Show Funeral Ser Sers ices Held Oct 27 for E E Smith Funeral servIces for E c C E Smith who died October th were ere held Sat urd at 12 30 10 p m at the Bount fun fu Tabernacle inder der the dIrectIOn of Bishop Cannon Dr Pe Pc Peterson terson president of the Utah Ut A Agri Agricultural I cultural cultura College a n id d W J Thayne ne of Pro 0 former a ij agent ent of tins this county were the principal l speak k speakers ers M 1 vor or C I II Smith of Center Centerville vile John II B row now and md D H also allo spoke The opening pra pray prayer er ers was s by Bisho Bishor James E Burns nd Ind the i by Richard String Mani Music was as hed by b bv a quo qu- qu quartet Mrs 11 Ida I f ind nd Pi of Sardon took place in the salt L ke cen r etE-r The tollo following Ing retell etch of ot some of Mr Ir Smith s and ap appreciation of his Ius place pace in a al activity Ity in Dav Dao s county was as pre at the cost ce of a group ot of iris friends in a good god 0 d position to know kno whereof the they speak Mr lr SmItha Smith wa a was a very well ell known roan n all an over otter the state especially a among mong the truck gardeners and far farmers farn farmers mers n ers He lie was as not Dot only onh onha a lead ng Utah truck gardener but he did as much and probably probable more than any anyone anyone anyone one man for the truck trick gardners of Davis county and also throughout the te Mr Ir Mr Smith was as constantly on the alert to find new varieties v of pro duce produce vegetables bes and would secure the seed seed see and try them out In some rises ses far far in advance of other gardeners even even reading about them lie He produced the first firt certified S sweet Spanish onion seed in the State of Utah A few years ago o he be spent come orne time in Riverside California and andon on returning became a sweet s Spanish onion omon enthusiast He lie did more for the Utah onion business than any other one man He con conceived conceived the ld idea a pf importing onion seed direct from front from Spain Spam and ind along WIth others purchased this seed Largely through his efforts one of BountIful's own boys stud ed the on onion onion ion industry in that country Through h tr Smiths Smith's efforts the onion omon business has improved in qu l qu It and has grown rd m in Davis county I from i a few acre to acres alres in 1123 rho fhe sweet s Spanish onion omon has become carsi standardized and ca cars car A i er were shipped from this county this year ear with a 1 of ot acres for th the state of Utah resulting in nv m dol dollars tars lars in m the hands of the producers T lere ire are two 02 of three varieties Mr Sm th took great interest m in inthe inthe the improvement pf of the cantaloupe There are two or or vane varieties ties which he tried ou out which arc are now a standard commer Sil al val amon among the gardeners gardners L likewise k I e he took great interest in m popcorn and sweet corn also other vegetables such as c and turnips and experiment experimented ed cd with them to find which varietIes were ere best suited to local ocal conditions I Mr Smith had a keen mind on market conditions and md was always on OD the alert tr trying mg to find better mar Lets for Utah s produce Through his I efforts is s chairman of a committee during the las as summer hummer ummern in n e adver ising cam was put on I onI Mr Ir took teak k great interest m in furs and e exhibits Along with Dr George an i J C of the Utah A Agricultural l college at I Lousi a n ci editable seed show was as w tal en to a recent national lily Y and I CIted sted show sho shoaf af a Chicago At this time Utah s seed took a number of ribbons rIbbon and andl as placed among the t I fir first or 01 the J alfalfa map To the SUI prise of manX Utah s corn took first place in region number SIX sir un el Mr SmIth SmIths s selection on ribbons Cle alsa al Jo Sl sa taken on m nv other Utah h grains ms It at this show Mr l Smith acted a as Judge of the Cg at the recent state fair nd bas bis acted as i a Judge of other fairs both nationally in the state and ind andin in 10 the count county In these events his judge Ju judgment ent vas s v s undisputed ed edI edHe lie He knew quality when he saIt saw sa it I Mr Ir Smith took a prominent put part partin partin exI In establishing the Davis county ex experimental I fir n fir n for the benefit of market gardners Under his Judg Judg- Judgment judgment judgment I ment a number oft oD oDthe oft the present ments are under Iway way Just a few days before hs h Ii s death deith ho he made a VISit I to the farm to check upon the ee eC e result of the past summer sum summer mer His Ills value was appreciated sumI In I life and his prec presence nce will be greatly gre missed missed in 10 this county and throughout I the state In truck crops thel e ere are re few fC E L Smiths s |