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VOL. XSll
HOOD EIVER, OREGON, DECEMBER 1, 1910
NO 21
Do you need Good Rubbed JJJ gj Ru5bers
The only Rubbers warranted to wear. NOT MADE BY A TRUST
J. C. Johnsen, The Shoe Man
Hood River, Oregon
Do
Leading
Hotel Oregon Bldg.
For Sale
1 1 acres under cultivation
5 acres in apples, Spitz and
Newtowns, 3 and 4 years
old.
Water free for irrigation.
Good 7-room house. One and
one-half miles from town.
Near school.
An opportunity to buy a
good place at the right
price. $7,000.00. Terms.
D. E. RAND, Owner
Phone 328 X
Christmas Holiday
Excursion
TO THE
City of Mexico
Via The
Southern Pacific Company
LEAVING PORTLAND
December 11th and 12th, 1910
AND
San Francisco, Dec. 14, 1910
A MAGNIFICENT SPECIAL TRAIN
Confuting of Observation Car, Pullman Vestil.uled Sleeping Cars, Smok
ing Car and PininH Car will leave Third and Townaend Streets. San
Francisco, via the Coast Line. The excursion is run under the auspices
of the Southern Pacific, National Lines of Mexico, International and
Great Northern, G. II. and S. A. and Santa Fe. .
ROUND TRIP FARE
$104 From Portland $104
Correspondingly low rates from other 0. R. & N. and S. P. points. ,
Interesting side trips on the return trip, including the Grand Canyon,
may be made. Final return limit 60 days from date of sale. Equipment
on this train will be limited and no more passengers will be taken than
can be comfortably provided for.
For farther information, details and beautifully illustrated booklet on
"Mexico" call on any O. R. & N. or S. P. Agent or write to
WM. McMURRAY, General Passenger Agent, Portland.
You Want
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We have for sale and can show you orchard lands in all stages of development
from the raw state to the full bearing orchards, including some of the finest
bearing orchards in the Hood River Valley. If you want to see the best
properties on the market at the most reasonable prices, let us show you and
you will be convinced.
1 1
Transfer and
Livery Co.
.fr.H--M--H-4:-H"W
The World's Prize Winning Apples
are grown on land that we are selling.
For a limited time we are offering some of
the besi East Side properties at prices
much below the market. You can save
several thousand dollars by buying land
this Fall. See us when you want the best.
J. H. Heilbronner & Co.
The Reliable Dealers
t Davidson Building
To
oper
Dealers
Hood River, Oregon
Nichol
High Class
Orchard Lands and
City Realty
Basement Brosius Bldg Phone 98
Bentley, the Builder
Phone 33 IK
F. H. Coolidge
Watchmaker
and
Jeweler
Si
Hood River.Oregon
1 fflnjSSfiB
HadlocR
Real Estate
Bulletin
$7,500
TEN ACRES, ono half rnilo
from tovvn.N acres in treos
souk.' in bearing, balance
in .'5, 4 find o year old
trees. (Jood baln, all
tools, plenty of water for
irrigating as well as run
ning water on the place,
2 acres of strawberries.
Guy Y. Edwards & Co.
Phone 228L Office Oregon Hote
Buy
ty
IS CELEBRATED
JOLLY MEETING AT (LI B ROOM
Interest inj! Talks About the Spokane
Show and Presentation of (lifts
Features of the Evening.
I no inlurmal smoker pulled oil' last
Wednesday at the Commercial Club
was otio (if tbo host social gatherings
wmcn me null lias had. The occasion
t the meeting, which was the colo
ration ot the victory at Spokane, lent
enthusiasm ami u general good feeling,
ami ii was a nappy crowd which us
semhlod in the club rooms. The first
I'.ni. vi mo evening was .spent III a
general social time, ami it was im
proved by all to get better noqiiaintei
ith his neighbor.
t resident Charles Hall called the
meeting to order in the assembly
rooms aim itev. Harris was call
upon to start the hall rolling, which
he did by reciting n story which had
tor its text, "Opened with Prayer.
