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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-25
THE POTATO BEETLE

Not many Of the home gardeners
raise white potatoes for the simple
reason that they are always to be
easily obtained at the store and. un
like many Of the vegetables, do not
suffer quick decline in quality fol
lowing harvesting. In this locality
the potato has. outside of the aphds,
only one insect enemy OF major I'M
portance-namely, the Colorado po'
tato beetle-which, when full grown,
is clearly marked by 10 black stripes
running the length of its clay yellow
back. This pest may become very In
furious If allowed to go uncontrolled.
Unsprayed potato fields may be en-
tireIy stripped of leaves. Fortunately,
spraying or busting with arsenic
poisons. Paris green, arsenate or lead'
or calcium arsenate, will give quick
control. especially Of the immature
soft beetles, which are especially
harmful.
The Colorado potato beetle Is one
insect that cannot be charged up TO
Europe's account. Before the intro
duction Of the white potato to the
Rocky Mountain region, 1t was simply
n pest on an unimportant Weed
growing in that area. On a new ana
more agreeable food plant 1t spread
RAPIDLY soon over-running the entire
potato growing region of the United
States.
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A SPORTING ROSE

Most rose growers know that many
varieties of this favorite flower have
arisen simply as bud sports or muta
lions. Ophelia, for example, has yielded
many such progeny including Golden
Ophelia, Yellow Ophelia, Madame But
terfiy, etc, In some unexplained way
the cells. in multiplying to form bud
or growing tip, depart from the regu
lar manner of dividing and there re-
suits a branch bearing leaves, flower
or fruit as 1t may be of different color
or form from the parent. Usually the
difference is confined simply to the
color. the new flower being otherwise
exactly like its parent. The rose fam
tly seems to be peculiarly susceptible
to this interesting and valuable phe'
nomenon.
Most gardeners would think them
selves exceedingly fortunate to find
such a variation on any of their
plants. Some might not realize its
Importance and let it pass by, not
knowing that it could be propagated
into separate bushes. Prooably
some desirable novelties are LOST
to the world each year by lack
of appreciation of their possibility.
At the recent rose show of the Ia
koma Horticultural Club there was
exhibited a branch of Red Radiance
upon which was also growing a per-
fectly normal Pink Radiance bios
som. The owner, Mrs. Robert Will
liams Of zoo Maple street, Takoma
Park, reported that the week preced-
ing the show the same plant had
borne an almost white flower. Just
why one Radiance bush behaves in
such a manner and thousands of
others remain true to their color may
be never known. Research students
have vainly tried various means,
mutilation, chemicals, X-ray expos
ure, etc, in an effort to induce these
mutations. Meanwhile their occur
ence remains a mystery in the plant
world.
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may be brought back by lining the
surrounding soil. On the other hand,
IL blue is desired. this color may be
assured by working into the soil
aluminium sulphate at the rate of
one half pound per square yard Of soil.
The New Jersey Agricultural Expert.
ment Station has worked a good deal
on color control in this species, by.
drangea hortensis. 1t was great loss
to florists to have the blooms come
blue, or part blue and pink. How acid.
ity controls color was shown in one
color slide exhibited by the station. A
single plant with half it's roots In a
pot Of acid soil and half in lined soil
bore blooms. part solid blue and part
solid pink.
The other two species Of hydrangea,
Arborescens grandifiora and Panicu-
lata grandiflora, grown commonly in
local gardens and laws are not affect.
ed in color by soil acidity.
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AT the regular meeting Of the Ia
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THE SOIL

Those who think of the soil as an
inert mass. simply serving as "a
medium in which the roots of plants
grow, should have heard some of the
lectures at the Soils Congress which
finished its sessions here this week
Fertile soils evidently are simply
teeming with life, minute forms Of
plants and animals too small to be
seen without the aid of powerful
microscopes. Many of these are of
extraordinary usefulness, assisting In
the breaking down of inert plant and
animal residues into forms available
to growing plants. Apparently there
is keen competition between the va.
rious forms of soil life. Rapid de.
creases recorded in the numbers of
various forms can be explained only
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BLUE HYDRANCEAS

The handsome blue hydrangeas to
be seen about the city and suburbs
at the present time are in way as
artificial in color as the green In st.
Patrick's carnations. The blue Is not
the normal color of this hydrangea.
The true colors range from white to
red through various shades of pink.
The pink shades may be seen in the
potted hydrangeas sold at Easter. The
blue color Is result of acid soil and
as practically all of our local soils
are strongly acid, It IL perfectly nat
ural that blue should be the FREEDOM
mating color.
If one prefers the pink. this color
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-25

