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HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 8. 1915
No. 45
VOL. XXVI
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I We have provided a Steel Safety Deposit Vault for the
use of those desiring to safe-guard their important
papers and valuables.
II The rental of space is so low that you can well afford
the protection. There are a limited number of boxes
and our vault is built to withstand fire and prevent
theft Come in and examine it. Savings accounts
solicited.
4 Interest Paid on Savings
FIRST NATIONAL
Capital S1M.0OO AJK. Surplus $36,00
Burpee Seeds
Not a few 5c sample pack
ages, but a full line in bulk
from which you may select
required amount at growers'
prices. Spencer sweet peas
includes latest wonders.
Oliver Typewriters
sell for $90, we have them
for 45.00
Office chairs and desks for
one-half value
Foldingchairs, 50c each
Matting; at wonder values.
Linoleum and Rugs in great
variety and price.
Trunks and Suit Cases.
Burbank Seeds
Not only includes a full stan
dard line, but all of the wiz
ard's wonder productions.
Onion Sets, Potatoes
Plants
Sporting Goods
for all games. Fishing or
hunting were never so fine
in quality, so low in price,
nor in such profusion for
choice. Look over our lines.
Even tents are much lower
in price. '
A cash rebate of five cents returned on every dollar you
pay us. We are always just that much lower than
others. Can you afford not to save it?
Stewart Hardware & Furniture Co.
Hood River, Oregon
Bank Advertisement No. 52
This number finishes up a full year of speci
al advertisements and finds our ad writer with a
bad case of spring fever. Hereafter, for a time,
we will use the old form of display ad except on
special occasions when we will revert to the let
ter form for the purpose of giving you a word of
good cheer, or to deliver a message that will be
of interest to you, or possibly of especial adver
tising value to ourselves.
The display ads will of course keep before
you the facts that we are the oldest bank in the
Valley, that our deposits are as large as the com
bined deposits of all the other banks between The
Dalles and Portland, that we have a first-class
Savings Department in which we pay interest at
the rate of four per cent compounded semi-annually,
that we issue letters of credit and trav
elers checks available all over the world, that we
are authorized to act as escrow agent or trustee
for fiduciary business of any kind, that we can
serve as administrator of your estate or executor
of your will and can take care of any business
which would be undertaken by any modern, well
equipped country bank.
BUTLER BANKING COMPANY
Rexall Week Specials
Rexall Tooth Paste 25c 25c Rexall Tooth Brush Free
Harmony Hair Beautifer $1.00
25c Rexall Shampoo Paste Free
Violet Dulce Perfume 50c
25c can Harmony Talcum Powder Free
White Cross Shaving Brush $1.00
25c Rexall Shaving Cream, Stick or Powder Free
Johnston's Chocolates 75c, $1 and $1.21
25c Rexall Candy Tray Free
With every 50c purchase of Rexall Remedies,
Silver Teaspoon free.
Rexall Week, March 28th to April 3rd.
Riley's Creamy Toffee 40c per pound.
Victor Victrolas and Records. Come in and hear the new Victor
Records the 28th for April.
Kresse Drug Co. Steg&j-w
A Sure Sign
Failure Is always envious of success. If the "knockers"
are directing their anvil chorus at you it's a pretty sure sign
you are making some progress.
Don't worry about what failures have to say about you.
Follow the old advice about saying nothing and sawing wood
Continue to pinch a little from your earnings, keep it in a good
bank and you will live to see the day when you can buy out
all the knockers In your community and have a little money
left with which to have a good time.
Satisfactory Titles
are demanded by the wise buyer. Our work is unquestioned
and guarantees protection.
Satisfactory Insurance
is deemed a necessity by the wise property owner. We represent
10 strong companies and have millions of insurance in the Valley
Satisfactory Bonds
may sometime be required of you, contract, court or security.
When in need of such service inquire of us.
Hood River State Bank
Ford, Bodg'e
Bros., Cadillac
Franklin
MOTOR CARS
Columbia Auto & Machine Co.
Hood River Abstract Company
The Eight Cylinder King
The Car with no Regrets
From two to fifty miles an hour without changing gears is what the Kino
Eight will do. Don't let experts cloud your judgment with Thuohkticai,
Abhi'menth for and against eight-cylinder motors. Take a ride ovkk thb
hills and through sand and you will be convinced of the practical super
iority and FLExiniLiTY of the King Eight motors. For further informa
tion call on or address
FRANK H. BUTTON
Agent for "Eight Cylinder King"
No. 9 Oak St., Phone 1071 Hood River, Ore.
