anaheim-gazette 1918-09-19

DECIDUOUS FRUIT DISEASE MAY BE CURED LITTLE LEAF IN TREES CAN BE PREVENTED BY USING PROPER MEASURES ABNORMAL DEVELOPMENT IN FALL AND EARLY WINTER IS CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE The condition known as "little leaf" in deciduous fruits has been recognized for many years. It is characterized by failure to leaf-out at the normal time and the production of leaves which are very small and narrow and yellow in color. This condition may extend throughout the tree or may be confined only to one or two limbs. It varies somewhat in its appearance and effects in different kinds of fruits. In the peach, particularly, it is characterized by the production of long slender shoots on the new growth, terminated by a cluster or tuft of leaves; the small leaves long the shoot usually shed relatively early in the season. In the apple and pear, "little leaf" usually manifests itself more in the dwarfing of the leaves on the affected branches. In the walnut the effect usually consists only in the greatly delayed process of leafing out, with the production of small leaves of decidedly mottled appearance. In all cases, however, the trouble results in the failure of affected branches to carry fruit to maturity. Fruit may fail to set, or if it does, it does not develop shrivels and ulitis. The fact that in many cases only a limb or two on a tree is affected may be explained as due to the variation in maturity of different limbs on the tree. On the other hand, there is a type of injury to deciduous fruit trees on lands which were heavily winter irrigated. This type of injury is manifest in weak straggly growth, with failure to set fruit. Later in the season much of this growth dies back and the tree throws out new sucker growth from the trunk and man limbs. This type of injury is apparently due to exhaustion of the food reserve. The trees were kept growing very late in the season and failed to become dormant until long after the leaves had passed their period of maturity. The result was that they used up a considerable portion of the food reserve stored up for the development and production of blossoms and new leaves in the spring and therefore reached the spring season in an exhausted condition. In a region where winter temperatures are not low enough to induce dormancy it would appear dangerous to practice heavy winter irrigation, for if the trees are already dormant and the temperature is high, they may be induced to leave this condition and if not dormant, they may be prevented from becoming so. Water should be withheld toward the end of the season to induce dormancy but if rains do not come within a reasonable time, a moderate winter irrigation should be given. The soil should not be allowed to dry out. Fruit growers in general apparently do not realize that there may be actual drought so far as the tree is concerned although plenty of water exists in the soil. "Little leaf" is often found on soils where ground water is near the surface. The water-table rises gradually during the irrigation season and in some cases toward the end comes to within a foot of the surface. A number of years ago Prof. R. F. Smith advanced the idea that "little leaf" was to be attributed to unseasonable climatic conditions such as long, dry winters. The exceptionally dry season of 1917, with its long delayed rains, has furnished the writer an excellent opportunity for observation upon this point. "Little leaf" is much more prevalent this spring than for a number of years. It is particularly bad in dry-farmed sections and in localities where the supply of irrigation water is exhausted by the middle of the season. Such is the case in the Antelope Valley, where there are several thousand acres of apples and pears. In many orchards from 15 to 40 per cent of the trees show "little leaf." There is a decided correlation between the presence of "little leaf" and light sandy soils. In one orchard of 160 acres, which I visited, practically all of the affected trees are confined to one portion of the orchard and examination with a soil auger showed the soil to be somewhat more sandy here than in the remainder of the orchard, which is underlaid with a clay stratum, very retentive of water. "Little leaf" affected trees are often found in irregular streaks through an orchard and on examination these streaks are found to coincide with old stream beds or washes which have been covered over. In most cases where late irrigation is practiced the prevalence of "little leaf" is much less apparent than on adjacent areas not so irrigated. Taken all in all, the evidence points very strongly toward the verification of Prof. Smith's theory that this peculiar condition is definitely to be traced to lack of moisture in the soil. California fruit growers should bear in mind that a great part of our fruit-growing area is naturally semi-desert. Fruit growers in general apparently do not realize that there may be actual drought so far as the tree is concerned although plenty of water exists in the soil. "Little leaf" is often found on soils where ground water is near the surface. The water-table rises gradually during the irrigation season and in some cases toward the end comes to within a foot of the surface. This free water is not available to the tree. Only the capillary water in the soil layer above the water-table can be utilized. Tree roots must have air in order to absorb water. The gradual rise in the water-table progressively decreases the amount of water available to the tree and may result in "little leaf." In cases of this kind, the only remedy lies in drainage. Another condition which may cause drought so far as the tree is concerned