George r. Goergens. 31os Seventeenth
street northeast, will enter a floral
float in the parade to be held Tuesday
evening, June 20. in honor of the
opening of the new post Office. Holly
hooks will be used principally as dec
orative material for the float, q full
description of which will be given in
next weeks column. The Woodbridge
Garden Club deserves congratulations
for the active part 1t Is taking In civic
affairs
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on the supposition Of being attacked
and destroyed by some temporarily
more powerful form. It Is difficult
for the human mind to conceive of the
soil az a home of myriads OF living
organisms, but this is now an estab-
lished fact. It remains now to dis.
cover those practices which favor the
useful forms and render harmless the
Injurious ones.
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Gardening in Washington
AND ITS ENTIRONS


'',1s and enters the ears to destroy
the kernels. And the corn borer
which is causing such a commotion
in the Central West is not far away.
Withal people will grow corn as long
as there Is a fair chance Of success.
for there Is no substitute.
The sweet corn was given us by
the American Indians who, despite
their ignorance of plant breeding, had
by the pure process of natural selec.
ton brought it to a high stage Of per.
lection long before the white man ar.
rived.
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coreopsis will self-sow all over tho
beds and unless one wants new plants
1t Is better to cut Off and destroy the
seed stalks.
Give tomatoes, eggplants, dahlias
and so forth a little side dressing of
good fertilizer to hasten growth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-25

The newly organized National Cap
ttal Federation of Garden Clubs adopt
ed this rather cumbersome name, not
with any idea of attracting attention
to the new body, but rather to have
name which would embrace not only
the, District Of Columbia but also the
outlying suburban areas in Maryland
and Virginia. The next meeting will
be held July at the home OF Miss
Margaret G. Lancaster. 6615 Harlan
place, Takoma Park, d. c. Mr.. Au-
brey q. Carter, 4611 Davidson drive,
Chevy Chase Terrace, Nd, Is secre-
tary.
At the regular meeting Of the Ia
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oma Horticultural Club to be held
Monday evening at the Takoma Ii
brary, Mr.. B. V. Morrison of the De-
partment of Agriculture will discuss
Summer Propagation. This is a
timely subject Of general interest to
all gardeners and the Takoma club
would be glad to have members Of
other garden clubs attend.
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though not equal to preceding years
Many OF the members of this cluD are
pretty we'll stocked with Spring Duins'
so falling off in orders was TO De
expected,
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Tho annual bulb sale Of the Ia.
koma Horticultural Club closed June
10 with reports Of good success. al.
The producers news., 1927-04-08
Call Ford Spies to Help
Hunt Ford ''Assailants'

Continued from page One)
farmers. 1t was: 81 am not inter
ested in money; I'm interested in
raising the standard of living among
farmers, in taking children out of
the fields and putting them in
schools; in taking women out of the
fields and putting them in homes"
$4,000 For Little Work.
"You always got paid for it, didn't
you," was Reeds scornful comment.
Then the Missourian brought out the
fact that Sapiro drew $1,000 from
the Texas farmers in five years.
Sapiro testified he was paid ap-
proximately $19,5OO for "few days
effort" in arranging government
loans from the war finance corpora
tion for ten of the cooperatives un-
der his wing. This was brought out
by Senator James A Reed, chief of
Henry Ford's counsel.
The loans were arranged in a "few
days." Sapiro said, during which ne
"ran down from New York to Wash
ington to carry on the negotiations
with officials of the war finances cor
pOration. All the loans were nego-
tiated at the same time. Then he
told of receiving between S18,25O anC
S19,5O0 for his efforts.
The producers news., 1927-04-08

