HOOD RIVER, GLACIER, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1905.
NO FRUIT LIKE
HOOD RIVER'S
K. H. Shejiard, manager of the Hood
River fruit unini.e, returned Saturday
niorninu from a trip to California and
the cities of I lie Mii-mssippi valley states.
A (ilucier reporter eousht out Mr. Shep
ard and a-ked him for something about
Ilia trip. This U wluit ,e said:
"Alter list year'n experience in hand
ling the fctniK l'erry crop, I felt ac if a
thorough understanding of the nmrketF,
their conditions, iheir r urce of supply
and an ajipiainliiiiccHhi) with the differ
ent people who I, ml handled Kood River
strawberries h uliMjIntely necessary in
order to secure belter resuits for us the
coniinn season. So after having a visit
with uiy father in California and
making arrangements for my tamilv to
visit my father until my return, I decided
to go east, and have traveled about
7,000 miles, VMtiim every city of 10,000
people and up in i he territory where
there is a demand for our berries, and
have traveled about thirty days visiting
thirty towns in that time working all
day and availing myself of night trains
to get to lite next town.
"Among the principal cities that 1
have been in with the view of doing
business, I visited Cheyenne, Denver,
Omaha, Lincoln, Council Bluffs, Sioux
City, Des Mwm-p, Davenport, Grand
Inland, Mohne, Chicago, Minneapolis,
St. Paul, Fargo, (irand Forks, Moore
head, Butte, Helena, Missoula, Spokane,
Seattle and Taroina.
"1 desired to tinil out as accurately as
possible what prices our berries were
sold for by our representatives to the
different comini-siun houses; w hat their
profit h as and what protil the retailer
made and the price at which our berries
were retailed ut by the hallock to the
consumer. Aim 1 i licit avored to find
out what other territmies supplied these
various market!- and the time at which
these berry pr. lim ing localities would
come in competition with us in order
that we inilil the more intelligently
distribute our crop i. litre it would bring
the best figures.
"The gieatest berry district is the
Missouri and Arkansas heny fields
which raise out 5,000 cars per year.
About half of our crop was marketed in
the vicinity of Omaha adjacent to the
Missouri district and met such an im
mense supply of berries that I actually
found berries were so low that a retailer
without knowing who I was informed
me that he had retailed Hood River
berries us low as 50 cents ;,er crate, and
it cost us IK) cents a crate freight to lay
them down in his city.
"Thi w as enough to convince me that
we must endeavor to avoid such a mar
ket at a time when certain conditions
existed. There may be a period when
berries could lie marketed to an advan
tage in our southern states, but I am con
vinced our ben lesults will be from the
northern stab s ami cities for three rea
tons: "The further we get away from the
Missouri district the less plentiful the
supply would be. To sell benies close
to the Missouri field when they call
bring them inlns o the same day they
are picked, would li like a man bring
ing apples to lb od River to sell. The
further away wu can stay from such a
market, the poorer condition their ber
ries w ill be, consequently the easier com
petition, and the further away ' get
the better price we can get for th rea
son that there will then be added freight
churgea which will raise the price at
winch they can do business, conse
qu ntly the tietter price we can get.
"Our acreage will have to be in ac
cordancewith tnis territory and I be
lieve the time will come as the more
northern states increase in population
and consumption when our present
acreage can be inceai-ed and the berries
sold at a profit, l ve eaten berries troui
Texas. Miss-isi-imii, Louisiana and Cali
fornia, but so far huve not had a decent
straw U r'y to eat tins jrur, ami uon i
expect lo until the luscious and fiunous
liooil Kiver i r y is ripe.
"Hveiywhe-e people nil speak highly
of Hood Kivei lieir.es. At the present
time California ere very inferior and
the crop will not l'f large. California
berries are selli in Seattle today at
tU.2." for the 15 oii.irt case, which would
be equal to uh u for 2-l-quart case
wholesale I ney oil- red to contract their
crop for (15c. vvlr.cn would be equal to
tl lor our oral. .
"The Vai-I on r i is pretty fair, and
mm lai-ir,! house .ells me that they
r-nlllil l,:,v. e i.tlai l I'.-r all of llleSe
lierrie' 'hev warned at $1 per crate
averag- ioi io si a on. So sou see Mr.