ASS'N LEAVES
DISTRIBUTORS
STATE ALLIANCE IS SUGGESTED
Sieg will Handle Apple Sales of Organiza
tion, Davidson Selling the Straw
berry Crop
CAMPBELL WARNS
APPLEGR0WERS
MUST BE MALNTALNED
ing the Winter in Gate ay Gtiet,
Makes Shipping Suggestions
ood Tea Is Economy
because it makes so many more cups to the
pound. Our assortment consist tA
Ceylon & India
Formosa Ooloong
English Breakfast
Basket Fired Iapan
Gunpowder, green & black mixed
all grades and prices.
THE FINEST CROWN
The Star Grocery, Perigo & Son
"Good Things to Cat"
Rubber Stamps that Will Print Made ta Order at the Glacier Office
The Apple Growers Association!! no
longer affiliated with the North Pacific
rruit Distributors. The withdrawal ot
the local marketing machine from the
central agency was the chief business
at the annual meeting of the former
held here at Heilbronner hall Saturday.
While the vote to withdraw from the
Distributors was unanimous, the Hood
Hiver growers leave the central selling
concern who no reeling oi rancor ana
with the hope that it may continue to
grow and thrive ; lor me sentiment is
freely expressed by local market men
and representative growers that the
m ore closely organized all northwestern
fruit districts remain, the better the
industry in all districts will fare.
In an address to the growers, alter
Saturday's action waa taken, H. r.
Davidosn. who has been the president
of the Distributors since its organiza
iton. declared that the withdrawal waa
an important step. Mr. Davidson, in
stead of criticism, had praise to offer
the central agency. He enumerated
some of the big things that had been
accomplished by its selling machine,
While the Distributors have been in ex
istenre about 20 months, the records
show that it has handled over 0,000,
000. The losses on account of failure
to collect accounts has amounted to
only $418. Of the 10,298 cars of prod
uct handled but Zi per cent was sent on
open consignment or to auction in 191 J
and but I per cent in 19H. in lau ou
per cent of the product was sold before
cars were shipped and in 1914 51 per
cent.
It has been the policy of the Dis
tributors to eliminate the open consign
ment." Bnid Mr. Davidson. "However,
the term consignment is often misun
derstood. Sometimes, when the Dis
tributors have had a personal represen
tative at any market they have con
signed fruit to him, it being understood
that the control of price rested with the
renreBentative. '1 his in no way can be
considered an open consignment. The
latter term applies only where the
price of fruit, after it leaves the hands
of the consignor, may be juBt whatever
the consineee may get for it.
Mr. Davidson, in touching on the
svstem of packing declared that the
basis ot paying uy tne cox insieaa oi
by the day was responsible for much of
the defects found this year, ino man
according to Mr. Davidson, can attend
to grading the fruit and make a high
record for packing that many indmdu
als now maintain.
Mr. Davidson congratulated the local
growers on their thorough organization
'We do not know now to appreciate
it." he declared, "until we have been
into those districts where no such sys
tern is in effect. Here we are able to
get credit on our spray material. This
matter of financing a crop is no small
matter. In the unorganized districts
independent grower - slippers are
not able in many instances to get
credit. Bankers will not advance them
money to buy spray, and manufacturer
era Will not aavance me material
1 heir orchards will suffer.
The present president of the Distrib
utors stated that he looked forward
with optimism to the future outlook of
the apple business, lie called alien
tion to the rise and fall of the straw
hrerv induBrtv.
"When we reached tne maximum oi
production." he said, "the price fell
away, and as a reBult the acreage was
decreased. But reaching the maximum
of production caused more markets to
he opened anu.since men, aimuugn we
have nearly reached the maximum
again, marketing conditions have been
a great deal more stable."
Mr. Davidson praised very nigniy
Wilmer Sieg, who has been handling
the Portland business of the Distribu
tors. He declared that Hood Hiver
would make a mistake if he were not
selected to take care of the sales of
the local product. Mr. Sieg, he de
clared, is recognized as the best apple
salesman in the northwest, and the
Distributors will bo very glad to se
cure his services.