1-.. 11. hhepanl was then called to
the platform and Ins remarks were
well chosen, and listened to with at
tention. Mr. Shepard spoke mostly of
me exliitnt at tpokane, the conditions
which existed and the iniportnce of
Hood Kiver taking the prizes, lie
said in part:
"Hood River had cvervlhnig to lose
and very little to Iguin, from a com
mercial standpoint, in the contest at
Spokane. VVe staid out of the .show
the past two years for obvious reasons,
and we began to hear the taunt that
we wore afraid to go into competitoin
with the Washington npplo box sec
tions. In making the exhibit this vear
we had two cars aganinst seventeen of
the finest from other box sections.
llood Kiver has always been first in
every contest, irom the time we took
the blue ribbon m ISM at the Chicago
fair. Our reputation is established in
the markets of the world us being the
best. Had we failed this year to take
the first prizes, it would have been
used against us by our con.pHitors,
while the carrying oil' of the prizes
simply maintains our reputation. VVe
were up against the keenest com et
tion. Our every move was watched.
They werojdl against us, and as they
could not reach our level, they tried to
pull us down to theirs. In spite of this
feeling against us, our crowd acted in
a gentlemanly, dignified manner, and
made no loud demonstration when the
decision was announced. VVe should
have had four cars there instead of
two, and we would have taken first
and second on Spitzenburgs and first
and second on Newtowns. It was the
most phenominal display ever made
anil was high class from every point
of view. Our decorations were sim
ple and effective. The elecriral dis
play was u winner.and the two carloads
were set off in a manner to attract
immediate attention,. The packers
and decorators deserve the highest
praise, and all who had h part to do
admitted themselves in a creditable
manner."
Ernest C. Smith was then called
upon and spoke in a general way of the
work of the llood Kiver party. He
said he would not attempt to tell any
thing about the fruit, as he did not
care to display his ignorance of appleM
among the experts present, lie prais
ed the packers and the other Workers
for their untiring ell'o.'ts to do their
best, and the judges for their integr ty
and moral courage to give a fair de
cision on the merits.
In commenting on the good work
done by President Hall, who, when
there seemed to be a failure to have
llood Kiver properly represented at the
show for want of funds, took the mut
ter in hand himself and said that if
necessary he would finance the pro
position himself. He spoke of the
work of 10. II. JShopard, whose sug
gestions and work did so much in im
proving tin; display, and who was on
the job night and day with the rest.
He then sprung a surprise on the two
gentlemen by presenting, on behalf
of the club, a gold watch to Mr. Hall
and a diamond stick-pin to Mr.
Shepard. It was complete surprise to
the recipients, uud while they wi re
both fluent speakers during the fore
part of the evening, they found much
dillieully in expressing their appre
ciation of the tokens.
A. A. Jayne was then called upon,
and be congratulated Mr. Smith in
the happy manner in which he ad
dressed the meeting and for his well
chosen remarks. Mr. Jayne said that
he had been a resident of the valley
for fifteen years, coming from The
Dulles, and when he came here the
people of that section tried to dis
courage him. Hood Kiver was looked
upon at that time is a bankrupt
country, with no future. The raising
of apples wus considered a poor busi
ness, as there was no market for them
at that time except a local demand at
a low price. Mr. Jayne was the of
the same opinion when he came here,
and it took him some time to see the
possibilities of the future. lie em
phasized the fact that it was the mind
and conscience of the apple business
here, that backed up the quality and
made Hood Kiver famous. The de
termination to put up an honest pack,
and the best pack, was the factor in
maintaining the reputation.
Prof. Vun Deman, one of the judges
of the Spokane show, and also of the
Hood Kiver show here this week, was
present, and was called to the floor.