Editor we l"v co isiiienilile to contend
with ill this bilsinest
"A great iiim i-ica ilies have had an
idea in unir nea I that there is big
money in the berry business, and felt
they could raise berries jutt as good as
Hi rid River, and at the same time a
great many districts are finding out to
their sorrow inn mcy cnuin.i, u .
Vashon thought because Hood River
made big money in the business t hut
blie could do the same, butthecondiiion
of their berries in carloads were so nooi
on arrival that thev only netted them
75c a crate average for i he te.ison.
"Walla Walla tried the berry business,
but found out that their country was
lacking in either soil or climate, or both,
and the results were so unsatisfactory
i hat they have dropped out ol the busi
ness. "Milton dealers report cars in
poor condition on arrival. In fact,
dealers no further away than Montana
tell me that they don't wai t any car
loads this year from either a-hon or
Milton on account of the unsatisfactory
condition on arrival.
"So it looks as if there were better
times ahead for the strawberry growers
than they have recently experienced, as
it is only a question of a little time when
the local ties now trying to grow ship
ping berries will find out what V alia
Walla has found out and meet the same
condition that Vashon and Walla Walla
are meeting. I asked one big dealer if
with the increased acerage in fruit if he
did not feat an overproduction. He
ivplied, saving: 'Of fruit, yes; of fancy
fruit like Hood River grows, never.'
"One association handling Milton
berries have to some extent succeeded
in fooling the tnde by calling Milton
lierries Hood Rivers on the grounds that
thev were the variety grown here,
namely, Clark (Seedlings. I have buc
e eeded inshowing up this misrepresenta
tion, and shall continue to expose it
iieinistentlv.
"I have felt that a great deal deends
in marketing our fruit upon Betting
representatives who will giveusafquare
deal. While probably the greater part
nf fruit men do an honest business, this
business the samo as any other has its
black sheep. I learned of one car hand led
by a dealer on which he returned red
Ink mid the Durehaser investigated and
a,'iirpl several hundred dollars. While
I have made this trip as I have already
t .1,1 von with a view to learning more
about the various conditions of market
on.l mpn t nit we do DnsinesS wnn in
ktrawberries. I never for a moment for
get our apple crop. I find that a great
r,it.P ulieiv we ran sell nntdexand
the reason that many of these cities did
n,it tviv last vear when we quoted them
was that thev had no conception of the
excellency of our fruit or our high-grade
pack. When thev were informed of
what we had and the way we grade and
pack our apples they assured me that
they had fine trade' and would like to
get a few cars from us next year.
"Colorado raises some very nice apples,
among which may lie particularly men
tioned Jonathan, Rome Beauty, Sutton's
beauty and tne Colorado favorite. I
shall have to tell yon what a Colorado
Favorite iB, because I know you would
never guess. It is Mason's favorite. I
shall have to explain again, because I
don't believe you know what I mean by
that. I mean Ben Davis.
"The Colorado people put up two
grades of apples fancy and choice. A
fancy is an ordinary ierfect apple that
is 2 inches in diameter. A choice is
anything under 2J inches. All apples
over 2j, no matter how large, are packed
in one box. The apples poured in until
they get near the top, when they begin
to place them and pack the top layer the
same as we do strawberries. So in a box
of Colorados there is no color line and
you get all from four-tier up to three
tier. "The Grand Junction district associa
tion averaged fiOJ cents for their crop of
appleBj while ours averaged about .07,
including 5-tierB and ome seconds. I
saw a car of Ben Davis which was held
until April, being sold for a Washington
firm, which after being kept this long
would net the commission men who
marketed it 65c, and the grower would
receive 55c for the Ben Davis less the
commission man's profit.
"Missouri apples, Arkansas apples and
the various other middle west and also
New York apples are generally packed
in barrels and sell for aliout 12.50 a
barrel down to a dollar, and a barrel
contains aliout three boxes.
