The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-19
ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETED.
Midwinter Meeting OF the Fruitgrowers.
Good Display Promised.

Missoula, Feb. 1S.-"All of the ar
| engagements are completed for the
midwinter meeting of the fruit-grow
ers, said Secretary Edwards of the
Fruit Growers association day.
The programme, as published in the
Standard, will be carried out in full
/ The meeting for Friday evening will be
arranged after the new society is or
| ganized. We thought ii best to leave
one session open to the new society. as
there will probably be considerable spe-
elal work that ii Will wish To take up.
| look forward to the best meeting of
the kind that has ever been held in the
state. The sessions Of the association
will be held in the county court house
where the use of fhe district court
room has been rendered. There is Il
broad and growing field for the pro-
posed state horticultural society, and
the new organization Will. think. fill
the field To the best advantage. The
fruit growing and nursery business in
this state is coming forward rapidly as
source of profit and revenue 10 Mon
tana. and the Importance of the new
society will constantly increase. In
connection With the meeting there will
be display of winter apples that will
be surprise to those who have been
led TO believe that the Montana apple
will not keep well. From what [ have
been shown by the orchard men, | can
say that the display will be as good as
could be made anywhere.
+. i: Sterling returned last night
from the Occur q Alenes. In speaking
OF his experience to-day he said: Il
have travelled about in this part of the
country for a good many years and in
all sorts of weather, but / never had an
experience that would compare With
what / have been through since last
sunday. IL was simply terrible, When
the wettest and the softest of the
weather arrived | was at Murray
Were had driven the day before The
roads when l went oNer We're as bad
as thought they could get. but when
we tried to return TO Wallace | found
out how little | knew about mud. The
roads. where they were not entirely
washed away, We're SO soft that the
horses and the wagon Went down two
or three feet all the time. The stages
between Wallace and Murray were
abandoned for two or three DAYS, and
we had TO travel in private convey
ance. Many times | thought that we
had struck place where there was no
bottom at all. and | felt sure that we
would lose the rig. We got back To
Wallace after fashion. and then we
had more mud to buck ON the railroad
between Wallace and Missoula The
railroad people did all that they could
but until the weather turned cold
there was little that they could do. The
Ilha anu looSt TOOK stu DOWN onto the
tracks as fast as they could shovel
them off, and progress was slow The
tralnmen, their cars and the engines
We're all covered with mud. The trip.
all in all was the hardest that l ever
made in this state
The gun club will have some Of the
best sport this year that it has ever
had, said Harry Thompson to-day.
The fast shoot will be held Feb
and for that we will ave a good snp-
ply Of bids. The shooting viii be prin-
cipally at live birds, and we will have
other events during the season. There
VIII also be some country excursions
during the summer if our present plans
are successful, and the sport promises
10 be good. We hope To have some club
events with the Occur a Alene shooters
as soon as the weather is better and
some hot sport may he looked for when
the Wallace contingent comes over"
There Will be an extensive influx. of
people into Western Montana this
year" said a local real estate man
to-day The number OF prospective
purchasers Of ranch property in these
valleys Is large. and most III them are
finding what they want. The expert
ence Of the past few years has shown