nOOO RIVER i LACIER. THURSDAY, MARfll 14, 191fi
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Mr. Hoover asks you to save butter, lard, suet Mazola
is a pure, vegetable oil for deep frying, sauteing, short
ening wonderfully economical.
MAZOLA
LXECUTIVE MANAGIt STONE
GIVES ASSOCIATION REPORT
44
5
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list of
the
Ii rices
With the Nation-wide movement to save animal fats the
housewife is confronted with a serious problem if she would
contintti to serve fried foods.
Thousands of Americui homes have found the answer in
Mazola, the pure cooking and salad oil from am.
Because .Mazola is a vegetable oil and because a thorough
test on the port of housewives has proven that Mazola is more
practical, more economical than the old cooking mediums.
It makes fried foods Agestabltind the gieat big factor for
economy in Mazcia is that it can be used over end over again
does not transmit taste or odor from one food to another.
A recent c'.emonstration showed that the same tinful of
Mazola could be used eighteen successive times for deep frying!
Mazola is f ne for salad dressings, too.
Ciet Mazol i from your grocer in pint, qunrt, half-gallon or
gtllontins. The large sizes give greatest economy. Also ask for
the free Mazola Book of Recipes or write
us direct.
Your Mo idundcil il Mz.uli A 5t cmirt inunction.
Corn Products Refining Company
New York
StlSlf RTMMtlDT
Johnson, Lit bar
Company
Portland, OrtfM
V) OfR MKMBK.KS: , The following is c
We have gathered here for the received to date on
' ; urpose of nominating Director forj ur!etics of apple-:. These figures
the ensuing year. This is one ii the will vary somehat hec the re
niiist important functions of the or-'turns are all in. Prices quoted are
gunization and in order that you tl.o average per bos price which
may act intelligently, it is important J have ben received to date on the
that we render you a full and com-i different varieties, trader and sizes
ph'te statement of our stewardship J sp-citied. The per cent column
Avi'rare price $1"S
Total crop of Jona'lrans handled.
2r107 boles. Ci.ari.es: Coiutu;ssioi
10 cents, Storage 5 5 cents, Adver
principal '''nE Fund 2 cents aud Purchasing
t una I cent
Delicious
!.i t anberrios ....
ijoosebei'ries . . .
l'ri-.ties and rlitus
liluckb- rru-
Crvb Apples ...
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the
ARNOLD GROCERY
COMPANY
OFFERS ITS CUSTOMERS
Th Food Administrations Wheat Substitutes
UE ALSO HAVE
Canned Vegetables, Fruits and
Other Products
I HE USE, OF Willi H Will. SAVI MR AT
Remember the change in delivery system ami order before noon,
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WAR S A V I N G S S 1 A M 1' S
CLUB ENDORSES
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WE ESPECIALLY INVITE THOSE WHO ARE
"VERY PARTICULAR" ABOUT THEIR APPEAR
ANCE TO COME IN AND SEE THE DAINTY
THINGS WE HAVE FOR THEM TO WEAR EVERY
THING FROM HOSE TO RAIR RIBBONS.
IT IS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SHOW OUR
GOODS AND WE NEVER URGE YOU TO BUY.
TO DO BUSINESS WE DEPEND UPON PUTTING
IN OUR STORE THE RIGHT THINGS AT THE
RIGHT PRICE.
MERIT IN OUR MERCHANDISE AND MONEY
SAVING VALUES ARE BUILDING OUR BUSINESS.
New Arrivals This Week
Ladies' and Misses' Silk Dresses.
Ladies' Neckwear and Hosiery.
Wellworth and Worthmore Waists.
New Shoes for Ladies
1
Ivory Kid, Cloth Top.
Brown Kid. All Leather Top.
Black Kid, Grey Cloth Top.
' Patent Kid. White Cloth Top.
Molden, Huelat, Sather Co.
" The House of ttrsonal Service"
DiHcussion of the circular letter sent
liroadcaMt over the state by J. II.
Koberg, in eiticiHm of the State High
! way Commission for its choice of the
so-called middle route for the Colum
bia Kiver Highway between Hood
; Kiver and Mosier, and plans for seeur
! ing a park' in which visiting motor
: tourists may park their automobiles
I ard camp fur the night, drew the
; largest attendance Monday night of
! any recent meeting of the Commercial
club.
I A resolution, introduced by Dr. J. D.
