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AX the very time the winter winds

are fiercest In northern latitudes

and the snows ure dmtlng among

tho apple trees and eddying

:.'.t the snug farm houses of

?s*-.w l.nglamt ar.d the middle west the

oral,*- Lturni* to its luscious crime under

the cii 'dje?s skies and In the gonial air of

southern California and hangs pendant,

like a globe of molten gold, from the ever

gr?" n branti.fs, ready Jor the hand of the

harvester.

From early in December, wlien fruit Is

P'.ck-d for the Christmas market, untl!

May Is the busiest season of the year for

the orange growor and all through these

mouths one may see among the groves

that everywhere crowd up to the highways

In the "orange belt" groups of pickers

tawny Mexicans, little brown men from

Japan, and occasionally a f*w whites, deft

ly clipping the fruit and placing it care

fully In canvas bags suspended from their

Bhouiders. Th> navel orange tree, the pre

vailing type, is of low stature, sold >m oirr

ten or twelve feet in height, so that the

greater part of the fruit is easily reached

from the ground; for that In higncr

branches the stepladder comes into p!av.

the canvas i>ags the fruit is trans

ferred into small boxes placed at conve

r.ini points, to be picked up later by the

wagon mfn and hauled away to the pack

ing h*?use. Each of these -(mall boxes con

talr ? an nverago of ULM) oranges, and a

skilled picker will fill from 75 to 100 boxes

a day. receiving for each box the sum of 3

cent*

An orange grove in Its prime will yielfl

fr i.m four to six boxes per tree, and the

gr:> s will HV'-rage about a hundred trees

to *he acre A tun-acre orchard will there

fore yield in a good season about 4,600

1. .xe*. The orange Is easily injured ar.d

rendered unmarketable by rough handling,

nnd great care must be exercised all |

throi gh the process of liaJ~vt>nti:ig to avoid j

1 m from this source. Japanese pick-rs

. re favored among the orange growers not ,

only because of the neatness, eare and j

sklil which rn:i-k their w >"k. but b'-cause

of 'heir sobriety and faithfulness and their

prompt and cheerful compliance with all

order" and rtk ilatlons In most of thejw*

r? spects their conduct stands out in sharp

( r.tiast with that of the average white la

1 ' :? of their class

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Fi'vri the or irrta tie hoxes an- trans

In great open vans to the packing

houti'4^, which are generally situated In

i- !i; *nt proximity to ^ome railroad sM

ir.g An orange parking in full op

eration 1b ph asant to the eyes and to

s ns* s r.s well, redolent a? it Is with

the perfume of the garnered Truit lying

i i ' In hwj'S like drifts of solidified pun

MEANING OF IN]

IN THE I

THE commission appointed by he j

government to translat into con

cise, correct English all Indian ,

names found In the geography of

the United States has on lis

l ai !? a job of great magnitude, as may t>b

, vn prehended when it is considered that

more than names now fixed to va

rious points between Maine and California

, n<l the Cai.adlan line and the Rio Grande.

. commemorate the fact that the red man j

? n< e was sole potaessor of the land. The

I.lines of his chiefs and of liis tribes are

ferever fixed In memory. Indian traditions

ere perpetuated and musical Indian worda

l._\< 15on Incorporated Into our tongue, a

l??acy of poetry and romance even In this

prtctical age.

Even name the 1ml.an give meant somn

r i!ik He left to bis pale-fare, 1 brother

"?surdities of pretlxi'iK to 'JToo towns

i.;. . -tlea,. uts the stale des- riptive terms

? west, n<>rlh. souto; he to the

i ? man v.- confusion of thirty-three

!n one union, nut a fifth or

were ever built in ? fle'?l ?r by a

t< : -.4 <>f Pinevllles without a pine, OaK

without an oak. Weymouth* md

. that ar.: not at the mou*h of the

W. .. the Plym. or any other river; or

\ Vernt-ns tw^nty-tivi' strong, many ?

t ? m without even a hill to their credit,

i.-. i : 1 loo N> W Havens New Yorks, New.