is the accumulation of alkali salts. This accumulation is greatest toward the end of the season and if the concentration is high enough, water absorption is cut down. There seems to be some correlation between the presence of alkali and "little leaf" conditions, particularly in portions of the San Joaquin Valley. Another very important fact for orchardists and farmers in arid sections to bear in mind, is that as the soil fertility is depleted the water requirements of the tree are increased. It has definitely been shown that with a fertile soil it takes less than half the water to produce a pound of dry matter than in the case of an exhausted soil. Fruit growers who do not keep up their soil fertility may think that their trees are receiving enough water when in reality, due to the depletion of the soil fertility, the trees are not adequately supplied, with the result that various abnormal conditions are set up, among which may be "little leaf." A MUSICAL PRODIGY Newport Heights has a musical wonder, a record-beater, a diminutive Jenny Lind, indeed, in little Dorris Quinn, the 18-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Quinn. It is recorded that Jenny Lind, the famous Swedish vocalist, at the age of 2 years could sing correctly any piece she had once heard, and at the age of 9 was placed in training under a high-class vocal instructor. Little Dorris Quinn at 13 months of age was noticed humming a familiar tune which she had create winter irrigation should be given. The soil should not be allowed to dry out. About one hundred W. W. were arrested tically amounted to were given a full were found guilty Then, along co bomb. These I. I. and convicted in building in Chicago the court and then building. That man. He throws kills or wounds so It is a typical I. When we are no over the beast-like sheviki in Russia, times', to laugh at of their ideas. We perhaps we do not W. W.'s in this case the same things. Anybody else has way to get it is to or destroy what we so that we will come some way remove world, leaving them we possess. You, for instance You have worked ed and saved until six-room house with back. You have paid for and a $40 parlor and a swing porch. Mr. I. W. W. never worked a day says: "I don't have do. Get out and You laugh. He po back steps and to and goes on his w However I. W. W paid attorneys ma is the spirit of th It has been fo again, by practical W. W. movement to help the work movement to thro who has any prop California fruit growers should bear in mind that a great part of our fruit-growing area is naturally semi-desert in character and that our fruit trees are therefore subject to very different conditions from those obtaining in the East, with its summer rainfall and humid climate. With the exception of a few of the districts of high elevation, winter temperatures are usually not low enough to cause the trees to go into a dormant condition. Indeed, we should more properly consider the gradual depletion of the soil moisture as the most important factor in causing dormancy in our fruit trees. In normal seasons, within a month or two after the depletion of the soil moisture has caused the trees to become dormant, the winter rains come and replenish the soil moisture before it has been depleted to an injurious degree. In seasons like that of 1917 when the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California did not receive any considerable amount of rain until February, the trees stood in a dormant condition without irrigation for as much as three or four months. The weather was intensely hot and dry and the soil moisture was soon exhausted, with the result that the trees suffered dessication. The severity of this dessication varied naturally in different sections and on different soil types and is reflected in the prevalence of "little Newport Heights has a musical wonder, a record-breaker, a diminutive Jenny Lind, indeed, in little Dorris Quinn, the 18-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Quinn. It is recorded that Jenny Lind, the famous Swedish vocalist, at the age of 2 years could sing correctly any piece she had once heard, and at the age of 9 was placed in training under a high-class vocal instructor. Little Dorris Quinn at 13 months of age was noticed humming a familiar tune which she had heard her mother and older sister Vesta, now 3½ years old, sing. It somewhat astonished the mother, who being a fine pianist, encouraged little Dorris so that now she hums, readily with the syllable "ah" the tunes "America," "Star Spangled Banner," "Keep the Home Fires Burning," and some others. She does not talk yet more than to say, "mama" and "dada" but her time and tune are perfect. When she starts the "Star Spangled Banner" herself she takes a pitch low enough so that she carries it all the way through, but if another starts it in a higher key she joins in the lower measures, but where the pitch is too high for her she rests until the tune descends to her compass, and joins in again in perfect accord. So true are her tones and so exact her tempo that those who hear her are filled with the wonder of it. Solomon was a very wise and profound man and had a haughty way with women; yet he never tried to dictate to a blonde stenographer while she was chewing gum. To the names of the illustrious generals of today, history will justly add General Housewife. However I. W. W paid attorneys may be the spirit of the law. It has been for again, by practical W. W movement to help the working movement to three who has any property. The leaders dam whether they But if they succeed which results in the structuring of proper them a few days at the expense of are tickled to deal. The