Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-11-11 | Page 17 | Attributes Success to Muskmellon

Attributes utes Success 1 to us me on n Wis Nis Nov ov 10 By A. A P. P The P.-The The success of many men has bas been attributed to various strange things but few It Is be belIeved believed believed be- be have been Inspired by the muskmelon as was A. A H. H Craig 76 postmaster here He asserts that the whole fabric In his life and achievements was butt up through inspiration furnished by the melon Craig became identified with the melon Industry a after ter a series of fi financial fl- fl misfortunes commencing with the failure of a bicycle factory in which as a young man he in inI invested invested in- in I vested his savings That failure compelled him to mortgage gage his home to pay his obligations I I wrote to a New York publisher publisher publisher pub pub- lisher for a job and got one he explained It was to write a book bool of pages on n the subject of de de- de- de I bate The result was Craigs Pros and Cons Cons' Cons Cons' an outline of school de de- de I bate A Asked ked to name the the publisher the figure represented te I I for tor writing this book boole I gave ave I Iby Iby by the mortgage indebtedness of my home Paying of off the homestead mortgage mortgage mortgage mort mort- gage with witha a now widely used book bool left an empty pocketbook CastIng CastIng Casting Cast- Cast Ing about for substance and health took him into the outdoors and growing things and m melon lon culture suggested itself At that time the article was a luxury in the markets of the East Craig decided to grow a melon that would stand above all an others by intelligent and scientific tion He sent to to France Spain and Persia for seed He first grew melons with some success but butmore butmore more In failure He visited In Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis In- In and at a city pr produce duce market there was attracted by a specimen of provincial melon of or the Hoosier state He bought one for fora a dime ate it and saved the seeds Later Lter he crossed it with one of his own kind The r result result sult was melons that ran twenty Ito to to twenty four four pounds In weight set Craig out to reduce the size for as a market marlet melon it was undesirable because of its weight After years of f experimenting a su superior superior superior su- su product came into being The first success of the new variety found birth at a banquet given in honor of former President Taft Tart in Minneapolis where the guests clamored for melons and then more melons