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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2D, 1909
Smy Hood River I
Affeoted With "Aptloltl"
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worked lor yearn for a transconti
nental railroad at f U'5 a month, and
after four year of orcharding ha
repeatedly refused $100,000 for his
apple land which uet hliu easily
$25,000 a year.
"At the Minnesota State Fair I
saw, arranged on t allien In the Agri
cultural building, the liest apples
that the commonwealth could fur
nish, but I know now that they are
only 'farm apples.' By and by 1
went to the Biennial Apple Fair at
Hood River, a funny little new town
perched on the high banks between
which the stream for which it U
named tumbles Into the Columbia,
some sixty miles east of Portland.
The Oregon Railway and Navigation
Company ran a special tralu to Hood
River that day, and It carried four
hundred or so of the best people In
Portland, well groomed, well man
nered, gracious, sane to all outward
appearances, but all. If the truth
were known, stark, staring,' apple
mad.
"The first thing you see when you
get out of the train at Hood River Is
a shining little kiosk, ornate enough,
perched on the steep bank at the top
of the steps that lead up from the
station. It has a big glass front and
a sign, electric lighted at night, runs
clear across the front of It, announc
ing to the passing world that 'all
apples sold here are guaranteed by
the Hood River Commercial Club.'
"Hood River history, which does
not reach back so very far. tells that
some penny-hunting little boys sold
scrubby apples around the station
and thereby blackened Hood River's
apple fame, which Is Its greatest pos
session. So the official apple-stand
was established and does a land
office business.
"The town was packed with peo
ple for the Apple Fair. Side shows,
with manifold marvels and leather- j
lunged barkers, jugglers, freaks,
Itearded ladies, atld performing dogs
were established In the steep hillside
streets, but nobody gave much heed
to them. It was apples they had
come to see. At the corner of the
main thoroughfares was seeu a tent,
a circus tent that would have held
comfortably a two-ring show, and
Inside of It and about Its doors, or
somewhere In the vicinity, seemed to
lie gathered everybody In Hood
River who wasn't engaged in run
ning a railroad or some other Indls
penslble Institution. Inside there
were apples, apples, apples, of every
hue from the pale green of the New
town, through all the shades of yel
low, and starting with the pink
blush of the Winter Banana, there
were other apples that made a regu
lar procession of rosy colors down
to the Indescribably deep crimson of
the Arkansas Black. There were
boxes of apples In the smiling tiers
known as the 'Hood River pack';
there were pyramids and bowls and
baskets and plates of apples of every
shape and name kuown to the grow
er, and some 'sports' got by acciden
tal cross-polllnatlon, beautiful, fra
grant, delectable, but nameless.
"Some people had sent a few grapes
and pears Just to show what the
soil would do, but they were lost
sight of. On a long platform at one
end of the tent was a show of apple
preserves, apple butter, apple Jelly,
apple tlilsand applethat everything
that has ever leen made from apples.
At one side. In an enclosure, two of
Hood River's best looking girls, one
representing the (lolden, the other
the Delicious, drew Hood River cider
from Hood River barrels and distrib
uted It free, and the people as they
drank It talked apples.
' Over the boxes spread out along
the aisles were blue and red and yel
low premium ribbons, and It was
told that the apple-wise Judges had
sat up till moruing trying to rind
some difference letween the tirst and
second boxes, that they had even
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25 Lents a Bottle
Rlath's Drug Store
Especially Prescriptions
Farm, City and Town Loans
FIVE PER CENT interest, NINE years' time with
privilege of paying at any time. Return payments
monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually, to suit
borrower. For particulars write
The Jackson Loan & Trust Co.
310 Century Building Denver, Colorado
'broken the pack,' taken out every
apple, tape-measured them all for
uniformity, tested them apple against
apple, before yielding the momen
tous verdict. When the strenuous
vigil ended and day came to Hood
River, they had awarded three of the
live capital prlxes to one man, and
the singular thing about It was that
all the apples that brought hi in hon
ors were grown on one small or
chard of about three acres. This
furnishes the keynote, the moral and
the explanation of Oregon and Wash
ington fruit, aud Is bound to center
attention upon the possibilities of
small acreage and the truth, which
America Is so slow to learn, that In
tensive cultivation Is the secret of
agricultural profit, and of vast In
crease In national wealth.
"When an outsider comes to town
Hood River looks htm over and won
ders what kind of a neighbor he will
make, for It Is an old story, here and
In alm st everyone of these high class
fruit districts, that the untieliever
from afar comes to scoff.aud remains
to raise apples.