particular Ivicted were accused destruction of pro-conduct the war. Ed of having preached of wheat, which is in this war. The legiance to the flag those who showed I. W. W among the men, deny these c The fact that the convicted, sentenceary, was no cause. These men, consider escaped lightly, were sentenced to confine. TOMATO In attempting to in as many ways as uncommon practice "tomato club" girl termed "tomato vi Ruin In Its Wake "Five Million Men in France!" If the Americans at Cantigny, at Chateau Thierry, along the Marne and around Soissons, has proved a whirlwind which von Hindenburg could not withstand this year, what will be the German terror when "Forward to Victory" rings out next year to armies that hide the plains. The rich blood of sacrifice already strengthens the soil of American resolution from which will spring the flower of triumph. The sacrifice abroad must be met by sacrifice at home. No effort we at home can make will approach the price paid willingly by those who do not return from the battle for Democracy. Register the measure of your support by your oversubscription of your quota of the Fourth Liberty Loan. meat products slaughtered in the packing houses of the United States is derived from the hog. Our country leads all others in the production of meat and meat products. Three-fourths of the world's international trade in pork and pork products originates in the United States in normal times, and the war greatly has increased this proportion. If we expect to continue to provide meat to foreign peoples as well as our own, every farmer must put forth his best effort to produce more hogs. They can be kept profitably upon many farms where they are not found today. DISINFECTANTS AND THEIR USE. Good disinfectants destroy the germs of contagious diseases, the external parasites, such as lice and mites, and in some cases the eggs of parasitic worms. The eggs of some kinds of worms are so resistant that disinfectants other than heat have little effect upon them. The disinfectants should be thoroughly applied to the interior of the houses, worked into all the cracks and crevices, spread over the ceiling and the floor, the roosts, dropping boards, and nest boxes. At the same time the feeding and drinking troughs should be disinfected by pouring boiling water into them and afterwards drying them in the sun. Disinfectants are most easily applied to the walls and ceilings with a spray pump or by using a brush. As it is difficult to keep the chemicals from coming into contact with the face and hands, the more harmless of these mixtures should generally be used. Ordinary limewash made from freshly slaked lime is excellent, and its properties are well known to all. In the case of an actual outbreak of virulent disease, it is well to add to the limewash 6 ounces of crude carbolic acid to each gallon to increase its activity as a disinfectant. THE REAL UNDESIRABLES About one hundred leaders of the I. W. W. were arrested for what practically amounted to treason. They were given a full, long trial. They were found guilty and sentenced. Then, along comes a man with a bomb. These I. W. W.'s were tried and convicted in the government building in Chicago. The officers of the court and the jury are not in the building. That makes no difference to the man. He throws his bomb in and kills or wounds scores of people. It is a typical I. W. W. thing to do. When we are not gritting our teeth over the beast-like conduct of the Bolsheviki in Russia, we are tempted, at times, to laugh at the silliness of some of their ideas. We do not think, and perhaps we do not know, that the I. W. W.'s in this country are teaching the same things. They want whatever anybody else has and they think the way to get it is to strike, to damage or destroy what we own, to tire us out so that we will commit suicide or in some way remove ourselves from the world, leaving them to take over what we possess. You, for instance, are 60 years old. You have worked and worked and saved and saved until you have a neat, six-room house with a little garden out back. You have got your furniture paid for and a $40 phonograph in the parlor and a swing couch on the front porch. Mr. I. W. W. comes along. He has never worked a day in his life. He says: "I don't have these things. You do. Get out and let me have them." You laugh. He pours coal oil over the back steps and touches a match to it and goes on his way rejoicing. However I. W. W. leaders and their paid attorneys may lie about it, that is the spirit of the movement. It has been found over and over again, by practical results, that the I. W. W. movement is not a movement to help the working man rise, but a movement to throw down every one who has any property whatever. The rich blood of sacrifice already strengthens the soil of American resolution from which will spring the flower of triumph. The sacrifice abroad must be met by sacrifice at home. No effort we at home can make will approach the price paid willingly by those who do not return from the battle for Democracy. Register the measure of your support by your oversubscription of your quota of the Fourth Liberty Loan. uct is not a vinegar, although it has a sour taste and to a certain extent, as in salads and for table purposes, can be used as a substitute for vinegar. It is really a lactic acid fermentation instead of acetic acid and for this reason is more like sour milk and sauerkraut juice. It spoils rapidly after fermentation unless it is put into bottles, filled as full as possible, and corked tight. After opening and exposure to the air the product will spoil unless kept very cool. In making this product the juice is collected and allowed to stand in a