The Hood River glacier., August 06, 1925, Image 5

HOOD RIVER GLACIER, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1925
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STAR NEGOTIATES
NOTED BAD ROUTE
■A-'
—
in depth, sectiozT*«?
will
three-eighths of an
the
sweet, strong of body and unimpaired
GREAT POETS
’n quality. The albwsam must not mem will be well on
appear watery. ▲ larger air space that time, and the
Thoma» Gray, 171fi*1771
with a movable lower line Indicates sumething special' for
that Is becoming occupy them while the
Thomas Uray was born in London a stale egg, or
ing out the
Under official- obearvatloi. a strictly December 28, 1716. He entered BÍtou weak and watery.
Plana are
stock Star touring car has conquered early and studied under the care of
(b) A fresh standard rgg to a
the notorious Slipperd Ford grade on his uncle, Mr. Antrobua. At-Eton he freeli egg. as defined in paragraph tlon of team matches
the Placerville route and completed forme«l a friendship with Horace .(a), weighing not lean than one and clubs, and it to expected
four such
.tehee will be
the run from Beeraiimeni Ito to lxike Walpole
and with
mH
___
Richard West, five-sixths ounces.
(c) A fresh medium egg is a fresh tween now and October.
Tahoe and return In high gear. This whose father waa Ixtrd Chancellor of
than one and flight finals in the
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remarkable demonstration eclipse« all England. After his studies were cuin- egg weighing not
ship will reet between E.
other Wonderful feats combining |x>w pleted in Kt ou. Gray eutered Cam­ seven-twelfths ounce«.
and
Carl
Epping.
Mr.
is
any
(d)*A fresh undersized
- - --
er, strength and durability demon bridge. At Cambridge
be refused to
than one and n surprise laut week bv defeating
st rations accomplished bj the Htar read mathematics, occupying himaelf fresh egg weighing 1-
Run Epping, and hung up the floe
car during the past few mmitliH. The with clasHical literature, history and seven-twelfths oun<ices.
(e) All standard eggs, medium eggs scores of 49-44 for a total of 84, the
Tahoe round-trip high gear run must modern languages. The intention
_ 2__ _7 of
rank as the greatest of ail the dem- the writer was to study law, but this and undersized eggH shall be packed beet E. R. has over done. Danny
on*t rat Ions of the “Million Dollar luttsithg^, -was giveu up later in life. separately and the grade plainly Pierson baa yet to play Sam Banka,
Motor.”
In 1742 he lost hia friend, West, marked ou the end of tlie case, ahow- the winner to play Ted Pooley for
The pilot on this Mmuitimial run which occasion seems to have opened iug the particular grade of eggs in the finals of the first flight.
Dr. Hamilton last Bunday hung up
waa none other than Julius Iiusevolr up the spring* of poetry ta the young the case.
of Oakland, the Htar factory man mau.
are good, edl another of his fine scores, getting gg-
(f) Undergrade
Not long after his friend’*
doctor's n
._____
who has been at the wlnvl of the death Gray published three poems, ble eggs, but with an air apace more 36 for a total of 74. The
Htar on n^ost of the great demonstra­ “tWr-nn tlie Prospect of Etou," “The than three-eighths of an inch in made last year still stands as tbs
tion runs staged in the WMtertuJgrri- Hymn to Adversity,” and the “Elegy depth and not good enough to grade local players’ record for 18 holes, and
tory during the past few months, He Written in a Country Churchyard.'
as standard in tlie different classifi­ his 84 is still low for the nine. Nate
Mears has had a 74 and several 7fla
was officially otwerved by Hugh E
cations
herewith defined.
In 1757 the post of poet laureate
this season and a number of the boys
Section 5. When
Atkins, of the Sacramento Union, and was offered lilm. which was refused.
are removed including
Alexander, DeWitt, Aader-
Earl 0. 8mat, of the California State in 1798 a profeHHorship of luoderu from tlie original container for reMie
Automobile association.
Both men hlutory at Cambridge was open which the true grado of Mid eggs must be son, Murphy, Rooker and others haw
attested to the succès« of the Htar Gray filled for a number of year* stamped upod the subsequent con­ shot lower than 80. House has had a
car on this great aciiiewmeut by Gray never iqioke out. In these four tainer in letters not less than one- couple of 70s lately.
