Show fruit growers meeting the annual meeting of the stock boldery bolder of the brigham city fruit growers association was held in the Com commercial commercio merci al club last sat afternoon this was the adjourned session nell action was made necess necessary ari on oil account bif it insufficient stock being represented at it the regular first session the managers annual report was presented and its contents contained many items of interest f for 0 r despite the bad year the organization came along famously season and the balance sheet showed a healthy credit in fact the commercial credit of the organization is way above par right now stronger than it has berm been for some time and this is gratifying to the fruit growers who are stockholders e rs it was pointed out at the mee meeting that the thing needed most in brigham is a canning fa caory ellory or two to take care of the surplus production of all fruits and berries it was reported that during the past and other year all the local shippers have com combined bind and sent not only wagon loads but car loads of raspberries rasp berries ries dewberries dew berries and cherries to the canning factories in ogden and in eastern cities in order to preserve tle the fresh fruit market arket ii practically all tho the surplus that had to be sent seat to eastern canning factories was sold at r v loss but if it a canning factory was in operation in fit this city it i would take care of all the products and would I 1 make ake money while tile the growers would I 1 get the lie regular market price for their i tault the fruit growers association has a canning fae 4 tory and it if thin things gs go well for another a n eabon f or two that step will be ta talc c en right now things are running runn inc along on oil so clo 6 a In argill slid aud all growers have lost their fruit crop for 10 1 0 0 many years that none ot of them have any surplus capital to invest in a factory I 1 tile the organization would welcome the cooperation of the commercial club or any private citizens to the end that a canning factory be established the plan would be to begin operations de rations as soon as the berries conic come on end continue cont inu steadily 0 all thru the summer finishing up with hubbard squash in the fall president J francis merrell of the commercial club met with the fruit growers and extended an invitation to all ot of them to become members of the club and lend lead their influence pud and support to tile alie movement ot of obtaining some of the many good things thich this community ought to have lie also assured the growers of the des desire re of 0 the commercial club to cooperate in fit any and every way vil them in the matter of 0 stimulating the fruit industry and providing market for the products of the orchards the meeting elected a board of directors for the ensuing year as follows GW W watkins J W francis Franc ls k II 11 S larsen james jensen N J valentine G W galbralth galbraith and J P christensen Chrls |