"All Colorado apples are packed in
pine boxes, which impart a distinctly
disagreeable pitch flavor to apple, and
they seems to be a wood flavor in nearly
all the barrel apples which I tasted. 1
might say that the only apple that I
tasted while away that seemed good to
me was a Sutton Beauty grow n in Col
orado and although I punished my
stomach with a great many strawberries
from the different districts to see what
they tasted like, I didn't get a single
dish of strawberries fit to eat, and 1
would rather eat strawberries from Hood
River culls, after they have laid in the
packing house for a week, than any I
had since I have been away,
"I probably have called on about 300
commission men, and the Lord knows
how many retailers. When I was in
Boise, attending the fruit grower's con
vention in January, I heard twogrowers
talking between themselves and one
said to the other: 'The reason thai
Hood River gets better prices for their
apples is not because they raise better
fruit than we do, but because they are
better blowers.' Consequently I wanted
to lie provided with something besides
hot air to show the people that 1 called
on, so I took along a book nf views.
"In this book were tiO views from
Hood River, arranged in the following
order: First were a number of views
showing the way we packed apples
which were taken from our fair last fall.
Next came views of the apple orchards
in blossom; then views showing the
trees as they were loaded and propped
up with stakes to keep the limbs from
breaking; next came the famous picture
showing G. R. Castner's load of 80 boxes
that brought 1H250, which attracted
more attention than any other single
view. Strawberries were shown in the
photograph, crate views and hallock
views, showing the pack, and a view of
the ruler and a halt dollar to show the
comparative size. Next came view" of
strawberry fields and wagon loads. I n
addition to this were a number of views
showing our valley, Mount Hood, Mount
Adams, the Columbia River, Multnomah
Falls, and various other views of our
grand and interesting scenery.
"1 carried this book with me every
where, and showed it to every commis
sion man, bookkeeper, clerk and sales
man, and when I got on the train, as
soon as I would get in conversation with
someone 1 would get out the Imok and
show him, and frequently have had ten
or 15 people looking at it in a singlecar.
"Everybody seemed interested
and marveled at our wonder
ful fruit. Even in South Water street,
where everybody was as busy as bees,
the street so crowded that it is impossi
ble to get through and the wagons
backed up against the sidewalk so closely
that they looked like sanliims, packed
in a box! I found the proprietor would
take time and look at every picture in
the hook and exclaim: 'Wonderful!'
"After seeing these views and louring
about our ideal clinia'e, our heiiutitiii
valley, its grand sceneiy and toe
money to be made he.e in rai-ing l nit,.
many a man would any 'I hopes
day to lie able to make my home w ith
you.'
"About tho first man whom I met in
(rand Forks was i ur dear Iriend, Mr.
Moe, tlie proprietor of our highly es
teemed Glacier. You can imagine the
surprise to both of us of such an unex
pected meeting. However, i iaae pleas
ure in saving that he was perfectly sober,
and liebaving himself as any gentleman
should. Incidenily, not that it lus any
connection with the- above remark, I
want to say that Grand forks is a dry
town.
After telling them that we not only
grew the reddest and finest Spitfenbergs
in the world; the finest Newtowns; the
mot luscious and best strawocrnes, I
would sav : 'We are also celebrated for
our extremely handsome girls.' I would
then show them a ph.'togrnph of
of our opular telephone manager, with
hich I had the honor to re favored,
nd I want to say right here that my
cl.iiin about SpiUenberg apples, New
town pippins, strawberries and girls
have never lieen questioned or disputed
on my entire trip.
I have traveled over a great, aeai oi
country, visited a great many cities anu
if I ever had any doubt about it 1 am
now convinced that we have the best
fruit country in the world, and that
Hood River is the best siot on (tods
green earth.
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"I sincerely nope my nip win ue m
aloe to every fruitgrower, property
bolder and inhabitant of our valley.
With a lietter understanding of the c in
diiions whi. h we have to meet w ith, It
seems to me that lieiter result can he
secured. I shall lie pleased any and all
times to uive anvone any information
desired, so that we all may get as much
good and lienetit out ol the trip as possi
ble, lor it lias oeen one nusiness anu noi
of pleasure, as I worked by day and
traveled oy imtiir.
