Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-14
JUDGE GORDON AFTER MONEY
Fails to Secure it in tn, District Court end
is Trying the suDreue Tribunal.
HoRTIcULIURIsTs MAKE FINE DISPLAY
Indications Are There VIII ne n Large
Attendance at the Reception
20 he rendered ID. E.
Thompson.
CFrom a stan Correspondents

LINCOLN. Jan. 1S. - Especial Judge
Gordon. whose figure is almost as familiar
around the supreme court as IL is around
the halls OF the Omaha police station, has
fled a petition In error in the supreme
court to reverse the district court Of
Douglas county which sat down hard on his
petition for a writ Of mandamus against
Mayor Moores to compel the latter TO pay
from the city funds OF Omaha 1923, being
the amount which Gordon claimed is due
him for his services for the months Of
January, February, March and April, 1902
The lower court held that II he had any
remedy 1t was by a writ Of quo warranto
against the person in ONCE after which, IL
the writ was granted, he could collect the
fees Of the office.
Judge Gordon, who appears for himself
in the case. told the clerks in the office Of
the clerk OF the supreme court that he had
offered to settle on reasonable basis with
the authorities. but that he had been turned
down, and he now proposed to carry the
case through and recover the whole
amount.
horticultural Society Meets.
The State Horticultural society began
its annual meeting here today. The morn
ing was devoted to the installation OF the
fruit exhibit in the rooms OF Prof. Bessey.
This is the first year that the society has
offered premiums on exhibits and the win
ter show is therefore by far the best that
has ever been made. Exhibits came in by
the barrel, the luscious fruits carefully
wrapped in papers. and IT was a work Of
no mean Importance to unpack the many
barrels and arrange their contents upon
the plates covering the large tables.
aft npaa cad an
address OF welcome from Chancellor An
drews. a response by L. NJ. Russell Of this
city president OF the society, and discus
sions of technical topics by George f.
Miles Of this city. e. F. stephens Of Crete,
W. @. Swan of Tecumseh, r. A. Emerson
and o. T. Little, both OF this city, with re-
ports from the secretary and treasurer.
T.. E. Blackman OF the State Historical
society has on exhibition a plate Of apples
of a variety said to be entirely new to
horticulturists. He calls 1t the S. F.
Koontz (seedling). It was grown by s. F.
Koontz in his orchard six miles east OF
Roca from the seed of the snow apple. II
is fine winter apple large and rosy red
compact and nicely favored and is a good
cooker. II resembles somewhat the vari-
ETY. known as the Rome Beauty. The tree
is twenty-six years old and has borne every
year when 1t was possible for any tree to
bear.
Mr.. Blackman called the attention o
horticulturists to It today because he be.
lieves It to be a profitable apple for culture
in this climate, and one to which they may
want to devote some attention.
Bananas from Cass.
W. j. Hesser of Plattsmouth also has
ann of I
is a cluster of some fourteen or fifteer
bananas grown in his greenhouse in Cas-
county. While small compared to the frui
that is imported, they are ripening ant
such as have sufficiently ripened have
genuine banana flavor. The fact that the!
are unusually small is attributed by Mr.
Hesser to the temperature OF the green
house, which has been maintained at abou
80 degrees during the winter while the ef
fective culture OF the banana requires
temperature OF about So degrees His tre
yielded copiously, and the cluster he ha
on exhibition forms but a small part Of hi
crop. 1t is said that bananas have bee
successfully reared and ripened in the uni
versity hothouses.
Two sessions of the society will occur to
morrow. At the o a. m. session II. "
Campbell of Hastings will. discuss soil cul
ture ana j. H. Bath OF Omaha Will tai
about home gardening An address is ais
scheduled from Professor Taylor promi
nently connected with the department
exhibits at the st. Louis exposition. Re
ports will be heard from the fruit dis
triets and from the experimental station
at Arlington, Chambers, Mlnien. Purdun
Sandoz, York and Valentine.
At the o'clock p. m. session William \
AaFnPg NJ Ea will
mercial fruit growing. Professor Bessey @
diseases Of grapes. Captain ]. H, Culver
the fruit exhibit at the Grand Army meetir
in Washington and G. w. Edgerton and ]