Prof. Van Deman said that he ami the
other judges tried to lind all the fault
they could with the exhibit and made
poor success. They tried to he
merciless In their scoring, spending
their time looking for defects rather
than for the good points, as that was
about all there was left to do. When
they got through there was but one
thing to do and that was to give the
prize to Hood Kiver. Mr. Van Deman
said he was proud to see Hood Kiver
set the pace of the world in growing
and packing apples. In his visits to
all the i m porta, t apple sections of the
United States, he always told them to
follow Hood Kiver. tie could not say
it too often. In Virginia laHt year
they had a good exhibit, the best they
over had, and he remarked that it
looked, "Hood Kivcry," He hoped
they would continue to improve. "I
hope you will keep in the lead," said
Mr. Van Deman. Put conscience
into the apple box and you will get
the right reward. There has never
been such an exhibition of apples in
the world as you have this year. It
has never been equalled. We have
been called to judge your exhibit this
year. As it will be hard to decide be
tween you, we have determined to ex
act double penalties if we find the bot
tom ol the tiox not as good as the tin.
It is possible we may have to look for
me toenail marks of the mosquitos on
nit- urines iu ueiermine a mnerence.
C. II. Sprout told how the car of
winners was pot together and gave
an me creuit to lus wite and family
He disclaimed any credit himself, and
said that all credit and remuneration
would no to those who made up the
car. l he packers, Robinson, Ordway
ami i money, would oe remembered,
and all those who contributed to the
success of the exhibit were entitled to
their share ot praise. Mr. Sprout said
mm uhi'K oi nil tins the reputation ot
the valley was at stake. VVe hud ev
erything to lose and but little to gain.
Hack of the individual etlort was the
reputation of the valley. Hud we lost.
it would have hurt our reputation in
the markets. To win was simply to
maintain tne reputation already estab
lished. Mcdford gained nothing in a
commercial way last year for having
received the prize, because of luck of
organization and business methods. It
helped real estate sides to some extent
in the Mcdford country, but did not
tieneht the sale ot apples. Southern
Oregon this year did not make a sale of
apples until very late. The reputation
of llood River enabled us to sell our
apples on an V. O. H. proposition. We
have this year enlarged our markets.
VVe sent one car to Iioston as a trial
shipment and upon its arrival received
a wire from the buyer asking for
another car. the quality is so high
class that we have now four firms in
Huston handling Hood Kiver apliles.
Owing to the large production which
will be had in a few years from all the
box apple sections of the west, we
must keep to the front from a purely
ommerciiil standpoint. We will have
to depend on quality to win. 1 wish
also to call your attention to the ware
house and cold storage problem. You
have all noticed the strings of teams
waiting at the warehouse to unload.
Our storage facilities this year have
been much too small, and we have hud
to crowd apples on the market at times
when the market has been glutted, and
it has hurt the price. In two years
we may reasonably expect a million
boxes from Hood Kiver orchards. Un
less more facilities are provided it will
mean a tremendous loss. We must
have a capacity of at least 21)0,001)
boxes by that time. The two storage
warehouses here are the only ones of
any note in the box apple sections.
lhe other sections tins year have hud
to force their apples on glutted mar
kets, with more or less disastrous re
sults. When those conditions occur it
is only the high class apples which
sell. Our prosperity depends upon
how long we can keen Spitzenburg tip
ples. If we can hold them until the
surplus slock from other sections is
moved otf, we can ship at the l ie t
time and get profitable returns, liui-i
iness men, owners of real estate and
apple growers must provide more
warehouses or suffer loss. A stock
company of $100,000 is needed to solve
this problem.
"Prof. Lewis, one of the judges of the
Hood River fair, was present and ex
tended the congratulations of the Ore
gon Agricultural College C Hood
Kiver on its nuigniilccnt exhibit. He
said we were specialists in a special
industry, making it a deep business
study, and were making it a grand
success, lie admonished us to keep up
the reputation to a high grade.