"I was greatlv pleased to nnd out ttiat
ureat interest 1 as been taken in our
fair and from the nnmoeroi people com
inc. cerainlv a great manv will remain,
for a great many are taking advantage
of the exceedingly low rates they are
making, roundirip tickets lieing offered
in Chicago at 45, and single rate, one
wav. colonist tickets, with stooover
nrivileaes. is low as 125 in Chicago
"Just think of it, 2,000 miles for 25,
or a cent and a Quarter ier mile. Not
!., . th- A,.tnr hilt I hev are
only are they doing tins, oui tney are
snendiiiK a zreet deal of money in dis
tributing splendid i:ini'hlets full of
general information and beautifully
illustrated. The two roads, which de
serve particular mention are the Union
Pacific eystem and the Northern Pacific."
Two-qnart combination hot water
bottle and fountain syri'iife (ftiaranteed
; for one year. Only fl.W at Clarke i.
BERRY HARVEST
SOON BE HERE
Strawberries are ripening in early
places, but it w ill be a week or ten days,
if the present cool weather continues,
before shipments will lit! made. Ripe
berries were sent to the (ilucier otlice
from White Sa'nion lat Wednesday,
over a week curlier than in pre ions
years.
C. 1). Moore and Sam Zeialer have
very early places at White Salmon, and
there is u friendly rivalry to see who
will gather the fust lierries. Both sent
in lurries the same day this year.
Monday, Will Wheeler sent over u
half dozen lierries from his ranch
beneath the I'liderwood bluff, and the
same day, J. W. Morton gathered ripe
lierries on his place thiee miles below
the city on the Hood River side of the
Columbia,
This will b'-enk the record for early
strawberries, but as there is indication
that cool weather will prevail the re
mainder of the week, shipments will
hardly beiiin for some time yet.
The berry fields are looking fine
throughout'the valley, and crop pros
pects never were better. The acreage is
not so large in the valley as Ut year,
when the crop amounted t"!K) 0,) crates
The crop thi year will teicli about
75,000 crates, so the shipping concerns
estimate.
Market conditions also appear very
favorable.
Wednesday morning, George. Mcin
tosh, three miles souih of the city on
the banks of Hood river, telephoned the
(ilacier that he gathered ripe lierries
that morning.
THEY WANT BERRIES
FROM HOOD RIVER
Special to the (ilacier.
Seattle, Wash., May 2.--California
straw berries are still coming into the
market, but are being received in very
poor condition this season. The sales
are slow and the people are impatiently
awaiting the Hood River, and local lier
ries. Strictly fancy stock 15 boxes in it
case selling at 2.
A few baskets of local strawberries
Odell next Sunday to get done up, which
they expect will be ihe cane, as they
have not had any practice as yet and
some of their players are laid up for re
pairs. reached this market the middle of the
week, and sold at the rate of fit (10 a
case. They came from Vashon Island,
a short distance from Seattle.
Fancy apples are in good demand sell
ing from f2 to $2.75 a box. The mar
ket has been overstocked with aspara
gus during the past few days, and 15!)
boxes have been selling at 85c to $1 a
box.
Rhubarb market is overstocked, sell
ing at l'i to 2c a pound. Green onions
and radishes selling three dozen for 25c.
Spinach 75c a box. Potatoes and onions
are in good demand, fancy Btirbatiks
selling at $22 to $24 a ton. Fancy on
ions 5c a pound.
A. D. BLOWERS & CO.
Will Soon be Ripe At Mo!r.
Speeil to the (llaeier.
Momer, Or., May 3. The eolil rains
are retarding the ripening of berricH,
otherwise the growers would be ship
ping by next week. A few ripe ones are
showing up, and only warm weather is
needed to bring on the crop. The pros
pects are excellent.
Large Crop at White Salmon.
Sppcial to the (ilacier.
White Salmon, Wash., May 3. The
strawberries are in excellent condition
and within a week some of the grower
will begin to ship. The outlook is good
for a large crop of choice berries.
ANXIOUS TO MARKET
THEIR OWN BERRIES
Special Correspondence.
White. Salmon, Wash., Mnv At
the reirnlar tneetiliL' "f the White Sal
mon Valley Horticultural society, a pa
per was read by f. 0 Zeigler on picking,
packing anil marketing nf ftruw berries.
