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THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBUk
THE COLUMBIAN.
BI.OOMSBURG, I'A.
TH L US I ) .Vy7 TaV0, v.m.
Weekly Press News Letter.
On Timely Toptci ol Plant Pest.
From the Division of Economic
Zoology-Department of Agricul
ture. By II. A. Surface, State
Zoologist, Harrisburg, Pa.
ASK THli PROFESSOR QUESTIONS.
Any of the readers of this papsr
desiring information in regard to
the enemies and diseases of fruit
trees, or other plants of the garde.i
and farm, should write at once to
Prof II. A. Surface, State Zoolo
gist, Uarrisburg, Pa., who takt-s
pleasure in answering questions vu
such matters.
Professor Surface is daily in re
ceipt of letters from all over the
State, which cover a wide range of
subjects, from spraying for the de
struction of San Jose scale and
oyster shell bark louse to the rai
ding of cellars of rats and mice. A
case in point maybe mentioned:
A physician wrote to inquire
"whether or not camphor is the
best preventative of moths in cases
containing clothing." As this is
the season of the year when winter
clothing is being put away until
needed again, and housekeepers
want to know how to keep the
moths from destroying the same,
the Pro'essor's answer is apropos.
He replied as fellows:
TO PRF.VKNT DAMAGE FROM MOTH.
"As a preventative of moths in
cases containing clothing, there is
nothing like making the cases in
which they are packed so tight
that the moth can not enter to lay
her eggs, from which eggs the
larvae come. I prefer naphthaline
ftalls to camphor, but if the gar
ments are wrapped in newspapers
and put into a protected case and
this sealed with strips of paper
pasted over the cracks at every
possible point of entry, to keep out
the moths, there will be no danger
of the moths developing. Camphor
3T naphthaline balls can be used in
the packages also, but these alone
will not prevent the occurrence of
..he moths, uor destroy the moth
larvae after they have entered.
The chief point in protecting fab
rics from destruction by moths is
:o keep them in a vessel w here the
:ittle winged moth can n-1 enter to
lay its eggs. An aid to this is the
ase of some substance like the balls
ibove mentioned, which act as a
repellant. After the clothing is
ittacked destroy the pests at once
oy fumigating with bisulfide of
carbon".
The State Zoologist of Pennsyl
vania recommends one pound of
his liquid to each 100 cubic feet
f space, either sprinkled on cloth
r poured into shallow vessels plac
d on it.
SCALE ON HEDGE FENCES.
Osage orange hedges in some
sections of the State have become
.0 infested with San Jose scale, ac
cording to information received by
he Division of Economic Zoology
f the State Department of Agri
:ulture that they are proving a ser
ous menace to the fruit trees of
he respective localities in which
he insect has thus appeared.
These hedge fences seem to be
egular breeding or lurking places
f the scale, especially when the
ledges are given but little atten
ion in the way of pruning.
To hold the scale in control on
uch fences, it would be well to
rune the hedges back or cut them
w, and spray them thoroughly
ith boiled lime-sulfur wash. This
an be done at almost any time for
,nis kind of hedge.
When the osage orange fence is
ulowed to grow tall and rank it
iecomes one of the worst of nui
.inces. The danger lies in the
ikelihocd of the scale spreading to
djacent fruit trees There is little
ossibility of it attacking trees of
vtate of Ohio, City of )
Toledo, Lucas County, t
' ss.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath
uat be is senior partner of the firm
. -f F. J. Cheney & Co., doing busi
est in vne City of Toledo, County
nd state aforesaid, and that said
nn will pay the sum of ONE
lUNDREu DOLLARS for each
,od every case of Catarrh that can
ot be cured by the use of Hall's
,'atarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and sub-
, .cnDea in my presence, this 6th
i&y of December, A. D. 1886
(Seal.) A. W. .GLIJASON,
' Notary PnniTr
Hall's Catarrh Cure taken in--rnally,
and acts directly on the
lood and mucous surfaces of the
stem. Send for testimonials
:ee.
.J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by all Druggisst, 75c.
