarke, have been welcomed by rose
growers the world over, Hugh Dickson
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with being one Of the best shots on the
Broad and her cabin walls were hung
with antlers and other spoils of the
chase of her own bringing in. Her
instinct III the location of " bee treoN
was as unerring as it was valuable In
new, country where sweets were scarce
and hard to get And always she was
on the lookout for plants and herbs
the curative properties of which she
was credited with knowing more about
than any other person in the section.
Indeed her skill as a doctor was called
upon from far and near. Her skill and
knowledge seem also to have taken
wider scope, as 1t is recorded chat she
held tract of land by the safe tenure
of n first survey which she had made
herself. hatchet in hand
Though not in the path of the war
and Its devastations. the Earts were
made to feel its blighting breath. The
sympathiZers with the British cause
numerous, powerful and of most per
nicious activity. 1t was a sparsely set
tied community All the lazy, lnwless,
cattle. stealing element took advantage
of the times TO ally itself with the
/ Tories as 4 cloak for its own deprcda-
: tions. and the chance it gave to pay
off old grudges. Many of the Wings,
rs the patriots were called, were driven
TO take refuge in the swamps and cane
country, shooting and hanging the
( Wings wherever they could be found
and stealing or wantonly destroying
their property
! Benjamin Hart was man of some
means. and frequently found it neces.
sary to gather up his stock and slaves
and disappear In the canebrakes, in the
/ Businesses of which the Tories dared
not follow He was better off than
many of the others, as he rested secure
IN the belief that the resourceful wife
was competent to take care of herself
and family Indeed, il has been init
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lated record is kept; every seed in a |
single hip being sown singly, IN small
pot specifically manufactured for the |
purpose, that each of these seedlings |
is grown under glass for season, then |
budded on Seeding or cutting brier In
the open ground and carefully tested
under local climatic conditions some
times for ms many as eight years before
being either finally burned or placed on
the market, the stupendous nature OF
this work will be apparent.
Seventeen New Roses.
The total number Of new roses sent
varieties, so that it will be seen that
this works out little more than one
rose each year since the work of hybrid
ization has been in operation, 1t is a
difficult matter to draw rose hy-
bridist as TO the percentage of his
seedlings, he probably decming that
the Information which has cost him so
much to acquire might easily put
trade competitor on the royal road TO
success without the time and expense
of a novitiate. Messrs. Dickson, how
ever, inform me that for the most part
the information. if given without ex-
| plauation Of the various crosses, would
to the general public be very meaning
Il
some of these seedlings might be gen
orally interesting. Mr.. Dickson informs
me that "Hugh Dickson is a second
sedling from "Gruss an Teplitz,' and
that ~. r. Clark - is third Seeding
from the same variety.
The whole subject of rose hybridiza.
| tion is most fascinating one. 1t is
now generally known that there must
! be 'tseed parent rose, created by
repeated or one crossing, as the basis
for all new or strikingly distinct roses.
This "seed parent is the rose hybrid.
ist IS carefully guarded secret. A writer,
telling Of a visit to the noted rose
gardens of Parnet-Duc lor, Lyons
! France. writes:
"But among all these wonders and
delights, with whose flowers my hands
were so full that note making became
difficulty, that which ] treasured
most highly was somewhat loose
! petaled flower of yellow orange and
flame pink. / cspied it growing out OF
the open roof of little forcing house
and its color was so vivid and so un
usual that / asked what ii could pos
sibly be, as l was certain 1t was rost
I had never seen before. NJ. Pernet
with his usual courteous kindness
promptly gathered me a Llossom, add
ing. In answer to my eager inquiries
that he did not sell tit was po
sufficiently rustique.' And then came
the exciting announcement that this
rose was. the pollen parent of boil
Soliel Or and Lyon rose, the famous
child of that original and secret cross
between Persian yellow and a hybriC
tea. which resulted in the Pernetian;
family. AS I held the strangely beauti
full and fragrant flower in my hand, th
first of a new race, / no longer won
dered that so precious plant was no
distributed to the world at large
But this need not discourage the anna
teur hybridist,. for the clement o
chance enters largely into the matter
and it is to one of these chances tina
the new rose, "Mrs Stewart Clark,
r owes its existence. This is the way /
came about The tea rose, " Rubrems,
was among others under experiment a
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WOMAN BROAD RIVER''-Nancy
to


Many remarkable women were de-
veloped when our country was in the
making, but none more bold or plctur-
esque than Nancy Hart of Georgia,
pioneer mother. whom the Daughters OF
the American Revolution and kindred
patriotic persons have been proud to
honor. A woman of AmaZonian proper.