Mr. Zeigler gave s uiie helpful Migite.F
tions. The discii-sion cen'ered itself
upon Ihe question of market ng the
products nf the White Salmon valley. A
temporary ori'iuiizit'ioo asi ffected fur
the purpose of devising the best means
to reach the ma' kct and at the same
time prevent overcrowding
. A committee of five was 'appointed
which is to make a report Wednesday,
May 3. 'I here is a strong feeling among
the people of White Salmon that there
should lie an organization of the grow
ers of White Salmon to secure and
maintain the best markets arid the
best prices for their berries and other
products.
Will Day In Their Own Hack Yard.
Goldendale Agriculturist.
,1. C. Maclnnes, now of the White
Salmon Land Co., made a bastv visit to
Goldendale last Sunday. Business
down bis way is very good, be says, and
people are coming in every day looking
at the country and many of them locat
ing. There is no better section ill the
northwest for fruit and berrv culture.
Note this, says Mac, that the first
straw lierries of the season for t his part
of the state are going to lie sent out
from White Salmon in a few days, and
White Salmon will get the credit of il,
not Hood Riveras has been the case
in previous years. The town is growing,
building going mi, the hotelsdoing well,
and everybody satisfied. White Salmon
is all right.
First Oregon Stran berries. "
The first Oregon strawberries on the
Portland market this year reached that
city April 24. The shipment consisted
of tw'i 2t-pon nil crates, grown by J. A.
Willi of Myitle Creek. Mr. I,. S Coon
of Dillard, who is usually the first man
to get Oregon saraw lierries on the mar
ket, was onlv one day behind Mr. Willis
and bis first shipment this season ar
rived April 2o.
Last year the first Oregon berrie" on
the Portland market reached the citv on
May 14; in 1!N2, on May 13, and in 1!K)1,
on Mv 7 savs the Itnrnl Northwest.
Notice of Election.
Notice of an election for the purpo of aVter
mininff whether or not the propiwc-d Hood River
Irri(rtion Difttrict herein afir dsncribed h.ll
be onranired under the proviionn of the art of
the Legislative Assembly of th stale of Oregon,
approved February 20. lS9ft.
Notice is hereby s-iven that the County Court of
the ta.le of Oreiron for the County of Waisco, on
the 16th day of March. iy05, nwle an order cs-
' tablishina- the proposed Hood Kiver Irrigation
, DutricU boundane. of which are as follow..
to wit:
Commenctnir at the Korthea.it corner of the
northwest quarter of Section thirty-thr-e.
Township three North. Range ten Eat, W M..
in Wasco County. Ovon, and runnma- thence
West one half mile In the Northwest corner of
said section thirty-three; thence South one mile
to the corner common to SectkifTA thirty-two and
thirty-three. Township three North.Kanire ten
East, and Section four and nve in Township two
North. Kanire ten East; thence West one mile to
the Northwest corner of Section five. Township
two North, Raruf ten ea.it; thence Sojth two
milwi to the Southwest corner of Rsctfon eiiiht ii
anid Townhip and Hanse: theme Went fifthly
thenee South eiirhly rods; thence lat suhty
rods; to the Section line between Section neer.
teen and eighteen in aid township and raniei ;
thence South eurhty rodn; thence Kast twciu .
seven mis; thence South eighty rods; thence Khm
one hundred and thirty-three HKis: thence south
forty rods; thenca Went one hundred and siMy
rod to the Section line tftween said Sections
seventeen and eighteen: thence South two hun
dred rod to the Quarter section corner ttctwcttt
Section nineteen and twenty in said tuw-nshp ami
Kantre; thence Wet three-niartcr of a mile lo a
isiint eitrhty rods Weet of the center of said
Section nineteen: thence South one half mile tu
the section line between Section nineteen nnd thirty
in aaid Township and Kanire; thence West one
quarter of a mile to the corner common lo Ktvliuiis
nineteen und thirty Township two North. IUiikc
ten Kast; and twenty-four & twenty-five in Town
ship two north, ransre nine east; thence south to a
point where the same intersects the left bank of
the stream of Hood River: thence down atonic
the left bank of Hood River to the point
where the same intersects with the iiTiuatinc
ditch of the Fanners In-iKHtimr Company,
thence alonir the North and Wist line of saie
irriKatinir' ditch to a point where the same inter
sects the township line between townships tw,
north and three north, raiiKe ten east; thcnc
to the southeaat corner of section thirty. llirec.
