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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-28
The Danger Point to
Fruit From Frost

It is reported from reliable sour
cesthat the fruit growers OF Yakima
valley have expended $4,000 this
spring for oil used in smudge pots
to prevent injury from frost, the
cost per acre for every night they
smudge being about $3.50 with oil
costing only six and half cents a
gallon. As is well known there have
been several nights in that valley
when the smudge pots were lighted
Our island fruit growers will note
that in this one particular if not
in others they are in the better field.
No injury from frost has been re-
ported to the Islander this season
and government weather reports
furnish proof that scarcely any in
jury to fruit from frost has been
done in twenty years. There is
really less to be feared from frost
than is shown by scientific tests.
It is commonly believed that the
danger point for fruit buds is 80 de-
grees F., or the point at which frost
forms and water freezes. This,
however, is not correct, as the
danger point to different kinds of
fruit is variable both with the kind
of fruit and stage of development OF
the flower. It will also vary with
the conditions of the soil, as to
whether it is wet or dry, warm or
cold. The Missouri agricultural ex-
pertinent station has found that dor
mant peach buds can stand tenn
perature of or 9 degrees below
zero with no injury. When the buds
are appreciably swollen, zero wealth
er is the danger point. When the
buds are showing pink they can
stand Is degrees above zero. When
the buds are almost open 25 degrees
would be the danger point. When
they are newly opened about 2 de-
e,rees would be the danger point.
When the petals are beginning to
fall % degrees above zero is cold
enough to cause uneasiness. When
the petals are off they can stand 80
degrees above zero. When the
"shucks" (calyx tubes), are begin
ming to fall off 80 degrees would
be the danger point.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-28
The Bud Weevil

Professor M. A. Yothers, assistant
entomologist Of the state college Of
Washington, at Pullman, has been
looking over orchards in the sage
brush region Of the state and finds
that one of the most serious pests
to young trees is the bud weevil, :
a tiny gray beetle about the size
Of a grain Of wheat. This insect
feeds on the buds Of the one-year-
old apple and peach trees, in the
more serious cases keeping the young
leaves from coming forth until
quite late in the spring and then
often killing the tree.
. This bud weevil is new insect
pest on cultivated plants. It's native
food is sagebrush, on which it may
be found. When the land is cleared
of sagebrush the weevil has no food
except the young apple trees, and
goes to feeding on them.
"They are very resistant to poison
but may be easily eradicated by jar
ring them onto piece of white cloth
stretched tight on a frame, from
which they may be removed and
thrown into kerosene. This will
kill them at once. The frame should
be made with a narrow crack in it
which can be fitted around the trunk
while the tree is being Jared. They
never seem to bother trees over two
years old.
Anybody finding these bud wee
wills in the young orchards will con-
fer favor by writing and sending
a specimen to the state college Of
Washington, department Of entomol-
ogy, Pullman,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-28

An organization to be known as
st. Barnabas Guild was formed on
Monday evening at the home of DR..
and Mrs. v. j. Capron by number
Of persons interested in the services
of the Episcopal church. p. N.
Caldwell was elected president. Mrs.
Reed vice president, Mrs. Capron,
treasurer and Mrs. Blaine, secretary.
The Guild will meet the first Mon
day evening of each month, when
both men and women are invited to
attend, and on alternate Thursday
afternoons after May Il, the latter
meetings being primarily for
women. Any one interested is In
vited to join the Guild and attend the
next meeting. which will be held on
next Monday evening May ], at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Claghorn.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-04-28
A !. Delightful Walk
On 0reas Island