tions, with personality so strong and
masculine and physical strength and
courage so marked that she became
terror to her enemies. of whom she
made many, she was ever of militant
and outspokcn partisanship and Jealous
patriotism. THIS, in community
where there was little OF law or order,
save what lay In n strong right arm
and quick eye. and overrun with
Tories and outlaws, brought against her
suspicion and persecution, which were
followed bv bitter and bloody rctalia
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in that section that the Tories de-
termined upon breaking into the fast
nesses Of the canebrakes and capturing
the Wings, who were to be hanged or
driven out of tine country. A little
band Of them. six IN number, came to
the house of Nancy Hart not knowing
that from her secret retreat in the
underground near her own cabin she
had watched them coming across the
river. From this same point her rifle,
with n notched oak stump for rest,
had stopped more than one Wing hunt
ing Tory, The visitors demanded that
she get them something to eat. She
went about the task with cheerful
ness that should have warned them OF
danger. There was baunch of fresh
venison from deer of her own killing
hanging in the spring house There was
had carried five miles to the mil to
hive ground only day or two before,
There were sweet potatoes from her
own truck patch, md new honey from
ii bee tree which she had rifled In the
woods. All these things she brought
out and began preparations for the
meal which took an hour or more in tho
cooking All this time the old woman
was talking to her unlimited guests,
to what was going on. Finally the
meal was ready and set on the table;
The Tories stacked their guns and
gathered around the table. Hardly
were they seated when the sharp click
of gun called their attention to the
fact that old Nancy Hart stood over
their weapons with rifle at full cock
pointed directly at them, "I'll blow
the head off the first man that rises OF
tries TO eat.' she said grimly. and
thew knew that she would do 1T. Then
| to one of her sons. she said; "You run
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held over for one year this spring, /
have no doubt they will both be on the
market this fall. And fall planting is
decidedly the right thing for the Pa
cihc coast, if not for almost all other
parts of the United States,
Hybridization Of Roses.
The history of successful hyhridiza"
ton of roses may be said to be his.
tory of failures. OF the thousands OF
seedlings raised by the Dicksons, and
at the present time they have over 5O,-
600 under trial, only a very. small per
centape will ever reach The public.
When it is considered that Messrs.
Dickson have terminated this year
over 1000 seedlings. representing over
5000 crosses, of which a careful tabu-
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There is charming romance about
Ireland that always sets the heart
bounding Then the spontaneity of gen
uine Irish wit has a sparkle to it that
only adds to the charm of the romance
that is associated with the "Auld Sod. ,!
From the time the steamer pushes ITS
nose through the rough seas near the
southeast coast Of Ireland and brings To
view the distant hills. the romantic has
a large place in even the most prosaic.
The old stone tower outlooks, said TO
have been built by the Danes, and the
eternal green OF hill and vale. all along
the south coast of Ireland. attract. Then
there is iingling charm about the very
words, Killarney. Galway. Dublin, Bel
fast, etc. While of Great Britain 3
noted trio-the Rose. the Thistle and the
Shamrock-Ireland S national emblem is
the Shamrock, yet the north of Ireland
country, outside of the famous country
surrounding Lyons, France. is the home
OF some OF the most noted rose growers
and rose hybridists in the world. Many
OF the favoritc roses OF both the anna
tenr and professional rosarions Of the
United States were born in this north
of Ireland country No firm in this
great rose country has done more for
Improvement of the rose than the firm
series, Belfast, established in the year
1868, by the late Mr.. Hugh Dickson.
When Mr.. Dickson. whose carly train
ing was received under that noted horti.
culturist. Peter Lawson, of Edinburgh
Scotland. established his own business,
he decided 20 specialize in roses. Meth
DDS of cultivation and opagation were
then so totally different from those OF
today as to seem almost prehistoric IN
these days of lightning propagation.
