| Show PROF mm ADRIAN THE T E BURBANK MAN one ot of the most interesting numbers on the high school lecture course was prof henry D adrian who appeared in the II if S assembly on tuesday evening of this week prof adrian is called the luther burbank man and he had exhibits of 6 that genius experiments in the form forai of a piece of spineless cactus which akl mr burbank has developed and which has high food properties for both man and beast and which can be produced in almost unheard ot or quantities on any of our western desert lands also told of 0 burbanks Burban hs success in perfecting a rice that will grow on uplands and a wheat that will yield as high as bushels per acre and can be produced anywhere for these accomplishments the speaker styled burbank the greatest hero in the world for he has developed the resources whereby the lives of thousands of human beings can be I 1 saved annually from famine because of the high producing propensities ol of the plants and giaino which he has succeeded in breeding to such a high state of productive efficiency the speaker also exhibited sections of black walnut which the great wizard has perfected that will grow and mature in this section in IS years the wood has a great value tor for furniture and building purposes where a hard wood Is required that will take a polish also showed spineless and blackberry plants which have been developed by burbank and in a closing he p paid aid a big tribute to the mormon pioneers whom he termed heroes and heroines of the highest type |
