The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-22
URGE INVESTORS
TO Be CAUTIOUS
State Horticultural Society De-
nounceS Promotion of For
eign Plantation Schemes.
NEW OFFICERS SELECTED
INTERESTING PAPERS AND DIS
CUsSIoNs CLOSE MEETING.

| terprlSeS in which Utah capital Is IN
volved. The convention especially
called attention to the promotion OF
banana and orange plantations in
Mexico as question: ble' investments.
A resolution waseunanimously adopt
ed warning the public against such m
vestments, denOuncing them On the
ground that the money SO invested
was taken out of the state, where it
was needed to improve the home hOrti-
cultural resources.
Against Wormy Fruit.
The convention also went on record
as favoring a state law forbiddfng The
sale of wormy or infected fruit and
making the offering for sale of such
frGt a misdemeanor.
The platform adopted indorses the
policy of the government in preserving
the forests; commends the action OF
the state land board in encouraging If
rigation throughout the state; recon-
mends the eradication of all diseased
fruit trees, and congratulates the fruit
growers of the state on the excellent
showing made at the Sacramento II
rigation congress.
On recommendation of the resolu-
lions committee, Thomas Judd of st.
George, president of the state board of
ident of the Utah horticultural socie-
~ for life.
Officers Are Elected.
At the election of officers the follow
ing were chosen: President, James G..
Duffin of Provo; vice president, Moro
nj Mortensen of Bear River City; sec
rotary, ]. H. Parry of Salt Lake;
county vice presidents, A. d. Miller of
Syracuse, Davis county; ]. P. Chris
Jensen of Brigham City, Box Elder
county; Nephi Mortensen of Logan,
Cache county; Roy Rasmussen OF
Ogden, Weber county; James NJ. Fish
er, Calder's station, Salt Lake county;
r. D. Wadley of Pleasant Grave, Utah
county; Joseph r. Porter, Morgan
City, Morgan county; j. j. Hansen,
FerrOn, Emery county; James Amber
son, Oak City. Willard county; Joseph
T. Atkin. st. George, Washington
county; Hans ]. Brown. Mount Pleas
ant, Sanpete county; o. P. ~Washburn.
Monroe, Sewer county: w. G. Crook.
Heber City. Wasatch county; Robert
Beagley, Nephi, Juab county; WGliarn
Horsley, Price, Carbon county; ]. p.
Miller. Moab Juab county: Charles
f. Beard, Milford. Beaver county: ex-
ecutive committee. James G. Dublin of
Provo, c. A. Hickenlooper of View.
w. o. Knudsen of Brigham City, Pro
fessor r. S. Northrop of an, and
DR.. f. D. Ball of Logan.
Delivers Practical Address.
One of the most practical addresses
of the convention was one given yes
terday afternoon by John F. Moore
of Grand junction, manager of the
Grand Junction Fruit Covers associ-
alton, one of the most successful Or
CARNATIONS in the country His sub
ject was Fruit Growers Associa-
tons"
Charles Smith of CentervilIe dis
cussed briefly 1.-THE Nurseryman and
the Fruit Grower" from the stand
point of a nurseryman; w. o. Knud-
son, state horticultural inspector md
a prominent fruit grower of Brigham
City. talked on inspection of the
Nurseries, and Professor William
Homer of the Brigham Young univer.
sity gave an address on PLANT Breed
ing as Applied to Horticulture.
Give interesting Talks.
At the session of the convention last
evening DR.. J. A. Widtsoe, president
of the state agricultural college, spoke
on industrial Education" DR.. e. D.
Ball, director of the state experiment
al station, gave an address on Value
OF Parasites" and Leroy Marsh.
county horticultural inspector for Da-
Wis county, spoke on Pruning"
The convention was closed last night
with few remarks by James G.. Duff
fin, who was reelected president Of
the society for the coming year. He
thanked the convention for the honor
of being its head for another year, and
expressed the hope that 1908 would be
the greatest year in the history of hor-
ticulture in Utah.
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