township three north ranire ten east; thenct
north forty rods; thence west forty rod; Ihenct
norlh forty rods: thence west forty rods; thenci
north one hundred and sixty rods; thence wesi
eighty rods; thence north enthty rods to the poinl
of betrinuinfr.
Notice is further Riven that said Court by said
orderdisiirnatodand named said district the 'H00C
River Irrigation District," anil for the purpose ol
determinins whether or not the said piirKsee
imitation district shall tie orKamy.ed under th
provisions of Chapter V of title XXXIX of Bell
imrer & Cotum's Annotated Codes and Statute
of the state of Oresron. the same ttcina-'an act ot
the LeKislative Assembly of the state of Oreiron.
approved February 20, iMifi. an election -will h
held at the Harrett school house in said district 01
Saturday. 6th day of May. Is, which said elect
ion will be hold and conducted as nearly as pract
icul in accordance wilh the general laws of th
slate of Oreiron. provided that no particular torn
of Imllot shall be reuuired. and that the provision:
of the election lawa as to the form of ImlloU
shall not appty. At said election, the elector!
shall cast ballots which shall contain the words
"lrriiration district Yes" or "Irrisrtion district
No" or words equivalent thereto, and said ballots
shall also contain the names of person to bo voted
for to till the various elective otHces prescribed in
said act above mentioned, namely: an Assessor, a
Collector, a Treasurer and a board of three Uiret
tors for said proposed irrigation district
The whole of said proposed imitation district is
situated in one eleciton precinct, and the election
at said Harrett school house within the proposed
district shallV held for the entire district.
Witness the Hon. A. K. Lake County Judite.
and Hons. H. J. Hibbard and C. 11. Stoni'hton
County Commissioners of the Cminty of Wasco,
state of Oregon, and the seal of the said Court.
thts2lllh day of March. A. D. 1906.
Seal. 1 S. HOITON. Clerk
The
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Williams'
Corvallis, Ore.. 3, 20, 1905.
Mr. G. E. Williams,
Hood River, Ore.
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tain !)!.!) liei
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WALK OVER SHOES
Are consistent with tho rsst of apparel of a
j& Well Dressed Man j&
No man is well dressed who
Is poorly shod. To
WALK OVER SHOES
Is to be Correctly Shod
VOGT BR
TRY-
Tin and Granite Ware. "l f veiyihii)o
funiushiii"' line.
THE MILL WILL NEVER GRIND
with the water that is past, but unlike
the mill, our past orders have been
I filled so successfully that new ones are
constantly coming in from our old
patrons. Are you to tie one ot tiiem;
Our Dalles Patent and W hite River
Hour is the finest thai is milled, and
is ground from the liost selected wheat;
In fact the cream of the wbeatllelds,
and it makes the most delicious bread
white and palatable.
niR hai.k it Y
STRANAHAN & BAG LEY
Hood River, Or.
Davenport Bros.
Lumber Company
Have opened an up-to-date
RETAIL LUMBER YARD
On River St., 4 Blocks West of Depot,
and will carry a complete line of
Building Material,
Doors, Windows,
S. J. FRANK
All Repairing Promptly Attended to
HOOD RIVER
The very finest' line of Pianos, from the cel
ebrated Chickering, the rcnouiicd Weber, the
line Kimball, which is used and known for its
purity of tone and easy action, the silver-toned
Hobart M. ('able, ami on down the line of
Pianos to suit your means and pocket book.
I'e sure to write for terms, or come and see
PARKINS & HUGHES,
At EILERS MUSIC CO.,
Tho Dalles, Oregon.
I
Weill'
OS.
Hood
River
a
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Store
Lath, Mouldings,
AND ALL (illADES OF
Dealer in
Harness Sfc Saddles
OREGON