, Guttery, member of a committee ap
I pointed last summer to petition the
Highway Commission to place the road
! on a route that penetrated to the edge
of the valley fruit district and passed
thence over the range of hills to the
i feast, commending the Commission for
i its action and offering it the full snp
j pert of the club'B membership, was
adopted without a dissenting vote,
j W. L. Clark, another member of last
I summer's committee, spoke in endorse
1 meet of the Commission's action.
' Mr. Koberg was present at the
! meeting and advanced his arguments
I against the selection of the middle
j route. The alleged high cost to the
1 individual using the middle route,
j which will have a maximum grade of
! five per cent, as compared with the
I water grade road along the O.-W. R.
! & N. tracks formed the his chief argu
i ment. In answer to this, R. H. Scott,
I engineer for the Highway Commission,
I who was present for the meeting, said
j that experience had shown that an
! automobile used almost as much gaso
I line running over level ground as on a
I five per cent grade. He pointed out
j that an actual saving might result
! from coasting down the long light
I grade. Mr. Scott declared that the
I O.-W. R. & N. Co. had been exremely
: fair in its negotiations with the Com
j mission. He pointed out that the mid
, die route would be far cheaper in con
I struction than the river grade survey,
and it was stated that at some future
! date, when the railway company, ac
i cording to plans, might rearrange its
alignment, the highway g would be
pushed back a great distance Into the
basalt clitfs, thus entailing an exorbi
tant construction cost.
The club's civic committee reported,
after an investigation of all available
sites, the choice of a three acre plot in
the center of the residence district of
the Heights for an automobile park.
A. A. Schenck, now engineer of main
tenance for the C. & N. W. R. R. C(j.
with headquarters at Omaha, Nebr.,
offer the plot, with the provision that
it is used excusively for the purpose
named, for $1,000, the full sum bear
ng six per cent interest, to be paid
any time within 20 years. It was re-
1 ported that the citv council offers to
cooperate with the club in securing the
site.
,J The proposed park has the endorse
ment of valley members of th club,
since it will bring motoring tourists to
the valley level of the fruit districts
and enable them to get some of the
finest views of the district.
The civic committee has also taken
up the work of saving oak trees along
residence streets.
SUBSTITUTES NOW
ON 50-50 BASIS
Kancy
C" Grade
of your business for the past sea
sou.
Full Information Given
Our policy Is to give out as com
pkte lnformatioa to the growers otj
the business ot the Association as ! Kxtra
1 ircumstances will permit. There I
-ire times during the marketing ava-j
son v hen It Is not advisable to give Fancy
out all of the details. That time is
now past and 'e desire to inform
you upon all of the details of the
business and affairs of the Associu-
turn for the past season. j
In all cases this report is definite
from June 1st, 1917, the beginning
of our fiscal year up o and includ
ing March 1st, 1S18, and from Murcti
1st, litis, to June 1st, 1918. being es
timated.
In connection with the returns for
the season we have no apologies to
make and we believe that you will
bo more than satisfied with the re
turns and the condition of the As
sochition at this time. In connec
tion with the amount you will re
ceive for your fruit for the 191" sea
son's crop, the percentage of the
better grades is above the average,
r, hile the proportion of large and
desirable sizes is below the averagp.
Percentages of 1917 Crop
The percentages of Extra Fane),
Fancy and C" grades are as fol
lows: Extra Fancy 52 per cent
Fancy 32 per cent
"C" Grade 16 per cent
The percentugo In tleTs were as
follows:
4 tier 40 per cent
4ty tier 36 per cent j
3 tlor 24 per cent
While weather conditions were 'Fancy
favorable last year for a clean crop,
the great diligence of our growers
in thoroughly Bprayins at the proper
time, contributed largely to the
higher percentage of the better
grades of fruit and thereby contri
buted to the better prices received
this year for our frUt, which are in
excess of any year since the Assoc
iation was organized. We, however",
must continue tho gcod work as we
have not yet reached the percentage
of high grade thnt vie did in 1912.
which was 60 per cent Extra Fancy,
30 per cent Fancy and 10 per cent
"C" grade. We, however, can be as
sured of reaching this goal by faith
fully and wisely spraying and caring I Fancy
lor our orchards. !