Henry Avery, of the Eggennont or
chard, which took the Newtown prize
at Spokane, when asked to explain
how his apples took the prize. ..aid it
was "Hood Kiver apples aril Hood
Kiver methods." lie would change
the old motto to rend, "Honesty is the
liest Pack," and hung it in every ap
ple house. He said that at Spokane
when the judges got to his cur they
took (Hit 70(1 apples from the boxes and
found them all perfect. He said that
G. K. Caslner was the man behind the
Newtown pack, and it was the puckers
who landed the prize.
ti. K. Caslner wus then asked to tell
how the cur wus built up, and he said
they went, over .1,000 boxes and select
ed 12.17. In packing out the car they
took a little over .10 per cent of the
selection.
SPItOAT CAR WINS
CHICAGO FIRST I'RIZK
A telegram was received here Tues
day from Secretary Skinner that the
Sprout car of Spitzenburgs had been
awarded the first prize and sweep
stakes at the Chicago Land Show.
The prize consists of a beautiful Bter
ling silver loving cup, said to lie worth
$.100. Mr. Sprout says that he has not
received any official notice himself,
other than the wire from Mr. Skinner.
The following report appeared in
the Portland Journal, but tho state
ment that a cash prize of $1,000 had
been awarded in addition to the cup is
probably incorrect :
"Chicago, 111., Nov. 29 Oregon
apples curried off the grand sweep
stakes prize at the Chicago Land Show
today when C. H. Sprout, of Hood
Kiver, won the cup and $1000 for the
best carload of apples. This is the
same cur of apple that won the grand
sweepstakes prize at the National
Apple Show at Spokane, Wash.
"This car of Spitznburgs wus in
competition with apples from all sec
tions of the United States and, con
sidering the fact that they were hauled
farther and handled twice, this is a re
markable record. The apples scored
907 noints out of a possible 1000 at the
Spokane show and have now captured
two world's prizes.
'.'C. II. Sprout owns the Eldorado
orchard at llood Kiver consisting of 40
acn.s and the prize-winning cur was
taken from this orchard alone. This
orchard is not under irrigation.
"Mr. Sproat has been offered almost
fabulous sums for various boxes of tho
prize winning apples, but will pro
bably sell the car in one lot to a com
mission house.
"Oregon fruit and other exhibits are
attracting attention from thousands
of people who are looking westward
and the fact that Hood Kiver apples
have won the grand prize means that
the tide of immigration will be heavier
to Oregon than any other state, judg
ing from the comment heard on all
sides."
J. W. Macdonald and wife returned
Tuesday from a two weeks' trip to the
east. Mr. Macdonald says that work
has been suspended on the Bonehoro
tract for the winter.
GOES
TO JPORTLAND
AM) FROM THERE TO NEW YORK
Prizes are Awarded at Ine llood River
Fruit Fair Which Closed
Last Saturday.
The Hood Kiver apple show ended
Saturday night and tho exhibit, which
consisted of 62.1 boxes, was immedi
ately packed up and shipped to the
Portland meeting of the Oregon State
Horticultural Society, which is being
held this week Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday, at the Majestic Theater
building. Officers of the society came
up Saturday and arranged for the ex
hibit there, which will be in charge of
GJ K. Castner and C. 1). Tuompsou.
The attendance this year was not as
large as was expected owing to the
cohCweuther, and the fact that there
were several other apple shows held
before at other places. The Portland
Crowd WHS ?Ont llirirn munir nf thnn.
- fi I ...... ij ... blllll
waiting to see the exhibit at Portland.
As slated lust week, however, the
quality was the best ever placed on
exhibition, and the arrangement to
send the exhibit to Portland is a good
one. The exhibit will ulso be sent to
New York to lu pvhiliif.wl fh
mobile show the middle of January.
u,4 .i.iii i.. i .. ri
...... ..m ..c mil a milll UT Ol U mil
lion people. This will be an advertise
ment worth while noil will .l.i ut
deal of good tin a section where we sell
ine uuik oi our apples, c. . Cas
tner. president. C. 1). Thorn
secretary, and C. K. Marshall hud
entire charge of the fair, and the
experience of the two former in other
years was especially valuable in mak-
u, .. ..
iiiK mi; kiii a nuoceMi.
