Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-12
IDAHO MUCH IN EVIDENCE
Making an Effort to Capture Prize for
Best Exhibit Of Apples.
A COMPETITOR
Exhibits from Spokane show TO he
Rushed Here on Passenger Time
for Display at National
Congress.

Captain J. II. shawhan and A. E. Wood.
who are in charge of the exhibits from
the Payette and Boise valleys or south
western idaho at the fruit show, arrived
in the city yesterday and are quartered
at the Grand hotel They are both from
Payette, Ida. and are both sanguins that
their state will carry off the honors OF
the forthcoming show.
Captain hawha is an old Iowa man,
having made his home at Sigourney for
thirty-five years, He has been engaged
in fruit raising In Idaho for the last thir-
teen years, however, and has made a big
success OF IT. He was In Iowan at the
time of the civil war and commanded his
company during the wal with a good
record His present trip Is the first he
has made to Iowa in many years, with
the exception of a trip about a year ago.,
when he visited his old home at Sigourney
for the first time In twenty-eight years.
Mr.. Wood, his associate in the Idaho
display, Is a member OF the idaho State
Horticultural board and has been rromi-
nent in the development of horticultural
conditions and horticultural laws, until
Idaho has the reputation of being the
best governed state, Extraordinarily speak
ing, in the Pacific northwest. Mr.. Wood
was in charge of the exhibit from his
county at the session of the National Irri-
cation congress in ogden in 1903. when
1t was In winning the w. A
Clark loving cup for his state for the best
display Of irrigated fruits.
I'VE prepared for our exhibit at Coun-
Gil Bluffs under difficulties" said Mr..
Wood. in discussing the matter. TT was
the middle of October before we were
able to start preparing for the exhibit,
and by that time a large proportion of
our varieties had disappeared. At Ogden,
for illustration, we had some 10S or ITO
varieties of apples on exhibition. while
here at Council Bluffs we will have but
thirty.
About half of our xhibi comes from
the Payette valley. and about half from
the lower Boise valley. About thirty fruit
growers, nearly or quite all from Canyon
| county. are represented in the exhibit"
Not only is Canyon county to be repre-
scented, but the Council valley. in Washing
ton, is also to have something of an Ella
borate display Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Carr
of Council representing the Council Valley
Fruit Growers association in its exhibit
have arrived in the city.
Idaho will have a good showing at the
] fruit show. 1t Is expected. so far as car
! be judged in advance, that one of the great
rivalries Of the congress will be for first
showing, at least so far as the northwest
Is concerned, between Washington anc
Idaho. b. NJ. Chapman of Wenatchee
Wash, is here with a good display, and
special arrangements have been made fol
I the choicest specimens at the Spokane
Apple show to be rushed to Council Bluff
on a fast passenger train schedule in time
to be exhibited and aid in securing the
big premiums for Washington.
Silas Wilson of Nampa, Idaho, one of tn,
vice presidents OF the congress-. arrived
yesterday. Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Carr Of
Council, Idaho. were also registered yes
terday. Mr.. Carr is in charge Of a largt
exhibit from that section of the country
Manager Reed was unable to move his
office to the Auditorium yesterday. bu
will do so this morning.