Use Experiment Station
Hood River is equipped with a
first-class experiment, station which
Is under the supervision of men of
experience who are fully competent
and well equipped to guide us in pro-!
ducing fruit of higher grades and
rrore desirable sizes, thereby contri
buting to our permanent success,
and they are at all times ready and
willing to do all within their power
to assist us, and wo ur&e upon the
growers the necessity of studying all
of their bulletins and keeping In
touch with tha experiment station
work so as to secure the benefit of
tlieir knowledge and experience, as
the percentago of tha higher grades
and better sizes of fruit we are able
to produce makes a wonderful dif
ference in the amoc.nt of money re
turned to our valley.
siiows the portion of the varie".e4.
grades rod sUes colk-cted for to
dute:
Spitzenberg
Tier Price
Fancy 4
C" Grade
Average
4
&
4
4&
ft
1.56
131
1 56
1.36
1.16
131
1 11
.11
$1.45
Per Cent
83
78
21
80
64
36
90
SO
70
70
Total crop of SpiUenbergs hand
led, 222,695 boxes. Charges: Com
mission 10 cents. Storage 8 cents,
Advertising Fund 2 cents and Pur
chasing Fund 1 cent.
Newtown '
Extra Fancy
Extra Fancy
Fancy
C Grad
Tier Price
4 'Jl.i-S
4'-j 173
5 1.33
4 1.73
4 4 1 4!
5 1.13
4 1.3S
4.a 113
f. .bS
i.6t;ti
Average price
'Total crop of lteiicicus bundled.
2620 boxes. Charges: Commission
10 cents, Storage 7 cents. Advertis
ing Find 2 eents and Purchasing
Fund 1 cents.
Winter Bananas
Tier
Tlr Price Per Cent
4 $1.57 09
4 1.37 36
5 1.17 1
4 137 62
44 1.22 30
6 1.02 1
4 1.17 63
4 1.02 41
5 .87 1
Jl-39 35
Extra Kancy
Fancy
C" Grade
4
4 4
I
4
45
4
4
Price
$1.93
1.73
1.33
1.6S
1 4S
1 13
1.23
l.US
.93
Average price $16u
Total crop of Winter liair.uuts
handled, 7,381 boxes. Charges: Com
mission 10 cents, Storage 54 cents,
Advertising Fund 2 ctnts and Pur
chasing Fund 1 cents.
Oregon Reds
Kxtra Fancy
Average
Tot-il crop of Newtowns handled, j
275,384 boxes. Charges: Commls-j
sion 10 cents, Storage 8 centB, Ad
vertising Fund 2 cents and Purchas
injj Fund 1 cent
Arkansas Blacks
Tier Price Per Cent
Extra Fancy 4 $2.00 n
4V 1-80 24
5 1.45 3 2
4 1 80 66
4V4 1.60 67
5 1.20 11
4 1.35 99
4 1.15 90
5 .i5 10
Tier
4
41...
G
Price
$1.57
l.!C
1.09
'C" Grade
Average
Total crop of
handled, 15,078
Commission 10
$1.64 37
Arkansas Blacks
boxes. Charges:
cents, Storage 8
cents, Advertising Fund 2 cents and
Purchasing Fund 1 cent.
Ortleys
Averaging price $1.47
Total crop of Oregon Iteds band
it d. 3.562 boxes, eirurg's: Commis
sion 10 cents. Storage 8 cents, Ad
vertising Fund 2 cents and Purchas
ing Fund 1 cent.
Miscellaneous Varieties
The average price received u the
miscellaneous varieties not listed
above, for the three standard grades,
consisting of 21,333 boxes, is $1.15
per box. Paid 68 per cent.
To recapiti:lute, the following are
the prices received by the Associa
tion for the following varieties ami
fcr.idfs respectively:
Ex. F'cy
$1.62
1.49
Extra Fancy
C" Grade
Average
Tier
4
4
5
4
4
5
4
4
S
Price
$1.74
1.54
1.29
1.54
1.34
1.14
129
1.09
,9
$1.58
Per Cent
72
67
1
72
84
3
83
90
20
69
Total crop of Ortleys handled, 32,
464 boxes. Charges: Commission 10
cents, Storage 7.8 cents, Advertising
Fund 2 cnts and Purchaaing Fund
1 cent.
Red Checks
Tier Price
Extra Fancy
Fancy
"C" Grade
Per Cent
4 $1.75 81
4 1.55 60
4 1.55 27
4 1.35 24
4 1.25 38
4 105 32
5 .85 1
$1.54 33
Average
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF YIELD FOR YEARS 1913 TO 1917,
BOTH INCLUSIVE.