The judge did not complete their
labors of awardinu the nrizes until Vr.
day evening, and in most cases it
was difficult to make a decision.
All the exhibits were so nearly per
fect as to call for the strictest ex
amination. The following are the
prize winners:
Pest ten-box display, any variety.
not .more than three boxes of nn
variety, cup J. L. Carter, lirst; Home
Orchard Company, second,
liest five-box di-mlnv. one or mor
varieties, cup A. Hukari, first; H.
O. Sicvcrkropp, second. Host box
Snitzenberirs. XX nnd iMnrorW Vi,
lirst; Lawrence & Smith, second. '
rsesi nox Newtowns, MS and larger
M. M. Hill, first: Home Orelui ril Cum.
any, second.
Host box Ortlevs-Willliim Klimlr
first; Mohr Pros., second.
Pest box Baldwins C. K. lienton,
first: W. E. Clark, stcond.
Host box Arkansas Itlacks Law
rence & Smith. liiKt- M M Hill
second.
liest box Jonathans-W. Fike, first;
N. W. Hone, second.
liest box Hiilikvinu- C k' l(,.nt,,i.
first; W. E. ('lark, second.
MEDAL PRIZES.
Host box lien Davis-W. Fike.
liest box Delicious W. E Sherman,
liest box Cravenstoiu London &
Powers.
liest box Ilydes King--Home Or
chard Company.
Host box King of Tompkins County
W. Fike.
liest box Northern Spy Epping &
Rabies.
Post box Hlack Twig II. (). Siever-
kropp.
liest Ilox Koxbury Russet MhxwcI
ton Orchard.
liest box Rhode Island Greenings
W. E. ('lark.
liest box Swaar L. E. Clark,
liest box Wagno- Maxwelton Or
chard.
Rest box Winter Hanana D. E.
Miller.
Rest box Red Cheeks Hood River
Land & Apple Compunj.
Pest box Vun Devere-E. Shelley
Morgan.
Htst box deiietan R. Poidey.
SPECIAL PRIZES.
Rest packed live boxes, prize gold
Pe
Company- Walter Weber, Hood River;
second prize, $1.1, won by H. C.
Kramer.
Rest general plate display J. L.
Carter.
It has been suggested by a number
of exhibitors of the recent apple fair
that much tieneht would result from
the publication of the scores of the
judges. Secretary C, 1), Thompson
lurnishes the scores of the leading
varieties for which cups were
awarded. The general plun of the
judges was to score two or three of
the most promising of each class,
then eliminate those which by the
score of the top layer would fall below
the ones already scored. In the 10
box class three boxes of each were
scored and the average of the three
made the score of the exhibit.
10 Box
Spitz Newtown Raid.
Av.
97.3
98.4
97.8
98.8
97.3
97.5
W. Fike 90.2
97.5
98.2
Home OrcliurdiW.fi
98. r
98.7
98.4
96.8
97.2
98.2
97.1
99.8
Ortley
9fi.(i
97.1
M. M. Hill
07.5
'JH.2
9H.6
98.1
J. L. Carter
Peter Mohr
Maxwelton
Five Box
A. Hukari 99.6
T. (J. Smith 98.9
Win. Ehrck 97.6
H. Seiverkropp 99.fi
F. C. lirosius 97.8
A. I. Mason 99
Spitzenburgs 96120.
F. 0. lirosius 94
Lawrence Smith 9.1.2
L. E. Clark 99.4
Peter Mohr 96.1
Mohr Pros. 98.4
N. W. Bone 97.1
Maxwelton Orchard 94.8
A. I. Mason 9.1.4
Spitzenburg 88 and larger.
W. Fike 99.6
Lawrence & Smith 99.3
L. E. Clark 98.4
Peter Mohr 99.2
Mohr Bros. 9.1.1
Maxwelton 98.1
Newtown 88 and larger.
Home Orchard Co. 98.9
M. M. Hill 99.5
Peter Mohr 98
Ortley
Wm. Ehrck 98.5
H. O. Seiverkropp 97.4
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