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VOLUME 8, NUMBER 15
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1912
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR
SWEEPING
Entire New Board of Directors Is Elected by "Progress
ives" in Spirited Contest at Annual Meeting: of Hood
River's Great Marketing OrganizationMany Reforms
Are Promised by New Officials, Who Defeat Opposing
Candidates in Decisive MannerAll-day Session Held.
A sweeping change was madejtn
the management of the Hood Htver
Fruit Growers' I'nlon at the annual
meeting Saturday the largest In
point of attendance In the history of
the organization, practically every
share of stock being represented In
the balloting.
The entire ticket nominated by the
so-called "progressives" wan elected
by nn average vote In shares of about
1700 to 1100.
Successful cundldateH for director
and the vote received by them follows:
V. B. DlckerBon. 120; C. V. Hooker,
170S; Albert Sutton, Ids."); L. K. Clark,
1007; . E. Walter, 1004; John II.
Mohr, l!:ts; L. E. Ireland, 1590; Dr.
Stanton A lUn, 15S0; F. . Hutchln
won. Pivj. i
The oppoHlng ticket and the votes
obtained were as follows: ('. Deth
man, 1112; J. U. Shelton. 10.15; C. C.
Carpenter, 101(0; Oscar Vanderbllt,
102; (. A. McCurdy. 101'.".. C. K. Bone,
1020; J. J. (llbbons, 1012; A.I). Ham
Bey, !XKI; V. Wlnchell, 92.
The meeting opened at about 10:30
o'clock. The first order of business
was the calling of the roll and regis
tration of proxies. Of the latter
there were a large number. Com
mittees appointed several months
ago by the "progressives" had leen
engaged In marshalling their forces
and In obtaining from those unable
to l present their proxies. Accord
ing to Manager Sproat, he and the
present directors had learned about
three months ago of the efforts being
made to elect a new set of directors
tind the result was that both factions
had been doing some strenuous cam
paigning. Interest at the meeting
was at a high pitch.
Manager Sproat read his report at
the morning meeting. This was
more In the nature of a valedictory
than a campaign speech as It had al
ready Im-cii estimated that the bal
ance of power probably lay In the
hands of the progressives." INril
nent paragraphs from Mr. Sproat's
report are given In another column.
Once or twice Mr. Sprout was Inter
rupted by members of the opposition
who took exception to passages of
his report.
Balloting for directors took place
at the afternoon session. The audi
torium of the Commercial Club was
NOT A DEMOCRAT
FILES FOR OFFICE
Democrats are modest In their po
litical ambitions In Hood Klver coun
ty. When the time expired Friday
evening for the filing with County
Clerk Hanson of candidates' petitions
not a single Democrat was on the
list. This Is the first time that this
has happened since Hood Itlver lie
came a county. The petitions show
the following candidates for nomina
tion on the lb-publican ticket:
For sheriff Thomas F. Johnson
and Frank Chandler.
For county clerk W. K. Hanson.
For county treasurer Frank A.
Bishop.
For county surveyor Louis A.
Henderson and Murray Kay.
For county commissioner John K.
1'ntnam, F. I'. Friday anil George M.
Wlshart.
For Justice of the peace A. C. Buck.
For constable E. S. Ollnger.
No candidates have filed for the of
fices of county school superintendent
or coroner. It Is understood, how
ever, that the present Incumbents,
C. D. Thompson and Dr. II. I.
Dumble, respectively, will permit the
use of their names as candidates for
re election.
Market Axioms
In selling apples the first require
ment Is n thoroughly good pack.
Good fruit, good nil the way through;
top and iHittotu Just the same.
Cheating Is an unsatisfactory busi
ness policy.
Only the ls-st pays In these days of
high-priced labor nnd packages.
When there are market quotations
for knots and worms It will be time
to quit spraying nnd grading.
Monev in hay land. B. K. Duncan.
