The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-02-10
Staff Correspondence

Staff correspondence
Hamilton, Feb. 9.-To gaze upon
sloping display of luscious fruit-ap-
pies, apples, apples-banked in grad
uated rows from the footlights to the
rear of the stage, shimmering in cleo
trio radiance, the artificial ligh,
heightening rather than reducing the
natural tints and beauties; to be be-
guled by good music; to listen to the
logical eloquence of President Duni-
way of the state university and the
instructive address of M. L. Dean OF
the state institute, forces one to feel
a part Of a movement for the better
ment of his class. Such was the happy
fate of the people who, tonight, crowd
ed the Lucas opera house at the clos
ing session of the first day of the
twelfth annual meeting of the Montana
Horticultural society. The audience
was in perfect accord with the speak
ers, with the music, which, by the
way was furnished by J. o. Reads
much heralded band; with the ex-
hibit-with everything. Not a dis
turbing factor was there.
The audience was unusually large
for the first day of horticultural
meeting and in keeping with the other
two audiences that went to make the
first day of the twelfth annual meet
ing the best of any of the other eleven
Just as everything else about the
Hamilton meeting is unusual, so Is the
size and diversification of the exhibit
of apples True, there is practically
nothing but apples entered in the
contests for the prizes offered by the
people OF Hamilton and the society,
but just look at the number of differ
ent sorts of apples-30, If there Is
one over all and lord of all Is the
Mcintosh Red, king Of apples, the
pride of the Bitter Root, and over and
above even the glory of the big red
fruit. nangs the blended perfume of
more than score of different apple
varieties, bringing to the auditorium
the scent of the orchard, the memory
Of the harvest time. There are now
10 full boxes of apples, IA plates
many cans of preserved fruit and
display of vegetables on the stage Of
the Lucas opera house. The varieties
of apples represented are: The Nc
Intosh Red, the Banana, the Arkan-
sas Black, the Genitan, the Rome
Beauty, the Ben Davis, the Golden
the Legal Tender, the Northern Spy,
the Gano, the Berken, the Wealthy, the
Stark, the Jonathan, Grimes Golden
the White Winter Permain, the Sem
ator, the Baldwin, the Benton County
Beauty, the Lansing Burg Pipin, the
Wolf River, the Northwest Greening,
the Delaware Red, the Wagenor, the
Aiken, the King of Tompkins County,
the Spitzenberg.
The display is arranged in success
sive semi-circles. First comes a row
of potted plants, extending entirely
across the stage before the footlights.
Behind Is a double row of boxes and
plates of apples, set off by the glitter
Ing silver of the prize cups. Behind
this, on tables and along the sides
of the back stage, are apples and
more apples, canned fruit and vege-
tables. The following is a complete
list of the entries for the Several cups
and prizes, as announced up to date.
The best four varieties of apples on
plates: M. H. Pierce, ]. G. Clark,
H. c. b. Colville, Richard Greig.
The best box of apples: II. Platt
& Sons, C. H. Davenport, J. o. Read.
M. C. Read, Stiles & Peterson and
oliver Blood.
Best Mcintosh apples for special
prize offered by Western News: j.
G. Clark, H. Plat & Sons.
Best five boxes of apples: j. B.
Taylor.
Best three plates Of Mcintosh Reds:
c. H. Davenport and J. G. Clark.
Best general display: ]. G. Clark,
II. c. B. Colville and H. Platt &
Sons.
Best three plates of three varieties:
c. H. Davenport, j. G. Clark j. B.
Taylor, E. A. Johnson, H. B. c. Col
vile, H. Platt & Sons, #, L. Cook, j.
o. Read and r. w. Nicol.
Evening Session.
THE Educational Needs of a Coun-
try Life" was the subject of the first
address of the evening session, given
by DR.. c. A. DuniWay of the state
university. Mr.. Dunway handled his
topic in an interesting manner, and
made for himself friend out of every
member Of the audience. The trend
Of his speech was that, while educa-
ton in the higher knowledge Is not
absolutely essential to country work
still it is really required for the
proper enjoyment of country life. In
tions from his younger days, spent on
a desert claim in Idaho and on a
ranch in the Inland Empire, showing
how when he spent four months alone
in a cabin in the woods Virgil and
Homer. Cicero and Xenophen, were his
companions and kept him company.
God save the republic" exclaimed the
speaker, after a brief discussion of
technical education. IF we make Of
our schools class institutions. to de-
velop a farmer as a farmer, a mason
as mason, a carpenter as a carpen-
ter. What we want is clear-eyed,
healthy Drained men and women who
will be educated to live. The proper
education for the country life is the
education that is varied. Nothing
less will satisfy the standards of CIV
ilization and American citizenship"
The second and last speaker of the