Omaha daily bee., 1907-05-05
FRUIT IS NOT ALL KILLED
Secretary Of Horticultural Society Believes
Some Of the Euds Survive.
LATEST FREEZE THE MOST DISASTROUS
Engineer on the Great Western Has
His Scalp Torn on by Water Crane
While Leaning from the
Cab window.
(From a stan Correspondent


DIES MONIES, May Especial Not
withstanding the succession of freezes
since the fruit has been in blossom, Wes-
ley Greene, secretary of the State Horti-
cultural society, believes that there is
little fruit left. This is based ON me fact
that similar freezes in 1903 failed to kill
all the fruit. Secretary Greene said today
that all the freezes and SHOWS Of April did
less damage than the cold weather CT this
morning. 1t was 20 degrees above at Des
Moines, 81 at Abba, IS at Carroll 21 at
Boone, Is at Iowa Falls and 20 at Mar
shalltown. He believes that there will not
be more than enough cherries for the
birds, but there will be little more APP
pies and other fruit After all the cold
weather Mr.. Greene was able this morning
to find a few blossoms that were still
alive In 1908, when the conditions were
almost exactly like those Of this year in
Iowa, and apples made AZ per cent Of a
crop the pears per cent, plums 10 to IA,
peaches 20, cherries 2s, grapes GS, red
raspberries 81, black raspberries &c and
strawberries go. Mr.. Greene today issued
a statement giving the condition of fruit
on May /, this year. as follows: Apples
60. pears as American plums "a, Japan
ese plums ! Domestic plums is, cherries
25 peaches grapes &c. red raspberries
co. black raspberries S.. blackberries ~,
currants 10, gooseberries IS, strawberries
Il. Since then further cold weather, such
as this morning, has changed the condi-
ton of the fruit for the worse. Mr.. Greene
will issue a new statement based on re-
ports from over the state as soon as the
weather is settled for good.
Civic Federation Commission.
Governor Cummins has appointed the
following as the delegates to the Civic
Federation which meets in Chicago May
IS to 81: A. l. Urick, Rev. A. L. Nugent
and Rev. Frank w. Hodgdon of Des
Moines, John Adams of Dubuque, s. E.
Sinclair of Cedar Rapids Nathaniel NJ.
French of Davenport, Hon. w. b. seely of
Mount Pleasant, Simon Fisher of Rock
Rapids, Hon. w. L. Harding OF Sioux City
and Senator F. Maytag of Newton.
DIR. VIII Succeeds Mccarthy.
DR. Wilton Mccarthy has resigned his
position as surgeon general on the stan
of the governor and he has appointed DR..
Fred ]. VIII to I'll the vacancy.
Lincoln ReaPpOinted.
Governor Cummins has decided to reap
point George A. Lincoln of Cedar Rapids
as state fish and game warden. The term
expired March 81, 1907,
Engineer II scaIped.
Engineer Ed F'inninger Of the Great Wess-
ern and a resident Of Des Moines was
scalped at Oelwein, Ia, by a crane that
hung over the track. He was standing on
his engine with the train going at full
speed when he was struck on the head by
the crane and his scalp scraped on clean
TO the bone. He is now In hospital In this
city.
p. 10. o. Convention Next
Five hundred women are expected to be
In attendance next week in Des Moines on
tn convention Of the p. e. o. The meet
inKs will be held in the Shrine temple and
the Chamberlain hotel will beo headquar-
ters. There will be anumbCr Of the presi-
dents Of the order in other states. particu-
larly those from Colorado, Missouri, llli-
nois present ana also Mrs. Mary b. Law
renee Of Kansas City. supreme president
OF the order.
Deem6F 20 Plant Trees.
Horace f. Deemer Of the supreme court
has consented TO deliver an address next
week In this city at the planting Of a tree
taken from the Mt. Vernon home Of wash
ington and TO be planted In one Of the
public parks Of this city
million Dollar Concern.
Definite arrangements have been made by
the Iowa Portland Cement company Of
Iowa. Kas., 10 establish In Des MOines a
cement factory costing S1.2OOOOO and en-
ploying 400 hands. The work Of erecting
the factory will be started this summer.
J. C. BuTch. secretary Of the company, 81