I wns and New-every-thlng-elwe. all ot

* have long since ceased to be new.

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N it so with the Indian. Me pitched his

wigwam beside the stream Through ihe

? rimg waters the long, dark stone on the

I ver's bed looked like otters at play,'and

f, . .with the camping place received the

i i.nc it bears today?Kalamazoo?"stones

like iters" In the Indian tongue. Again,

lie saw on a river bank a pine tree wreath

rl in flati.vs for hours it threw its torc?"

like glar over the landscape, as would

? J. ive beamed the g.ow of some coun> 11 tiro

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shine. The operations are simple, quiet !

ami largely automatic, with due care at

each step or the process to avoid Injury to

the fruit.

If the oranges need washing, which 1*

not often the rase, they are gently (lumped

Into a shallow vat, where they a; a moved

along- by a traveling belt between brushes

submerged In water, and carried thence up

to a platform to bo drl. d In the ?un. it

they have no need of this cleansing process

they ara dumped Into another capacious

box or apron, to be caught and carried by

another slow-moving i>eit up to a p-atform,

where they are passed along under the In

spection of another group or workers, who

pick out the Imperfect fruit or "culls." as

thay are called, and deposit them in can- j

vas chutes for other disposition.

From this point the stream, freed from i

U* imperfections, flows on and down, a

gentle incline to a lower level, after being

caught up on the way in a pocket-like con

trivance in which the weight of the or

anges Is taken and registered. On the lower

level the orange-?, which still, like poor Joe,

are "alius a-movin' on," are made to w?a

rate themselves Into the three sizes or

principal gradts by which they are known

to the market?"standard," "choice" anci

"fancy." This is done by the simple device

of a long trough or shallow wooden chan

nel. with a slit at the bottom running

lengthwise and varying in width according

to tlie olzlng desired. As the little rlvuiet

of oranges flows along this trough the sep

aration is effected by the fruit dropping

through the silt according to size, the

smallest llrst. and last of all the golden

beauties which are labeled ' fancy."

As thus tlr'y separate themselves the or

anges roll down through side chut's Into

shallow canvas l>oxes, whence they are

pi< ked up by the deft and nimble fingers ol'

other workers, usually young women, wrap

ped in &?>ft paper and packed in the boxes,

not to be seen again until opened for sale

In the eastern markets. From the packers

the boxes are trundled to a lonjj bencn,

where the open side Is closed with a tew

quick sttokos of a hammer, ar.d thence on

Into a convenient car, where, llrmly se

cured by crosswise 3iats, they are ready

for their long Journey over mountain and

plain to the orange lovers of the mldd e

west and the eastern seaboard

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There are ms y other phases of the in

dustry from the setting out of the nurs

ling tree to the marketing of the product,

equally Interesting and worthy of atten

tion. The trees are transferred from the

nursery to the orchard when they are

about two years old a.nd are In fairly good

bearing condition when they are five years

>f age. The on< e famous Wolftsklll orange

orchard near I/OS Angeles, the first one

planted for profit in California, Is now

over fifty years old. Many small orchards

of seedlings planted in the early sixties

are still flourishing. One such, In the town

of Sonoma, ha-s trees three feet In circum

DIAN NAMES

JNITED STATES

I'd by attendant warrior-i and Potomac

'hat region became. & literal translation of

which is "the place of the burning pine,

that resemble a council fire." Poughkeep

.-!?> Is "a safe harbor for small boats:" Nor

ridgewoek. "the place of deer:" Ontario,

"the village on the mountain;" Saranae,

":he river that Hows under rock." and

Saratoga, "the place of the miraculous wa

ters In a rock." '

Similarly, Schenectady is "the river val

ley beyond the pine trees;" Schohaile Is

"th< tributary that throws its waters

i tover and across th-- main stream; '

the YVabash Is "a cloud blown forward oy

ail en i noctlal wind;' Monongahela Is "the

falling-in-bank river;" Itapp: bannock. "the

| river of quick-rising water," and Toronto,

"oak trees rising from the lake." Such

words show a wondrous skill In the art of

w.rd painting, and their expressive Indian

tongue relleets their impressions with a

vivid minuteness Impossible to more cum

bersome English.

