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THRoHOOD RIVER NEWS Advertisers Get Hesults Highest Grade Job Printing VOLUME 7, NUMBER 46 HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1911 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR HOOD RIVER Quality, Pack and Color of Exhibits Never Surpassed--Display Attracts Wide Attention Both Here and In PortlandWhile Not as Large as In Former Years Nearly 800 Boxes of Magnificent Fruit Is Shown Women Exhibitors Play Leading Role In Prize Qet-ting--Most of Display Goes to Portland Show. Apple was king at Mood Klver last week. HI reign commenced Thurs day ami lasted until lute Saturday cvenlng when SOU boxen of his sub jects were taken down from their lofty pudental. While the fruit fair lasted Lis nway wan aliHolute and other things were forgotten, liy the same token propagators of the val ley' royal fruit had the place of honor during the hIiow, while citi zens In other walks of life were a mere Incident, Garlied In their most gorgeous coats of red, yellow and green. It wan an difliciilt for the ordi nary spectator to decide which of those boxen of aristocratic apples wan entitled to the grand prize as It In to pick out the prettiest woman tit the New Vork horse show. Dis tinguished connoisseurs In apple Is-auty, however, labored diligently to discern any Imperfections and the royal favors were distributed Friday. It Is said by the attaches of the apple kingdom that not In yearn have such magnificent specimens of the royal apple family filtered the lists for couqucst. The kingly Spitz fiiburg with his consort, the Yellow Newton, were present In all their glory; the crimson Jonathan and llaldwln, the golden Ortley, the deep red Arkansas Itlack, the delicately colored Winter Banana with Its tinge of pink more exquisite than the blush of the most modest maiden, vied for honors with the Ked Cheeked IMppIn, whose coloring was like the comely face of a country girl on a frosty morning. Then there wan the lady Apple so perfect In shape that mi one has the heart to eat It, and which find Itn way Into the homen of the Four Hundred for table decor ative purposes. Contrasted with this Lilliputian apple was the huge mahogany colored Wolf Klver, one of them almost big enough to pro vide a pol.vgamlst's family with des sert. The liraveiisteln, the prince of the early apples was at court, as was also the Swnar, llydes King, Northern Spy, Khodc Island Grecn Ing ami many other apple celebrities. While the pleblan vegetable occu pied an obscure corner of the gor geous pageant he was not forgotten. Ill fact he asserted himself In giant proportions an Sir Spud, Squash and Pumpkin, but the supreme Interest was In King Apple, packed marvel ously and polished tike n mirror. A feature was five boxes, packed by Miss Anne Sheppard, the nine-year old daughter of E. II. Shepard, ed itor of Better Fruit, and admitted by veteran packers to lie perfect In every respect. The value placed on this SOO-liox exhibit of fanciest of fancy apples wan $.",000. Knough to buy 0,000 bushels of the fancy product of New York or Missouri, an amount of the product of these states that would inKn President Tuft had n busy week, watching the miners' coiiki'ck In I'lttslairKh nnd Inter K"lng t' New Vork slid reviewing the CW OnapSIJOlS cllro Atlantic Beet of 102 vessel, which had assembled In the Hudson river under tho couimnml of Kenr Admiral CMcrlmus Of the Wek. on Donr(l nl flUKshlp, the Connecticut. Yunn Shlh Knl leeiiine premier of Chlnn nnd wns given the power of naming the llrxt Vl UIB ''CB constitutional cnblnet. The emperor nlso gnve up the life nnd denth power over his subjects. Archbishops Knrtey nnd O'Con nell nnd Mr. Fnlconlo were nnmed by Pope Plus X. nn American members of the college of cnrdlnnls. Joseph Pulitzer, owner of the New Vork World nud St Louis Post Dlspntch, died on tsmrd his yuclit In the linrlxir of Chnrleston, 8. C. Judge IlullluKton of (he United States circuit court wn uauied ns oue of tb three justices before whom the steel trust will be tried. APPLE FAIR fill ten cars. It wan rated In price from $5 to $S per box. Visiting up pie men declared that competition with this Mood Klver fruit Is out of the question, and local old-time ex hibitors say Its quality, pack and color have never been equalled. "Its excellence lieats the world," said H. F. Davidson, president, of the David son Fruit Company, and C. H. Sproat, manager of the Apple Grow ers' 1'nlon, pronounced It "A sight for the gods, to say nothing of hum ble mankind," (J. It. Custner, C. D. Thompson, I. S. Davidson and C. K. Marshall, managers