For instance, the Rose Nursery was
then com~osed for the most part of
stool grounds. where the growing shoots
were layered. This meant at least a
second years cultivation. after the
layer was removed. before the plants
were fit for sale. Either this plan OF
the still more uncertain method of
propagation bv CUTTINGS inserted in the
open ~ronnd. In both cases the process
OF Reproduction was slow, and, in the
case of new varieties, n painfully pro
longed introduction TO popula'lty, The
best roses are now grated on Manettii
or Seeding brier stock roots, but the
only use of stocks at the time Mr.
Dickson commenced his work was ms
method of culture in the up-to date
gardens of that dav. The Standard oil
tree rose has never been popular in tho
United States, especially on the Pa
cific coast.
Propagating New Roses.
The introduction Of the Manetti
stock from Italy gave the first new
note TO rose propagation, and Mr.. Hugh
Dickson. when returning to Ireland, in
troduced this stock 10 his country anc
started on a large scale to propagate
new roses. boldly wedding out many
varieties whose defects appeared to hin
TO far outweigh their usefulness.
Mr.. Dickson was The first to nse tn,
1seedling brier as n dwarf stock, in nj
experiment trial by him 10 combat tina
dread disease of the lovely Marecha
Neil rose. cankcr. which threatened n
that time to iniure this variety beyond
hope. The success attending this eX
pertinent induced Mr.. Dickson to trv
many other varieties Of roses on th,
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and freedom of bloom, and are antici,
pating great sale for it.
Messrs. Hugh Dickson had the unique
distinction Of winning, In 1909, four
gold medals of the National Rose So
ciety for Seeding roses. Two of these
at the London show. july ., 1909, where,
although over fifty distinct seedlings
were shown. only two gold medals were
awarded. One Of these, ''Miss Cynthia
Forde. " is already in commerce. l can
not speak as we'll of this rose as the
grower or many other noted rosarians
II is not n better color than Lady
Ashtown,'' and l do not think it will
make a better bedder Another Lady
Pirric,'' was sent out in June of this
year, and is Il beautiful combination Of
red, copper and saffron yellow, This
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icate pink and of fine form and ex-
quisite texture, are. as l have said, to
be held over for another year. The
'Countess of Shaftesbury is much
like cross between "Dr. J. Campbell
Hall" and Killarney" in color, If it
proves to not mildew, as does Killarney,
this new pink rose Will be a splendid
addition to the exhibition and bedding
roses of this class, ] have marked 1T
on my note book as good rose and
worthy of trial. But of the four roses
mentioned decidedly the best one IS
'sLeslie Holland" which is also gold
medal rose. it is a deep, geranium red,
shaded blackish crimson, The growth
is not too vigorous-the fatal defect
of so many of the newer hybrid tea
roses-but is of good growth and con-
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By Mary w. and Harry G.. Green
COPYRIGHT, 1910.

showed that the aim mad been good,
and hurrying out the family found that
it was a spying Tory neighbor. Mrs.
Hart doetored his burns, locked him up
and next morning turned him over to
the Wings.
Tradition says the Mrs. Hart was de-
cidedly plain looking, If not positively
ugly. She was large featured, with
face that had been marred by smallpox,
and wore great mass of reddish brown
hair. She had violent temper, and,
Notwithstanding the fact that she was
devout Methodist, would swear like
trooper when angry, Once she was on
her way to the grist MILL several miles
from her home, with two and n half
bushels of corn In bag across the back
Of her horse, when she met a band of
Tories with the British colors attached
to their coats, They began making fun
of the old woman and demanded her
pass; Here is my pass. d-n you;
touch me if you dare she replied, de-
family shaking her fist. One of the
party ran up and unhorsed her by
seizing her foot and giving it quick
lift. at the same time giving the horse
q blow that started him on q run
toward home. The woman said nothing
but picked up the corn and put it on
her shoulder and went on to the mill,
Not long after that, the young man
who had thrown her off her horse got
slight warning not to play practical
Jokes on choleric old ladies.
Many other stories are told of the
fearless devotion of Nancy Hart to her
country and family. She lived to see
her country free and prosperous, her
Tory neighbors scattered and gone, and
her own family of boys and girls, eight