The Van Buren press., 1897-04-03
Crawford Co. Horticultural Society


A call meeting of the Crawford
County Horticultural Society was held
in their room in the Wallace block last
Saturday afternoon to consider a
number of questions that had come up
through the organization of the new
association.
The meeting was called to order by
President Wood who then stated in a
few words that as he had become a
member of the new association he must
tender his resignation in the old one and
thanked its members for their uniform
kindness and courtesy toward himself
while presiding officer. Mr.. Wood
also suggested that the old society work
in harmony with the new one in the
shipping of berries and suggested that
they instruct their shipping committee
to act in harmony with the board of
directors elected by the new association.
On motion of Wallace Garrett the
resignation of Mr.. Wood was accepted.
M. T. West was then on account of the
absence of the vice president, Prof.
Kagy, elected temporary chairman.
The meeting then proceeded to elect
five new members of the shipping com
mittee, three having joined the new
association and the committee being on
motion raised to seven. The following
are the names of those elected: Frank
Smeltzer, Frank Boatright, d. w.
Moore. Robt. O'Bryan and W. II.
Bushong.
The subject being brought up that
cars had been reported leaving here
poorly iced and braced Mr.. Stevenson
made motion that the shipping COM
mittee be authorized to appoint man
to see to it that the cars left here in
good condition. The motion carried
Mr.. Steele, who is the agent of the
G. F. t. company, stated that his
company was in much better condition
this year for thoroughly re icing cars
than ever before, having established
icing stations at Monet, Kansas City
and st. Louis with their own men in
charge.
Mr.. Meyers then made a motion that
the secretary be instructed to notify the
commission houses that the old society
was still in existence and prepared to
fill the contracts it had made The
secretary stated that he had already
anticipated this action and had sent
notice to number of them and received
very satisfactory replies, most of them
pledging themselves to stand by the old
society. The consideration of this
subject brought out considerable
adverse comment on the action of
certain papers of this city in making the
statement that the rolls of the new
society contained the names of the
shippers of ninety per cent. of the
berries sent from here. The secretary
was instructed to wait on these papers
and ask them to correct this statement,
and being asked for definite information
on the subject stated that taking last
years shipments as basis the new
association would ship only about 81
per cent. of the crop, but stated that
next year this would be much increased
as the leading members of the asso-
citation are now engaged in putting out
several hundred acres of berries.
| After considerable talk ON the above
and other subjects of minor importance
the question of letting the new asso-
citation use the hall jointly with the ole
one came up, and it was here that con.
siderable luminosity began to display
itself on the part of several of the
members, while cooler heads counselled
! that it would not be wise to antagonize
4 the new association, as it would moi
injure them alone, but the old society
as well, as their interests were
identical, being the raising and market
ing of strawberries. Finally a motion
by d. w. Moore that the new society
be extended the use of the hall. pro-
vided they had their meeting day on
some other day than Saturdays. so as
not to conflict with their own meetings
and they to pay their portion of the
rent, was adopted, As the new asso-