of the fair asso ciation, admit that a", former shows were put In the shade and their opin ion was borne out by many pioneer residents. Although the show opened Thurs day morning the exhibits were not all In place until Thursday night. The Davidson Fruit Company was the largest exhibitor, showing both commercial nud exhibit packs, rind their large display did much to make the show complete. Sears & Porter aud the Apple Land and Orchard Company had two exhibits, the for mer showing Xi boxes of tine stuff, comprising all the standard varieties, which was not entered for competi tion, and the latter 25 boxes of very fancy apples that were not entered for prizes. Both of these orchards had. In addition, a 25 box exhibit that was placed In the contest. The Ferguson Ac Hawthorne display, which took the grand prize, was the Mrst exhibit ever shown by that or chard, and was a beauty. It was not the Intention to enter It when it was brought In, but when placed It was so haudsome that Is wan put In the contest. The Sears & Porter ex hibit, which took second honors In the 25-box exhibit, was as fine a dis play of commercial pack and stand ard varieties an was ever exhibited at the Hood Klver fruit fair, and a similar exhibit by the Apple Land ami On-hard Company seemed equal ly an good. The 25-box display from Montague Fruit Farm wnn also In the front rank In excellence and pack In a strictly commercial sense, K. It. Pooley made a very creditable showing In this class for his first display, and J. II. Eggert showed 25 boxes with alternating rows wrapped nnd unwrapped. One of the finest exhibits was shown by .1. L. Carter, which was not en tered for competition. The exhibit was composed entirely of Spitz, mng iitflcent In color and the lies! In uni formity of size of any shown. This display probably elicited as much admiration as nny In the entire show. Dr. Stanton Allen showed 21 tioxes that were not comctliig, L. A. Herman six boxes, and Thos. Avery, of Kggerniont Orchard, had a 12-box non-competing display, strict EVENTS OF WORLD WIDE INTEREST PICTURED FOR BUSY READERS BIG SUCCESS ly commercial, that would undoubt edly have taken some prizes If entered. Two quarter boxes of Mcintosh Hed frnn the orchard of C. H, Sproat at tracted a great deal of attention, an did also a box each of Winter Ba nanas and Ortleys graded down ac cording to coloring, that produced a beautiful effect. In the miscellane ous exhibit there were some magnifi cent potatoes grown by Geo. Sar-gent,-two plates of Eugllsb walnuts from the Hood Klver Mineral Springs orchard, some fine Beurre Clalrgo iears, anil some superior samples of corn. A box of Siberian crnb apples latieled Spltzenburgs, kept the peo ple guessing, and a tiny box of Wine saps, shown by an unknown exhib itor, was a pleasing novelty. The arrangement of the exhibits wus the bist that has ever been made here, the large room allowing for a lietter display by having the fruit placed around the sides of the big quadrangle. Well lighted. It was possible to staud at a given point and practically see the whole exhibit and, therefore, to compare one with the other. In point of number, the Maxwelton Orchard was the banner performer, and Mrs. Marlon MacKne, who man ages it, was the happiest woman In Oregon when the blue ribbons flut tered down on her fruit. Maxwel ton captured five firsts the bet ten boxes, Is'st box of Spitz, IMi to 120, Is-st box of Newtown, !MJ to 120, Iiest box of Jonathans, ami best general plate display. Lawrence & Smith got three second on liest ten boxes, Is'st five boxes, and liest Ortleys. John llakel also won more than one prize, getting tlrst on Newtowns, SH and larger, nnd lsst box of Wngen ers. The first prize on Ked Cheeks wan won by Ml Anne Shepard, who exprewed her delight to the fair manager, over the telephone, add ing another feminine prizewinner en thulat to Join Mrs. MacKne. In factttie fair sex played a prominent part In the prlzewlnnlng fruit, as Mrs. Ferguson helped prepare the ex hlbltthat wou the grand prize of $50. T he awards for the packers' con test were won by Koy C. Brock, who took first prize, and Frank L. Dav idson, second. The general pack at the show was the best ever put up, and the Judges had a hard task in selecting the prizewinners. Another fine exhibit not entered for prizes was three boxes of Winter Banana grown by W. K. Starrett, of Maywllla Fruit Farm. A five box display exhibited by the Oakdale Greenhouses, and tastefully trimmed with Oregon Grape and potted plants, attracted favorable comment. A feature, also, was an exhibit of nursery stock made by the