Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1911-08-24
Great Plans For Apple Show

lduulIlon TO gold and silver trophies
will be awarded il competitions, free
and open to all, at the fourth Nationa
apple show and harvest festival II
Spokane, November % to 80, inclus-
We. Plans have been completed te
exhibit more than 2, 900, 900 of the
highest grade commercial apples
grown in the United States and Canada
N temporary structure covering four
and half acres Of ground, the fea-
lures being Is or more full carload
displays.
Arrangements are under way for a
series of growers conventions and
country life meetings, at which some
| OF the foremost experts in the country
will discuss the educational phases of
| apple culture, dealing also with the
problems Of marketing the orchard
products at home and abroad. Practi-
cal orchardists will give demonstra-
tlons OF modern orcharding, from the
breaking Of the raw land to harvest
ing the crop, and introducing features
designed to assist producers in secur-
ing adequate returns from the land.
Five experts of international repu-
tation will be engaged to pass judg-
ment on the various exhibits, ranging
from carloads to single plates Of five
apples. The sweepstake contest has
been eliminated this year and ii its
stead there will be contests with ad-
ded prizes and premiums on standard
commercial varieties.
The management Of the National
Apple Show, Inc, headed by E. F.
Cartier Van DisseI, has received j
fund of s35, 900, subscribed by citizens
Of Spokane TO carry on the exposition,
which IS not a money making enter
prise in any sense of the term, and it
IS estimated by R. H. Rice, secretary
and manager, that fully SIS, 900 more
will be expended in staging the page
ants in connection with the harvest
festival in the business district dur
ing the week Of the show.
The 1911 festival was literally
forced upon US this year by the busi-
ness men and residents generally Of
Spokane said Harry j.. Nicely, first
vice. president of the National Apple
Show, as we were given to under
stand early last spring that St. Paul
wanted the show in connection with
the land exposition there the coming
fall. However, about week ago 1T
was learned that the land show people
could not see their way clear to IN
dertake such large enterprise, chief
~ because Of the expense and lack OF
room to properly display the exhibits
and it was put up to this organlza-
ton.
I've told delegation Of pronal-
nent citizens that if Spokane would
guarantee fund Of s35, 900 the Ma
tional Apple Show would stage lar
ger and better competitive show than
has ever been seen in the western
country and in addition give week Ct
carnival festivals in the down town
business district. 4 committee was
organized and the first days canvass
resulted il subscriptions amounting
to s23, 900, with the rest OF the money
needed in sight. We have every feas-
on to think that the show the 1ast
week in November will be the most
important and interesting IN the MS
tory Of Spokane and that il will be .
credit TO the entire country.
The National Laundrynen Associ-
alton Of America IS holding us a1li1ai
convention at st. Paul this Week- =
is said that about 900 delegates afe y
attendance. We hope that they IND 2
method Of sewing the buttons oaek u
cur ,iirts after they have been sem -
the laundry.
score cards for sale at the WON
tnr Office