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Show BUlLUb BAS.' -l.- iirnn oFMONbiESeaKer urges in spRiNGviLLtfckini Plant Memorial Monument. i M H J I U U U U 1 0 JA'WlS J. "Limn-., ....v., one of Springville'.li muit''ts .wi'V'.-build .wi'V'.-build the base p'ogin gtowiug fruit dier's ' me nioriu-i that can be sold on erected In tlie-ets. no cording to Heber in memory 'tate crop inspector and Maplftou fntlie speaker at the meeting 'sacrifice rioon of the Provo Rotary war. Hotel Roberts. Tulamers and farm product mar-at mar-at a I furnished the theme for Mr. by -'lib's address as interesting as dn'was informative to his audience, composed largely of Provo business imcn. Mr. Webb began with an introduc-1 introduc-1 tory explanation of the birth of I grading and inspecting of Utah farm products, which, he explained started start-ed in 1019, and since has steadily grown to include all of Utah's agricultural agri-cultural products. "Congress in 1922 authorized federal fed-eral co-operation in grading," Mr. Webb said, "but failed to appropriate appro-priate the money necessary to render ren-der financial assistance. This was overcome by the Utah state department depart-ment of agriculture by instituting a system of fees for inspections, $3 for a carload of vegetables and $5 for a car of fruit. From these fees the state-wide inspection and grading program has been financed.' Mr. Webb stressed the urgent need for better grading and packing of both fruit and vegetables in Utah. "Due to the vigorous grading we have done within the past two years Utnh peaches and onions have reached the top In the eastern market mar-ket for the first time," the speaker declared. 'There still remains much to be doW in this respect. We must standardize stand-ardize Utah farm products to in-sntle in-sntle a market for them, not only in othVr states but right here in Utah. "tValt Lake today is buying north- r(.sl Vi.'VLrklo mid Titnhn rvotntops he- cause Wu?rrCSr"derK'ISd f? lTvi'' " much higher P"ce for them pringvi Utnh powers get. ,,,1" other markets many Utah Ind haf K'ta nre Poetically unknown. ',atio- i'T? nre nfrnld t0 b"y Utah pro-- pro-- -. . cnuse they never can tell ini ?","at tlley wi" Ppt w"en thev buy TJ Idaho flio In toes they know, for Half10 Ha-lf10 pot'itoo growers are unanimous Jin their favor of a standard grading grad-ing system. When they but apples ,17"VL;',he Pific northwest ther knoir !vhnt theywill get, but when ftev buy l)i;s Vrifi -nty "PPles, for instance in-stance they it' iy get several grades-from grades-from extra ancy to culls mixed in .same Ik,," fix. That's why northwest north-west apples command a much higher Price ad " . a better market all over tie eoune ,,,'ry. ! T,"We ""ion !H centrl Picking plants. e ,,,f ny be owned by the farmers farm-ers hUfrh should be under the charge 1" ,"il'ft) cxPerieneed, unprejudiced T''lr;io(.,nnfI pncker' No farac-' I" i of e now eu to grade and pack , 1 coLn Prod,,cts, for he, naturally. I projj" ,,idicod in favor of his own .i,"oe ccnlril1 grading and packing j'i'i ,?"W comPeI the elimination f fulls. At present Utnh farmera are growing too mnnv culls. Culls nre mere waste. They can be eliinl-; eliinl-; iinled in fruits by careful and timely time-ly spraying. Lack of spraving. improper im-proper spraying and insufficient spraying make culls. "If it became known through the T nlted States that everv mox of T'lah fruit was graded there would he such a demand for Utah fruit that Utah orchard owners oould not afford to grow culls, unsaleable anywhere any-where at anytime. "Figures I have here shows nn extraordinary number of low grade cars leaving the state. This will not establish Utah as a fruit and vegetable vege-table producer. I hope the business men of Provo will encourage the farmers of Utah countv in ' better grading, better packing, so that they may get better prices." RK UNION OF ,TEX FAMILY Vn?1? ATTENDED AFFAIR SPANISH FORK, Jan. 3 Approximately Ap-proximately 350 relatives and Intimate Inti-mate friends gathered at the Third word amusement hall Tuesday afternoon af-ternoon and evening to enjov the Mnual Jex reunion and celebrate !t ninety-eighth anniversary of the io Eliza Goodson Jex. The earlv afternoon was spent in a general ttndshaklng nnd get-acquainted noting, after which a program was RJ-en under the direction of I E -nockhank. jU the close of the program a but-ij but-ij luncheon was served to the 350 'nt by the sons nnd daughters of family. During the luncheon ran-V-as furnished by the high school ofhestra. Following the luncheon njwild west show- was staged bv flsha Warner. The remainder of t evening wns spent iu dnnci illlnm Jex, who has the distinctly distinc-tly of being the oldest man In sjilsh Fork, came here from Eng-ti Eng-ti ml"1 hls wife- Goodson id iPy arrived in Snlt Lake In F, l!?y, Iater came t0 Spanish .' whch became their perma-n perma-n home in 1S58. Mr. and Mrs. ere the parents of eleven chll- nine of whom are living. The Rr children number 115 gre-it- S 05!!'!'"en 190 nnd ereat-great-' children, seven. ing the past year there have Z wenty births in the family, six "Jiges and no deaths. Counting i.3wll hare married into the j "3. the descendants now number ij 1 f:' |