CHANGE
packed with stockholders and the
halls were tilled with Interested spec
tators. Upon nominations Is-lng called for
by President McCurdy, Dr. Stanton
Allen named the ticket advanced by
the "progressives." This ticket In
cluded the name of K. H. Shepard,
editor of "Better Fruit." The latter
had risen from a sick !ed In order to
attend the meeting and made a short
speech declining on account of poor
health and a multiplicity of other
duties to liecome a candidate on
either ticket. He expressed his sin
cere wish, however, that the con
tested election would not cause any
hard feellugs, whichever side might
win out, and gave It as bis earnest
desire that no rupture In the
I'nlon might result, tils remarks
were heartily applauded.
Dr. Allen thereupon substituted the
name of F. U. Hutchinson for that
of Mr. Shepard. Dr. Allen also took
the opportunity to outline the (nulli
fications of the candidates whose
names he had proposed. His nomi
nations were seconded and placed on
Hie ballot.
Mr. Sproat placed In nomination
the ticket of the opposing party and
In doing so he spoke of the experi
ence which most of them had had in
managing the affairs of the I'nlon
ever since Its Incorporation and
stated that. In his opinion, the great
success which the I'nlon had enjoyed
was due In large measure to the
business-like management of those
whose names were presented for re
election. He stated that their plat
form was "Increased cold storage
capacity and shipping facilities, eco
nomical management and a world
wide market." He said that if they
were re elected It was assured that
funds would te forthcoming with
which to build the additional store
houses. He wanted to know what
specific charges could lie. brought
against t'.ie present management.
A. I. Mason accepted the Invlta
Hon of Mr. Sproat. He spoke par
ticularly of lax packing methods
which he said had leen tolerated
during the past two years and said
that means should Ik- taken to main
tain the Integrity and reputntlou of
the Hood Klver pack. He outlined
a numlier of points In which he said
BANK OBSERVES ITS
TWELFTHJIRTHDAY
Last Thursday the Butler Banking
Company quietly observed Its twelfth
anniversary, It having first Is-cn es
tablished by Messrs. Ixslle nnd Tru
man Butler on April 4, 1900 Thnt
the bank has had a rapid and suit
stanttal gjowtb Is shown by the fact
that when first started as a partner
ship concern the capital stock was
$20,000. Five years later. In 1905, the
company was Incorporated and the
capital stock Increased to $50,000.
After six more years of growth the
capital stock was again Increased
last year to f 100,000. The Messrs.
Butler, both able and conservative
bankers, have been closely identified
with the prosperity and public confi
dence which the Institution has en
Joyed. BLOSSOM WEEK POST CARD DAY
This Is what e v e r y bo d y
should do to make Blossom
Week the greatest possible ad
vertisement for Hood Klver
and Its apples. Do It now.
Buy five Post Cards of Hood
Klver views. Stamp them.
Address them to five people
within 200 miles of Hood Klver.
Wrtte them a personal mes
sage saying to keep their eyes
glued to the 1'ortland papers
for the details of Hood Klver
Blossom week and to In sure
and come for a day.
Do not mall these cards until
you are told to do sola this
same space. Then when you
get the word let them go,
Skchktaht CoMMKitmt. Ci.rn.
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the ranchers had been dissatisfied
with the management.
J. L. Carter took the floor and ex
pressed the hope that, to the beat of
the meeting and In the disappoint
ment on the part of the defeated can
didates and their supporters which
might follow, none would desert the
I'nlon. He spoke of the great Im
portance to the valley that the or
ganization be maintained at Its
greatest efficiency and made a plea
that no efforts be spared to maintain
It thus.
C. W. Hooker, one of the candi
dates on the "progressive" ticket,
took the floor and spoke of bis In
terest In the I'nlon as a selling agen
ey. He said that he had been pro
prietor of a large manufacturing con
cern In the East before coming to
Hood Itlver and that he bad had
particular experience In the placlug
of products on the market. He fa
vored the employment of traveling
salesmen. That Mr. Hooker made a
favorable Impression Is Indicated by
the large vote which he received.
W. H. Goodenough, Jr., one of the
leaders of the "progressives," made
a short talk In which he took excep
tion to the statement which had
been made that the committees had
been stirring up dissatisfaction. He
stated that they had canvassed the
valley and that, finding the dissatis
faction, bad gone about finding
mentis whereby they hoped to do
away with It and place the I'nlon In
a stronger position. George I. Sar
gent made a short talk In behalf of
the new ticket.
