Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-18
Utah's Exhibit was Largest and
Best but Tainted with Little
Fruit Pests.
NOT GIVEN ENOUGH SPRAYING.
A Costly but Effective Lesson to the
0rchardists of This State Who
Have Been Neglected..
Especial to the "News,O

Ogden Sept iS-Idahoans are ex-
hibiting their citation i'm various ways.
Some are carrying themselves with
that dignified and courteous deport-
ment associated with residents OF
state which has lifted "a $500 loving cup
when everyone was looking and which
six other states would give their ears
to have others have INDUCED In prac-
teal illustrations in irrigation All
wear a we -didit air that Is extremely
exasperatlng to the Utahns who are
wearing crepe. The worst part of the
whole affair Is that Utah was beaten
by former resident Of the Beehive
State Prior to moving to the Payette
valley he resided In ogden for ~ years,
but even that has no palliating cir
cumstances
THE MAN WHO BEAT UTAH"
c. II. Brainard NJ Payette valley Is
the man who was Utah's undoing. To
the News" he related the story OF
how the cup was filched from Utah. Il
Is short and concise. II knew Just what
kind of fruit would be exhibited by
Utah, because have lived there among
the fruit growers. ! realized that the
fruit would be splendid I'm appearance,
but the disinclination on the part OF
some growers to spray their trees
would be their downfall | impressed
on all that their exhibits should re
free from worms They were and we
got the cup"
II must not be inferred that Idaho
did not have good exhibit for she
had splendid one In 1t were shown
7G varieties Of apples, five of crab APP
pies 10 Of pears, of peaches, a like
number OF prunes, IA of plums OF
grapes, OF ounce and one second crop
of Strawberries. Every piece Of fruit
was displayed to the best advantage.
each exhibit was labeled carefully and
IL doubtful exhibits were excluded and
placed out of sight under the stalls.
INSPECTORS FINE HEAD WORK.
Without casting reflections on the
gentlemen who worked so nobly for
Utah II was the headwork dlsplayed
by that canny Scot A. Mcpherson
horticultural Inspector for the state of
Idaho, that won half the battle.
OF course Idaho had the goods but
Mr. Mcpherson unbushingly admitted
to the News In the first heat of vic
tory that the exclusion Of quantity in
favor of quality won Idaho the covet-
ed cup.
WHAT HE SAYS.
This gentleman has been connected
with, the horticultural inspectorship for
10 years past rising from county
N Ia,
he has held for six years. He is also
the dairy pure food and oil commission
er for the state This is what he said:
Utah had great show; there Is no
gainsavinc thni N cave Io7
en- in the selection OF the fruit exhbi-
lion so that IT was kept clean of worm
spots the result might nave been diifet-
ent, but am not concedng that miad
you. Utah lost on improperly naming
some of her exhibits, on exhibiting fruit
which had not stalks attached and
samples that were wormy.
Utah has as good fruit as anybody The
victory for US Of course pleases us i'm
We have been advocating
spraying and this is the result. Had
some OF those trees from which the
fruit was plucked in Utah been spray
eel there might have been a different
oAplS' tnlllh illdl Juan depended too
much on lavish and overwhelming
display. We made no attempt at decor
alton, but simply showed the fruit TO
the best advantage. | have 10 varieties
under that stan which put out of sight
for the simple reason that we could not
name them, We did not propose to run
any risks. We have only been working
on this exhibit for two weeks and |
think that the showing made is n splen-
did one under the circumstances We
showed quality while Utah showed
quantity"
WELCOME TO PROTEST.
When II was intimated that there was
some talk regarding a protest being en-
tered against the decision Of the Judges
Mr., Mcpherson said
They are welcome to protest, we do
not fear the outcome"
GOVERNOR IS PROUD.
All Gov Morrison could say was. 81
i'm proud of Idaho This victory viii !
iraw attention to Idaho as fruit rails /
ng state"
state Senator j. w Ballantyne OF |
Bellevue, Ida, fairly beamed when the |
Jews was broken to him yesterday n |
ew minutes after the award had been |
made, His sentiments We're similar. "It |