The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-02-12
Staff Correspondence.

Staff Correspondence.
Hamilton, Feb. lin the most i'm
portant of any of the sessions of the
week the Montana Horticultural So
ciety this afternoon decided to meet
next year at Plains, elected officers
honoring j. O. Read of Hamilton with
the highest office in it's gift and rati-
fled a measure that, If made a law by
the legislature, will work a complete
change in the states supervision Of
and aid to the fruit industry of Mon
tana and win centraiize the organized
control of the orchards of the treasure
state in Missoula.
j. o. Read started the most spirited
discussion of the week this afternoon
when he introduced a resolution by
which the society asked the legisla-
ture to pass a law creating the office
of commissioner of horticulture for
the state and doing away with the
present state board of horticulture.
Mr. Read prefaced his bomb by reading
a paper on 1.-THE Montana Horticultur-
al society and the state board of hor-
ticulture," and by presenting to the
society the proposed bill which Is
intended to alter the present law reg
ulating the fruit growing business and
providing for orchard inspection. The
bill does away with the state board
and puts in it's place commissioner
Of horticulture who is to have his or
flee in Missoula; is to be allowed a
clerk at a salary of $75 a month; is
himself to draw a salary of $4,000 a
year and is to be granted all of his
office expenses. His duties, which re-
late largely, of course, to the inspec-
ton of orchards and orchard stock,
are carefully defined in the proposed
measure The resolution was warm
ly indorsed by G. M. Allen and even
more warmly denounced by Rev. T. G..
Clark Of Fromberg, member of the
state board of horticulture. A. A. NC
Claim, another member of the board,
upheld Mr.. Reads plan and w. j.
Liedt also of the state board, defended
the present system. Many other men,
bers of the society expressed them
selves, among them being Miss Mary
Smith, daughter of the late president
Of the horticultural society; c. F. DALI
man, H. c. B. Colvill, c. F. Gates. G.
w. MacRae and F. B. Linfield. The
Read and Allen forces finally won out
on vote of about to 1, and the
proposed change will be asked Of the
legislature.
Plains Slected.
After Secretary Elrod had read an
invitation from Plains the society vot-
ed to meet next year in Sanders coun-
ty. The election Of officers resulted
as follows: ]. o. Read of Hamilton,
president; c. F. Gates of Flathead
county, M. H. Pierce of Sanders coun-
ty, l. D. O'Donnell of Yellowstone
county and T. T. Black of Missoult
county and T. T. Black of Missoula
secretary treasurer; C. NJ. Allen OF
Lolo, j. C. Wood of Kalispell and Rev
J. G. Clark of Fromberg, trustees.
One of the most interesting features
Of the afternoon was the announce
ment of the decisions of the committee
on awards.
Prizes were awarded as follows:
For best Mcintosh Red apple-H
Platt & Sons Of Como, first.
Sons, with the Mcintosh Red, first;
C. H. Davenport, with the Mcintosh
Red second; Stiles and Peterson, with
the Jonathan, third.
For best plate of Mcintosh Reds
H. Plat & Sons, first
For best general display Of winter
apples-Miss Mary Smith Of Big
Fork, the stockman and farmer cup
This cup becomes the property OF
Miss Smith, it having been won last
year by fruit grown in the orchard OF
her father. the late r. B. Smith.
For best exhibit Of canned fruit
D. c. Gray Of Hamilton, first.
For three best plates of Mcintosh
Reds-Rev. J. G. Clark of Fromberg
first.
For three best varieties of apples
F. L. Cook, first with Northern Spy
Mcintosh Red and King.
For best five boxes Of apples-J. B
Taylor Of Hamilton, first; c. H: Dav.
export Of Hamilton. second.