Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-12-14


You further state that there is no
satisfactory way Of controlling the
disease. and that III the opinion Of
one Of your experts the only remedy
Is to cut down he cedar trees in the
vicinity OF growing orchards. You al
so state that the cedar trees in the
neighborhood OF these orchards have
no commercial value. You inquire
whether or not under the Droyisions
Of section 8. chapter ". acts of 1907,
you and your Inspectors have author
ity to condemn these trees
He then quotes the act cited, and
proceeds.
Anything which breeds an infect
ious disease liable to spread or be.
conveyed to other premises to the in.
jury of the property thereon Is de-
clared a nuisance, and may be con
demned by you Or your assistants In
the manner therein described After
careful examination of this statute,
in connection with in the information
given in your otter. / am clearly of
the opinion that this cedar rust comes
from the trees, and / am OF the opin-
ion that you have the right to order
the owner of such cedar trees as are
likely to spread this infectious dis
ease to the injury OF the property of
another, TO use such means as you
or your assistants deem proper to
prevent the spread of this disease to
the property OF others. and that you
have the right to proceed as to them
in the manner provided in the above
quoted section"
In view of this opinion, Il is my
purpose to do everything possible to
aid the fruit growers OF the eastern
panhandle in the eradication OF ced-
ar trees which harbor this disease.
therefore request that all orchard
owners who are troubled with cedar
rust. and who know of cedar trees
on adjoining premises from which the
disease may spread, request the own
ers of such cedar trees to cut and de-
stroy them al once If this is not
done by December y, 1912 the own
ers of such orchards should commun-
icate with me, making definite
statement of what premises adioin
them upon which there are such eed
ar trees which the owners do not
promptly remove. / win then order
the owners of places harboring such
cedar trees. and request them to de-
stroy them before January Is, 1913,
as required in chapter II, acts 1907
If such trees have not been cut by
January Is. 1918. a copy OF this no
tice will be certified to the prosecut-
ing attorney of the county In this
case it will be his duty to determine
whether the order issued has been
complied with and if not to prose-
cute the owners of such property
believe that when the property
owners OF the county become aware
Of the serious nature of the disease
which Is spread from their neglected
cedar trees they will voluntarily re
move them almost without execution,
and that those which are not so re-
moved can be satisfactorily taken
care of by the above method.
] trust that we may have the gen
eral cooperation Of all who are in
terested in the prosperity of the great
fruit interests OF your county in err
adicating this very serious disease.
Delegates Named.
Before adjournment. the following
delegates were named to the meeting
of the State Horticultural Society,
which will meet in Charleston Janu-
airy 22-23 Senator Gray Silver, G. NJ.
Seibert, w. b, Lingamfelter, Il. G.
Homer, c. w Boyer John w, Dodd,
Z. c. Henshaw, Mrs. II. L. Smith and
l., NJ. Bender
President Alex Clohan and Secre-
tary Nat T. Frame were appointed
delegates to the Eastern Fruit Grow
ers Association at Washington. This
meeting will be held on December H.
Senator Gray Silver, w b. Lingam
felter and c. M. Seibert were appoint
ed a legislative committee. They will
act with the citizens to secure better