A cc.mpnrn.tlve statement of the number of packages of frtilt handled
by the Asuodatlon for the past five . years Is as follows:
1913 1914 1915 1916 1917
Apples 575,500 545,800 3711.200 970,741 040,787
IVar 12.S00 12,156 24,797 38,154 18,135
Peaches 1,100 175 407 88 None
Cherries 10,026 7,862 7.82 9,047 8,401
Strawberries 61,500 84,390 87,495 85,200 48,876
Plackberrles 750 4U 403 102 105
Raspberries 14 147 119 20 til
Plums and Prunes 50 617 2-19 75 71
Crab Apples None 186 274 905 137
Loganberries " 10 .10 9 1
OooseberrieH " 8 9 4 3
Currants " 15 17 None None
Quinces " None 29 15 2
Beginning Tuesday morning retail
ers, wholesalers or their distributors
of wheat Hour must sell one pound of
substitutes with each pound of wheat
flour sold.
This order was received Monday by
W. B. Ayler, federal food administrat
or, from Herbert C. Hoover.
When the nation was recently placed
on a 50-50 basis of wheat Hour and
wheat substitutes Oregon dealers were
allowed to sell on a 70-30 basis.
The difficulty of procuring the sub
stitutes in Oregon was the reason for
the former basis. Now, however, if a
grocer does not have an equal amount
of substitutes to the amount of flour
wanted, he must limit his sale of flour
to his quantity of 'substitutes. This
does not mean that the substitute has
to be mixed with the flour.
More Cars Received
A marked bustle was noted Monday
around the loading spurs at the Apple
Growers Association. The agency was
alloted 12 cars, the greatest number
for any one day since last November.
Six cars arrived Tuesday.
Total Packages Ml ,740 661,842 U.S34 1,112,660 722,579
While there Is larger variation In the amount of fruit handled lu the
different years by the Association, the percentage handled to that grown
In the Valley has not changed materially, as the years that show a small
amount of tonnage were the years In which the crop was small.
In order that we may become familiar with the crop conditions ai'd
thereby put oursalves In a position to correct the errors of past years, we
give below a table showing the percentages of Extra Fancy, Fancy and
"C" grade for five 5 years Inst past, and also the percentage of tiers han
dled by the Association:
PERCENTAGES
1913
Extra Fancy 37
Fancy 43
"C" Grade. -. .20
4 Tier '. - 58
4 Tier 28
5 Tier 14
Every Grower should study this
percentage table and then constant
ly strive to make his particular or
chard produce a hiaher percentage
of the best grades of fruit, and also
a higher percentage of tho most de
sirable tiers, bearing in mind the
fact that as a seneral rule there is
a substantial difference in the value
of the different tiers of fruit, witli
the 4-tier in nearly every case bring
Ing tho highest returns, the 4-tier
the medium and the 5-tlcr the low
est retMrnnB.
1914 1915 1916 1917
37 30 38 52
43 37 37 32
20 :t3 25 K.
57 64 42 40
31 23 -o 37 m
12 13 21 24
Total crop of Red Cheeks handled,
5,956 boxes. Charges: Commisslo
10 cents, Storage 8 cents, Advertis
ing Fund 2 cents and Purchasing
Ff.nd 1 cents.
Jonathans
Extra Fancy
Fancy
"C" Grade
Tier Price
4 $1.34
4H 1.23
5 1.10
4 1.20
4Vi 108
6 .95
4 1.05
Spitzenbergs
Newtowns
Ark. Blarks
Ortleys
Red Cheeks
Jonathans
Delicious
Winter Bananas
Oregon Beds
1.73
1.69
1 CN
1.19
t 86
1.88
147
F'cy
$1.43
1.32
1.69
1 49
1 47
1.05
1.59
1 64
C" Or.
$1.15
1.10
1.26
1.23
1.17
92
1.20
1.18
Returns to March 1st, 1918, have
been received on 55 per cent of the
crop, viz: $517,034.91 in settlement
of 367,827 boxes of apples, or an
pverage on all varieties, grades and
6izes on which the Association has
received payment, of J1.40 per box
againnt a like average a year ago of
$1.17 per box, with 65 per cent of
the crop paid for this year against
47 Vi per cent puid for af the same
time last year.
