Show FOR COAL HEATERS A very spirited meeting ol of the fruit growers of this county was held field in the court house monday morning at t 10 nt J valentine presided as chairman and james jensen was made secretary of the meeting the purpose of the gathering was to discuss the merits of the various orchard heaters which have been offered for sale in liis his county pros pres moroni of the state board of horticulture who in connection with manager N J valentine of the B D C fruit growers recently visited tile the grand valley lu ill colorado was the first speaker and he related his observations among grand junction orchards and friet growers stated that while many of the growers in that section had been using coal heaters a change was now being made to the oil heater on account of the great labor attached to handling tile the coal heater it was conce eded that with the labor eliminated the coal heater beater is much the cheaper N J valentine substantiated what chat pres Alor had stated and both gentlemen retrained refrained from making any recommendations but said they were willing to abide by the decision of the meeting A general discussion was indulged in for some time after which it was decided to use the coal heaters ordering same in car load lots A committee was appointed to wait upon the box elder commercial club and ask for operation cooperation co in getting a better freight rate on coal to this city and county the committee consisted of gentlemen from this city and from out in the valley |