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There Is no commonplace In Indian names.

All of the Indian's terms are picturesque,

because alive and full of meaning to him.

A thousand examples could be given. Once,

before the white man's day. a caving In of

a river bank revealed the huge fossil tusk

of some prehistoric monster. At once the

river received the name Chemung. "P.lg

Horn." and generations of squaws told tg

generations of papooses the traditions of the

big bones and wide jaws that onee had been

found there. In a portion of Main* was

visited by a most devastating fire. The In

dians at once gave the region the name of

Schoodtc, the "great burnt lands." perpetu

ating forever the memory of the terrible

disaster. Orinoco Is "coiling snake." pos

sibly a reference to the crooked course of

the stream, but more probably marking the

notable killing of some venomous reptile.

Sometimes It was the physical tenures

that were name-reflected. Thus: Wetump

ka is "tumbling waters;" Sandusky, the

'cold spring;" Katahdln, the "highest

place;" Tioga, "the swift current;" Xi

p/c/t/a/c

ference which have borne in recent seasons

as high as twenty-five boxes each. The

mother of a]! the navel orange trees in

Southern California, planted by Mr. Luther

C- Tlbbets at Riverside in 1873, is still

flourishing and a few weeks ago it was

hanging low with fruit of a tempting size

and Quality.

The orange growers of Riverside do well

to guard this tree with Jealous care and

watchful pride, for out of it has grown

the orange industry as it exists today In

! California, and which now represents a

direct Investment of over $50,000,000. The

:>o-called "citrus fruit belt" extends from

San Diego to Tehama county, embracing

an area (ft about 1,500,000 acrea Within

tills limit may bt> found nearly all the 70,00o

acres of orange trees now under culture, In

addition to about 1,300 acres of lemons.

Riverside has gained world-wide fame as

the, home of the navel orange and It still

leads all other sections in the volume of

production. Here the orauge industry may

ibe seen in its best and happiest estate.

From one elevated point near that town

one may see not less than 80,000 acres of

this delectable fruit, pr nearly one-half the

total orange acreage of California, CXne

company of Riverside growers alone ihas

under its management 8,800 acres of citrus

fruits, chiefly oranges, and its shipments of

oranges and lemons last year reached a

total of over 1.200 carload?. Other centers

of the orange belt are Rectiands, Pomona,

Ontario, Covina, Duarto and Monrovia, each

of which ha?s its own packing houses and

its local associations of growers.

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The following .statistics will convey some

Idea of tlie dimensions of the citrus fruit

Industry in ?'allfornia. According to a

U.ble complied by the California Fruit I

agara. the "neck of water;" Xahant is "at

the point," Passumpsick is "much clear

water." and Chautauqua is the "foggy

place." Sometimes the Indian's names re

flected his superstitions. Thus, Manito is

"spirit." Monta.uk la "a manito or spirit

tree," and Minnewaukon means the "devil's

lake." Sometimes his names celebrate his

hunting or fishing exploits. Mackinaw Is an

abbreviation of a longer word meaning "the

great turtle place." Quinsigamond means

"the fishing place for pickerel." There are

several Amnions, which, as the government

has a peculiar penchant for lopping ofT the

termlnative syllables of Indian words, may

not unreasonably be taken to represent Am

monoosuc, an expressive Indian word mean

ing "fish-story river," a proof positive that

tlie red man, us well as his successors, was

given to telling tall stories about his luck in

fishing

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Even the Indian hates and hereditary

feuds find expression in names. The mem

bers of a certain Indian tribe, despised for

their peaceftilness. were in contemptuous

parlance Ottawas, "traders," while a fierce

ly fighting tribe were admiringly termed

Erles, or wildcats," by their enemies. Our

lowas are a corruption of a derisive word

signifying "drowsy or sleepy ones." a term

given by the warlike Sioux of the north to

his quieter red brethren of tiie plains. The

scornful Iroquois called each Algonquin of

the New York mountains an "Adirondack."

signifying "lie eats bark." Tho latter re

torted by dubbing each Iroquois a "Mo

iiawk," or "man eater." a grim testimonial

in its way to the fierce and relentless Iro

quois character. The family of the Stoux.

the famous fighters of the northwest, divid

ed as they were into eight great branches or

subtribes. gave to themselves the compre

hensive name of Dakotas, "allied together

in friendly compact;" but their Indian foe

men called them by the bitter term of Sio.ix,

"cut-throats."