warm place for a few days. After it becomes sour it should be filtered or strained and stored in bottles filled full and corked tight. It is said that products of this type are being used as substitutes for vinegar in Austria. There appears to be no reason why such a product could not be used in salad and meat dressings with entire satisfaction. NEWSPAPERS TO AID Newspaper display advertising will be relied on more than ever to sell bonds during the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign which opens September 28th in full page and part page advertisements. Patriotically designed by trained advertising men, the story of Liberty Bonds will be borne home to newspaper readers. Greater publicity than ever before is planned for the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign and Secretary William G. McAdoo has issued a statement that every true patriotic American is urged at this time to do just twice as much as he did during the Third Liberty Loan. This campaign will be for at least twice as much as the Third campaign and that means that every man and woman must double his subscription. This is the announcement of Harold Janss, director of publicity for Southern California upon receipt of advice from Washington. Designs and copy have been sent to all local publicity directors and city chairmen and material for inserting the ads to all daily and weekly publications. As the governor is not a vinegar, although it has a sour taste and to a certain extent, as in salads and for table purposes, can be used as a substitute for vinegar. It is really a lactic acid fermentation instead of acetic acid and for this reason is more like sour milk and sauerkraut juice. It spoils rapidly after fermentation unless it is put into bottles, filled as full as possible, and corked tight. After opening and exposure to the air the product will spoil unless kept very cool. In making this product the juice is collected and allowed to stand in a warm place for a few days. After it becomes sour it should be filtered or strained and stored in bottles filled full and corked tight. It is said that products of this type are being used as substitutes for vinegar in Austria. There appears to be no reason why such a product could not be used in salad and meat dressings with entire satisfaction. OUR BANK SAVINGS SAFE UNLESS GERMANY WINS There seems to have been a very insidious propaganda carried on, obviously by secret agents of Germany, to the effect that savings banks deposits are to be confiscated. It is difficult to believe that any person in America would credit such a report for an instant. Secretary McAdoo says that the absurdity of these statements is manifest, but in order to allay the fears of a few who might be alarmed by such reports, he repeats officially that these rumors are wholly baseless. There is but one thing that will in the least put in danger of confiscation the savings of the American people, whether deposited in savings banks or Do. Get out and let me have them." You laugh. He pours coal oil over the back steps and touches a match to it and goes on his way rejoicing. However I. W. W. leaders and their paid attorneys may lie about it, that is the spirit of the movement. It has been found over and over again, by practical results, that the I. W. W. movement is not a movement to help the working man rise, but a movement to throw down every one who has any property whatever. The leaders don't give a tinker's dam whether they win a strike or not. But if they succeed in creating a strike which results in turmoil and the destruction of property, incidentally giving them a few days' or weeks' living at the expense of the strikers, they are tickled to death. The particular I. W. W. leaders convicted were accused of having taught destruction of property necessary to conduct the war. They were convicted of having preached the destruction of wheat, which is the key to success in this war. They recognized no allegiance to the flag and they jeered at those who showed patriotism. No real I. W. W. among them would, in seriousness, deny these charges. The fact that they were, after being convicted, sentenced to the penitentiary, was no cause for bomb throwing. These men, considering their offenses, escaped lightly, when they were only sentenced to confinement in prison. TOMATO VINEGAR In attempting to utilize the tomato in as many ways as possible, it is not uncommon practice, especially with "tomato club" girls, to make what is termed "tomato vinegar." This product will be for at least twice as much as the Third campaign and that means that every man and woman must double his subscription. This is the announcement of Harold Janss, director of publicity for Southern California upon receipt of advice from Washington. Designs and copy have been sent to all local publicity directors and city chairmen and material for inserting the ads to all daily and weekly publications. As the government will not pay newspapers for the publication, it is necessary that the local Liberty Loan committee canvass merchants, business interests and patriotic citizens for the amount necessary to pay for this advertising. The advertising men of the Pacific Coast have liberally given of their time and knowledge in this splendid series of advertisements. Patriotic citizens who are able to, are now asked to support their local committee to the limit and enable as large an advertising campaign as possible to be inserted in the local newspapers. The first advertisement to appear will be an autograph copy of President Wilson's message to the American people to support the Loan and this, it is planned will be published September 28th, the opening day of the