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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-08-30
ORCHARD ROSETTE
NOW UNDER STUDY
Federal Government Fruit Disease
Specialist Tells of Reason
for His Visit Here

w. S. Ballard. rruit disease inves-
ugator Of the United States depart
ment of agriculture. VINO arrived in
/ North Yakima Thursday, spent Fri
day in the company of Horticultural
inspector Morrison visiting various
ranches of the district particularly
with tho idea Of studying the rosette
condition which has been observed
here and which Mr.. Ballard says is
due to soil condition. He had been
much interested i'm the study of the
rosctte especially the peach rosette
as FOUND In California and then the
apple rosette condition existing here
was called to his attention and he re-
quested the department for the oppor-
tunity Of studying 1t on the field. That
Is the especial reason OF his presence
In Yakima AT this time He is taking
samples and photographs of the ros-
cite and rosCtte infected orchards
here and is seeking data on soil con-
ditions. such data is available with
reference to the area under the Tie
ton placed under irrigation by the fed
er,.l government but is not readily OBJ
talnable SO far as the oldest orchards
Of the Mob Hill section are concerned.
Proof Of Laboratory Work
Certain soil conditions. it would ap-
pear will bring about a somewhat
similar condition in apple. peach.
pear and pruno orchards. Mr., Bal
lard. in his laboratory in California
has produced these conditions artti-
cially and is seeking at first hand, in
the orchard. by a general experience
in varied districts and with a varieey
of fruits, to confirm his laboratory
experiments. He is greatly interested
In the Yakima section particularly be-
cause of the opportunities for study
given him here. He came up the
coast from California and to the Hood
River orchards and from there to
Walla Walla, coming thence to North
Yakima over the q w. Il. K n rail-
way and found much to interest him
on the last end of the trip, travelling
as he did through the heavy orchard
country OF the lower valley. He OBJ
served, he says. some undesirable or
chard conditions from the train as he
came along.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-08-30

Mildred Holland the actress, who is
president of the New York chapter of
the Actors Church alliance, repre-
senting the members of that profess
sion, wrote to his honor few days
ago protesting against the decision OF
the library authorities and inviting
his personal Judgment on the charac-
ter of the book. After reading the
copy submitted to him for his APP
prevail, the city's chief executive. ig
noring the question raised against 1t
that it Is on the shady side of litera =
ture and in a class with Elinor
Glyn's much discussed Three
Weeks" declares it stupid. On that
ground he approves it's exclusion
from the shelves of all of the city's
reading rooms.
Miss Holland now wants to know
what Mayor Gaynor knows about
stage life, anyway She thinks he is
trying ito be funny at the expense
of the stage craft and in so doing is
making "a big mess of it as he al
ways does
mo one asked him to be funny"
asserted Miss Holland. ''rhe stage is
the place for our funny folks, and |
never heard that the mayor was an
actor--that is, on the stage. He may
be an excellent man. but this humor
at a worthy books expense does not
seem fair. / merely wanted to know
if the book was objectionable. That
was all | asked. and it was all | eX-
pected from him. He has decided
that it is not Objectionable. Now let
us find out why the book cannot be
placed.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-08-30
Gotham GOSSIP
BY Francis Phillips
A Breezy Letter from the Great Hub Doinqs of
NofdbIes and Would Be's.

NEW YORK, Aug. 22-On his ar
rival here from London the other
day strenuous efforts were made by
the ship news representatives of the
daily newspapers, who met the Maui
retania down the bay, to extort some
comment from j. Pierpont Morgan on
the forthcoming marriage of John
pacob Aston, brother of William Wal
dorf Aston of Cliveden and Miss Mad
cline Force. Habitually cautious in
his talks with newspaper men. the
financier. who was responsible for
the adoption of the anti-divorCc can
on at the last convention of the
protestant Episcopal church of the
United States. scented trouble and
automatically parried the thrust of
the interviewers.
When all of the other newspap per
men had given up the job as hope
less and left the organizer of the bill
lion dollar steel trust to his medita-
tons, a glib young reporter with an
innocent looking face, thinking he
could put one over on the astute Mr..
Morgan, slipped up to him and lisped
in his most dulcet accent:
Il am from the Christian Advocate
and my paper is especially anxious to
know what you, as a great church.
man. think of the problem of divorce
and subsequent MARRIAGE
The financier eyed the bland look
ing newcomer curiously. His eyes
flashed and in a second he seized the
impertinent scribbler by the shoulder
and with a gentle shove that sug-
a1 hat t,r I'm no
wrong pew, blurted out:
go back to the Christian Advocate,
quick"
And the abashed young man va
mooSed forthwith.
Mayor Gaynor has crossed swords
with the actor folks over his criti-
cism of Anna Malleen." a new book
on stage life which has been excluded
from the public libraries of the city
on the ground that it is immoral.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-08-30