Most of the speeches were made
by the "progressives," Mr. Sproat
acting alone In behalf of his col
leagues and supporters in this re
spect. He spoke of some of the prob
lems which the I'nlon will have to
solve under the coming management
and eseclally the need of larger cold
storage facilities and of maintaining
a high grade pack.
Balloting was started about four
o'clock and It was over nn hour 1m
fore the last ballot was In the box.
The tellers C. H. Sletton nnd C. C.
I-mmon worked on the count until
about eight o'clock when the results
were ofllclally declared by President
McCurdy.
J. C. SKINNER BUYS
THE JOHNSON PLACE
A deal was closed here the last of
the week whereby J. C. Skinner,
former secretary of the Commercial
Club and now connected with the
Davidson Fruit Company, comes In
to posesslon of the 20 acre, highly
Improved fruit ranch of William H.
.Johnson, Jr. The price paid Is not
made public, but It Is understood
thnt Mr. Skinner made a good
buy as the place Is one of the
most desirable In the valley. Seven
acres of the tract are In 15-year old
trees and the balance In five-year-olds.
The trees Include Spttzcnhurg.
Newtowns, Arkansas Blacks and the
largest block of Ortleys In the valley.
The buildings Include nn attractive
eight-room bungalow, bam, garage,
tenant house nnd poultry houses.
Mr. Johnson bought the place last
fall from the Cutler brothers. It Is
located nt Intz station and com
prises the north 20 acres of the Cutler
brothers' fifty.
HOMER ROGERS PLANNING
TO LEAD ALPINE PARTY
Homer A. Kogers of the I'pper
Valley, near Mt. Hood, Is planning a
trip through the Alps this summer
with a party of friends. All are ex
perienced mountaineers and mcmlers
of the Sierra Club of California. Mr.
Kogers has passed five summers In
the Alps and has climbed Mount
Blanc, Flnster-Anrhorn.Jungfrnu and
other noted peaks. He Is the young
est American who ever climbed the
Matterhorn.
Mrs. L. II. Arneson nnd children
came from The Dalles the last of the
week to spend a couple of weeks with
relatives here.
LOCAL TRANSFERS
0FREAL ESTATE
The following real estate sales are
reported for the past week.
J. K. I'bllltpsand wife to Howard
Darker, 10 acrea west of IM ne Grove,
$2,500.
Same-property to AruoT. Loefller
and Loefller to Harry K. Beale and
wife.
Kebecca M. Lining and husband to
Win. B. Tewksbury, five acres In
Barrett District, 1)7.000.
Edwin J. Coucbman to I'hoebe
Couchman, his nvlfe, lots 2 and 3,
bloc k 2, Adams Addition.
Annls Mayes, widow, to Charles T.
Foster and wife, lot IS, block 2, Idle
wtlde Addition, $1,000.
Heber W, Chapman, William and
Frances E. Chapman to Frances M.
Chapman, lot 15, block 4, Strana
ban's Addition.
Flora E. Hartley to Gladys Ham
mack, 10 acres In Dukes Valley.
Homestead Orchard Company to
C. H. Cooke, lot 4, 5, 10 and 11, Spitz
enburg subdivision, $4,ooo.
Geo. D. Culbertson and wife to
Sarah B. Carlisle, lots 7 and , block
3, Dark Addition.
Portland Clubs Accept
Invitation to Festival
Special Train Will Bring Commercial Organization
from Rose City to Spend An Entire Day at Blos
som Carnival Press Club Will Also Come from
Metropolis to See Valley.
Enthusiastic assurances received
from the Cortland Commercial Club
and from the Portland Dress Club,
as well as many expressions of Inter
est from residents of the Kose City
who have Interests here, have gone
far during the past week In Insuring
the success of Hood Liver's Blossom
Festival which Is to be held early
next month.
A large delegatlrn from the Fort
land Commercial CUb will spend an
entire day here and arrangements
are being made to take the party for
a trip Into the valley In order that
they may see the carpet of apple
blossoms with which the country
will lie covered at that season. The
Portland men will spend Friday
evening at The Dalles, according to
the plans now made, and will come
to Hood Klver on their special train
early the next morning, spending the
entire day here. In the evening a
smoker will lie glveu at the Commer
cial Club auditorium. It Is expected
thatS. Benson, donor of the $10,000
for the Portland-Hood Klver road,
will be the guest of honor at that
time.