Fourth Liberty Loan drive. WHY PORK IS IMPORTANT Pork finds a ready sale because packers know many ways of placing it on the market in attractive and highly palatable form combined with excellent keeping qualities. There is no other meat from which so many products are manufactured. Nearly 50 per cent of the total value of the meat and are to be confiscated. It is difficult to believe that any person in America would credit such a report for an instant. Secretary McAdoo says that the absurdity of these statements is manifest, but in order to allay the fears of a few who might be alarmed by such reports, he repeats officially that these rumors are wholly baseless. There is but one thing that will in the least put in danger of confiscation the savings of the American people, whether deposited in savings banks or other banks or invested in Liberty Bonds or any other investments, and that one thing is a German victory. It is not the American government that our people should fear, but the German government, and with the American soldiers fighting as they are in France and the American people supporting their government as they are in America, the American people, their liberty, their rights, and their savings are safe. The United States instead of confiscating or endangering the savings and other property of its people is defending them and theirs with all the irresistible might of this invincible republic. CHILDREN POISONED Sarah Quintana, aged 2, passed away at the county hospital and her 4-year-old sister, Cora Quintana, died at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning, while another sister, Clara, aged 3, is seriously ill as the result of acute poisoning. They are the three little daughters of Mr. and Mrs. B. Quintana of 808 E.Washington avenue, Orange. They were taken suddenly ill several days ago and it was discovered that they had eaten a large quantity of green CONDENSED AND COMBINED STATEMENT GOLDEN STATE BANK ANAHEIM AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS. AUGUST 31, 1918 RESOURCES Loans and Discounts...$339,695.88 Overdrafts ...167.91 Bonds ...70,586.60 Bank Premises, Furniture and Fixtures...53,255.00 Safe Deposit-Vaults...2,400.00 Other Real Est. Owned. 6,425.34 Cash and Sight Exch'g. 58,503.06 U. S. Treas. Certificates 25,000.00 Total Resources ...$556,033.79 LIABILITIES Capital Stock ...$ 50,000.00 Surplus ...10,000.00 Undivided Profits ...6,139.81 Deposits ...489,893.98 Total Liabilities ...$556,033.79 OFFICERS ADOLPH THOMAS, President E. E. SMITH, Cashier J. B. REA, Vice-President W. E. RUSSELL, Asst. Cashier DIRECTORS C. F. GRIM ADOLPH THOMAS J. B. REA LOUIS DENNI FRED KOESEL E. E. SMITH W. A. BONYNGE A $200 TONE —A beautiful standard Talking Machine, equal in tone, quality and finish, to any $200 instrument, and 20 vocal and instrumental selections included at the price of only . . . $93.50 —Splendidly finished, equipped with all accessories, latest model. PAY A LITTLE DOWN AND A LITTLE A WEEK Orange County's Music Center A New Store SCHMIDT MUSIC COMPANY A Big Stock Fisher Bldg., Opp. Fairyland ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA walnuts and then drank some stale catsup which they found in a neighbor's yard. They were taken to the county hospital last Wednesday. It is believed that death was caused by sheega baccilli, the same form of poisoning which caused the death of the two small children of Rev. and Mrs. E. J. Rudnick of Santa Ana recently. This disease is especially fatal to children, the younger the patient, the less chance there is for recovery. Little Clara was removed from the hospital by her parents yesterday afternoon. Deputy District Attorney Menton asked that Woolsey be held for trial in the superior court. Cox said that he would pass all the cases that involve the law to the superior court until some definite decisions are reached. Personally, he said he did not think Woolsey came under the meaning of the ordinance, but he wants the upper court to do the saying. PASSES THEM UP TO THE SUPERIOR COURT Judge Cox Shies at Rendering Decisions on County Booze Ordinance Justice Cox has washed his hands of the transportation of booze ordinance. He is going to leave the whole construction of that new law to the superior court. Wednesday he held PASSES THEM UP TO THE SUPERIOR COURT Judge Cox Shies at Rendering Decisions on County Booze Ordinance Justice Cox has washed his hands of the transportation of booze ordinance. He is going to leave the whole construction of that new law to the superior court. Wednesday he held Percy E. Woolsey of La Harba to answer for trial in the superior court, and in doing so he said that he did not believe the superior court could convict Woolsey, but since the law and its points of controversy have never been passed on he proposes to, send everything that omes his way to the superior court until that court finds out what's what in regard to that law. Some few weeks ago the county passed the ordinance prohibiting the transportation of liquor through dry territory "for the purpose of distributio nor sale." The superior court has never given a decision to define the word "distribution." Percy E. Woolsey was arrested by City Marshal I. N. Hurst of Brea. Hurst testified at the preliminary examination yesterday that Woolsey had three bottles of unopened beer and a bottle half-emptied. He said that Woolsey was attending a dance at Brea when Hurst quizzed him concerning the beer, and Hurst testified that Woolsey said that he had the beer for himself and a friend, supposedly C. N. Lane. This was all the testimony that there was to show distribution intended. Woolsey and his wife and Lane all went on the stand and said that Wool-