anaheim-gazette 1909-12-16

NOTES FROM SMITH'S REPORT PECANS, PEACHES AND TOMATOES HAVE ATTENTION Best Varieties of Pecans Grown In South Show Adaptability to Culture in This State—Tomatoes a Valuable Crop—Eucalyptus Investigation Pecans, peaches and tomatoes are treated of by Prof. Ralph E. Smith, in his annual report of operations at the Whittier pathological laboratory, in an interesting and instructive manner. The facilities available at Whittier and Riverside for growing trees and plants has made possible a beginning of the introduction and testing of various cultures of certain sorts. Pecans—The growing importance of pecan culture in the southern states has awakened considerable interest in the possibility of the production of these nuts in California. The subject was brought to the attention of this Station through its work with walnuts, and being of a similar nature, has been given some attention. Pecan trees are growing in various parts of California and thrive well. Their production is a matter of much variation in different sections and with different trees. In general, however, the interior valleys of the state where the summers are hot and the winters fairly cold seem better adapted to pecan culture than the coast regions. Many trees in the state fail to produce, or ripen their nuts very irregularly, on account of the mild climate and lack of definition of the seasons. Of the many improved varieties of pecans which are now being grown in station, where a great variety of samples is being prepared under Mr. Ingham's direction, showing the wood of the various species. These collections have been placed on exhibition and the work is being followed by further investigations along the same line. Some work has also been done in the study of the extraction of oil from the foliage of various kinds of eucalyptus. The oils obtained from the different species vary quite widely in their character. CARING FOR CONSUMPTIVES Many States Provide no Place where Poor Patients May Be Treated [Contributed to The Gazette] Sixteen states and territories of the United States provide no place where the poor consumptives can be treated, except in jails and insane asylums. This statement together with another, to the effect that not one in thirty of the victims of consumption who want to get in hospitals can find a place there, a fact which will mean a loss to the country of $1,275,000,000 is made by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis in a bulletin issued a few days ago. The National Association states that there are in the United States at least 300,000 consumptives who are so poor that they cannot pay for proper medical treatment in tuberculosis sanatoria and hospitals. Some of them can pay small amounts a week for their maintenance, but the great majority of them cannot pay anything. For this large class of patients the entire country has provided only 10,000 beds for the free treatment of tuberculosis. In Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Mississippi. WATER FORTY-TWENTIETH DRAFT Non-Irrigable tlement—vey Durie Lands — Land claer water rescue mine accident fuels and special fea Survey's work 1909. The annuity of the Survival General Law Survey toions for ev land that it The tenderness arate the natural values rights may right to min purpose of coal lands nation to agration that is found although new withdrawals development 6,875,000 acres Colorado, We have thus natural entry been placed res of coal at a valuation an advance minimum价 In addition in coal, oil erous lands with different trees. In general, however, the interior valleys of the state where the summers are hot and the winters fairly cold seem better adapted to pecan culture than the coast regions. Many trees in the state fail to produce, or ripen their nuts very irregularly, on account of the mild climate and lack of definition of the seasons. Of the many improved varieties of pecans which are now being grown in Texas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, etc., very few have been tested in California, and none for a long enough time or generally enough to demonstrate their adaptability to this state. During the winter of 1908 trees were obtained by this division of about thirty of the leading varieties from various nurseries in the southern states. These were planted on the grounds of the Whitier laboratory and are all growing well at present. A large number of pecan nuts were also planted in the nursery, and upon these seedlings the various varieties will be propagated and the trees thus obtained distributed for trial in different parts of the State. In the spring of 1908 trees of a few varieties obtained from nurseries were also planted at a few different points in the State for the same purpose of demonstration. Peaches.—Another somewhat similar project has been begun with the peaches adapted to growth in Southern California. In this section of the State the production of the usual commercial varieties has been quite uncertain, owing to the mildness of the winter climate. The success in Florida and other southern regions of many varieties of the Honey and other Chinese peaches has suggested the possibility of developing varieties from such a source of value in Southern California. For this purpose buds of a large number of varieties were obtained from Florida in 1906 and trees from these are now being grown for testing and distribution. Tomatoes.