a mastery way.
LarsOn's Speech
He began by telling his auditors
that he was not stating that he did
them any good or had passed any
bills that would be of use to them
while he was in Helena. Most of the
measures brought up were of a petty
bourgeOise reform nature and while
the farmer-labor members of the
House and Senate were regarded as
the leaders of the progressive ele-
ment In both chambers they could not
put through any measures which
were Of any advantage to the state.
I'VE succeeded in creating a favor
able impression. The Producers News
was a welcome visitor to the desk of
every member of the House and Sen
ate who, even though they did not
agree with its policy, admired the
fearless and Independent way matters
OF state concern were presented in it..
The Progressive element of both
houses came to US on many subjects
and were glad to have our endorse
ment.
Praises Sparkling
While in the house l sat beside
Representative Jas. T. Sparling of
Daniels County. I want to say right
here that Sparkling was 1000 right
all the time. He is an able and con-
vincing speaker and whenever he ad-
dressed the assembly he was listened
to with respect"
Representative Larson then touch
ed on several of the most important
measures which were introduced dur
ing the session. He introduced the
Resolution against the Consolidation
OF railways passing through Mon
tana, with first giving a chance to
the people to be heard by the In
terState Commerce Commission.
While | am not against the principle
OF making the big corporations big
ger ana IN that way bringing about
The producers news., 1927-04-08
Raid Soviet Embassy

Peking, April 6.-Troops of the
army of Marshal Chang Tso-Lin, the
Manchurian war lord, and armed po-
lice raided the soviet embassy this
morning. Six Russians and Is to 20
Chinese were taken to the police sta
ton and a machine gun, Is rifles and
a quantity of ammunition, were re-
moved from the embassy.
Measures had been taken previous
ly to guard all entrances to the
building. More than 100 troops and
police, acting on signed authoriza-
ton of the diplomatic corps, rushed
the embassy. One shot was heard.
after which a Russian was dragged
out fighting and kicking. He was
bound and carried off in a motor car.
The troops still occupied the build
ing this afternoon.
The Russians and Chinese at the
embassy were described as agitators.
Marshal Chang Tso-Lin has been
described in dispatches to the London
newspapers as determined foe of
bolshevism.
The producers news., 1927-04-08
Jack White Talks of
Showing at Redstone

Jack White was in the county seat
from his Redstone home last Tues
day. He is enthusiastic about the
prospects of finding oil in that re
gion. He states that the contour of
the country show unmistakable signs
of being a clear cut dome. There
are several bulges and faults and
some of the best markers seen in any
old field. The dips prove that the
field contains oil in paying quanti-
ties. He is in favor of making a
plaintable map of the structure and
if that were done he thinks that
there would be little trouble in inter
esting outside capital. owe have
made test of the clays in the neigh
borhood and the reports indicate that
there is much oil even so near the
surface" continued Mr.. White.
The producers news., 1927-04-08

AAONl page llneA
and graduating down to 5 can+g
kilowatt hours per month: olJ !, ~
19 cents down to 9 cents for all ae ,as
400 kilowatt hours. Power ny
rate 8 cents down to 4 cents for 'ss "
over 60 killowatt hours; old rato y !
cents down to 4 cents for all over IN
kilOwatt hours. Cooking-new rot. :,
cents straight; old rate AZ GEN.
down to 3 cents for all over 200 k5.
watt hours. -'S
PlentywOOd Rate
PlentywoOd: Residence igbtir,
New rate IA cents down to : ceS,
for all over 1000 kilowatt hours. ',S ~
rate 19 cents down to u cents s I
all over 800 kilowatt hours. Power
New rate 8 cents down to 4 cents :,
all over 400 kilowatt hours. Cootins
New rate 4 cents straight; old ras
AZ cents down to 8 cents for al 1'' ~
er 200 kilowatt hours. W
Bainville, Brockton, Culberts,,
Homestead, McCabe, Reserve Nss
cine Lake and Savage: Residan~
lighting-New rate 16 cents down +
cents for all over 1000 l1ilow...
hours. Power-New rate 8 cont.
down to A cents for all over 60 In.
watt hours; old rate 8 cents down (,
4 cents for all over 400 kiIow.-
hours. Cooking-New rate 4 cans
straight; old rate Az cents down !
3 cents for all over 200 kilow,4
hours.
Sidney: Residence lighting-Nev
rate IA cents down to 5 cents for 4
over 1000 kilowatt hours; old rate
down to II cents for all over 500 III
Owatt hours; old rate 8 down to ll
cents for all over 1000 kilowatt bonr,
Cooking rate A cents straigbt
old rate 512 cents per holwatt hou
Fairview and Wibaux
Fairview: Residence lighting-Nev
rate 16 down to cents for all owe
1000 kilowatt hours; old rate /
down to 9 cents for all over 400 kiln
watt hours. Power-eight down /
4 cents for all over 400 kiIowst
hours. CoOking-Four cents straight
old rate Az down to 3 cents for 4
over 200 kilowatt hours.
Wibaux: Lighting-New rate 4
down to 5 cents for all over 1000 klo
watt hours; old rate II down to
cents for all over 400 kilowatt hour,
POwer-New rate down to cent
for all over 60 kilowatt hours: ol
rate 10 down to 6 cents for all owe
1000 kilOwatt hours. Cooking-Nel
rate A cents straight; old rate Al
cents down to 3 cents for all owe
200 kilowatt hours.
In all instances the rate on powe
service is to be based upon the horse
| power connected.
The producers news., 1927-04-08