A resolution providing for the pay
ment of one-fourth of a cent per box on
all apples and pears and one-sixth of a
cent on all other packages of trull to
the fund of the Growers Council, was
unanimously adopted.
Whs Hood Kiver will witnurnw irom
the Distributors, a marketing alliance
with the growers of the Kogue Kogue
Kiver va ev may he msae. oucn
suaeestion from H. V. Davidson, now
president or tne uisirmuiors, was re
ceived with favor by tho growers. The
Newtowna of the Kogue Kiver district.
according tu Mr. Davidson, come into
competition with the Hood Kiver New-
towns more than tne pronuci oi any
district affiliated with the Distributors
and he declared that he would be in
favor of forming some kind ot an ar
rangement with the selling orgamzB'
tions there for the purpose of eliminate
na unnecessary competition.
While final action win rest wim me
new board of directors, it is proposed
thHt t h selling force of the local amli
ation be headed by H. F. Davidson and
Wilmer Sieg. In caBe suggested plans
are followed out the former will take
charge of a New York office of the
agency, handling the export shipments
on a commission charge of two and a
half cents a box instead of a salary
husia Heretofore the Distributors
charge for export sales has been five
rents a box.
Mr sips, who has been Bales man
ager af the Distributors, in charge of
h Portland office, but who is now in
New York, will take charge oi sales
frnm the local office.
iln statement to the growers, fol
lowing their action in withdrawing
frnm the Distributors. Mr. Davidaon
declared that he thought the central
u-sanixation would be stronger even
tkun thev would be if Hood Kiver
unaan had maintained their affilia
tion. He explained that on account of
rnncessions made to the local associa
tion in the way of representation that
other dstricts had not been granted
ionlnuaiea have been prevailing.
"ReDresentatviei of these other dis
tricta seemed surprised that Hnud Kiv
er of all other Distributor .affiliations,
should withdraw, when news of the
recommendation of the board of direc
tors iu recently made," taid Mr. Da
vidson. "There was at first feeling
that the central agency would not be
maintained, but since they have had
time to deliberate the matter the feel
ing ia everywhere expressed that their
affiliated organizations in eastern Wash
ington and Idaho will align themselves
more closely than ever with the Dis
tributors and that it will be a strong GRADING
maraeiing concern,
"lit 1913 my main thought waa bent
upon the point that the Distributors Distributor's Chief Inspector, After Spend-
nwni icvuic ciiuuku iviiuhj(o iw iviiuu,
distribution. They failed to do this,
and it seemed to tne that aucb a pro
cess would take entirely too long. It
seemed to me that such a result could
be better accomplished in sr.cthor way,
and accordingly we have worked out
the recently organised Growers Council
for this purpose."
A warning waa sounded the glowers
of Hood Kiver valley by Sam G. Camp
bell, chief inspector of the Distribu
tors, who is a member of the local as
sociation. Mr. Campbell declared that
during the past year local growers have
damaged themselves on account of in
difference in guarding against improper
grading. He declared that other dis
tricts had gained in reputation by set
ting up a higher standard. Figures
read by Mr. Davidson showed that
of the 1U13 crop 33 per cent only
was extra fancy, while this year it in
creased to 79 per cent. "There ia food
fur thought in these figures, said Mr,
avidson, "for there haa certainly not
been that difference in the quality of
the apples during the two years."
Kecords of other districts were shown
as follows: Yakima, 1913, extra fancy
39 per cent. 1914. 66 per cent; We
natchee,'19l3, 71 per cent, 1914, 60 par
cent. The figures, however, are from
estimates made last August.
A. W. Stone reported that the organ
nation would begin next year a crop
stronger than ever in its existence.
While the records show contracts for
.45 per cent of the tonnage have been
withrdawn, new contracts have been
signed up for a larger amount. Ac
cording to Mr. Stone the Association
will be able to inaugurate an lnnova
tion in handling apples this fall and
nay its members a substantial advance
on the fruit at the time oi delivery.
In explaining the recent recommend
ation of the board of directors of the
Association, who adopted a resolution
proposing withdrawal from the Dis
tributors, P. S. Davidson, president of
the board, said:
'We feel that the Distributors have
been a success and that we have been
a good deal better off than we would
have been without them. While larger
crops have been grown in the United
states, that of last year was the larg
est ever maiketed. The Distributors
have been efficient and have been giv
ing us better service.
