PROCEEDINGS OF TWENTY-SIXTH FRUIT-GROWERS' CONVENTION. 77 



PROCEEDINGS OF THIRD DAY. 



Thursday, December 5, 1901. 



The Convention was called to order as per adjournment. President 

 Cooper in the chair. 



PRESIDENT COOPER. This morning has been set aside for the 

 ladies. They have changed the usual programme, and have arranged a 

 programme for themselves. 



The following was offered by F. M. Righter: 



To his Excellency Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States: 



We, the fruit-growers of California, in State Convention assembled, send greeting, 

 and beg leave to express to you our unqualified appreciation of the interest your mes- 

 sage to Congress shows that you feel in the welfare of the producers of this great 

 country. 



Your recommending to Congress the urgent need of the earliest possible construction 

 of the interoceanic canal and the connection by cable of the United States with Hawaii, 

 the Philippines, and points in Asia, also the aid of the Government in the preservation 

 of our forests and the construction of reservoirs and irrigation canals to be employed in 

 the reclamation of our unsettled arid public lands, meets our most hearty approval. 



Hoping that the good things in prospect may soon be secured, we extend in aid of 

 these great accomplishments our grateful helping hand. 



F. M. EIGHTER, 

 WILLIAM JOHNSTON, 

 N. W. MOTHERAL, 



Committee. 



Adopted, and a copy ordered telegraphed to President Roosevelt. 

 Vice-President Wickson took the chair. 



W. H. AiKEx, chairman of the Committee on Resolutions, reported 

 favorably on the adoption of the resolution calling for the passage of a 

 national quarantine law ; also, on the resolution recommending J. A. Fil- 

 cher for Chief Horticultural Ofl&cer of the St. Louis World's Exposition. 



The resolutions were adopted. 



Upon motion of Rev. Waldrop, the latter resolution was adopted by 

 a rising vote. 



HEDGE ROW VINEYAED. 



By miss LUCY H. HATCH, of Fresxo. 



Hedge Row Vineyard, three miles south of Fresno, is notable from 

 the fact that women owned and managed it from its inception. It was 

 established by Miss M. F. Austin, whose energy and intelligence won it 

 success and reputation. Four women — all teachers — formed the com- 

 pany, and upon the opening of Central Colony in 1876, purchases were 