On Sunday the Portland Dress Club
will be the guest of Hood Klver and
will le glveu nn opportunity to see
the valley and Its mass of blossoms.
The eucU pushers In the Kose City
have already accepted the Invitation
extended by the local Commercial
Club and have promised to turn out
In force.
It Is Impossible to decide positively
upon the dates for the festival at
this time, but It will be held either
from May 2 to 5 Inclusive, or from
the itth to 12. according to when the
AMOS UNDERWOOD
SUESJR S1.000
Amos I'nderwood of I'nderwood,
Wash., filed suit In the circuit court
here the Inst of the week alleging
that L. J. Stewart, a former employe,
forged I'ndcrwood's signature to a
certificate of deposit for $1000 In the
First National Bank here and cashed
the certificate.
Allegations contained In the com
plaint are that last December Mr.
I'nderwood deposited $1000 In the
First National Bank and took a cer
tificate of deposit. A few days later
he was preparing to leave for Cali
fornia and entrusted Stewart with
the certificate, along with other pa
pers, which he Instructed Stewnrt to
place In Mr I'nderwood's safety de
posit box nt the bank here. Mr.
I'nderwood alleges that Stewart put
the other papers In the box, but that
he forged Mr. I'nderwood's name to
the note nnd secured the cash.
According to the complaint, Mr.
I'nderwood did not discover until
his recent return from California that
the certificate was not In thesafetv
deposit box. He Is suing the bnnk
to recover the sum paid on the note. 1
George E. O' Byron of Stevenson Is
his attorney.
EAST IS ADOPTING
BOXESJOR APPLES
J. B. Castner, who returned last
week after having spent the winter
In the East, reports that although
the old style of apple packing Is still
In use the new method as adopted
by the West of using boxes and grad
ing the fruit carefully Is coming Into
use In the more progressive sections
of the East. Mr. Castner Instructed
a class of forty In apple packing at
Amherst, Mass. Quite a number
were fruitgrowers of considerable ex
perience. Four were young women.
Mr. Castner also delivered a number
of addresses before New England
fruitgrowers and Impressed upon
them how Impractical It Is to mix
good and poor fruit Indiscriminately.
"I took a trip through New Eng
land to obtain an Insight of bow the
apple business Is bandied there," says
Mr. Castner. "I found that some of
the progressive growers are awaken
ing to the fact that there Is a great
deal In the up-to-date western meth
ods used by the western orehard
Ists." He encouraged the eastern
farmers to put a few acres of good
land In apples.' and apply western
methods.
apple blossoms are at their lest, and
this cannot be determined for a
couple of weeks yet.
It has been definitely decided to
have the festival extend over four
days, beginning Thursday nud con
tinuing through Sunday. The first
two days will be reserved especially
for the entertainment of Individuals,
while Saturday and Sunday will
have as their especial features the re
ception of the Portland delegations.
Local business men and residents
will be asked to decorate for the oc
casion In order to add to the festi
val spirit.
The special rate of a fare and a
third will be given by the railroads
for the four days.
APOLLO CONCERT CO,
APPEARS HERE TOMORROW
The noted Apollo Concert Com
pany will appear here tomorrow
(Thursday I evening In the final num
ber of the Hood Klver Lyceum
Course, which Is glveu under the
auspices of the 1. B. church.
The company Is said to le Ideal
from the lyceum standpoint. The
fact that It ranks among the half
dozen "best sellers" In the country
proves the popularity of the com
pany. Individually they rank
among the best soloists In the coun
try on their respective Instruments,
but they are not so nnxlous to "show
off" personally as they are to make
the program of the company a great
success.
Mrs. Anna K. Baker of Purkdale
Is spending a week In Portland.
STRUCK BY TRAIN,
OLD MAN SUCCUMBS
Struck by a train at a point about
two miles west of this city, John
Trnger, an aged German, sustained
Injuries Sunday morning which re
sulted In his death a short time after
he was brought to the hospital here.
