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Show OFFICERS OF THE FRUIT GROWERS The election of the officers of tho State Horticultural society took place Just before tho noon adjournment. The nominating committee complied a list c.f officers and they were accepted ac-cepted by unanimous vote. The officers offi-cers are the same as those f last year. It being announced by the committee com-mittee that a two-year term for all officers would be for the better Interests In-terests of the society. The officers elected aro: Morcni Morteusen, president. J. E. Wright, vice president. J. E. Taylor, secretary. J. O. Duflin. E. G. Titus and Lcroy Marsh, executive committee. C. A. Hkkenlooper. .Weber. Ras P.asmussen, Cache, and C. T. Stlllman of Salt Lake, publicity committee. County vice presidents are: Nepal Martineau, Cuche; John Francis, Box Elder; John T. Wilson, Weber; J. C. Smith. Salt Lake; Richard Brereton, Utah; J. Phillips, Morgan.; James Jeffs, Emery; Joseph Anderson, Millard; Mil-lard; J. J. Judd, Washington; O. P. Washburn, Sevier; .Mr. Mohr, Grand; Otten Casier, Juab; A. W. Horsley, Iron: Albert T. Smith. Davis; Mr. Bydalch, Tooele; Mr. Wright, Summit Salt Lake, Feb. 16. A stormy session ses-sion was that of the State Horticultural Horticul-tural 6ociety this morning at tho sec-oud sec-oud day of its annual convention nt Armory hall, when Dr. E. D'Ball or the Agricultural college of Logan got bis hammer out and proceeded to knock the fruit industry of the west. Other people got after Dr. Ball with a hammer and called him everything from a chump to a person with a crooked brain. The main part of the trouble rose when Dr. Ball told a lot of things about the unfavorable fruit conditions of the Boise Payetto district in Idaho, near where Alex McPherson. a Scotchman Scotch-man of considerable spunk, lives. Dr. Ball proceeded to rebte how the soil at a considerable depth was composed . of alkali and for that reason the trees were killed. As he proceeded Mr. McPherson Mc-Pherson began to redden about the gills. When he could stand It no longer lon-ger he Jumped out and offered an explanation ex-planation of how one orchard in the district was In beautiful shape and another belonging to a man named Wilson was dead or dying "It was this way." declared Mc Phcrson. "Wilsou had a man taking cure of the farm who was Illiterate, but he did know something about fruit raising. He fired this man to take on a college graduate, and that Is what Is the matter with-his orchard. He has fired the college man now and taken back the Illiterate orchordlst and everybody expects the orchard to grow ngalu." Dr Ball took It good naturcdly. The talk of Dr. Ball occupied two hours and was a lengthy dlscusslou of tho condition of the west and northwest north-west as seen by Dr. Ball on a recent trip. He first paid his compliments to California. Cal-ifornia. He said he used to think that California was a model place for water conservation, but he found that water ii handled in leaspoonfuls. |