True To Name Nursery, A card over several of the line exhibits announced HOOD RIVER CELERY BEST IN NORTHWEST Hymen It. Cohen nays In the Port land Journal: "If I would ask 1000 people what the Hood Klver district was famous for. DUO of them would answer apples "In some respects tbls In ho, but the Hood Klver district U making another reputation which Is destined to be the envy of the entire country. "Celery-growing promises to glvej the world's premier apple district another boost, and sufficient stock has lieen produced In that section to show that success has been reached "Kruno Franz, a prominent resl dent of the Hood Klver section, has been the one to prove to the world that the apple valley can produce other things of merit except fruit. "For some time he bos been a ship per of celery to the Portland market, that bas caused other growers to wonder whether the stock was real or artificial, Its appearance being perfect and Its taste even better. "The stock was packed In a nent box, the packing being just, as good as Is done with apples In that sec tion. Naturally, every storekeeper that viewed such celery was a buyer, and, In turn, the consumer found that here wns celery which was really good to eat. " 'Peeople have talked of Michigan producing such fine celery, but It Is nothing to compare with the stock that Is now coming from Hood Klver,' says W. H. Dryer, a member of the wholesale commission firm o' Dryer, Bollani & Co. 'The celery produced by Mr. Franz I certainly the best that has ever come to Front street, and I am not barring any sec tion.' 'During the coming season the celery acreage controlled by Mr. Franz at Hood Klver will be greatly Increased, to take care of the fast growing demand, and other growers of that section, who likewise produce stock of quality, have found that they can sell much more celery than they are growing. "The Hood Klver man has demon strated that not only can that sec tion command the highest market price for Its apples and strawberries, but Its celery bring more than that of any other district ami the call Is for more." that the apples were grown on trees furnished by the True To Name Com pany. The Palmer Fruit Picking Bucket wnn on exhibition, an was also a new tree pruning device with double action. Spray pump were put In operation In a room adjoining the fair, and several spray manufactur ing concerns had agents here push ing their wares. Among the visitors at the fruit fair from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Slaile and George Fox, of Husum, Editor Dunnlcliffe, White Salmon Enterprise, H. G. Klbliee. Mosler Bulletin, A. S. Blowers nnd Dr. Beaumont, Portland, K. L Har bison. Hlllsboro, J. E. Powers, sec retary Oregon State Horeleultural Society, Harry Weblxr, Horticultur al Commissioner Third Oregon dis trict, James McCreery, of New York City. The fair came to an end Saturday night with a visit from the Portland and Salem Elks, who were on their way to The Dalles. The train was stopped 15 minute for this purpose. (Continued on V&gm 10) ANCHDi;it,n rAKI tY HOOD RIVER TO HAVE . EXHIBITJN SPECIAL The Governor's special, a North west demonstration train which will make an extended tour of eastern cities. Is attracting a great deal of attention aud Is expected to do much In the way of giving publicity to the products of the Pacific Northwest. Through the energy and enterprise of H. G. Kauffman, secretary of the Commercial Club, and the generosity of a number of Hood Klver apple growers, Hood Klver will be repre sented. A very attractive exhibit was gotten together aud packed by Crocker &. de Keddlng. The apples comprising the exhibit, and contrib utors, were as follows: Newtowns and Spltzenburgs, H. P. Allen; Newtowns, L. Struck; New towns and Spltzenburgs, E. K. Pool ey; Spltzenburgs, J. O. Mark; Hood Klver Keds, John W. Weaver; (J rimes Golden, J. A. Epplng; Ortleys. W. G. Parraalee; Winter Bananas, F. J. Howard; Arkansas Blacks, Central Orchards Company. V. II. Marshall and Arthur McCreery also contrib uted. Practically every town In Oregon seems to be vitally Interested In the tour of the special, and In many of them eclal editions of literature descriptive of the peculiar advan tages that the district In question has to offer to the eastern home seeker, are being published solely for dltrlbutlon on the tour of the east. From Information received from the different cities In Oregon, Gov ernor West must lie swamped with letters from the various commercial bodies, urging him to represeut his state on the . trip. In person. All agree that the governor's presence on the trip will add