An Islander correspondent recon-
mends pedestrian trip on the is
lands as pleasant change from the
tedium of steamboat travel and as
means of seeing what is going on.
One of the most enjoyable walks
available is that from West Sound
to East Sound. The road skirts the
base of Turtle Back mountain, and
below on the right is the fertile
Grow valley. with here and there a
farm house. Seeding is being done,
burning, and clearing. cleaning up.
gardening and spraying. It is a
busy time for the farmer and his
family. Further along the road
met the road boss, Wesley Langell.
and his crew widening narrow
stretch of road. Wesley was working
harder than any of his men. though
we may not always approve of the
location of his activities no fault is
to be found with the amount of
work done by this road boss. There
are many fine fruit ranches between
West Sound and East Sound and the
trees seem better cared for than in
previous years. Numerous summer
homes are in evidence as we approach
East Sound. George Candy has
some fine water front which is sell
ing readily. Mr.. Myers also has
some very desirable water front lots
now ready for marketing. / was
somewhat surprised to note a big
For Sale" sign on the only hotel
at East Sound. Though it is said
to have had a good patronage last
season, it is not in keeping with the
importance of East Sound as sum-
mer resort. Geo. Candy, w. H.
Gafford and DR.. c. A. Darling, will
build cottages this spring. Bruce
Willis has just completed home.
which is rather convincing evidence
of his intention to "hitch up. A
large hall is being built by the Odd
Fellows adjoining their present
building. East Sound certainly
looks good this spring in spite of
the depression evident in some other
localities.
Imagine an atom of humanity
about one and a half by FIVE and a
half, not so old, bronzed by work
in the open air, hardened by toll
and you have partial description
of former Fairihaven boomer who
is cutting more ice at East Sound
than anyone. Locating at East
Sound but few years ago, Billy
Benson secured an unimproved eigh-
ty acres at North Beach. After
some boosting among his friends
the exodus to North Beach set in,
and eight families have bought land
and have built or are building homes
at Bensonhurst. Billy not only sells
them the land but he builds their
houses for them, and is so prosper
GUS. that he wears a Panama while
at work and is talking confidently
Of. mansion by the sea and yachts
and automobiles. c. S. R.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-07
Must Watch Constantly.

The philosophy Of the hole In the air !
1t seems that many conditions Of sun,
clouds and earth will bring about diff
ferent conditions of air over practical
~ the same locality. In one place
there will be rising warm current
and next to it cold current that falls
toward the grOC0d. An aviator in fly
ing through the warm current adjusts
his machine and his mind to the con
ditions met with in that particular
phase of atmosphere. Suddenly he
passes from this rising current to the
falling cold air. Instantly the sus
tanning power of the atmosphere is
decreased, the machine plunges down
ward and continues to plunge until
the aviator RECEIVERS himself sufficient
ly to adjust his machine to the chang
ed conditions met with in the atmos-
phere of lower temperature. So, too,
there are whirlwinds and worthless
formed and sometimes between the
warm and cold currents pockets Of
extremely rarefed air that offer prac-
tically no support for flying machine
These things are. as l have said,
usually met only by the men who fly
very high above the earth.
Still, the man who flies close to the
ground will frequently encounter hills
and valleys in the air, not so grea.
nor so suddenly presented as these
bumps" and "holes" that / have de
scribed. but yet unpleasant and dis
concerning enough to put his nerves
on edge and give him an uncomfort
able sensation for days afterward
No: flying is not the smoothest and
easiest kind of travelling. especially
when there is rough riding" TO be
done. when there are aerial bumps
to he "bImueG-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-07
STATE UNIVERSITY
59th Year of the State University
Opens September %.

Madison, Wis, Sept 4 With the
opening on Sept. 90 of the fifty ninth
year Of the University Of Wisconsin, a
total enrolment Of 5000 students is
looked for The total enrolment for
the year 191O-1911 was 5 ,53S students,
an increase of 591 over the year pre-
vious If a corresponding increase is
made each year for the next seven
years, the University Of Wisconsin
will be teaching 900 students in 1918.
With 700 freshmen students taking
chemistry last year, the chemistry
building became 50 crowded that desks
and work tables had to be placed in
the aisles Of the laboratories 50 as to
provide space for the students. The
new wing to the chemistry building,
now in process Of construct will do
away with this crowded condition.
The new biology building, which will
be completed this year, will provide
facilities for the study Of botany and
zoology unexcelled at any institution.
The building is four stories high with
a basement and sub basement, and
will be given over entirely to the
twin sciences.
Ground will soon be broken for the
new economic building, which is to
be located just east Of agricultural
hall and which will provide quarters
for the department of home economics
and the university extension division.
The building is expected to be ready
for occupation at the beginning OF the
school year 1912
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-07
A GOOD ROADS "CRANK."
Highway Bill Passed Through Efforts
of Minnesota Enthusiast.