Thi Indian was a born story teller. Every

lake and river, every rock and every plain i

had Its story, its incident, its legend. The

Indian gave ever those names that recalled

these legends to his mind.

Winona, Minnesota, has a beautiful

legend. Winona, "first-born daughter,"

was the child of a stern warrior. He bude

her marry one of the notable braves of his

people. Sh? loved another. Rather than

marry the brave, whom she hated, she

threw herself from the cliff of the

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Grower, the output for the past, four years

was as follows:

Season. Carloads. Boies.

1001-02 18,180 6.904,800

1902-0 3 28,871 8,598,560

1903-0 4 29,399 10,480,488

1904-05 31,422 11,1CB,864

The citrus fruit crop for the present yeai

is variously estimated at from 24,000 to

35.000 carloads. This crop brings to the

growers a yearly revenue of from $15,000,000

to $18,000,000, an amount nearly equal to

the gold output of the state, which In 18<4

was $19,100,600. In all probability the tlmo

will soon oome when the gold minted from

the sunshine of i'alifornla will exceed that

dug out of Its mines, for there Is good rea

son for the belief that when the Panama

canal Is completed and better and cheaper

railroad transportation Is afforded to the

cast the citrus fruit business will enter

upon a new and far more prosperous era

of existence. The orange has the Inesti

mable advantage In Its favor of a more

limited area of production than any other

staple fruit, while the popular demand for

it Increases rapidly with the years.

The system of irrigation In vogue among

the citrus fruit growers .might be made the

subject of an Interesting chapter by itself.

In southern California, where, during from

six to eight months, not a drop of rain falls,

it is true in a very literal sense that "water

is life," and it must be had at any cost.

Fortunately It is not difficult to tap a water

vein almost anywhere in the orange belt

with artesian wells, or to find an ample

supply for storage purposes in the high

mountain range* threading the country,

j so that while a vast amount of money In

the total has been expended in the develop

ment of an irrigation system the cost per

acre to the grower is not a burdensome tax.

In the most favorable districts irrigation

costs about $3 per acre.

In the process of watering the orchards

Maiden's Leap, that overlooks the point

where the Mississippi's waters flow

through Lake Pepin, and beneath the

river's turbulent waters found the peace

that was denied her on earth. Another

Minnesota legend, that of Minnehaha, re

calls to most minds Longfellow's famous

poem. He, however, took the usual poet's

license in the matter. In the real legend,

Minnehaha, "laughing water." did not be

come the bride of Hiawatha, but was

crossed in love. In her despair she sought

the falls of Minnehaha, after which she

had been named. Here, over a precipice

sixty feet high, she took the fatal leap.

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All Indian traditions are not sorrowful.

Quite the Reverse in many cases, as the

story of the naming of \Vaknrusa, Kan.,

will show. Once a party of Indians on the

| trail were stopped in their progress by a

swollen and angry-looking stream. "Deep

water, bad bottom!" grunted the braves,

hesitating at the brink of the river, un

willing to turn back, doubting that they

could cross. At length an Indian crept up

behind his squaw, who was seated on a

small Indian pony, and deliberately

Flushed pony, squaw and all over the bank

nto the rapid, muddy current, meanwhlln

looking stoically on to see whether she

_would gain the opposite bank In safety

"or drown before his eyes. The astonished

and enraged squaw struck out for mid

stream. and lo! the waters had but spread

over a shallow basin and the danger had

been but apparent, not real. Derisively the

squaw rose and scornfully shrieked at her

liege lord, who had been ho willing to have

been summarily rid of her: "Wakarusa!

Wak;trusa'" (Thigh-deep. thigh-deep).

