THE GIDEON MEMORIAL FUND. 27 



contemporaries. It is for this that I join you in placing the fresh 

 and, I hope, imperishable garland of the proposed memorial upon 

 his honored head: 



I now offer the following resolution: 



Resolved, That the executive board, in their discretion, be 

 recommended to prepare and print an illuminated booklet, usingasa 

 standard of style the Roycroft publications; that it be limited to 

 l,000 or more copies and each copy to be numbered and certified 

 over the autograph of the secretary; and that it be copyrighted in 

 the name of this society. 



That it contain about sixteen pages, as follows: 



1st: A half-tone portrait of Mr. Gideon; 



2nd: A half-tone portrait of Mrs. Wealthy Gideon; 



3rd: A three-impression colored plate of the Wealthy apple; 



4th: A list of Mr. Gideon's named seedling apples; 



5th: A condensed biography of Mr. Gideon; 



6th: A few pages of brief letters from horticulturists, not resi- 

 dents of Minnesota, relating to Mr. Gideon and the Wealthy apple; 



7th: The imprint of the book shop doing the work. 



And nothing more. 



That the booklet be sold by the executive board or under their 

 direction in such manner as they shall deem best, and the profits 

 devoted to founding the proposed memorial at the State University 

 of Minnesota, 



Now I will give you my thought. All of you have heard 

 of the beautiful work done by the Roycroft shop, its reputation 

 for printing beautiful things. There is Elbert Hubbard's cele- 

 brated essay, "A Message to Garcia," in illuminated form (ex- 

 hibiting volume), and the same form I would suggest here. We 

 may not be able to reach the high standard of this volume, this 

 vellum covered and silk-lined booklet. But that is for the exe- 

 cutive committee to determine. Every copy issued will have its 

 number, and the supposition is that many of cur friends will be will- 

 ing to pay a considerable sum for the first number. 



Mr. J. S. Trigg (Iowa): While the state of Minnesota has all 

 the honor of owning Mr. Gideon as one of its citizens, I beg to state 

 that other communities outside of your state have an equal pride 

 in honoring this man, and it seems to me that resolution should 

 be amended and the number of copies provided for be enlarged. 

 Every man in Iowa who raises a Wealthy apple tree will surely feel 

 a great interest in the man who originated that apple, and if you 

 only issue one thousand copies we will be unable to get any for 

 Iowa. 



Prof. S. B. Green: I would like to say a few words in regard 

 to this matter. I think that example is much better than precept. 

 That is why I spoke last night about the honor which was paid to 

 eminent persons who had lived, especially in Europe. I showed 

 you the statue of Liebig, the chemist. He was a professor at the 

 University of Giesen, and there is a fine marble monument in the 

 square to his memory. It is a goal for every boy to attain. I think 