The legislature of Minnesota has
| passed a road law that places that
rocky, icebound state far in the van
of the progressive states Of the union,
and this great forward step is the di-
rect result of the labor of Robert c..
Dunn, a fighting Irishman, Familiarity
known throughout the state as Bald
headed Bob" He is character OF
the unique and unusual sort, and be-
cause of his undying devotion to the
good roads idea the following appre-
citation Of him. which appeared recent
ly in Minnesota paper, is here given:
Robert G. Dunn's good roads bill
has passed without opposition. If this
bill becomes Il law, and there is every
prospect that it will, "Baldheaded
Bob" will have accomplished more to
establish himself as a public bene
factor for all time to come than he
would have had he been fortunate
enough to have been elected governor
for life and served out his full term.
If this measure is enacted Minneso
tn viii have put herself on record as
the first state 10 adopt a sensible. feaS
idle system Of establishing permanent
and uniform highways within her Dor
ders
The bill had many other able, earnest
advocates and supporters, but to
Bob must be accorded the lions share
Of credit for this achievement.
Bob began talking good roads be
fore lie left the old sod and he has
been talking them ever since, in season
and out Of season, in three different
languages, Irish, lumDerjack and pro
family He talked good roads when
he had to talk to himself, for he could
get nobody to listen to him. He has
worked for good roads in the day
time and dreamed about them through
all the night long, and now that he
has achieved the desire of his heart
surely no one will begrudge the griz-
~, grouchy old warrior his hour of tri-
umph.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-07

box office window. got into a little car
with six or seven other persons and
for several minutes thereafter cOaSted
up and down Il series of artificial hills
and valleys at q thrilling speed? In
other words. have you ever tasted Of
the excitements of pumping the
bumps" Well, pumping the bumps
is just what we do when we climb
for height: we engage in aerial rough
riding. Sometimes we do it volun-
tarily, but most of the time the bump"
comes with the complete and sudden
surprise that spells disaster for Us
unless we are on the alert to cope
with its difficulties.
think | may claim without boast
ing that | have done more altitude
work than any man now living. Twice
l have set the worlds height mark, but
in my practice work | have made sew
eral climbs which to me were ever
more notable than those which were
officially recorded. and on at least two
Of these my Paragraph registered high
er than the then worlds record figures
/ was preparing myself for work that
should be officially recorded in open
competition. and in this preparation
have had experiences with the bumps"
of the air which ! shall not soon for
get and which have taught me always
to expect the unexpected in the upper
strata Of the atmosphere AS | write
/ have before me several Paragraph
records of my various flights and the
thin tracing of the pen points on one
or two Of them recalls to my mind the
experiences through which I passed
while making them. and one in par
ticular | pick out as being a souvenir
Of as strenuous days work as / have
ever done.
1t was little jaunt into the heart of
the heavens. made because OF my long
cherished desire to GO up 10 he 10000
foot mark. and 1t gave me my hard
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-07
Fine Farm for Sale.

On account of advancing years I
desire to sell my farm and retire from
active work.
The farm consists of 305 acres of
rich land and is situated two miles
southwest from the city of Mineral
Point on the Galena road, within ] mi
of the Oak park cheese factory. 1t is
we'll fenced, and has always been
we'll farmed. 1t is one of the best
farms in Iowa county. Good dwelling
house, heated with furnace, and good
barns, and other outbuildings. 1t is in
every way a desirable farm. 1t is
we'll watered with living springs
Will be sold on easy terms. Inquire
on the premises of GEORGE CLAUER.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-07
WILL REOPEN NEXT MONDAY.