And Wakarusa the region has remained

until this day.

Tepee City, Squaw Valley and Sachem's

Head show that the Indian was one# a

power, and so, also, do Indlanola, Indian

apolis, Indian Bay, Indian Bayou. Indian

Bottom, Camp and Creelt; Indian Diggings.

Falls, Gap, Gulch and Hsad; Indian Mound,

Neck, Ridge and River; Indian Rock, Run,

Springs and Town; Indite Trail and Indian

valley. He has left behind him his kinnl

klnnick that he used to smoke, his mocca

sin that he used to wear, medicine lodge

that he used to visit, and the wampum for

which lie bartered his pony or his beaver

skins. He has left behind htm, also, the

Indian names of many famlilir objtc's.

UMjugh the memory of th?M meanings has

two system* are adopted, tlie furrow and

the basin. The former, .which vts the more

common, consists In plowing furrows be

tween the rows of trees, down which the

water brought to the orviiard, either by

pipes or In a canal. Is allowed to flow gently

and gradually until the ground is thor

oughly saturated. A later and what is be

lieved by many to be a bettei method, ts

the basin system. .This consists in hollow

ing out around each tree a basin equal In

area to the spread of the branches. Into

each of these basins the water Is made to

How until all have been filled and the soil

will absorb no more. Care Is taken that

the water does not come in contact with

[ the trunks of the trees, which would result

In grave Injury. This process la repeated

from two to six times during the rainless

season, according to the duration of the

dry period, the location and nature of the

soil. It Is an old saying among growers

; that "the orange tree must have its feet

dry;" it loves the sunshine with a never

ending love and will flourish and yield Its

sweetest fruit under conditions whe-e many

1 other tree growths would perish.

To a siudent of economics nothing In the

orange industry is so interesting as the

business system under which the bulk of

the product Is marketed. An organization

of shippers known as the Citrus Union

handles about 20 per cent of the product on

a commission basis, but more than 00 per

cent got-s through the hands of the South

ern California Fruit Exchange, an associa

tion composed wholly of orange growers,

directed solely by them and working on a

strictly mutual and co-operative founda

tion. The exchange lias its headquarters

in Los Angeles, with a. central board of dl- j

rectors made up of representatives from j

the seventy-five or more iocal exchanges j

scattered throughout the citrus belt. j

Through this central board, acting in co

all but been forgotten. Mondamln means

corn; wawa, wild goose; opeechee, the

robin; Roanok?, a sea-shell; Chicago, the

wild onion; omeeme, a pigeon; wawbeek,

a rock, etc.

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The Indian has left behind him hundreds

of musical alliterative name--!, In which the

consonant or vowel sounds are doubled.

Good examplss are VVawaka, Wawasee,

Kankakee, Kennekuk. Tuscaloosa. Talla

hassee. Ocklocknee, Ohoopee. Oshkosh,

Mlnnetonka, Massabesie, Contoocook, Loo

gootee and Hatchechubbee. We like to roll

his Kennebunk and Cuttyhunk. hia Nan

tucket and Wachusett, his Kickapoo and

Tetonka over our tongues, and It would be

deplorable indeed If they also should have

to go and be translated into "correct and

concise" English.

Other historical landmarks closely inter

woven with Indian history, but whose

names will remain untouched by the com

mission, the place names that preserve

the memory of the early missionaries ana

explorers, and of the first pioneers, sturdy

men of the wilderness, every one of them

inured to hardship and skillful In expedient,

as he literally took his life In his hand as

he ventured among hostile redskins In an

unknown land. The names of De Soto,

Ponce de I^eon, Hudson, Champlaln and

I a Salle, and of Fathers Hennepin and

Marquette are Interwoven with the very

beginnings of our history, just as the

names of Fremont, I^ewis and Clark are ln

dlssoubly linked tylth the early days of the

far west.

TAKING A VOTE.

The Proceedings Occupied Five Col

umns in The Becord.