distinction to Oregon's representation, aud that the governor, himself. Is determined upon making the tour, Is assured from the numerous statements he has made announcing the fact. The twenty-two cities that will be visited by the special, have a com bined population of over 12,000,000, a'nd It Is safe to say that each per son of the number will know of the visit of the train and Its object. In addition, the tour will occupy col umns of space In publications In every section of the I'nlted States, thus calling the attention of the en tire country to the bountiful re sources of the west. Such publicity, It Is thought, will result In bringing many settler to the west within the next few year. Oregon and the Irrigated sections of the Northwest are exected po profit especially through this tour, through the fact that many sections of the country have had short crops this season, due to drought, while the Irrigated Northwest has produced bumper harvets. Independent of the amount of rainfall. I'pon the return of the special to St. Paul, a conference of the govern ors, officials of the states participat ing, nnd western senators and con gressmen, has been called, for the purpose of devlwlng ways and means of securing uniformity of action re garding the development and settle ment of the Northwest. At this Im portant conference, which will ex tend over three days, action will be taken looking toward offsetting the tremeudou tide of Immigration that ha been tlowlng Into western Cana da, from the Cnlted States. ANNUAL OREGON BOYS CONFERENCE DEC. 1ST. On IH'cember 1st, the Friday fol lowing Thanksgiving Day there will assemble at Corvallls lift ween 150 and 200 of the picked boy of Oregon for a three-days' conference. This will be the sixth annual state boys' conference held under the auspices of the Oregon-Idaho Young Men's Christian Association and I open to any boy over fourteen, representing any boys' Bible study club or Sun day school class In the state. The good people of Corvallls are throwing open their homes to the boys and entertainment will lie pro vided for all bona tide delegates. CHICAGO LAND SHOW WILLHAVEOREGON DAY The directors of t he Chicago Land Show have set aside Dirembcr "th as Oregon day. Special exen Ises In honor of Oregon day will be held In the lecture room of the Coliseum on that tiny and the governor of Or egon has Ixvn Invited. The program will be arranged for by Oregon people. There I no reason why Oregon should not get excellent advertising t hroiiuhout the Mississippi valley on this day. University Club Banquet Brilliant Social Event College Boys From Many Alma Maters Gather For Annual Feasting Songs, Foot Ball Scores and High Jinks Enliven Occasion, Followed by After Dinner Speaking Both Serious and humorous. The banquet of the Hood Klver I'nlverslty Club at the Hotel Oregon Saturday night brought together 100 or more memtiers of the organiz ation nnd several guests to enjoy this festive occasion. Several other events which took place Saturday kept a number of members from at tending, but notwithstanding this the party was a large one, the vi ands of the liest. the decorations handsome and the after dinner talks excellent. During the serving the Mandolin Club rendered a well se lected program. Frank E. Deem wan toastmaster and acted In this capacity admirably. As the banquet proceeded be read dispatches sent to the club by Ned Blythe of the Oregonlan announcing the results of the college football games throughout the country, and as defeat or victory was announced yells for the teams of the various In stitutions were noisy and frequent. A number of other dispatches were also plated In the hands of the toast master to read, signed by distin guished personages, but whose con tents led hose who were present to believe that they were manufactured by several Ingenious young gentle men who wvrenot very faraway from the toastmaster' voice. The con tents of them must remain a secret except to those who were there, par ticularly one relating to the Chinese emperor, who has recently met with sorrow enough without having bis misfortunes exploited through the columns of the News. In time this terrible disaster will probably be Crete Boys Into Trouble Hischievous Youngsters Cause So Much DamageThat Case Is Placed In Hands of District Attorney and Offenders Are Put Under Bonds to Appear Before Grand Jury When Court Convenes. A Hallowe'en prank got Geo. Cox, Alliert Shere, Clinton Mcllroy nnd Lloyd Bishop of Hood Klver into serious trouble. The young royster ers, who are about 1! years of nge, have been held by Justice Buck to appear