purchased by the city was, recon
structed by the members of the To-
cal department
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-08-30

car was in use when the speedomete
did not record.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-05-25
How to Eat leather.

The Infamous Captain Morgan and
his piratical crew were sometimes in
tight places at Panama and on one
occasion were reduced to eating their
leathern bags. "Some persons" says
one of the company, EXquemelin
Whose narrative is reproduced in The
Buccaneers In the West Indies'0 who
never were out Of their mothers kitch-
ems may ask how these pirates could
eat, swallow and digest these pieces
Of leather, so hard and dry. Unto
whom only answer: That could they
once experiment what hunger, or, rath-
er, famine is, they would certainly find
the manner by their own necessity, as
the pirates did. For these first took
the leather and sliced it in pieces. Then
did they beat it between two stones
and rub it, often dipping it in the wa
ter of the river, to render 1t by these
means supple and tender. Lastly, they
scraped off the hair and roasted or
brOiled it upon the fire And being
thus cooked they cut it into small NOR
sells and ate 1t, helping 1t down with
frequent gulps of water, which by
good fortune they had right at hand"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-05-25
Army Folks in Upper Valley

Among the interesting residents of
the Upper Valley region are Col. and
Mrs. W. c Tucker, who are develop
ing their so acre ranch on the east side
of the East Fork of Hood River. Col.
Tucker, who, during the period of
President Taft's governorship of the
Philippine Islands, was paymaster Of
the division of the United States Army
stationed there, became seriously i'll
because of temperature of the torrid
zone. He was transferred to this
country and was for a while paymaster
of the Columbia River division. His
hearth failed to improve, however, and
while holding a similar rank in the
Lakes division he sought retirement.
His papers of discharge were among
the last signed by Col. Roosevelt.
During his short stay of six months
in the Upper Valley the pure air has
had wonderful effect on Col. Tucker S
health and he is now regaining his old
time robustness. Mrs. Tucker, who
was formerly head of the United States
Domestic Science Department in the
Philippines, is now an enthusiastic
raiser of.chickens. She has over fifty
young chicks and says that the pleas
ures she gets from her rural duties are
far greater than the social lite of the
army.
Col. and Mrs. Tucker say that they
have received number of inquiries
concerning the Valley from old army
friends, who are looking for places to
locate on retirement. They have
grown enthusiastic from the descrip.
tions given by the Colonel and it is
probable that the Upper Valley will
have its Army and Navy colony.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-05-25

There are only two kinds Of people in
the world-the people who live in the
shadow and gloom and those who live
on the sunny side Of the street These
shadowed ones are sometimes called
pessimists, sometimes people of melan-
choly temperament; sometimes they
are called disagreeable people. But,
wherever they go, their characteristic
is thls-their shadows always travel on
before them. These people never bear
their own burden, but expose all their
wounds to others. They are all so
busy looking down for pitfalls and
sharp stones and thorns on which to
step that they do not even know that
there are any stars in the sky. These
folks live on the wrong side of the
street. And yet it is only twenty feet
across to the other sidewalk, where
sunshine always lies.-Newell Dwight
Hills.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-05-25

