The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-17
GARDEN MEN GATHER
At HAMILTON
SECRETARY ELROD PREPARES
FOR 18TH ANNUAL SESSION
OF ORTiCULTURlSTS.

Last evening Dr. M. ]. Elrod, Sec
rotary of the Montana Horticultural
society returned from Hamilton,
where, after q conference with the
special committee in charge of the To-
cal arrangements, he made ready for
the 18th annual session of the society,
scheduled for January 9, 10 and II in
the Bitter Root capital. DR.. Elrod
last evening announced that the day
sessions of the society would be held
in the Hamilton courthouse, while
the evening meetings will be in the
opera house. Yesterday it was also
given out at Hamilton that the town
would offer special prizes for exhib-
it's as follows:
Special Prizes.
For the best collection of winter ap-
pies, in boxes of commercial pack and
| in not more than five varieties. the
| lumber department of the Anaconda
Copper Mining company offers 100
| apple boxes as first prize and 300
boxes as second prize.
A prize of s. each for the best
| boxes of five varieties of winter APP
pies will also be added to the pre-
MUM list The varieties specified are
| the Mcintosh Red, Northern Spy,
Jonathan, Rome Beauty and King.
Ten dollars viii be awarded for
the best collection of canned fruit.
The society will pay express
charges on all fruit shipped to Hamil-
ton for exhibition purposes, J. o. Reid
being in charge of this feature. Other
| members of the Hamilton committee
| are Messrs. Shannon, j. e. Totman, l..
E. Waldmuth and George F. Brooks
The fruit will be judged by the scor-
ing a system used at the National
Apple show at Spokane.
The prizes mentioned above are to
be awarded in addition to the compe-
tition for two cups, the "Flathead
cup" and the "Stockmen and Farm
ers'" cup. The first becomes the per-
manent possession of any exhibitor
who wins it three times in succession,
while the second is to be owned by
the one who wins it twice, irrespective
of any succession of years.
Interesting Program.
An interesting program is now be-
ing prepared for the meeting of the
| Sldle SOClely ana IL Will soon be READY
for announcement. Among those who
will deliver addresses will be Profess
sor r. w. Fisher of the Montana
Agricultural college at Bozeman, Rev
j. c. Clark Of Fromberg, member
of the state board of horticulture, T.
; e. Mills of the state nursery at Hell
ena, G. M. Allen of Lolo, f. s. Cooley
of Bozeman, superintendent OF
farmers Institutes for the state; M
l l.. Dean, now lecturer for farmers
| Institutes of Montana, formerly oc
cupying similar position in Michi
gan, and in charge of the fruit OK
hibit at the st. Louis exposition; F. J
d Erfert. secretary Of the Missouls
r Chamber of Commerce; T. T. Black
a prominent fruitgrower of this city
: Professor D. B. Swingle Of Bozeman
h President c. A. Duniway and DR.. w
D. Harkins of the University Of Mon
= tana, Professor r. A. Cooley O
), Bozeman. H. o. Buchanan Of Boze
man, assistant professor of agronom,
:. at the state agricultural college, an,
3, w. H. Merriam of Butte, distric
freight agent for the Northern Pacifi
1. railroad.
>, I. d. O'Donnell, first vice presiden
1, of the society. will preside at tn
a Hamilton meeting, the president, ex
n Governor Robert B. Smith, havin
died several months ago.