"A bad apple can no more get out
of Hood River than the camel can
pass through the needle's eye, for
there Is no road . over the mountain
by which a valley orchardman could,
even If he wished, take his bogus
fruit to another station for ship
ment. No man In the Hood River
district even packs his own apples
When the picking Is under way and
some hundreds or thousands of boxes
have been gathered in the growers'
apple houses, the union sends out
packers. Every packer has a number,
every box and there were uearly a
quarter of a million of them last fall
has a nutulier. When the apples at
last go down to Hood River station
for shipment, or to be held In the
union's cold storage houses, each
box Is entered by number lu the tin
Ion's books to the grower's credit,
together with record of Its contents,
the number of the packer, and the
grade of the fruit, which is either
'fancy' or 'choice.' Where the box Is
bound for, ordinarily, the grower
has no notion, neither does he care
much. The uulon finds the market.
conducts the sale, and pays him for
his apples at the platform, and Its
stamp on any box Is guarantee of
perfection. When a Russian colonel
In Vladivostok finds a blemish on a
Hood River Jonathan the union de
ducts the price of the box from Its
bill against the consignee. It Is the
boast of these northwestern orchard
men that any apples they ship can
lie taken from the box and eaten In
the dark. It Is the standard of qual
ity and the trustworthiness of the
guarantee that makes the price. The
apple crops of Hood River, Yakima,
Wenatchee, and a lot of other places
are bought on the trees. In advance
of the harvest, by dealers in New
York. London, Hongkong, and
numberless other cities, without the
sending of any agent to Inspect their
quality. A name for reliability Is
Indeed an asset of worth."
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R. E. HARBISON
A. L. NEWTON
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buys. They sit nnd gesticulate, grimy
awl uncombed, but people who
know say that some of them make
five or six thounand dollars a year.
They never change their way of
dress, they find It Inconvenient to
live uptown, but they stow their
mouey away somewhere until there
comes a propitious moment for go
ing Into business on a larger scale,
or elne they Have It for a comfortable
old age under their native skies. It
Ih rather dazzling when a man with
out an overcoat, apparently un
waged these many day, airily pulls
several hundred dollars out of hi
pocket or makes an agreement In
volving thousand, but It Ih a com
mon occurence In the fruit business.
All the conditions of the trade have
changed within the last decade since
the went entered the Held. A dealer
voiced the general sentiment when
he said, "The east can show flavor,
all you want, but when It cornea to
grading nnd packing the west ha
got 'era skinned to dnth." The
"good-looking" fruit comes from the
went atld the trade In thin branch Ih
growing with , great strides every
year. Not long ago an apple wan
an apple and a peach a pencil, but
democracy had deserted the orchard.
Fine fruit hati a market now that It
never had lefore. One of the dealers
In thin Hue can show applet from
Oregon Helling for 'St cents apiece.
Questioned as to the price of peat-hen
he observed that the fl nest sold for
$2 apiece. The glory of raising these
aristocrats cannot be claimed by Cal
ifornia, hovever, for they are Im
ported from England and llelglum,
but It shows that there Is a market
and, no doubt, the west will provide
a HiHMclei.tl.v high grade article lie
fore long. Not more than a dozen
or so of tln-Me $2 (leaches are sold In
the course of a week by the retailer
who showed them, but several other
houses carry them, and the total
must mount up to a respectable
figure.
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Lditor's Note This Is the first of
n Installment of an article on the
above subject which will be published
in three parts. It tells where the fin
est fruit comes from, how much It
sells for and gives hood River the
palm for the world's best apples.
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FRUIT DEALERS
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We will handle Strawberries and other Fruits again this season
as usual and will give our customers the benefit of our long experience
in marketing Hood River Fruit.
Call at our office or phono us
General Office Phone 65 Ice Factory and Cold Storage Plant 65
Davidson Fruit Company
HOOD RIVER, OREGON
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AND DAIRY iL1N
$13,000
t04 SkOrot 4 miles from Camas.
60 acres cleared and In high
state of cultivatoln. 7 acres in
prunes, 4 acres in apples, pears
and peaches. A few walnut
trees. All kinds of berries.
Near church, mile to school,
flood house, well, 2 barns, Im
plement shed. New prune dry
er. All kinds of farm imple
ments and household furniture
included. II tons of prunes
dried In 1909. Plenty of tim
ber. Finest soil to be found
anywhere In this section. 5
head of cattle, I Rood team,
hogs. Terms $10,000 cash,
balance In S years at 7 percent.
$6500
SO Aorer 4 miles from Camas,
20 acres cleared and cnultlva
tlon. Mostly level. All well
fenced. 23 acres heavy tim
ber. Watered by two creeks
and two wells. Fruit trees, 35
walnut trees, 3-4 acre black
berries, strawberries, ete.
Good 8 -room house cost f 1000.
Large barn and sheds. 14
mile to school. Near church.
R. F. D. and phone. 7 cows
and hay enough for winter.
Terms f 4000 cash and balance
In 3 to 5 years.
$82.50 Per Acre
256 Aero, 4 miles from Camas.
12S acres In cultivation I
house and 2 good sized barns.
Oood well. Water piped to the
house. Large family orchard.
Will make an ideal place for
stock. Plenty of good timber
suitable for wood. All can be
cultivated. Terms half cash,
balance on reasonable terms.
A CARD WILL BRING FULL INFORMATION
patton & McAllister
Opposite Depot -:- Camas, Waslr
Candidate for Congress
W. A. Ilalteman, executive com
missioner for Washington state at
the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition,
Is being strongly urged as the succes
sor to Congressman Miles Polndcxter
In the Third District. Mr. Ilnlteman
made an excellent showing nnd has
a splendid knowledge of t lie state's
needs. Secretary U. P. Krotilierjfer
of the state commission, who was
also a prominent factor In making
the vvrislilngton showing a pro
nouncd success, will proliahly lie
come a permanent resident of the
west side.