The daily sentinel., 1906-12-03
A SUCCESSFUL MEETING
The Fruit Men Did Much Business al
Their Meeting Saturday.
Dates Set for Important
Gatherings.

The joint meeting of the board of
directors of the Western Slope horti-
cultural society and members of the
Mesa county horticultural society
held on Saturday afternoon at the
offices of DR.. F. r. Smith, was a
huge success and the amount of busi-
ness transacted shows that the grow
ers and the fruit men present knew
how to accomplish results.
There were present at the meeting
twenty of the most prominent fruit
growers of Mesa county and members
Of the western slope society from var
lous points on the slope.
President Robert A. Orr, of the
Western Slope society presided at the
meeting. The following vice presi-
dents were present:
Fred Baisch, Palisade.
E. j. Dalton, Fruita.
William Sweitzer. Delta.
Mr.. Marchant. Paonia.
Mr.. Conklin, Delta.
Mr.. Dale, Delta.
Prof. Paddock, horticulturist of
the state agricultural college expert
ment station, was present.
Profs. Taylor and Whipple of the
local experiment station were also
prominent attendants.
Arrangements were perfected for
the place and time Of various meet
ings.
The annual meeting of the western
Slope Horticultural society, will be
held In Grand Junction on January
20 and &c. This will be the second
consecutive year that Grand juno
ton has landed this big gathering.
The annual meeting of the local So
ciety will be held at the same time.
On February 15 and 16 the meet
ing of the Fruita branch of the pres
snt society viii be held at Fruita un-
der the auspices of the parent society
The Palisade branch will hold a
meeting on March 9th, the same man
ner of arrangements prevailing.
A committee consisting of five
members was appointed to prepare
and arrange the program for the sec
ond annual meeting of the Western
Slope society. This committee is com
posed of DIR. F. r. Smith, of this city;
Mr.. Dalton, of Fruita; Clinton Oil
yer, of Paonia, and A. T. Craft, of
Grand Junction.
The matter of making an effort
to induce the state legislature to
make a large appropriation for the
purpose of advancing the interest
of horticulture in Colorado, was
taken up and it was decided that
the president should appoint a com
mittee of five members to confer with
the members of the particular legis-
1ative committee regarding the mat
ter. An appropriation for this pur-
pose will greatly benefit the western
siope growers and their interests but
at the same time will benefit horticul-
tural interests of the entire state.
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preparation by the state would be the
placing of the local experiment sta
tion on basis whereby the state
agricultural college fund would pay
the expenses of the station, while it
is now partially provided for by the
local fruit growers association. AS
the Western Slope Horticultural so
ciety is the strongest of its kind in
the state its efforts along this line
will doubtless bring desired results,
Representative A. B. Hoyt was ap-
pointed a committee of one to confer
with the state board of agriculture re-
garding the same appropriation.
1t was also decided at the meeting
that the society and the organiza-
ton should do all in it's power to
assist in the organization of new
horticultural societies throughout the
state. Steps will be taken to organ
ize a society at Montrose which shall
be a branch of the western slope So
ciety.
The horticultural short course to
be held at Delta on January 14-19
was discussed. An invitation was ex-
tended by the Delta representatives
to the fruit growers of Mesa county
to attend this short course. This
will be one of the greatest meetings
of its kind ever held in the state.
There will be fifteen horticultural
specialists present to give instruc-
tion. Every fruit grower in West
ern Colorado should be present.
Many other not so important mat
ters were discussed in an informal
manner and the meeting did not ad-
journ until a late hour,