this show all sections of the State
should have exhibits, to encourage
which more liberal prizes should be
offered as an inducement to bring out
larger displays.
Orchard planting shows no abate-
ment in this district, and instead of
diminishing seems rather on the in
crease, for new paintings are contem-
plated everywhere. Land is being
cleared as fast as men and machines
can remove trees and stump, and much
virgin forest is being removed to make
room for the more profit bearing orch
ard trees, and many hundreds of the
thousands of acres of available fruit
land will be converted into orchards
between now and the spring OF 1911.
The principal fruit producing sec
tions in this district remain as form
erly, namely: Hood River, Moser,
and The DaQes, with Dufur knocking
loudly at the'door of the hall of fame,
where she is duly entitled to admis-
sion. Considerable fruit is already be-
ing shipped from this point, and with
the many young orchards recently set
out, once in bearing, many carloads of
apples and pears will be shipped to
eastern markets. While Wasco and
Hood River counties are admittedly
the greatest fruit producers of the
Fourth Horticultural District, there
are many sections in all the other
counties comprising this district where
splendid fruit can be grown. This fact
was fully demonstrated, especially by
Gillian and Wheeler counties at their
district fair recently held at Mayville,
where large quantities of apples,
pears, prunes, plum5, and grapes were
shown, and among them were some
Splendid specimens, indeed as fine as
could be found anywhere. In this sec
tion little or no spraying is done, and
yet the fruit was remarkably clean,
showing neither signs of scale nor cod
ling moth, and while there are at this
time few if any commercial orchards
in these counties, principally due to
lack of transportation, it would not be
far guess to say that with the ad-
vent of railroads many new orchards
would be stated.
Hood River, as usual, is again in the
lead with quantity and value of crop,
being far in the lead of all competing
sections in this district, due to the
energy of her progressive citizens,
who early recognized the advantages
Of fruit growing in the northwest, and
are therefore now reaping the just
rewards due them as pace-maEers for
the rest of this part of Oregon in the
fruit industry.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-05-25
French Official BED lane.

Two men went to Nice lately from
Italy to attend a funeral and took
with them a wreath of flowers to
which was fastened a silk ribbon bear
ing an inscription. They were in
formed at their destination that they
would have to pay a duty equivalent
to $25. The mourners protested, say
ing that the wreath was made of nat
ural flowers on which there was no
duty, but they were Informed that the
duiable part was the silk and that,
according to the tariff laws, duty must
be collected on the gross weight Of
the memorial emblem. Then the men
agreed to throw the ribbon away, but
this could not be done ON French soil,
and so they journeyed back to the
frontier, where they disposed Of the
ribbon, boarded a train for Nice with
the ribbonless wreath and arrived too
late for the funeral.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-05-25
GRANGE WILL HOLD
GOOD ROADS MEETING

The Pine Grove Grange has called a
good roads meeting at its hall next
Monday night at 5 p. m. All persons
interested in securing the enactment
of good road bills at our next general
election are earnestly requested to be
present. The Executive committee of
the State Grange has been instructed
to initiate two road bills. These bills
are now prepared Subject to amend
ment and alteration and will be read
at this meeting. This is the first meet
ing called in the state for this purpose
but will soon be followed by a state
wide campaign for good road laws.
The members of our county court and
the members of our Legislature are
especially invited to visit us at this
meeting. Let US make i! a rousing
one and do our kicking now instead of
after it is too late. The farmers of
Oregon are in position to get any
kind of road legislation that they want
if they pull together. Shall we use
our power or let the other fellow give
us something we do not want?
john ii. Mohr,
Master Pine Grove Grange.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-05-25
WEBER MAKES
INTERESTING REPORT