One of the amusing features of the Sen

ate proceedings Is the process of reaching

an agreement to take a vote on a certain

measure. Take, for Instance, the decision

to vote on the statehood bill, a proceeding

that required unanimous consent. The atory

Is told In Ave wide columns of the Con

gressional Record. The ball was opened by

Senator Beverldge, who offered a proposi

tion to vote at 4 o'clock on Thursday, the

7th of March. Senator Burrows ImmMi

/AT?#/OM QjMi

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operation with the board? of the locals, the

industry In almost every phase is super

vised afid directed to the end of eliminating

the middleman, economizing In the cost of

packing and marketing, controlling the vol

ume and time of output and turning back

Into the hands of the producer the total

income from Ills crop, minus only the actual

expense of handling and transportation.

The exchange represents In combination

an amount of capital, a volume of business

and a sum of Individual and collective in

fluence which, under intelligent and experi

enced direction, are sufficient to carry

great weight in the market places and com

mand the respectful attention, if not the

ready compliance, of the railroad corpora

tions. Both in theory and practice It tur

nishes a striking illustration of the advan

tages and benefits ot the co-operative prin

ciple applied to a great Industry.

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For many reasons orange growing In

southern California has attracted to 'ts- if

an unusual number of men of high Intelli

gence and a progressive and enterprising

spirit. Evidences of this appear in the en

thusiastic interest displayed by the grow

ers themselves ill the purely scientlllc

phases of orange culture, tn the gen' - us

support they give to societies devoted lo

horticultural study and research, and in

their readiness to seize upon and utiilsie In

their business to the utmost th' latest re

sults of these scientillc inquiries. By th' Se

means such problems us present themselvis

in the selection of proper soils. In the best

and most economic methods of fertillzitlm

in the propagation of new and Improved

fruit stock, and in the warfare against in

sect pests, are met and solved in an eff?c

ately raised the poir.t that Senator Forakcr

was not present, and that the Ohio senator

was Interested in the matter and ought to

be consulted. Senator Patterson vouched

for Foraker's satisfaction. Then Senator

Bacon wanted to make sure that there was

no limitation on amedments. Senator Clark

of Wyoming wanted it made plain that the

time during the last days would not be

controlled by those who favored the hill.

At this Juncture Senator Foraknr entered

and wanted the agreement read again,, and

Senator McCumber discovered a new diffi

culty which Beveridge agreed to modify.

Then Senators Aldrich and Hale had a

discussion about the farming out of time in

the Senate. In which Clark participated.

At this point twenty senators were on the

floor trying to git recognition of the -hair, ]

and Vice President Fairbanks had t<? :.sk

them to resume the'.r seats.

This was followed 'by two long statements

from McCumber and from Bevt ridye, with

interjections from Patterson and Korak'-r.

Then followed a brisk debate between the.-^

three into which Hale and Teller thrust

remarks. Again the Vice President had to

request the senators to take their seats.

Senators Spooner and Bailey made pessim

istic remarks as to the time that was to

be taken, Spooner fearing that the five

civilized tribes bill would not receive con

sideration and Bailey objecting to any delay

to the railroad rate Mil. Senator Dubois

made some suggestions and Beveridge of

fered any number of propositions trying to

get a date whit h would suit everybody.

Meanwhile Senator Clapp stood patiently

trying to get an opportunity to call up ills

Indian bill, and Beveridge made s. <me ref

erence to it, saying that he did not think

that more than a day would be needed to

consider the Indian bill.

"I suggest," said Clapp, who was getting

impatient, "that at the present rate of

progress a vote will not be reached for

several days."

"The senator is ready to take up the In

dian bill Immediately, I understand," said

Beveridge.

"If I ever get a chance," answered Clapp.

Then there was mora conversation by

Beveridge, Spooner, Carter, Patterson and

McCumber, and finally th? agreement was

reached, with the net result that one ad

ditional day had oeen gained for debate,

and instead of Thursday th* vota was fixed

for Friday.

live and, in most cases, a su. v. ssrui t\*y.