' Take Hall's Family PiJU for con
t le forest. Fortunately, most of
the trees ot our forests are praai
cally exempt fiotn ir.roads of the
San Jose Scale.
ARSKN.VTe OF LEAD AND BORDE AUX
FOR CODLING MOTH.
Prof. H. A. Surface, the State
Zoologist, prefers arsenate of lead
to Paris green for adding to the
Bordeaux mixture, to be used in
killing Iruit and foliage eating
insects.
In answering a letter received
from a farmer requesting informa
tion in regard to arsenate of lead,
the Professor wrote as follows:
"Concerning the use cf arsenate
of lead. I bee to sav that it is. a
y hi know, an arsenical poison which
takes the place of Paris green or
London purple. It is generally
prepared in paste form, coming in
vessels, containing enough water
to cover it. The proper way to use
it is to stir it into a thin paste with
a slight quantity of water, using ft
paddle so that it can be ground
against the sides of the vessels con
'aining it, making a piste and thus
breaking the lumps. After a uni
form paste is made, with the lumps
all crushed, more water can be ad
ded and this then should be stirred,
poured and strained into the spray
tank. It can then be used the
same as Paris green. Being partly
suspended and partly dissolved in
the water, it sticks better than
Paris green, as it sticks like house j
paint, and thus would not be ;
washed off by ordinary rains, nor 1
blow on readily by the wind.
A great deal more can be used
without injury to the foliage than
in using Paris green, and this
mean j that it is more liable to
poison the pests for which it is ap
plied. The formulae for the arsenate of
lead varv a ereat deal. Some ner-
sons recommend as high as three
pounds to hfty gallons of water.
while many give the standard for
mula as to pounds two fifty gallons,
jut I am now well satisfied that if
you use a cood aualitv of arsenate
of lead, one pound in fifty gallons
will do the work perfectly. This
is what I shall use in our demon
stration orchards this year and I
am satisfied that we will have as
good results as we had last year
from the two pounds to fifty
gallons.
In using the arsenate of lead. I
would recommend adding it to Bor
deaux mixture, and usine the
combined preparation. Make the
Bordeaux with three oounds of
bluestone and four of lime in fifty
gallons of water, and add a pound
of arsenate of lead to this, the same
as though it were plain water in
stead ot Bordeaux. This formula
is all right for potatoes. aDles.
pears and quinces, but for peaches
and plums toe bluestone should be
reduced to one-half the amount
here mentioned. It is considered
that in spraying smooth plants like
caobage, tne smooth fruits of plum
and grape, etc., on which Paris
green does not stick, arsenate ot
lead is better, as this poison does
stick and consequently, kills the
pests where other materials could
not be used with satisfactory
results.
It has been said bv some that
arsenate of lead and Bordeaux will
not go well togther for chemical or
other reasons, but I know that we
used them last year in combination
and destroyed o to 08 oer cent, of
codling moth in nearly all our de
monstration orchards over this
State, and we are so well satisfied
with the results from the practical
side, tnat we are recommendine
this, and can not for a moment
doubt the advisability of the com
bination. The arsenate of lead will not in.
jure chickens by sprinkling grass
under trees sprayed with it, as they
will not eat enouerh grass with it
to be injured. Of course if any
animals or fowls should rlrink
water that is strongly impregnated I
Dy tne poison they would doubtless
oe injured or killed.
Also, the possibility of iniurinc
cattle is very slight indeed. If or
chards sbould have a considerable
quantity of long grass when spray
ing is done, and should be sprayed
in sucn a way . that this grass is
thouroghly covered with any ar
senical poison, and the cattle be
permitted to eat it before rains
wash it, there might be danger of
injury. I have known of but one
case of poisoning, and that was
when a cow was permitted to drink
the preparation after it had been
mixed and left standing in a barrel
in the orchard. This was, of course
due to carelessness and not to ap
plication as a spray,"
The engagement of Governor
Johnson to lecture at the Normal
School has been cancelled by him.
Dr. Hillis has been secured in his
stead. Dr. Hillis is well-known
here as an orator.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
THE JUNE PRIMARIES.