Mr. Trnger was an elderly man
and was traveling from Edgewood.
Iowa, to live with his daughter at
Mt. Angel, Oregon. He had a ticket
through to Portland, but upon
reaching this city got off the train
by mistake. Being rather feeble
minded on account of his age, he
started to walk towards Portland
As he was rounding a curve west of
the city a westbound freight struck
him, crushing his right side. The
train crew picked him npand brought
It 1 1 ii hack here, but he died before his
Injuries could be dressed.
Taft Speaker Here Tomorrow
Arrangements have Is-cn made to
have Ex Congressman Kalph D. Cole
of Ohio deliver a speech In In-half of
Taft's candidacy at the Commercial
Club auditorium here tomorrow j
evening at eight o'clock. Mention of
Mr. Cole's high standing as a poli
tician Is made elsewhere In this Issue.
, large attendance Is expected.
Manager Sproat Submits
Annual Report of Union
Business of Year 191 1 Is Reviewed and Suggestions
Hade for Better Handling of Fruit in Future
Production of Pears Increasing Over $13,000
Spent for Increased Facilities Summary Given.
At the annual meeting of the
I'nlon Saturday Manager C. H.
Sproat submitted his annual report.
excerpts from which are given la-low.
"The volume of business for thesea-
son of 1911 was very much less than
that of the season of 1910, owing en
tirely to the very much shorter crop
for the season of 1911, as compared
with that of the preceding year. The
total number of crates of strawler
rles handled this last season was 23,-
000; cherries 720 boxes; peaches 559
boxes; pears 79s0 boxes; apples 129,.
315 boxes.
"The total number of packages of
fruit being 101,5s0. The total number
of packages of fruit handled In 1910
was 420,000.
"We do not look upon the growing
of cherries and peaches In Hood Klv
er as a business of any commercial
Importance.
"Kelatlve to pears, the production
Is gradually Increasing. The last
season was not a very favorable one
In general for pears, as the produc
tion of pears everywhere last season
was very large. However, we were
able to net our growers $1.15 for
Bartlet t pears, 70e for small Bartlet ts,
tl.79for D'Aujous, $117 for Winter
Nellls.
"Our Bartlett pears are not very
good shippers and are practically as
perishable as peaches or strawber
ries. Our D'Anjou pears rank high
In the market and when grown more
extensively we think will take a place
In the general market along side by
side with the Southern Oregon D'An
jous. We desire to say that we had
all the Winter Nellls pears sold at
$1.25 per box f. o. b. Hood Klver.
"Kelatlve to apples, we have listed
with us it different varieties of ap
ples, of which there are about 10 var
leties wtiicli have more or less or a
reputation for quality on the general
markets of the country, leaving
about 00 varieties which are simply
apples, and for which our growers
will be fortunate If they receive In the
future 'the cost of production. We
unhesitatingly say that the grower
Is going to waste his time In going
to the expense of undertaking to put
these low class apples on the market,
and we suggest that the grower
ought either to pull out these varie
ties and put up to date varieties In
their place or top work them by
grafting them.
"The total uumber of shippers w ho
have allied themselves with the l'n
lou this last season have been as fol
lows: (irowers of strawberries and
small fruits 1M; growers of apples
and pears lib!. The uumber of new
stockholders who have joined the
I'nlon during the past year are 54.
"We have bought real estate di
rectly south of our city warehouse
at a cost of $210000 upon which we
think It will be necessary In the very
near future to erect a warehouse. We
also expended $2ooo.ooq the building
of a receiving warehouse at Odell
station on the Mt. Hood railroad.
making a total of over $1:,imhhhi in
money which has been paid out since
prll 1st, 1911, for increased facilities
"We have also purchased what Is
known as the Wilson Water Power
System which has a total capacity
of 2O0 horse power, for the sum u
$15,000.00. of which for the first t wo i The Oregon fruits, which have ad
years we pay a monthly sum of $4.-0.- j vanced farenougti to penult an ex
00 per month. 1 amlnatlon, give promise of produc-
"Now our Fancy grade of apples I ' ""final crops this year The
this i-ast season was crowded be- i "'Inter and the low mean tern-
yond measure In the way of putting j
In apples with more
and larger de
fects than the general grading rules
Issued from the otliee prescribed.