In the last-named field of eflort the ngiit

with Injurious insects?the California fruit

growers lead the world. Acting apparently

on tlie suggestion conveyed in the familiar

couplet about the little 11 as which "naVe

smaller fleas to bite 'cm,'' they iiave

searched out the Insect enemies of :neli

mi>st formidable insect pests and s^t the

bugs to fighting each other, Kilkenny fas'.i

ion, so effectively tl.at their fruli orchards

have been left measurably at peace ,>nd

comparatively free from sti 1> forme:'

scourgfs as the San Jose s .He. il.<

bug. the red spider and cottony cushion

scale, and other predatory creatures of t .11*

ilk, some of which became . i rmidible

that, they threatened the virtual ? xtin.-t on

of the fruit Industry.

In its search for the parasitic t :.< inlej? ol

these pests, whose work should kee;> the

balance of nature even, the California Hor

ticultural Society sent Its agonta to Chins

Japan, Australia and South A i. i, w

they captured and brought luck colonies nt

microscopic creatutes whom scientific

names are enough in themscn. - to drive

any plain American bug into nervous pros

tration. Thus the San Jose s a'< form.rh

one of the most dreaded enemies of th

fruit growers, found Itself face to fa<e uiw

day a few years ago with the Aphclinus

fus.iper.nls, and while It did not ctplluU'*

I on the spot. It began a fight against eucn

odds that today the S

Jose scale has ;*>&?

its terrors for the California or.'itiidmt

One tiny insect rt Joiclng In the name of it.e

Australian ladybird was imported from the

land of the Southern Cross and t to work

upon the cottony cushion sca'e with luch

effect that this ixst l.as also Ik en practi

cally eliminate from the P.eld.

Many Interesting, if not thrlii: ?? details

might be given of tliese bulks <>' i i,-- iei^R

in Caiitornla In which the f ui' Rnmir.g in

terests have been benefited to the extent

of millions of dollars. It is a struggle In

which many of the serried foes of tie or

chard have met their Waterloo and Ap

pomattoxes; but i:<-w scourges hi** contin

ually appearing, and the warlare, Kto 11 at

against sin, must be waged contin iall\

How Some "Leaks" Grow

Some yes rs ago Gen. Grosvenor was a

member of the committee cn r.vrs and

bors of the House* and this story is told or

how lie accommodated a newspaper find

In those days there was a stronger ;>r. -sure

than at present among th" correspondents

to get the advance items In the tiver and

harbor bill, so that every man who had a

friend on the committee was expected to

"lay down" on hiin 2nd get th ?v.tt- rent

items. The year of which this story !?

told the committee as usual tied Itself up

and agreed that it would not make any fea

tures public until the bill was reported to

the House. But as usual some members

"leaked." A man from the far west pro

cured the Pacific co ist item- and one or

two other large items enough to inaka it

appear that the bill a a - melting u'.ii These

Items were turned ov> r to a man who knew

Gen. Grosvenor w II and the battle began

The general did not want to "give up," but

the newspaper man was persistent, pointing

out bow nearly ev-e'y other man on the

committee had " ak> :i . ire of hi? fri ud .'

and tliat it was nut right for thi general

to allow his friends to get lefe Tl ? out

come was that ;iie young nun got hts

Items in the bill and enough t<> help out a'l

his friends who were in the plot.

The next morning there was a stormy

meeting in the committee on rivers and

harbori. Gen. Grosvenor opened the ball

with a denunciation of those who made

much a pretense of secrecy and yet

out everything pertaining to their sections.

He said that the main featuics of the

bill, as well as whole sections, i :'.d been

made public, and he knew they were acr-t

rate because the newspaper men had

shown him the figures. The committee had

seldom received such a lecture as Gen.

Grosvenor gave them, and a few who had

been guilty of "tipping off" a few Items to

friends regretted t hat they were not as

faithful and virtuous as the Ohio repre

sentative. They resolved to follow In Ills

footsteps In the future, and many of th?m

did ?o. Whenever there Is trouble over a

"leak1" In the committee every member

now tries to get his indignant protest ln

first. Gen. Grosvenor will be m'.ssed by

the newspaper men as well as by his col

leagues, for he tins ? good news" man.