Hworn affidavits and they examined words, "He never spoke out,' the third (^k) inoli in height. If placed
Com Crop Fine Says Mr. Keck
the car immediately after the run to whole liistory of the author, both as on display for Mie, a sign must be
“The corn crop of the Mlsaiaslppt
officially check on the gem rullo lu a mau und a imet, is contained. Tile placed Immediately over Mid eggs in
order tliat there could tie no question reputation wlddi h«- has received by lettiTs not less than one 11) inch in valley la the Unent I have ever
regarding the standard stock equip bis few page* is extremely high.
height, giving the true grade of said declared W. C. Keck, who with Mrs.
ment of the car from raditi tor to tail
As we reud his p«>etry we come eggs. When eggs are sold in lots of Keck and their son, Wendell, returned
light.
face to fac«, with a clean aoui. Hia half cases or more, the container riss>ntlj> from a journey of two months
Oliver E. Hteeie, automobile editor reserve ami delicacy are found ta must be marked, showing plainly and through Nebraska, the old home state
of the Sacramento Union, was tlie every word he utters. Heriousnew, truly tlie grade OF grades of eggs of Mm. K»ck, and Illinois, Mr*. Keck's
officiul observer on the run from lake character, was tile foundation of therein contained and an invoice must former home.
“Tlie weather has been Ideal ta
Tahoe back to Ba crame: it. i which tilings witli him. Knowledge,
_ '• I«'!11 le* accompany said Mie plainly and truly
completed the round-trip high-gear tratiou, scriousut-Hs, sentiment, nu­ indicating the grade or grades of nearly every place we touched,**
teat. The trip back from tlie lake mor, Gray had them all. Of all Eug- eggs mid; provided, that the pro­ tlnued Mr.' Keck, “and we noticed
was over another grade tliat .lias al- listi poets, nut withstanding his scau- visions of thia act shall not apply to evidence« of a drought only in
ways defied the efforts of drivers of tim-SH of production. Gray was the any eggs being bandied for, or in ern Kansa«."
The party journeyed south from
the most powerful motor cars. This most fluislied artist.
Britain has transit to, or sold to deslere in com­
is the famous Myer* grade which had known. My» Mason:
mercial centers to be candled and Chicago to Memphis and Bt. Louis
mid visited In sections of Arkansas.
never before been elimin i in Liixli
a Homer's fire in Milton's gruded, but ail such eggs offered for They stopped In Kansas City and
gear by any car.
»ale in half cases or more shall be
strains,
The Myers grade Is a long mid Pindar's rapture iu the lyre of Gray. »« ’ plainly Ht amped “Not Candied' upon Denver.
They took an automobile trip to
steep drag on the motor; but the
the outside of the container in letters
His “Elegy" pleas«*«!-, it could uot oue (1) inch in height. The word the Htimmit of Fikes peak. The scen­
Htar reached the top without tlie least
bit of difficulty, and the power defying but plea»«* ; but Gray's p«H*try, on <he person, as used in thia set, aliali ery, however, Mr. Keck say*, cannot
Hlippery Ford and Myers grude* were whole, astonished them; it was ao mean and include individuals, firms, <s>nii>are with that of the wooded
unfamiliar, so unlike the sort of and inemlierH of firms, and their urn- Mount H<x><L section.
conquered for all time.
For many yi-ars the 81i|>|>ery Ford poetry iu vogue. It made its way, ployes or agents, corporations and
grade on the Placerville-Tulme road after Ills death, with the public as officers of corporations and their em­
H. L. Haabroank. optomatrlst.
lia» lieen the “Waterloo' of many an well as with tin- few. Tliere are few ploye« sud a geli te.
attempt to reaoh ite summit in high. of us who read the “Elegy1 ta ino-
Heetion 8. 1X shall be the duty of
feellng the Dairy and Food Commission to
without
There was a time, not ven long ago, menis of quiet
stronger
and
la-tter.