The percentage of grades on
which we have received pay up to
the present time is as follows:
Kxtra Fancy 51 per cent
Fancy 59 per cent
"C" Grade 73 per cent
The percentage of tiers on which
wc have received pay up to the pre
sent time is as follows:
4- tier 74 per cent
41-tier 60 per cent
5- tior 23 per cent
In considering the returns this
year it is well for us to investigate
the returns we have leeeived for pre
vious years. We therefore give be
low a statement of the amount re
ceived by tb Association from its
organization down to the present
time, which is as fdllows:
Past Averages Are Given,
Kor the 1913 crop the 'average
price of the three s'andard grades
was $1.23, for 1914 76c, for 1915
$1.27, for 1916 $1.13 and for 1917 for
the fruit on which we have received
pay cp to the 1st of March (being
55 per cent ot the crop) $1.40 per
box. These are the highest returns
received in the valley for the crop
since 1911. This cot Id only be ac
complished by the best cf teamwork
and the fact that wd have lu the
different districia in which we have
representatives men who are espec
ially adapted and fitted to secure the
best results in those rprkets.
Last Spring we v. ere confronted
by the most serious problems tbo As
socliitlon has ever faced. By rea
son, however, of the stability of the
organization and tho belief of the
public in Its permanency, we were
able to fltl all our vacancies with
the best men in these lines, and to
have splendid teamwork and the
best of results in bringing back to
the growers the highest per box
price since the organization was
created.
Amount of Business Is Shown
The amount ot business done by
the Association for the season of
1917, commencing with June 1, S17,
and May 31 st, 1918, (from March 1st
to May 31st, 1918, being estimated)
is as follows:
Stores $250,000.00
Apples 875,000.00
Strawberries 118,960.12
Pears 31,103.02
Cherries 14,045.85
Raspberries 11142
Ti-tal II.29S.022 0
1 fe uiamtut of business done by
the Association for the four years
last past aa as follows, viz:
1U I671.559.S2
115 : $947,754.73
1H6 $1,609,295.5)
1:U7 (part estimated! $1,298,022.09
Tlie actual per hox cost for the
sev sou of 1917, after first applying
tlte pro tit of the busiu"ss. including
all the expenses of the Association.
I ayment cf rli interest, taxes, insur
ance and rentals, inspection, ware-
hni'sing, marketing, accounting, cold
storage. ie making, management
and incidental expenses, was .1128.
This is a very slight increase over
the actual per box coat of 1916. In
l!'16 there was a much larger crop
nnd this would of necessity reduce
the per box cost, in proportion to
the fruit handled, we have never
made as good a showing as for the
l!'17 season's business.
By comparing 1917 with the first
year's besiness of the Association,
viz: 1913, which was of nearly the
same sized crop of fruit, we find that
the surplus in 1917 was nearly three
times greater than in 1913, tnder
very similar charges, thus showing
that although the cost of labor and
material have greatly increased we
have operated for much less in 1917
than in 191:'.
Advances
We can expect another advance
during the latter part of this month
ami from time to time thereafter as
re'erns warrant.
Marketing Fruit
Our method of marketing fruit re-
Cjiiires that we supply our customers
di ring the entire apple season. . Our
business is so large that we cannot
spe culate and sell our fruit all in the
tali and not supply our customers
during the whole season. If such
were the case, the building up ot
our business would be of little value.
As it is, we furnish the best trade
with our fruit and in order to keep
them from buying from other sourc
es, it Is necessary for us to furnish
them with their requirements dur
ing the entire apple season, wblch
we are enabled to do by reason ot
our coll storage plants and equip
ment. This of necessity requires it
to be late in the season before all
of the returns are made to the grow
ers, but as you knov, the Associa
tion commences to advance money
to you Ion;; before your crop even
blossoms, and by reason therefore
you receive pay for a large nrcent
age of your fruit before It is har
vested. It. is but just and fitting that we
assure the Hales Department that
we appreciate the good work they
have done, and we take this oppor
tunity of expressing our gratitude
and appreciation. Under the Guid
ance of Mr. McCitlhiRh, our sales
manager, Biid the efficient assistance
rendered him by our representatives,
Mr. Woodruff in New York, Mr.
Dickerson In San Kranclsc.o, and
Mr. Hooker in Los Angeles, as the
results obtained under the present
war conditions could only have been
accomplished by cooperation and
team work of every individual con
nected with the Salo' Department.
The
BlackPlague
Carbon!
It causes more auto trou
bles than any one thing
Overheating
Backfiring
Poor Compression
Dirty Spark Plugs
Heavy Fuel Consumption
Loss of Power
and many other auto
troubles.
Live Steam is death to
Carbon.
It decomposes Carbon
in Carbon Monoxide Gas
and it is blown out thru
the exhaust.
The Hart-Bell
Carbon Remover
does this.
Come in and let us tell you
about it
For Tractors, Autos and
Stationary Engines.
E. A. FRANZ CO.