with the result that very many crltl
dsms came back relative to the qual
ity of this particular pack and In
many Instances we had to allow re
bates In order to appease the buyer
and have him accept his car. We
found that the more jellow the New
town was, the more scald seemed to
develop, which leads us to think
that the Newtown apple should be
picked earlier than we have done In
the past and not be allowed to In
come o errlpe on the trees, and we
further believe that It Is going to be
necessary for the growers of this al
ley to generally pick their apples
earlier 'than has been the custom,
which means that we must sacrifice
some degree of color lit order to
ha ve our apples retain their keeping
qualities, for It ts keeping quality
after all that Is the main factor
which we must recogul.e. It Is go.
Ing to be an absolute impossslbtlty
for any Board of Directors nnd Man
ager, though they le made to order,
to place our future crops of apples
on the market early In the season
wtthout a great sacrifice of price.
and the growers must, whether they
will or not, accustom themselves to
know that they cannot get all of
their money for their apple crop
early In the season, but that tbtt-
apple-selling period from now on will
extend over Into mid summer each
following year, provided, of eourse,
you are not willing to have your
goods sold In the full at sacrifice
prices.
"We had several turn-downs of
Fancy apples under our grading this
past year Ist-ause of the blemishes
on the apple, the buyers having the
Impression that our fancy grade was
without blemishes and was graded
the same as the apples from Vaklma,
Wenatchee nnd Idaho, and It may
be well to suggest that the several
box apple sections of the Northwest
should certainly have a uniform rule
of grading and the naming of the
several grades. Then a buyer In fig
uring on apples from the different
sections will know exactly that the
word 'Extra Fancy' from any sec
tion means a certain quality apple,
and the word 'Fancy' also stands
for the same all through the North
west." Mr. Sproat read a number of let
ters from last year's customers.
Quite a numder spoke of the apples
having lieen picked when overripe.
No complaints were received last
year as to extra fancy grades, ex
cept possibly on some of the five-tier
stock. On fancy grades the com
plaints were more numerous. Mr.
Sproat declared that "the growers
crowded this grade to the very
limit and over the limit." He
strongly urged the orcbardlsts for
their owu interest not to crowd Into
this fancy grade apples which have
unsightly blemishes. He advised
that when It Is known that certain
shipments are for exportation that
they should be packed In heavier
boxes. With onr Increasing output
he advised that the question of by
products be considered and the pos
sibility of using apples not otherwise
disposed of f.)r canned goods, jellies,
cider, vinegar and evaporated apples.
He also emphasized very strongly
the urgent need of providing addi
tional storage facilities.
EASTERN FRUIT IS
HURT BY THE COLD
Prof. C. I. I,ewls, head of the horti
cultural department at the Oregon
Agricultural College, Is receiving re
ports from the Middle West and
Eastern States relative to the pros
pectsforthe 1912 fruit crops, which
Indicate that practically all possibil
ities of an Eastern fruit crop have
been destroyed by one of the longest
and most severe winter seasons on
record. This Is the general situation
j mrougnoui me states east or me
'-'H-iv Mountains, with theexceptlon
; oi me nm msinec.
I'erature of March have provided c
dltlons In this district
uniisu.-ill v fi
vorable for fruits.
STRONG SUPPORT IS
GIVEN E. C, SMITH
Attorney E. C. Smith of this r!t,
w ho Is a candidate for 1 1 r i 1 1 1 .-1 1 ! 1 1
as district attorney on the Kcpu'iM.
can ticket. Is receiving (-.. n' sup
port throughout the district and
particularly la his home count v
where tit- Is ts; known and Iris i
host of friends lr m I r li has I urn
an uctlve p.n t In th-cH le llf - ,,f (he
community and Is inlip-ntly quill
lied to till the position f . r hi. h ,.
Is a can lid it.- with cn-lit both to
hlms. ! mid to the district, II- Is In
a position to glw an ihsolm, Iv Im
partial administration a-r! to en
(one the law In e. ry r.-pi-. I. II -proinlsrs
an honest .mi il ir nis u
fori e'lf-ll t of 1 1 e 1 l-,vs