The daily sentinel., 1910-01-19
LOCAL MEN TO
MAKE THE TRIP

Giving the interesting details of
the trip which will be made by Secre-
tary Mahony. of the Chamber of
Commerce. James L. Hamilton, the
big fruit grower. and the other men
who will make up the excursion party
on the famous Oregon Short Line
special, the following statements
from yesterdays Salt Lake Herald
Republican is of peculiar and keen
local interest:
Wednesday night at s O'Clock. in
the Commercial club, Salt Lakers will
have an opportunity TO learn how
land once called worthless has been
transformed into tracts valued at any
where from s100 to $1,000 an acre.
The Oregon Short Line Railroad COM
pany has arranged a series of educa-
tional addresses and this will be the
first of the lectures. 1t will be beau
tifully illustrated, and interesting, not
only TO owners and tillers of ;he soil.
but to everybody in the west 1t is
free and all are invited. Among 9TH
er speakers. L. II. Grubb. trustee of
the Colorado Agricultural college,
will deliver an address, illustrated by
the stereopicon.
This lecture will be the initial one
of the tour to include Utah and Idaho
The Oregon Short Line has prepared
a special train with especially large
passenger cars, which will be used as
lecture rooms, and has gathered a
lecturins staff composed of men who
have made successes in the lines on
which they will talk.
Among others. this lecturing staff
tW.a L II III
known Colorado authority on agricul-
ture and horticulture; II. l.. Edger-
ton, the famous scotsman of Carbon
dale: A. A. Stauffaucher. the expert
on growing and marketing potatoes:
Joseph Ewing of Machanicsburg, o.,
editor of the Breeders Gazette and
an authority on alfalfa; w. S. Gull
ford. director of agriculture for the
Twin Falls Land & Water company;
T. F. Mahony, secretary of the Cham
Der of Commerce of Grand Junction,
who saved s2.000,OO0 worth of fruit
by orchard heating; James L. Hamil-
ton of Grand junction, originator of
orchard heating; Professor l.. A. Mer-
rill of the Utah Agricultural college;
Professor Ball, director of the expert
ment station, and j. Edward Taylor,
state horticultural commissioner
The principal subjects to be dis
cussed on the tour will be potato cul-
ture and orchard heating. There are
a number of minor subjects, but these
will be the main ones. The tour will
require ten days.
At all of the places visited address
es will be made. The usual program
will be for the lecturer on orchard
heating and the lecturer on potato
culture to begin addresses simultan-
eously in Two different cars, fitted up
as lecture rooms. Then, when the
addresses are finished, the lecturers
will exchange cars and repeat the
addresses. In this way, two lectures
Will be given in the time usually de-
voted to one. The various specialists
on the train will be glad to give ad-
vice to all who ask, as the purpose of
the tour Is strictly educational.
ID. S. Spencer of the Oregon Short
Line Is promoting the tour, but may
not be able to make the trip. The
project is without cost to anyone ex-
cept the Oregon Short Line, and all
lectures are absolutely free.
The magnificent work accomplish
ed in Colorado by Messrs. Grubb,
Edgerton, Mahony, Hamilton and
others has demonstrated the value of
this method of instructing agricul-
turists. The lectures will not deal in
theories. but will tell how they ac-
comVlished the successes which are
synonymous with their rames. 1t is
believed that the trip will be of in
calculable benefit to communities
along the route. as similar trips have
been in Colorado. The train, besides
carrying cars for lecture rooms, will
have two composite cars for living
purposes. and baggage car.
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