—In certain sections of Southern California a valuable industry exists in growing tomatoes for shipment during the late fall and early winter. These are planted in the field in July and set a large amount of fruit during the latter part of the summer, which matures at a time when eastern tomatoes have been killed by frost. For this purpose varieties are desirable of good appearance and shipping quality, and that there are in the United States at least 300,000 consumptives who are so poor that they cannot pay for proper medical treatment in tuberculosis sanatoria and hospitals. Some of them can pay small amounts a week for their maintenance, but the great majority of them cannot pay anything. For this large class of patients the entire country has provided only 10,000 beds for the free treatment of tuberculosis. In Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Philippine Islands, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming there is no place where the consumptive without means can be treated but in jails or insane asylums and in most cases he will get no treatment there. Sixteen other states provide less than 50 beds each for poor consumptives. In only two states, Massachusetts and New York, have beds for needy tuberculosis patients been provided, so that at least one in ten may find a place for treatment. In many of the other states, not one in 50 of the destitute consumptives can find a bed in a hospital or sanatorium. It costs on an average about $250 to cure an incipient consumptive or to care for an advanced case until death. If he is left in destitute circumstances without proper attention, he will surely infect with his disease at least two other persons, and possibly many more. Considering that the average life is worth to society in dollars and cents, about $1500, the net loss which would accrue to a community by not treating its poor consumptives in proper institutions would be for each case, including those who are unnecessarily infected, at the very lowest figure, $4250. On this basis, if the poor consumptives in the United States who are now sick were segregated from their families, and either kept in institutions until they died, or else cured of their disease, the saving to the country would be the enormous sum of $1,275,000,000. Consumption is primarily a poor man's disease. Dr. Woods Hutchinson, of New York City says: "Roughly speaking, the incipient tuberculosis patient can buy as many chances of fresh air and cure as he has money." The percentage of deaths from consumption among the poor is 100 per cent higher than among the well-to-do and the rich. Sixty-five per cent of the consumptives in the United Tomatoes.—In certain sections of Southern California a valuable industry exists in growing tomatoes for shipment during the late fall and early winter. These are planted in the field in July and set a large amount of fruit during the latter part of the summer, which matures at a time when eastern tomatoes have been killed by frost. For this purpose varieties are desirable of good appearance and shipping quality, and also such as will continue to set fruit well into the winter. The variety most commonly planted at present, the Stone, is quite satisfactory for this purpose, but a number of other kinds are being tested at Whittier with the idea of obtaining the best variety for the exacting requirements of this shipping crop. Most of this work has been done with the assistance of R. E. Mansell, of the Experiment Station at Berkeley. Eucalyptus Investigations A very careful study has been made under the direction of this division by Mr. Ingham, of the Forestry Station, of the present condition, prospects and methods of eucalyptus culture in California. The growth of these trees of many different species has been studied all over the State and their adaptation determined in the various sections. As a result of this study a bulletin has been prepared, entitled, "Eucalyptus in California." This includes a discussion of the growing of eucalyptus as a crop, the methods of the same, the utilization of the wood and descriptions of the important species. Following the preparation of this bulletin other work has been taken up upon the commercial utilization of eucalyptus wood for lumber, its qualities, uses, methods of handling, etc. This has been taken up in a practical way by fitting up a small woodworking shop at the Santa Monica Consumption is primarily a poor man's disease. Dr. Woods Hutchinson, of New York City says: "Roughly speaking, the incipient tuberculosis patient can buy as many chances of fresh air and cure as he has money." The percentage of deaths from consumption among the poor is 100 per cent higher than among the well-to-do and the rich. Sixty-five per cent of the consumptives in the United States are too poor to provide proper means for treatment. They must either be placed in a sanatorium or a hospital where they can be cured of their disease and where they will be removed from the possibility of infecting other members of their families, or the loss resulting from neglect to care for these poor consumptives will be twice or three times as great as would be the case if they were properly housed in institutions. The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis declares that if every county or township should erect an institution for the treatment of indigent cases of consumption, this disease would be wiped out in a few years. REALTY TRANSFERS F. C. Spencer has sold his residence on West Center street to Emil Roth, a newcomer from Oregon, for $4500. H. C. and C. E. Gordon have purchased the Tedrick residence on Philadelphia street for $2500. J. V. Seders has sold his twenty-five acre place, southwest of town, to C. A. Clark of Los Angeles for $12,500; H. A. Young has sold his thirty-three acre improved place, to J. T. Hunter of Long Beach for $8,-000; Edward Kelly has sold to A. M. Danbery, 20 acres south of town for $4000. ANAHEIM GAZETTE WATER POWER SITES INTACT FORTY-TWO STREAMS WITH-DRAWN FROM ENTRY Non-Irrigable Land Opened for Settlement—Work of Geological Survey During Year—Survey of Coal Lands — Tests of Fuel — Notes Land classification, examination of water resources, investigations of mine accidents, and tests of mineral fuels and building materials formed special features of the Geological Survey's work during the fiscal year 1909. The annual report of the Director of the Survey, just issued, states the General Land Office depends on the Survey to furnish detailed valuations for every 40-acre tract of coal land that is placed on the market. The tendency of legislation is to separate the mineral and the agricultural values of the land; the surface rights may be separated from the right to mine the underlying coal. The purpose of the Survey's work in the coal lands is to expedite the restoration to agricultural entry of the land that is found to be barren of coal, although necessarily included in the withdrawals, and to promote the development of the