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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



Hon. H. S. Blandford, in behalf of the 

 citizens of Walla AValla, very cordially 

 welcomed the fruit growers and visitors 

 to the hospitality of the city. There 

 were instructive papers and addresses by 

 N. G. Blalock, J. A. Balmer, E. F. 

 Babcock, J. B. Holt, C. L. Whitney, J. 

 M. Hixson, T. R. Coon, C. A. Tonneson, 

 S. A. Clarke, John Hill, Frank Lee, 

 William Brown, H. S. Blandford, F. I. 

 Whitney, J. P. McMinn, Prof. G. A. 

 Droll, Prof. J. M. Bloss (Oregon Agri- 

 cultural College) and M. P. Carter and 

 J. R. Anderson (British Columbia). Pro- 

 vision was made for the establishment 

 of a Bureau of Information, the condition 

 for membership to be actual shippers of 

 fruit of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and 

 British Columbia, and also the applicant 

 to be a member of the Northwest Fruit 

 Growers' Association. The standing com- 

 mittee on Bureau of Information was 

 instructed to take up the matter of ex- 

 posing dishonest commission merchants. 

 The association elected the following 

 officers for the ensuing year: President, 

 Dr. N. G. Blalock; secretary, C. A. 

 Tonneson, Tacoma; treasurer, W. S. 

 Offner; vice-president for Oregon, Emile 

 Schanno, The Dalles; vice-president for 

 Washington, R. C. McCroskey, Garfield; 

 vice-president for Idaho, H. A. Russell, 

 Kendrick. The next meeting will be 

 held at North Yakima, the second 

 Tuesday in December, 1896. 



BOOKS AND MAGAZINES. 



The December Century has a season- 

 able Christmas article in Edith Cane's 

 paper on Tissot's The Life of Christ, and 

 the first paper on The Passion Play at 

 Vorder Thierese, by Annie S. Peck. 

 The Life of Napoleon is continued. 

 Among the table of contents pre Appeals 

 to Lincoln's Clemency; One Way Out, and 

 Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel. 



One of the leading articles in Scribner's 

 for the month is Wild Beasts as They 

 Live, by Capt. Melliss. 



One of the most striking contributions 

 is the opening paper by Cosmo Monkhouse, 

 on Laurens Alma-Tadema, which is fully 

 illustrated with reproductions of the 

 artist's most famous paintings. There 

 are good short stories by Frank R. Stock- 

 ton, Joel Chandler Harris, Henry Van 

 Dyke, Charles E. Carryl and A. S. Pier. 



The December number of McClure's 

 magazine contains a continuation of the 

 Life of Lincoln, with new portraits. 

 McClure's magazine claims to have in- 

 creased its circulation to the extent of 

 100,000 since beginning the publication 

 of Lincoln's life. It certainly is one of 

 the most readable magazines issued. 

 Among the other features in this number 

 are: The Sun's Heat, by Sir Robert Ball; 

 Through the Dardanelles, by Cy Warman, 

 and the true story of Annie Laurie. 



Lippincott's magazine for December 

 contains, English Medieval Life; Gunning 

 for Gobblers; Orchids; Japanese Sword 

 Lore; Athletic Sports of Ancient Days and 

 Meets. 



The Christmas Cosmopolitan appears 

 with a colored lithographic frontispiece. 

 Among the leading features are: A Christ- 

 mas Legend of King Arthur's Country; 

 one of Robert Louis Stevenson's stories, 

 A Tragedy of the Great North Rood; 

 Butterflies, by James Lane Allen, and a 

 story called Tonia, by Ouida; Game 

 Fishing in the Pacific, and Actresses who 

 became Heiresses. 



The Review of Reviews for December 

 is larger than usual and it is well filled 

 with many important matters. Sherman's 

 Story of his own Career, by E. B. An- 

 drews is interesting. The Venezuelan 

 question is very timely on account of 

 recent developments in the status of af- 

 fairs between the United States and Eng- 

 land. Among the other worthy features 

 are: An Indian on the Problems of his 

 Race, and a character sketch of Herbert 

 Spencer. Dr. Shaw in the Progress of 

 the World carefully reviews existing poli- 

 tical situations and important current 

 topics. 



The Social Economist of New York, 

 edited by George Gunton, for December 

 contains a number of interesting items, 

 among them are: What Shall be Done 

 With the Tariff; Legal Merits of the 

 Venezuela Case; Woman Labor in Eng- 

 land, and others. 



The Monthly Illustrator and Home and 

 Country for December contains an article 

 of the Life of Christ, which is illustrated 

 with innumerable reproductions of cele- 

 brated paintings and drawings. The 

 story of Jean Valjean is concluded in this 

 number., This magazine is rapidly tak- 

 ing its place in the front rank of illus- 

 trated publications. 