I be fact that we announced our res
olution to you growers, by circular waa
not intended to mean that our action
was hasty, but to give you time to de
liberate over the matter before today's
action. We have been considering such
a move for the past year
"When Hood Kiver affiliated with the
Distributors, we demanded that H. V
Davidson and Wilmer Sieg, at the bead
of our marketing affairs be made sirrrt
lar officials of the Distributors and with
headquarters at Hood Kiver, and while
it has not been generally believed,' it is
a act that we have at all times really
controlled our own fruit.
"From rumors that have come to us
from other districts, they are jealous
because Hood Kiver haa been favored
thus and we have felt that Hood Kiver
would not be allowed the aame privi
leges again. These other districts
would ask the same thing, and I don't
blame them.
"When the Distributors were formed
it was honed that they would be able
to market 80 or 85 per cent of the ton
nage of the northwest. However, they
have not been able to do this, and on
account of the formation of the Grow
crs Council. Board of Control and its
executive committee, we do not believe
that they will be able to aecure a con
trollins tonnaue. However, we do be
have that thev will remain the largest
and best selling agency in the north
west.
"We are glad to learn that the other
iatricts have decided to maintain (he
North Pacific Fruit Distributors, but
we feel that Hood River will be able to
maintain an efficient selling machine.
We have specialties our Newtowns and
our Soilzenburgs. and do not have the
severe competition that ia found among
other varieties. And the fact that we
ave options on the two best selling
men in me norniwesi, we ieei mai we
can go it aione.
The board of directors at Saturday 1 100 he wanta the quarter. If he has an
meetins were elected by the double p,,in fnr cnmnlaint and ha haa the
system of voting, each member having cir pacea at a disadvantage as, for
example, at some point where it can
Some ef the important incidental
causes for the low prices received by
northwestern apple growers thia year
which the growera themselves can and
should correct in the future, viewed
from the standpoint of a man whose
duty ithas been to inspect shipments
at the principal gateways to the eaat,
were given by ham U. Campbell, of
Hood Kiver. upon his return from
Omaha recently.
Mr. Campbell ia chief inspector for
the North Pacific Fruit Distributor!
and hia headquarters had been in
Omaha since the commencement of the
1914 shipping season. A part of that
time he spent in Kansas City and trav
eling throughout Iowa, Nebraska and
Kansas. Besides inspecting the fruit
which passed through the Omaha and
Kansas City gateways, he was in
charge of the apples stored by the Dis
tributors at those places. Being
grower himself, hia observations were
put in the form of constructive advice
to the growers.
"Large apples from young trees, no
matter what variety, should not be in
cluded in the same shipment with thoee
from older trees, because they do not
keep as well and the result usually ia
that when the car ia inspected upon
arrival at the market the buyer finds
the applea from the young trees going
to pieces or beginning to do so and
bases his price for the whole car on
them," stated Mr. Campbell. "The
best way for the grower to avoid
trouble is, in picking, to keep the large
apples from the young trees entirely
separate from those grown on the older
trees. He should never pack them in
the tame boxes, and should keep the
boxes separate.
"Moreover, the grower, tn packing,
should in every case no exceptions
eliminate all of the apples which he
finds bruised or defective, because the
fellow at the other end knows just aa
well what constitutes good fruit the
grower doea, and, the way the luck
seems to run, the buyer, in inspecting
a car, ia more often liable to open
bad box than good one, and the price
for the good stock suffers in conse
quence. J his, to my knowledge, Hap
pened many timet during tne past season.
"An essential feature of loading the
fruit -few growers apparently realise
how essential is that in every car
there should be a manifest showing the
tier sizes which should be absolutely
correct. Time ia valuable at the mar
ket end, and frequently a buyer turna
down car, refusing to accept it or
demanding a rebate, because the mani
fest is not right and bis confidence in
the shipment ia destroyed by that un
fortunate fact. 1 cite this because of
specific cases which came to my at
tention.
"It is poor business to include an in
ferior variety along with a good variety
in the same car, and just as disastrous
to the grower to ship 'C grade with
extra fancy. In every case where pos
sible a car should be limited to a sep
arate variety and grade. Sometimes
there is a market (or mixed cara. but
not often compared to the number ox
such cara that were aent rolling to mar
ket thia season.