The cooperatives and the state
trusts in the Soviet Union are be-
coming the backbone of the new sys-
tenn. In the farming villages there
are production cooperatives, consum-
ers cooperatives and credit coopera-
tives. These local cooperatives are
very popular among the farmers and
the private trader has absolutely no
chance in the face of this keen COM
petition.
There are over 10000 production
cooperatives in the country, where
the farmers work the land together,
own the machinery together and sell
and buy their products in common.
These coOperatives are successful.
Over 40 per cent of the population
are connected in one way or another
with the cooperatives and they have
the support and the prestige of the
government behind them. The pri-
vate trader gets little or no support
/ from the government.
A great deal is done by the Soviet
government to educate the farmers
and workers. There is a veritable
craving for knowledge all around.
They want to do things in the biggest
and best way possible. School chill
dren would come to the hotels where
we were staying and ask US hundreds
of questions about the conditions IN
our countries. The Russian farmers
and workers turn out by the tens of
thousands at meetings and celebra-
ton. On the first of May, the inter
national workers holiday, tens of
million Of Soviet citizens are march
ing. Il was at Kiev,' Knuts0n said,
''on the 1st of May and though the
city only has population Of 100000
there were over 100000 in the par
ade. The school children marched
first and last came the red army sol
der. Such parades have never been
seen before in history"
The red army has become a great
educational institution in politics and
economics and Knutson said it wasn't
necessary to coerce anybody to belong
to it because they willingly did So
1t is necessary to have the red army
In order to protect the farmers and
workers state from invasion. In the
army the boys are being trained tc
DO the useful things in life.
They have a dictatorship in Russia
but it is a dictatorship by the farm
ers and workers and for them exclu.
sively. 'Here is America" Knutsor
said, eve have also a dictatorship but
it is the kind of dictatorship which
functions for the capitalists-for the
few. In Russian they are building
democracy.
These were some of the things the
farmers and workers of Russia haC
achieved through their Revolution
Knutson pointed out. The workers
wages are going up and the farmer.
are getting more and more out of tn,
products they raise. 1t is a question
: of getting machinery for the factories
and the farms and these things ar,
being provided.
"Why do the capitalist govern
ments of the west slander and at
! tack the Soviet Government ?" Knut
son asked. The reason is that thes
governments are afraid that the idei
of a farmers and workers govern
ment as established in Russia is go
ing to spread to other countries also
They want to kill the principle o
such a government before it spread
over the world. "This, of course
can't be done now," Knutson stated
The producers news., 1927-04-08

Revolutions were inevitable ana
capitalist power in the worId 1iIu %
stop them. 'u caa
"The United Farmer" at Ris
n. D., is published in the interaslf r11srllafci
the working farmers and farm, fIr'eSI 81 =
ers of America and it gets IT, 4. "Oft
inspiration and support from ~ A. new
mers themselves and maintains s''e : Ia
tenn of farm correspondents " !,
subscription price is now ST ne, ~ =
1t is expected that in about ? 3 ~ yea
months the paper will be nnbl;, ~
weekly. ''''iSne
The producers news., 1927-04-08
Lady From Roosevelt
to Operate Hat Shop

POPLAR-Mrs. Lucy A. Cur
$ ran, state representative from
Roosevelt County, has made a
deal whereby she assumes charge
of the Ladies' Shop, now con-
Quoted by Mrs. M. P. Trenne. on
May 1.
The producers news., 1927-04-08
EQUITY MEN CALL

Messrs. Fitzpatrick and Massey,
well known Equity men, are in Sher-
dan County tbs week. Fitz, who is
one OF the best informed men in the
Northwest, was welcome visitor in
the Editorial sanctum.
The producers news., 1927-04-08