coal lands. About 6,875,000 acres of non-coal land in Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana, have thus been released to agricultural entry, and selling prices have been placed on about 1,500,000 acres of coal land in the same states, at a valuation of nearly $94,000,000, an advance of 200 per cent over the minimum prices fixed by law. In addition to its classification-work in coal, oil, phosphate, and metalliferous lands the Survey is also exam- OUR IRRIGATED LANDS The possibilities of irrigated lands have been so well shown in a half century of development in our West that the wonder is the government hasn't tackled the proposition before. But the possibilities of irrigation were known long before their development began in the United States. Many of the ancient civilized countries had their being in deserts, or semi-arid regions, made habitable by irrigation. Egypt, Persia, Northern India, Palestine, Arabia, Carthage; on this side, the lands of the Aztecs in Mexico and the Incas of Peru, all were independent of rains directly on the crops. In fifty years, irrigation has made it possible for California to increase its orange crop from a single tree to a yield of 82,000 cars annually, and to become something of a garden-spot in other fruits, and the production of cereals and vegetables. The great fruit country of the Northwest is chiefly possible because of irrigation. It has made famous the fruit district of the Grand river in Colorado, and the potato fields of Greeley. Ten million acres are under irrigation, but according to the reclamation bureau, the work is only fairly started, there being some 60,000,000 to 70,000,000 acres of irrigable lands to be brought under water and cultivation. Each acre of this is fully capable, as judged by other irrigated lands, of producing a livelihood for one person. Stating it another way, there is still almost enough undeveloped, irrigable land to support the present population. And that is figuring on the American standard of living. Irrigated lands of other regions support a much larger population. The Nile lands of Egypt support a population of 1200 to the square mile, or development of the coal lands. About 6,875,000 acres of non-coal land in Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana, have thus been released to agricultural entry, and selling prices have been placed on about 1,500,000 acres of coal land in the same states, at a valuation of nearly $94,000,000, an advance of 200 per cent over the minimum prices fixed by law. In addition to its classification-work in coal, oil, phosphate, and metalliferous lands the Survey is also examining sites for undeveloped water powers to which the government still holds the title, and on its recommendations prior to October 1 the Secretary of the Interior temporarily withdrew from entry the power sites on 42 streams. The water-resources investigations are also of national importance in connection with the administration of the enlarged homestead act, which authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to open to such entry all public lands that are not economically irrigable. The Survey conducts a testing station at Pittsburg, where special examinations of the causes of mine accidents are made, as well as tests of explosives and of safety lamps and other mining appliances, including rescue apparatus. Tests of coals and of building materials are also made at Pittsburg. The larger part of the fuel used by the government in its many buildings, costing annually about $5,000,000, is now purchased under specifications prepared by the Survey, and materials for government engineering and construction work amounting to $50,000,000 have been examined at the Pittsburg station. The report gives detailed accounts of the progress of work on the topographic and geologic atlases of the United States, of special geologic and hydrographic surveys, including work in Alaska, and of statistical work on mineral resources. TO PHOTOGRAPH COMET IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLAND Madison, Wis., Dec. 10.—The Astrophysical Society of America, through the chairman of its committee on comets, Prof. C. Comstock, of the University of Wisconsin, has just issued a statement to astronomers throughout the country in regard to the observations of Halley's comet. A long and continuous photogra- Why suffer With back and kidneys or from any TO PHOTOGRAPH COMET IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLAND Madison, Wis., Dec. 10.—The Astrophysical Society of America, through the chairman of its committee on comets, Prof. C. Comstock, of the University of Wisconsin, has just issued a statement to astronomers throughout the country in regard to the observations of Halley's comet. A long and continuous photographic campaign, in order to secure the best possible pictures of the interesting visitor to the solar system, is urged by the committee. As there is no observatory with proper facilities for photographing the comet in the large area of the Pacific ocean, the committee is about to send an expedition to the Hawaiian islands to photograph the comet during its greatest brilliancy, which will be in May. A CANNIBAL BISHOP The Queen of Denmark once paid a visit to the Danish colony of Iceland, where the good old Bishop exerted himself to the utmost to show her everything that was worth seeing. The Queen paid many compliments to her host, and having learned that he was a family man, graciously inquired how many children he had. It happens that the Danish word for children is almost identical in sound with the Icelandic word for sheep, and the worthy Bishop promptly answered: Two hundred. Two hundred children, cried the Queen. How can you possibly maintain such a family? Easily enough, please Your Majesty, replied the prelate with a cheerful smile. In the summer I turn them out upon the hill to grass, and when the winter comes I kill and eat them. An office seeker's love for his country is a good deal like that of a titled foreigner for an American heiress. It is said that most suicides regret it after swallowing the fatal dose—just as some men do after getting married. 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