One of the vital necessities which
the fruit industry of the northwest
must possess is a reputation for a good
pack and an absolutely good grade
whether it is extra fancy, fancy or 'C,
and that meana discarding the wind
falls, no matter how fine they look, and
all bruised and defective applea-in
fact, all that are apt to fall down be
fore their natural life period haa been
reached. In a year like 1914, when the
Blowers should have been especially
careful about this, a surprising number
apparently were not.
ine grower win oo wen to remem
ber that the dealer is not a shrinking
violet modestly nodding his head in a
shaded dell, lie has the courage of hia
convictions and a loud voice, aa a rule,
and, instead of asking for a nick le re
bate, wants a dime or a quarter, if the
car ia at all off and 09 times out of
one membersmu voie. ano as many
tnnruee votes as entitled to by the
ahioniniz records. On the first ballot
the following directors were cnoscn:
L. E. Clark. H. V. Davidson, W. U.
Dickerson. Walter Kimball. A. B,
LewiB. J. C. Porter. R. H. Wallace,
all reelected, and Oscar Vanderbilt and
O. B. Nye. This ballot showed'that
E. H. Shenard and C. A. Keed were
nracticallv tied for the eleventh direc
tor. However, one had failed to secure
not be easily diverted there are times
when he will go the limit, and the
grower must either take hia medicine
there or incur as big a lose in another
direction.
'It is also a questionable practice to
put apples with a short life in storage
and even more nazarooua to put mem
with good keepers in the same car in
tended for eastern storage. The sp-
nles are taken out of the car and
enough membership votes and the other Btacked up in the storage warehouse
enough tonnage voles, ano a secona aitotiether iUBt as they come, lo sort
ballot was prepared, no resuu was nd move the car oad after it haa been
obtained on the second ballot. Un the nlncpri in storaira would cause more in-
third, while Mr. Keed received the jury t0 the applea and cost more in the
largest number of votes of both class-1 end nan to take loss on the whole
The recent experiences of quite a
growers have proven this to do
e. a Quorum was not reuresemeu,
many of the growers nsving leu me
meeting on account oi tne laie nour ii
was decided to let the board of direc
tors act on the choice'of the 'eleventh
man. and on Monday Mr. Reed was
chosen.
Association Board Organized
At a meeting Monday, the meeting
iHHiinu until late at night, the board of
Hirsninm nf the Annie Growers Associ
ation organized with the loiiowing om- pari oi.ine grower huuuvs
cers: P. a. Davidaon, rres. j w. . mis, even u me snipper uu m mm.
n;,.nn Von Pi-en - A.U.Lewis. "for i lustration, winesapa, apusen
Sec; and W iam Irwin. Treas. All burgs, Home ueaunes, newiown rip-
car.
few
true
"The opinion prevails among a great
many people even growers that when
fruit goea into storage it keeps indefin
itely. But it doea not. There is
limit to the life of any apple in stor
age, and shippers should endeavor to
move their stock out ot storage in lime
for the fruit to reach conaumera in the
best condition. Mixing varietiea on the
are members oi last year s ooaru ex
cept Mr. Lewis, who succeeds C. W.
Hooker. Wilmer aieg was cnosen aa
sales manager at a salary of $6,000 per
year. H. F. Davidson was chosen to
handle the sales of strawberries. It is
stated that Mr.Sieg will take charge of
the local office by May 1.
The board as yet has not chosen a
local manager of the association for
the coming year.
Women Have April Fool Stunts
April Fool stunts were particlpiated
In Wednesday afternoon of last week
bv the members of the Woman's club.
Those active in the fun making were:
Mrs. Chas. H. Castner, Mrs. W. W.
Rodwell, Mrs. W. H. McClsin, Mrs. A.
S. Keir, Mrs. W. E. Imholz, Mrs. A.
L. Page and Mrs. Geo. W. Thomson.
... ' ti i
pins, winter tsananas, uanoa, orni Da
vis, Black Bens, Delicious and Jona
thans keep well in storage, wnne s lay
man Winesaps, Wagners, Black Twiga
and York imperials are liable to take
on an early scsld in storage which be
comes particularly nouceanie snorny
after being taken out and starts
quick decsy. If the growera put these
and similar varietiea in storage, they
must watch them carefully and remove
them before they begin to show evi
dence of storage scald.
"This season the applea in practically
all of the big warehouses of the east,
were kept at a temperature of 82 de
grees, as the government recommends,
but in some of the smaller house
where the temoreature waa held o
cooler than 33 degrees the applea kept
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