This is the work formerly done by the
county surveyor. The commissioners
adjourned Wednesday afternoon, af-
ter transacting much other business
of a routine character.
The producers news., 1927-04-08

The result of the school election
was somewhat Of a surprise and is
regarded as revolt of the electors
against the policies of the present
school board.
The producers news., 1927-04-08
RebOring and Regrinding
8#MEM

We have installed Reboring and Regrinding
chime bring IN your motors and have them made
like new. All work guaranteed, at reasonable prices
Don't forget we can recharge your Ford Magnetic
while you are in town shopping with the latest Copn
Magnetic recharger
PLENTYWOOD AUTO co.
The producers news., 1927-04-08
Electric Power Rates are
Slashed by R. R. Conn.

CONTINUED from page One,
The producers news., 1927-04-08
Russia Is Hope of the
World, Says Knutson
mastery way.
LarsOn's Speech

(Continued from page one
The producers news., 1927-04-08
BOycOtting Of U. S. Goods in
China Trouble Zone is Seen
FOOT OFFERS TO HELP
COLLECT INSURANCE

Continued from page one)
The producers news., 1927-04-08
BELANSKI is ELECTED
MAYOR OF P'WOOD

Continued from page one)
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-18
Governor Signs
-Four More Bills

Governor Hunt signed two more
measures passed at the fourth special
session of the eighth state legislature
The signed measures, house bills lC
and IA, were enacted for the purpose
of protecting those prospecting for
oil in Arizona. They amend the state
land commissioner as the official tt
enforce oil drilling regulations.
House bill 10 authorizes the land
commissioner to execute oil leases for
the development of oil wells for two
years, renewal to the holder at the
end of that time, providing he is drill.
ling for oil, and the authority to enter
into a five-year lease, also renewable
in the event oil is struck. The bill
limits oil leases to 1850 acres and
provides for a rental Of 500 a year
on each $40 acres.
The second bill authorizes the lane
commissioner to prescribe rules fol
oil prospecting and drilling and re.
quires that operators file logs of their
wells with the land commissioner al
stated intervals. It further provides
that a fine. of not more than 81 .00C
or jail sentence of not more thar
IL months may be imposed for vio-
lation Of the regulations set forth.
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-18
NOBLE THIEF RETURNS
STOLEN KEEPSAKE

Phoenix, Nov. 16.-(UPl-"Qu
Watson, the needle!"
Phoenix's most considerable burglar
not only takes pride in his "profes-
sion,' but he disdains to keep articles
which are of no value to him il they
are of use to the former possessor
This came to light when L. c. Lin
der, whose home was neatly ransacked
last Thursday, received letter from
an unknown person containing a key
to a safety deposit box. The key had
been in a pocket of one of the coats
taken by the robbcr.
This is not the only instance where
the robber has shown his thoughtful
ness. BY error he took mis-mated
shoes from a home. These were placed
in sack and thrown into the back
yard of the real owner.
One Of the distinguishing charac-
tefistics Of the burglar is his neat
ness, according to Under and other
victims.
In every robbery attributed to him,
the burglar has disdained to ''r1uss
up" the house. He is careful work
er, however. In one instance he took
several articles which were packed in
the bottom Of q chest.
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-18
Range, Stock And
Crops Doing Fine

Favorable livestock and range con-
ditions continue in both Arizona and
western New Mexico. No snow covers
ranges available for winter use and
pasture is well cured and full of nutri-
ment. The water supply is abundant
in all sections and there is apparently
an ample supply for the usually dry
fall season. AS usual desert ranges
drying rapidly more moisture would be
welcomed by stockmen making use
of them during the winter. Already
cattle and sheep are on irrigated
pastures In large numbers for the
winter market. Snow disappeared
rapidly from the section north of the
Grand Canyon and only patches re-
main on the ground.
Cool nights have benefited the let
tuee crop in all sections and have been
of some advantage to ripening citrus.
Warm days earlier in the season
caused q rapid growth of lettuce de-
trimental to its quality which has
now been checked. Notwithstanding
unfayorable weather conditions in the
spring the potato crop at Flagstaff
has been surprisingly good and has
been harvested in generally good con-
dition. The first killing frost Of the
season at Parker occurred on the 18th
and has been of some benefit to the
top crop of cotton, causing it to open
more freely. In spite of heavy dews
The Coconino sun., 1927-11-18

road, producing a crop Of punctures
and profanity and finally his own
arrest. Prescott Journal Miner.