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Show High Priests' Welfare Committee Urges Planting cf Fruit Trees By PRIESTS' WELFARE COMMITTEE The Dixie country has always been known for its choice, fine quality and broad variety of semi-tropical semi-tropical fruits. During the time when Thomas Judd was chairman chair-man of the State Board of Horticulture, Horti-culture, his exhibits excelled at many places. To the wonderful peach, apple, plum, potatoes, pears and grains from the north, were added the pomegranate, fig, grape, quince, nuts, cotton, pampas pam-pas grass from Dixie and he took the sweepstakes prizes at the National Na-tional Irrigation congress. At Albuquerque, Los Angeles, Portland, Cheyenne, Chicago and New York he took first place. Owing the extreme frosts, neglect neg-lect and various other causes, our trees and vines have disappeared and have not been re-planted. It is true that there are drawbacks draw-backs to fruit raising in the St. George valley on account of impoverished im-poverished soils, lack of drainage and lack of care and proper methods. meth-ods. Ask yourselves the questions: "Would it be possible with modern mod-ern methods, soil aids, our present pres-ent drainage and water system to rehabilitate some of those fine family orchards ?" What do you say to cooperating with us and give this a good sensible sen-sible trial. The chairmen of the Personal Welfare committees of the group quorums of High Priests have been organized as follows: George Brooks, J. R. Fawcett, Jas. M. Moody and Moroni McArthur. These men have their groups in their respective wards and would like to serve you in making a fruit s "vey, and in finding proper trees to plant at the proper time. We kindly ask you to cooperate with us in making a survey to ascertain the kinds and number of fruit trees and vines in this city. Questionnaires will be sent out and we hope you all will assist by filling in the blanks. |