Arizona republican., 1910-05-29

high handed proceeding as this will
find no favor in the eyes OF any grow
er here
When A. W. Morrill,, the entomolo-
gist of the commission, was seen, he
was asked if he had been advised by
Attorney General Wright 10 proceed in
the case. He replied that he had
stated the case accurately and in all
it's details TO the attorney general and
had received his unqualified approval
and been told to go ahead and destroy
the trees and not be bluffed
His statement follows:
While inspecting a carload Of trees
shipped to ]. H. Fleming I found
seven boxes that were infested with
mealy bugs. In such a case the whole
shipment is usually destroyed. though
something is left to the discretion of
the inspector 1 condemned the whole
car A few days later Mr. Fleming
asked me if there wasn't some way by
which we could adjust matters under
quarantine. He suggested planting
some of the trees in the desert near his
grove. | did not think he meant TO
plant them on his own grove. He then
went to Inspector Shamblin and asked
him if there were any mealy bugs on
the trees after they had been planted.
had never looked for them there as
| found them at the packing house in
plenty. Mr.. Shamblin naturally told
him that he hadn't seen any there
either.
Il consulted with Mr. Rockwell and
Mr.. Forbes, both of whom seemed to
think it might be taken as precedent
if l permitted Flemmfng TO plant the
trees under quarantine. i then went
to the packing house and learned that
the planting had already begun My at
torney advised me that any one could
get out an injunction against the
planting of the trees, and as / had
never made an agreement with Flem-
ing / told him the trees would have
t. stand condemned and ordered him
to return them. Frank II. Lyman was
present at the time. Instead of re-
turning them he carted out the re-
mainder of the carload and planted
them. Then made the first raid.
which was unsuccessful on account OF
resistance. should say that served
legal notice through the sheriff's office
on Mr.. Flemming before going to his
place the first time and then waited
several days before taking action.
gave him no notice the second time, as
none is required. The notice was served
on April % and ordered him to destroy
the trees or ship them out of the ter
ritory. Then, after waiting more than
the legal limit. and finding that the or
der had not been complied with, went
put to his place on Monday last with
three wagons and eleven men. | wish
10 state particularly that we did not !
destroy a single vine or tree that was
lot part of the condemned shipment |
knew we would be liable If we did, |
so | cautioned my men before about it, |
We drove around rows of trees to !
lvoid watermelon vines
I'VE were met by the overseer, who !
said he had been ordered to stand us
'ff with shotgun If necessary, while |
had my instructions to face anything |
except shotgun. We were unarmed !
If course. The foreman went to the /
telephone for more orders and we |
'arried out the work for which we !
anne"
The petition circulated by Mr. Flem-
ming is printed below He stated that I
lie expects to obtain the name of ev- /
Try citrus grower in the valley to it /
md has not been refused a sigma
ire.
Phoenix. Ariz.,. May 20.
editor of The Republican,:
Our attention has been called to an
lrticle in an evening paper, Of yester-
lay in which is quoted with apparent
Endorsement the statement of DR. A. w. /
Morrill, that the citrus growers of the
alley as a body have demanded the
of the law. -
theoretically. the statement of Dr.
Iorrill which was published conveys
he idea that the citrus growers as a
'ody and individually endorse and APP
rove of the action of Dr. Morrill, in
ntering Mr.. ]. H. Trimmings grove