Contlfinpd from 1xt pnare
son, C. H. Fruit; Main, James M.
Piatt; Mifflin. John H. Eisvnhauer
Millville, M. V. Snoemaker; Mon
tour, J. Harry Mensch; Orange
villeBoro., Clinton Herring; Pine,
N., C. R. Kinney; Pine. S-, E. C.
Stackhouse; Scott, E , H. C Diet
terick;V., Frank Hippensteel; Su
garloaf.N., A. B. VauSickle; Sugar
loaf, S., F. P. Hartman; Stillwater
Borough; A. B. McIIenry; West
Berwick, 1st ward, E. W. Young,
Fraukliu R. Clemens.
RETUBLICAN COMMITTEEMEN.
The list of candidates for Repub
lican committeemen is as follows:
Beaver, Nathan Ric, Albert
Mummey; Benton Borough, Chas.
P. Trump; Benton township, E. R.
Wilson; Berwick. N. Iv, Harry
Grozier, Henry F. Traugh; Ber
wick, S E., C. F. Lenart, D. K.
I layman; Berwick, N. W.. Web.
Gensil, James Lee, Willard Hart
man; Berwick, S. W., C. E. Len
art, J. II. Cattera'.l; Bloom, 1st,
. K. Kingrose; Bloom, 2nd, Har
ry S. Barton. Clyde Chas. Yetter;
liloom, 3rd, Calvin P. Girton, R.
A. Hicks; Bloom, 4th, Hope Pen
man, Jacco Miner: Bnarcreek.
East, M. M. Miller, S. F, Ridall;
Briarcreek, South, Bennet Hicks,
H. 1'. Rittenhouse; Briarcreek,
West, D. W. Martz; Catawissa
township, George L. Murray; Cat
awissa Borough, John Fortuer,
John R. Diemer; Centralis. 1st,
Johu W. Wills, John R. White;
Centralia, 2nd, W. W. Heflner,
William J. Hanley; Center. North,
James L. Williams, Frank Harris;
Center, South, J. C. Cryder; Cleve
land, George B. Sigmund; Con
yngham, W. N., James Kosten
bauder; Conyugham, W., No. 1,
George W. Leckie; Couyngham,
W., No. 2, John Kerton; Conyug
ham, S. W., John Jones; Conyug
ham, S. E., Wm. Dunlavey; Fish
ingcreek, E., Harrison Hess, S. J.
Harrison; Fishingcreek, W., W.
II. Bowman; Franklin, Charles E.
Bucher; Greenwood, E., Johu W.
Bowman. Adam E. Black; Gretn
wood. W., H. B. Rote, R. H. Bar
do; Hemlock, N.. W. B. Pursel,
G. W. Hartman; Jackson," Clinton
Sones, E. F. ' Strauch; Locust,
North, Benj. Waters, Locust,
South, J, C. Wintersteen; Madison,
Wm. Eves; Main, W. Earle Brown;
Mifflin, A. W. Bowman Thomas
Fairman; Millville, J. W. Biddle;
Montour, Arthur Roberts, Charles
T. Geese; Mt. Pleasant, J. E.
Sands; Orange township, J imes F.
Trump; Oiaageville Boro., William
Marr, Leland Allabach; Pine,
North, J. D. Potter, Daniel W.
Ludwig; Pine. South, Geo, N. Mo
ser; Roaringcreek, C. M. Yocum;
Scott, East, D. E. Hughes, W. A.
Snyder; Scott, West, J. L. Darrah,
W. M. Robbins; Sugarloaf, North,
J. Wesley Harvey, B. S. Brush;
Sugarloaf, South, T. A. Ruckle,
John S. Keeler; West Berwick, 1st
Ward, E. E. Kelley, Wm. A. Lin
den; West Berwick, 2nd Ward, W.