liefore the grand jury. The hearing took place Wednesday and the boys are now under bond. The charge against thitu Is run ning a mile away a heavy wagon loaded with Ikl foot telephone pole, unloading the pole, taking the wagon apart and scattering the wheels aud other parts of the vehicle over the surrounding country. There were a dozen boys In the mischief, but Cox, Shere, Mcllroy and Bishop were the only ones Identified. Their Identification was through two smaller boys who happened along at the time the wagon was lelng dis integrated, on their way to a Hal lowe'en party. Fearing the small youngster would "peach" they were bound with ropes and kept In duress until the wholesale mischief was ac- NEW POWDER SPRAY PROVES EFFECTIVE Ellerslle E. Luther, manager of the California Spray Chemical Company, was here from Watsonvtlle attend ing the fair and Incidentally to Intro, duce hi new powder spray which has had great success In California. Mr. Luther Is a graduate of the Cali fornia state agricultural college and wa for several years ldeutlllcd with the horticultural experiment work In that state. The spray, which he perfivted after several years of study. I a powder already mixed for use and It I only necessary to add the water Its pro portions are one pound of powder to liM gallons of water, and It has proved so effcetHe that In one hi acre orchard where It was experimented with there wa found only one wormy apple. The formula Is, of course, a secret, but arrangement have been made here to handle the spray in quantities and a numb r of orchardists have already planned to use It next ear come known but far tie It from us to lie the one to cast the first, or the last, stone. As the saying goes, we regret to ball anyone out, unless It is actually necessary, particularly the much barrassed emperor of the Flowery Kingdom. At intervals during the evening college songs nnd popular airs were sung, and popular memtiers of th) club were forced to say a few words In answer to the clamor, among them Jim Montgomery, Buck Kelly and Phil Carroll. The feasting last ed nearly three hours, and all did Jus tice to the appetizing menu, which was as follows: Olympla Oyster Cocktnil Cream of Tomato Celery en Branch Queen Olives Baked Halibut, Butter Sauce Julienne Potatoes Fried Spring Chicken, Cream Gravy Browned Sweet Potatoes Cauliflower en Creme Fruit Salad, a la Oregon Vanilla Ice Cream Assorted Cake Cafe Nolr Hood Klver Apples Cigars W'hen cigars were lighted. Toast master Deem, after a few appropri ate remarks. Introduced Dr. P, I 1 Campbell, president of the Oregon State University, the principal speaker of the evening. Dr. Camp bell's subject, as chosen by the com mittee on program, was "Why We Are Still Running Colleges," He stated, however, that bo would de part from this theme, and, after re- (Continued on Piure 10) com plished. As the Oregon statutes do not make any other provision for punish ing this variety of misdemeanor. It In claimed by Deputy District Attorney Hart wig that the only recourse Is to place the offense before the grand jury. The boys, with the exceptlou of Cox. are the sons of well known Hood Klver valley apple growers In the Barrett district. Cox Is employed by Mis Mabel Lake, having lieen brought here by her from the Boys' and tiirls' Aid Society In Portland. The offender were represented by Attorney A. J. lerby. It I not be lieved that the mlschevtous young sters will lie Indicted for such a triv ial offense. The payment of all cost entailed by a prank that went too far, It Is thought will settle the mat ter. It Is said by residents In Barrett district that they have leen much annoyed of Lite by depredations of unruly boys and In several Instance have suffered considerable damage. It Is hoped that the action taken will be a warning to them. S3.20 TO S2.80 FOR D'ANJOU PEARS Keturn just received by Sear & 'Porter from a shipment of Beurre d' Anjoti pear handled by the David son Fruit Company, are the highest ever receive.! at Hood Klver. The fruit, which w is sold by the David son Company In New York, returned the growers f 2 si) to $:.2U a box. W hile pears have Nvn selling high this year, the price received for this Hood Klver loi Is a reiuarkaM one, and shows that the frnlt grow lug Industry 1 still a remarkably proht otc despite opinions In Home quar ter to the contrary. $12.10 SPOKANE AND RETURN NOV. 22 AND 23, 19il Via the North Bank road for the National apple show. The ticket are g I fur return umll I . 2d. 'llt the ureal. .t apple show III the world and eniov the L ik q. car nival I-:. i.iU'.-rt. Salmon, Wash ll. While