In the Tenth Biennial report of the
State Board of Horticulture r. H.
Weber, commissioner of the fourth dis
trict, comprised of Morrow, Wasco,
Gillian, Hood River, Crook, Sherman
and Wheeler counties, gives the fol
lowing interesting facts relative to the
production of fruit in the district:
The season of 1910 will go down tc
posterity as the banner fruit year in
the history of the industry in Oregon,
and especially is this true of the
Fourth horticultural District. Fruit
crops of all kinds were most bounteous
this year and prices, ruling high, have
brought season of prosperity to the
fruit grower never before equalIed.
Owing to the most favorable season
ever experienced in this district, fruit
of all varieties attained nearer perfec.
tiOn than before, and the grade there,
fore is far above the average of prev
ious years, resulting in much higher
net returns than the most sanguine
expectations presaged.
Naturally enough, every grower had
from one-fourth to Jne half more fruit
than he had estimated early in the
season, and the resultant scramble for
additional boxes and other packing
material is better imagined thar
described. Thanks, however, to the
box makers energetic work shortages
will be relieved and the crop fully
taken care of and forwarded to eastern
markets in due season.
All sections of the fourth district
are showing enormous gains in produc.
tion over previous seasons, as is evi.
denced by comparing the various an
nual crop reports, as printed in the
biennial report of the State Board OF
Horticulture.
There is much need for a greater
number of canning and preserving
plants throughout the fruit growing
sections of the State. These should be
built and operated in every fruit grow.
ing sections of the State. These should
be built and operated in every fruit
growing community, and in larger
districts, as for instance the HOOD
River Valley, they should be located il
several community centers, where
they;would be most easy of access, ssC
that culls and over-ripes which al
present are practically a total loss
could be cheaply and quickly delivered
and converted into cider, vinegar
preserves. jams, or pie fruit, thus in
creasing the net profits of the orcharC
considerably by utilizing the by-pro
ducts and saving the waste.
Much encouragement should be giver
to local fruit fairs, and to the severa
district fairs where fruit is invariably
exhibited and where keen rivalry il
created among the growers, and every
year sees great Improvements in quality
and pack. From these smaller loca
and district exhibits could then b.
selected the best for display at tn,
Oregon Horticultural Society exhibit
where the display of much large
quantity of fruit should be encourage,
than has been the case in the past. A
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-05-25
Probably He Wouldn't.

A country rector, coming up to
preach at oxford in his turn, complain
ed to DR.. Routh, the venerable princi-
pal, that the remuneration was very
inadequate, considering the travelling
expenses and the labor necessary for
the composition of the discourse.
"How much did they give you" in
quired DR.. Routh.
"Only f5," was the reply.
"Only f5?' repeated the doctor.
"Why, l would not have preached that
sermon for fiftyw-BriC-a-B -Brac.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-05-25
Notice.

The School Board of District No. lS,
will receive bids for the building of an
addition to school house located at
Dukes Valley until June %, 1911. The
plans and specifications may be seen at
Glacier office, or phone 1s5 Odell.
l.. L. ROBERTS,
Chairman School Board.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-05-25

"Your composition, as a whole" said
the professor of literature, deserves
a great deal Of praise, but must OBJ
ject to the expression, as fine as hens
teeth; it is not merely uncouth, but
also suggestive of nature taking for
It is common knowledge that hens
teeth do not exist"
lido not see why they don't exist"
muttered the composer. Don't combs
have teeth, and don't hens have
combs Y-Chicago News.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-05-25
An Interesting Tax Recent.

Perhaps there are but very few
people who know that a federal tax
receipt was levied during the civil war
for the purpose of defraying the ex-
penses of maintaining the army. One
of these national poll tax receipts was
exhibited at the Glacier office Tuesday
by John A. Wilson. 1t was issued
June 10, 1862, in the county of Nevada,
state of California, to Mr.. Wilson s
brother, G. M. Wilson, and bears the
No. 1926. The interesting relic.
which is on heavy bond paper and
neatly designed, is we'll preserved.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-05-25
Less Than Half Pass Sth Grade Exams.

From the report'of County Superin-
tendent c. D. Thompson, the students
of this county who took the Eighth
grade examinations last week stood
the test as poorly as those of a number
of other counties of the state. Out of
the l05 taking the examination but Al
passed. Superintendent Thompson says
that the numerous flunks are due to a
lack Of application on the part of the
students.
W. l.. Clark and son were in The
DalIes last Thursday.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-05-25
A DIG at May.