W. Shannon.
During 1908, The Philadelphia
Record printed nearly a million
lines of display advertising in ex
cess of that published by any other
Philadelphia newspaper. This su
premacy is due to the fact that
The Record has a larger morning
circulation than any other Phila
delphia newspaper. The same
qualities of Record circulation that
makes the exploitation of merchan
dise pay, makes The Record the ideal
medium for summer resort advertis
ing. The proprietors of resort
hotels and summer boarding-houses
seeking patronage from Phila
delphia and vicinity, should be re
presented in its advertising col
umns. "
Our Pianos
are the leaders. Our lines in
clude the following makes :
Chas. M. Stieff,
Henry F. Miller,
Brewer & Pryor, Kohler &
Campbell, and Radel.
IN ORGANS we handle the
Estey, Miller.H. .Lehr & Co.
AND BOWLBY.
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BLOOMSBURG. PA
Preparing for the State Election.
As the spring primaries for the
j nomination of candidate? for the
j fall elections are but little over
1 1 wo wcck s aueau, uemocrais are
j beginning to suggest suitable can
didates for the State Ticket For
the nomination for Supreme Court
Justice, to succeed Justice Mitchell,
Justice Samuel Gustine Thompson
and John Cadwallader, of Philadel
phia, former Attorney General W.
U. Ileuscl, of Lancaster, and for
mer Congressman Simon P. Wol
verton, of Northumberland county,
! excellent names, are most frequent-
ly mentioned. For Auditor Gen
eral, Senator Edward F. Blewitt of
Lackawanna, Representative John
I M. Flynn of Elk, and Represeuta
I tive R. Scott Aminerman of Mon-
tcur, have been suggested, and for
State Treasurer, either Represen
tative Jerome T. Ailtnan of Ju
niata county or Representative Le
opold Fuerth of Wayne county is
likely to be chosen.
REDUCED RATES TO GETTYSBURG.
Dedication Regular Army Monument.
On Monday. May 31. Memorial
Day, the monument to the regular
army engaged in the battle of Get
tysburg will be dedicated on the
Battlefield by the United States Gov
ernment. President Tnft will par
ticipate iu the ceremonies.
Excursion tickets to Gettysburg
will be sold by the Pennsylvania
Railroad from all principal stations
May 27 to 30, good to return until
Juue 3. inclusive, at reduced rates.
May 20, 27.
Joy Riders.
Judge C. B. Staples, of Strouds
burg, has very pronounced opinions
of joy riding with another man's
wife. On Monday the Judge was
hearing evidence in a desertion
case. He said: "No married wo
man who has any respect for her
self will go out riding at night
without her husband's consent, and
if he gives such consent he is a
fool.',
manTTday is spoiled
By cough which cannot be broken bj ordinary
remedies. But why not try a medicine that will
care any cough that any medicine can cure? That
la Kemp's Balaam. It U recommended by doctors
and nurses, and it costs only 15 cents at any drug,
plat's or dealer's. Keep a bottle always In the
house and you will always be prepared to treat a
cold or congb before It causes any suit or lug at all.
Visiting cards and Wedding invi
tations at the Columbian office, tf
FOR SALE !
The fine residence prop-
city of the late "Judge El-
well is for sale.
Location :
West Third Street between
Jefferson and West Streets.
Description:
Two story and attic, brick
and frame. 13 rooms. Lot
about G( by 212 feet.
FK AM E BAHX
AM) COW STAJiLE,
large garden, abundance of
fruit trees.
The house has a Steam
lleating Plant, Bath Room,
Stationary Range and Wash
Tubs; Water, Electric Light,
and Gas.
Will be sold on veasy
terms, Apply to ,
GEO. E. ELWELL,
Attorney.
Bloomsburg, Pa.
The R. E. Hartman Store
Bloomsburg:, Pa.
HAS JUST BEEN OPENED
with an entirely new stock,
no old goods of any kind.
We are starting on new
plans. Every person's dol
lar has the same value here.
No Favoritisms, No Credits.
Your money will buy just
what your neighbor gets
No more, no less. We pro
pose showing all the new
things just as soon as they
are put on the market, and
at prices that will please
every buyer.
Come and See Our New Store.
Tie R. E. Hartman Store
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