Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1906-08-17
MANY TO MEET AT BOISE.
interest High In Coming Session Of
irrigation Congress.


interest High In Coming Session Of
irrigation Congress.
North Yakima, Wash, Aug. 7.-
During the hrst week Of September the
National Irrigation congress viii Be In
session at Boise Idaho, with an attend.
anoe Of several thousand delegates.
Exhibits Of fruit and honey are being
prepared by different localities and
states. The premiums are liberal. II
10 expected that the governor Of WASH
ingson win appoint s5 delegates, that
each commercial club will appoint ten,
and that each board Of county commits
sioners win appoint ave. II is believ-
cd that II full delegation attends the
convention II will be able 10 secure the
next national congress- at come point In
this state. II 10 hoped that the vari.
ous fruitgrowers' associations and the
State Beekeepers' association will have
on exhibition products OF the orchard
and apiary which viii take silver cups
and other premiums. The Yakima
County Horticultural union 10 arrang-
ing to send elegant exhibits Of fruita
and honey. The delegation irom that
county will ask the convention to pass
a resolution memorialiElng congress 70
appropriate $500, 900, 900 for reclsma-
tion Of arid lands In the West.
The State Beekeepers' association has
secured Bigelow observatory hive,
stocked with pure bred Italian bees, for
the purpose Of giving object lessons In
the apiary. II will be used at the
monthly meetings Of the association to
teach the farmers and high school class.
GO. II will be one OF the interesting
features Of the display at the Washing.
ton State fair. The secretary OF the
fair has agreed TO set apart one Of the
prominent conrners in the main pavil-
ion for the apiary exhibit, and 5000
has been appropriated for premiums in
that division.
The three days midwinter conven-
tion of the State Beekeepefs' associa-
tion will be held at the Agricultural
college at Pullman next January, and
the observatory hive will be In full
operation to instruct the students Of
that college. The students OF the Ida
no Agricultural college, which 10 only
nine miles from Pullman, are also in
vited TO be present at that meeting.
The business OF beekeeping 10 an ad-
iunct Of the orchard, bees being the
best friend OF the fruitarower, for the
reason that theee insects cross pollenise
the blossoms and increase the yield.
These two industries 90 hand In hand,
and are rapidly becoming valuable
sources OF income.
As an example OF what organization
does, q few years ago the Yakima Coun.
ty Horticultural union incorporated and
sold its shares of stock at $40; the past
year the dividends were 70 per cent,
warehouse 60xlS0 feet has Just been
completed, the material being stone
and the structure two stories and full
basement, one front being on the
Northern Pacific railroad and the other
on the North Coast road. The shares
are now selling at $50, and 1t is antici-
pated that the capital stock will have
to be increased in order to accommodate
the demand.
Fruit Inspector Brown, Of Yakima
county, says that in FIVE years from now
he calculates that 1000 cars per year
will be shipped from the warehouse at
North Yakima.