Mineral Point Public Schools will
open next Monday with the following
teachers:
R. E. Loveland-City Superintendent
and High School Principal.
D. j. Regain Science and Mathe-
MATES.
Beulah Price-English and Rhetoric
ais.
Nettie G. Prideaux = History and
Civics.
Blanche Kinney-Latin and German.
Vera L. Weyman-Science and En-
glish.
SECOND WARD.
Martha ummings-Seventh Grade.
Jayne Tregilgus-assis
Gertrude Weidenfeller-5th and 9Th
grades.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-07
Sues for $4,000.

New York, Aug. 30.-Suit for $25,
900 damages was filed today by Mary
Lynch of Delavan, Wisconsin. against
the Wright company for alleged in
iuries sustained September IS, 1910.
when she was hit, she says, by an
aeroplane driven by the late Archie
Hoxey at Milwaukee. She claims to
have been permanently injured and
asserts that the accident could have
been foreseen and provided against.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-07

Jennie Jones-3rd and 4th grades.
Lydia Stephens First Primary.
Susan Hanscom-Assistant.
FOURTH WARD.
Nellie Ivey - Eighth Grade and
Principal of Building and Grounds.
Jayne Tregilgus-Assis
Rose Dunbar-5th and 9th Grades.
Anna O'Dowd-3rd and 4th grades.
Eta Neal-First Primary.
Helen Weil-Assistant
Mrs. Pringle-Music and Drawing in
all the schools.
Supt. Loveland will be at his office at
the High School Friday and Saturday
to arrange the work for new students.
Teachers Meeting at the High School
Saturday afternoon at $3.50 All the
teachers are expected to be present.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-07

down and up and down, and shall
not soon forge the plunges and jumps
the humping the bumps-the rough
riGing-that caused this line to take
such an appearance.
| had set out to make 10000 feet
and when was sure that must be
somewhere near there l looked at my
Paragraph and found that it registered
nearly q thousand feet short of my
mark | had almost reached the limit
of my strength 1t seemed impossible
to make the Bleriot climb any higher
ye+ l showed her nose up at an angle
that threatened destruction if any
thing went wrong, but the motor only
spat protestingly and dragged her for
ward horizontally without seeming to
pull her up an inch.
| decided to see what an increase of
speed would do. Accordingly headed
the nose Of the Bleriot downward. and
with the engine running at its utmost
] took a deep plunge into the space
below and kept plunging until my
speed must have been somewhere near
100 miles an hour. Then. with this
tremendous impetus l headed the ma
chine upward again at a good angle
and was rejoiced to find that not only
climbed above my starting point. but
that the propeller seemed able to hold
me there without difficulty
Time after time / tried this extreme
" dangerous expedient, and at the end
Of each rise l found myself little
higher than | had been before, and,
best of all, found that was able to
hold the advantage thus gained
Attended by Shrieking Fiends.
cannot explain adequately JUS,
what a tremendous impression was
made upon me by these aerial hurdles
On the downward slope l seemed to be
hurting madly into eternity. catapult-
ed toward the earth and attended hS
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-07
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Renting Cards for Non Residents
of the City.

Renting Cards for Non Residents
of the City.
Hereafter the Public Library will loan
books to any nonresident of the city
who pays fifty cents for readers
card. This card will not expire until
one year from date of issue. Books
may be exchanged daily except Sunday
from to and from 7 to p. IN. On
Saturdays the closing hour is 8. p. m.
If you like good story or a history,
biography, or a book on any subject,
come to the library and see what it
contains that will interest you. 1t is
hoped that many rural readers will
avail themselves of this new offer.
NEW RENTING COLLECTION.
Miss Gibbie Gault - Kate Langley
Bosher.
Queed-Henry S. Harrison.
The GLORY of William
J. Locke.
The price-Francis Lynde.
Kennedy square, .Hopkinson Smith.
The Golden silence-C. N. and A. N.
Williamson.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-07
q Possible Recipe.

