Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-03
IOWA As A FRUIT STATE
This State Leads All The Others
in the Matter of Raising
Gooseberries
THE HoRTIcULTURlsTs MEETING
Some Notable Papers Will Be Read at
This Meeting in Des Moines, Com
mencins Dec. 9, Among Them, One on
"some Alaska Fruits Wsthy of Trial
in Iowa."
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Dec. 3.-Preparations
are being made for the thirty seventh
annual meeting of the Iowa State Hor
ticultural Society in the rooms of the
society in the state capitol commencing
December 8. There will be. some nota
bile papers read at the meeting. One
of these will be a paper on "Some Alas
ka Fruits Worthy of Trial in Iowa." a
paper sent to the society by George H.
Van Houten, formerly and for many
years connected with the society, but at
present holding a government position
at Sitka, Alaska. Mr.. Van Houten has
| ton into the fruit trees of that region
and has forwarded paper thereon of
unusual interest. There will be an ad-
dress at the meeting by Prof. Samuel B.
Green, of the University of Minnesota,
and 1t is expected this will be of great
| interest. A paper on horticulture in
Alabama and another on horticulture in
New Mexico, by F. S. White and G. F.
Gardner are looked forward to with
great interest.
Mr. White was a gardener and orchard
list near Des Moines for many years but
Iremoved to Alabama where he has been
engaged in the same thing.
| Mr.. Gardner was formerly of Usage
and for two terms president of the state
society, bit went to New Mexico for his
health. Secretary Wesley Greene, OF
| Davenport, will make report which
| will include some novel features. He
has made investigation itlto the rela-
| tive standing and rank of Iowa in fruit
| as compared with other states. He
| finds that at least in one thing pertain
| ing to horticulture Iowa leads all the
states and that is in the matter of
gooseberries. Iowa has long boasted of
| her corn and cattle and big republican
and can now begin making
boast of big crops of gooseberries. The
census reports show that Iowa raised
| 975,S90 quarts of gooseberries on 7T1
acres, which is more than reported from
any other state. The other states in
order are Missouri, Indiana, Michigan
and Ohio and SO on down the list. In
raising currants Iowa also does well,
| for the state stands third in the list
with 1,017 acres devoted to that fruit
and gathering 1,226,560 quarts. Iowa is
| fifth in raspberries, fourth in plunls,
| fifth In cherries, twelfth in grapes, thir-
teenth in apples, eighteenth in straw
berries, twenty-eight in peaches and
thirty-first in pears. In total value of
/ fruit crops the state stands eleventh,
with California far in the lead of ali
Others. But Iowa leads in gooseberries.
| The state of Iowa has failed misera-
bly, in all efforts to raise the quota for
| this state of the fund for building mon
uments to the late President Mckinley
at Canton, Ohio. When the committee
contributions Gov. Shaw took it up with
zeal and enthusiasm and named gem
eral committee to have charge of the
memorial arch at Washington and those
at work on the project in Iowa became
confused There was some conflict be-
/ tween the two movements. After Shaw
Ihad been called to the cabinet and Gov.
Cummins had been inaugurated he set
out to raise $4,000 wanted from Iowa
Men were selected in different counties
/ who were personally appealed to fol-
work in behalf of the fund. For time
these workers sent in many small sums
of money. State Treasurer Gilbertson
was made treasurer of the fund For
a time it looked like the fund would be
raised as several counties raised all that
asked of them by Gov. Cummins. Late
| ly nothing has been done In the matter
| Treasurer Gilbertson has total OF
/ $1,56651 in his hands belonging to this
fund, the result of ten months effort TO
raise the fund expected of Iowa. 1t is
probable no other effort will be made
/ for some time tho contributions Will be
received and in due time will be for
warded to the national committee. The
result is very disappointing to those
who had hoped Iowa people would re-
spond literally to show their apprecia-
| ton of the late president
/, The decision of Judge Smythe, OF
Burlington, in the telephone case from
Louisa county is attracting attention
among the state officers. If the decision
is good law some of them find it hard to
see how the state can continue to tax
telephone lines after the prevailing
!
vate telephone line on farm is part
of the fixtures of the farm and when the
| farm is sold the telephone line passes
| also unless there is some stipulation 10
I the contrary The case was one lnvolV-
! ing. not the question of assessment and
! Taxation, but that of ownership OF a
1 private line which made connections at
the border of the farm with general
! system. The decision looks all right
and is fair. But the state OF Iowa mas
been assessing telephone lines, MOI
:. merely those, which do a general bust
ness but the private lines and the farm
Hines, as a thing separate from the
i farms. Ii a farm line is a part OF the
i farm then it should be included In the
assessment of the farm. The case may
cause some changes in the method OF
handling telephone assessments In
4 Iowa.
A The members of the Iowa State I'M
il plement Dealers Association are almost
Il to a man opposed to the proposed par
cells post scheme which has been many
times brought up in congress. Mem