II thought you said May Nagget had
married a good natured MANI"
$50 she did"
Nonsense! met him just now, and
he's q beast"
"Well, he's been married to May
nearly four months now, you know"
illustrated Bits.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-05-25

The Millionaire-Doc is it abso-
lutely necessary to remove my appen-
dix?
mot absolutely, but 1t is safer to be-
gin with some simple operation like
that"-Life.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-05-25
THE HEIGHTS DEFEAT
RUPERT RUBES

The Rupert Rubes, the baseball
aggregation that won the Tri-City
legaue pennant last year, and which
has won all of the nine games played
before this season, met their match
Sunday afternoon when they went up
against the Heights team on Columbia
park and were licked by the close score
of 3 to 2. The Rubes were .overconfi-
dent. Before the game they stated
that it would be a shame to lick the
Heights infants, but the infants
showed them few points about base
ball. The Heights got hits and the
Rubes 5. Hart struck out 8 men
while Goddard got only a. The local
boys got two base hits, one three
bagger and home run.
The features of the game were the
long run of Carson, when he caught a
foul near third base, the high dive of
Shorty Buckliu, when he nailed long
fly in center field, and the steady
pitching of Hart.
The Rubes made good double when
Carson knocked out grounder to their
second baseman, Taylor, who tagged
Gessling and threw to first, getting
| Carson.
The following is the lineup of the
L tWO
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-03-14
D|SPOSSESSION SUIT
DISMISSED BY covp!

Los Angeles, March l3.-ludge Er-
skine NJ Ross, sitting in the United
States cirenit court here, today sus-
tanned a demurrer Of the defendant
and threw out of court the suit
brought By George NJ. Roberts and
others to dsposscss the Southern pa
cific Railroad company of thousands
of acres of oil lands in the Midway
ana Marieopa fields in Kern county
The lands are valued at many millions
of dollars.
Other similar suits are pending IN
the same court, as We'll as suits
brought by the United states govern
ment for the same purpose. The court
intimated in its decision that the gov
eminent and not individuals could
properly bring such actions.
The grounds for the dispossession
suit was. alleged false entry.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-03-14

MeXieal Mex. May l3-Declarng
that he wanted action and wanted it
quick, William Stanley, now wearing
the title OF General" independent Of
Leyva and Bcrthold. again quit camp
tonight to wage warfare OF his oWn to
the east of here.
Before leaving he issued u manifesto
In which ne accepted the Diaz suspen-
sion of the constitutional guarantee
and in reply declared he would shoot
every Mexican official or army officer
captured.
ITO slaughter prisoners Of war is
against all civilized laws he said,
but that is what Diaz's declaration
means. We have blown bridges. cut
wires when war exgencics existed. #
we are to be killed for that If capinred.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-03-14

publication here Of an authorized in
tcrview with Jacob NJ. Dickinson, the
secretary of war, In which he denied
that this government contemplated in
tervention or that orders had been is
sued 10 mobilize a second army corps
on the frontier. \ rumor 10 that ef-
feet. originating IN Galveston. was
current here. but General Leonard
Wood in Washington. added his denl-
ais 10 those Of Secretary Dickinson.
Regarding the telegram from Wash
ington. Ambassador De In Barra said
IL contained assurances that "Presi-
dent Taft wished to reitcrate the ex-
presslons OF good feeling and friend
ship on the part Of the United States
government toward the Mexican gov
ernment which hc expressed To the
American ambassador at n recent in
teryicw"
OF all the important financial Wis
itors 20 Scnor Limantour not one has
yet had d single word 10 say. Weight
Is therefore 10 be attached TO a state
ment issued tonight from the offices
of Ladenburg. Thalmann a Co. fiscal
agents here for the Mexican govern
ment and associated IN the flotation
Of the National railways Of Mexico to
their foreign correspondents.
After most careful investigation. :"
says the statement In part. I'VE can
say on the best authority that the
MeXican government feels absolutely
safe to handle the Internal disturb
ance and that steps are being taken,
not only to dispose of this situation,
but that intention exists to carry
through certain administrative reforms
which should mean much for restor-
ing satisfactory conditions In the in
terror.
Public sentiment both here and In
Mexico has been much eased in the
last fcw days hy the publication of
diplomatic exchanges"