Bliss Carman once received poetic
contribution to the Chap Book begin
ming:
The JOY in me rises. rises.
And will not be suppressed.
The JOY in me rises. rises.
Into my throat and breast.
Shortly after publication the follow
ing inquiry was received:
"Gentlemen-l have just read the
spring song which appears In your
current number. do not wish TO be
inquisitive: but. being Il young house
keeper and interested in baking pow
ders. ! would be pleased to know
what brand the author uses. as ii
must possess remarkable rising quail
ties. An answer would oblige a seek
er after the best in all forms "-Hu-
man Life.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-07

~
in an aeroplane looks like the
smoothest sailing in the world.
Under ordinarily favorable
weather conditions the air craft seems
to skim along on a perfectly even keel
and without the slightest deviation
from q straight line, and that is posi-
bly, one reason why the average man
thinks that the life of the aviator
must be one constant succession Of
pleasant and exhilarating experiences.
Air conditions 500 feet from the
earth are vastly different from those
5000 feet up. The lower layers of the
atmosphere are enticingly smooth and
easy to sail upon and offer none Of
the unpleasant surprises which we get
as we go higher and higher. There is
nothing in the first 500 or 1000 feet
to look out for except the vagaries Of
the wind, and these can usually be
pretty we'll forecast from the indica
tons ON the ground before starting
and from the conditions met in the
first few minutes of fight.
But up above that, in the realm of
the scudding mists and the drifting
frtnges of clouds, where one dashes
out of warm air current into the
GOODNESS of suspended moisture, one
meets surprise after surprise and IS
forced to be always on the alert. with
brain calm and hands and body ready
for instant action at the first sign Of
an aerial hillocl- or ravine
dumping the Bumps" In the Air.
Have you ever on warm summers
evening gone to pleasure resort, paid
your nickel or 10 cents through little
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-07
Present Your Bills.

All persons having claims against
the Southwestern Wisconsin Fair are
requested to present the same to the
undersigned on or before Sept. Is.
All bills must bear the written approval
of some director or officer of the Fair
Creditors are particularly urged to get
their bills in on time so that the annual
report may be made full and complete.
T. M. PREsTLEY, Secretary,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-09-07
Holes In the Air.

Still another phase of aerial rough
riding is due to the holes in the air. l
have heard great many people ridi-
Guile this expression. and they have
been surprised when l have asserted
that these "holes" really do exist and
that they are a constant menace to
the aviator
/ met them first very early in my ex
perience when 1 began practicing alti-
tude flying at my private grounds at
Beaulieu, in England. My first eXpe
rience with them was a complete sur
prise to me- l was flying comfortably
and easily at height of about 5000
feet. 1t was toward sunset, on a per
fectly calm summer afternoon, and
not q breath had disturbed me from
the time l had left the earth
SO smoothly had my climb gone on
was sitting back comfortably. really
enjoying the fight, when suddenly the
BleriOt seemed to drop from under me
and l felt myself falling straight for
the earth. For hundred feet or more
| should say, we fell, and then the
Bleriot landed on q cushion of air and
I landed on the seat Of the BIeriot with
a bump that Jared me.
Fortunately | was headed slightly
downward at the time and was able to
recover my equilibrium, but the shock
of the surprise was sufficient for one
day of flying for such novice as /
was at that time. and l came to earth
at once.
When Glenn Curtiss made his fl
nous flight from Albany to New York
he was several times almost thrown
from his seat by these sudden drops
through holes" in the air SO serious
an impression did it make upon bis
mind that, am told, he has since had
the back Of his seat made with little
curved metal braces that go over his
shoulders and hold him firmly down
upon his chair