Tile
"Elegy"
is
when it was considered a remarkable
enforce the provisions of thia act aBd
hut wiien a car could top die summit not tlie I m * s I |HH*m of the writer, but to make such rules and regulations
(I iwi-H much of B h sUis-eHH to its sub-
in Meeund gear.
as may I m * necesMry for the enforce-
Even the officials of the Star .fac­ Ject rallier than to tlie thought ex­ ■uent of the act.
or
ItH
Interpretation
of
life.
pressed
tory and meiitliers of the Miles force
Section 7. Every person who vio-
in the
of tlie distributing concern at Oak­ Better is I i I h interpretation
»I where* he latea any of the provisions of this act
Adversity,'
'Hymn
to
land, Field & Lee, could not believe
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and,
tliat the famous grade had been cou- sings :
upon conviction for the first offense,
quered when they first ris-elved tlie Thy form benign, oh gmldess, wear, shall I m * punished by a fine of uot
refMirt from tlie W. 1. Elliott Star
less than ten dollars ($19.99) and
Thy milder influence impart.
Five distinctly dif­
Co., of HaerauM-nto.
Dusevoir was Thy philosophic train be there
nut more than one hundred dollnre
ferent Camps in
then-fora instructed to make tlie run
To soften, not to wound, n«y heart. ($109.99) and for each subsequent
again and W. I. Elliott, tlie Hacra- Tliy generous spark extinct revive,
convlctiou thereof, shall be punished
the beautiful Can-
mento distributor, saw to it that the
by a fine of uot less than twenty-five
adian Pacific Rock-
Teucli mi* to love, and to forgive,
run was officially obaerved so tliut Exact my own defects to *nu,
dollars ($25.<X>), and not more than
tes - each one with I
there could be no question as to the
What otliers are to feel, and know two hundred dollars ($299.99).
variety of appaab to
standard stock equipment mid the
Heetion 8. This act repeals Chap­
myself a Man.
reryoos- esc hone of-
actual performance of the ear.
ter 149, General Law* of Oregon,
al the “old clodMS
The driver was m-ut up to see if
1921, defining and regulating the Mie
ort” and pleasure
for determining the proper time of
lie
could
make
the
run.
In
the
pres
­
of
egg»
and
all
other
acta
and
parts
for which these Canad-
picking sweet cherries.
ence
of
three
nietj
from
his
own
or
­
of
acts
in
eouflict
therewith.
i*n Pacific Camps have
7. Prof. Hartman states: “In com­
Section 9. Juatjce courts, district
become so famous
parison with -cherries from other dis­ ganization' the run was made mid
the
results
reporteil
liack
io
the
El
­
courts and municipal courts sitting bh
Most n
tricts of the state, the Hood River
liott
organization
and
to
IK
W.
Child»,
Justice courts, shall have concurrent
caU tor
clterrieH held up very well in ship­
CommiHsioiier
Mickle,
of
tlie
State
director
of
Hales
and
branches
at
the
Jurisdiction with the circuit courte of
ment, They were unusually firm In
texture and showed pra<*tlcally no Htar factory in Oakland. Tlie achieve­ Dairy and Food Commission, lias In­ all prosecution« arising umler thia
formed
County
Fruit
Inspector
Kock*
ment was doubted and «<> Curtis in­
act.
decay.”
From inquiries comiua to thia office
It is the present plan of the local structed Julius to do it UK»Di and di that retailers who Hell eggs to
fruit inspector's office to iiave on hand make hia run absolutely uuqui's'iTon- coiiHumerH must grade their Mtocka, It Heeuis tliat the interpretation of the
although ranchers may Hell them to egg law iiaHHvd by the last legislature
next season equipment for making able. He did.
needs to be clarified somewhat.
further tests for the determination of f—.-Then, not satisfied with the run to retailers without such grading.
Tile full text of the Oregon egg
The act provides that eggrf must be
maturity of cherries.
However, it tlie lake in high gear, Dusevoir made
sold under certain classifications—
shonld be liorne in mind that this the return-trip to Sacramento ill. high law is as follows:
Heetion 1. That no jM-roon, firm or namely :
work is yet young and no broad con­ gear.
There wan no mecfianr<al contriv­ corporation shall Hell, or offer for
Fresh Standard. Freaii Medium,
clusions should be drawn until the
ance put on the car as everything was wale, any egg unfit for human food Fresh Undersis«*, Undergrade, Foreign
data of several seasons is compiled.
Heretofore, the time of picking has strictly stock. And to prove to his unlcHH the same In broken in shell and Incubated Eggs. The first three
l>een determined by such factors as observers that he waH not slipping tlie and then denatured ho that it cannot clasaiflcatious are defined by the def­
sweetness, size and color. One can clutch on the grade, Dusevoir stood l>e used for human food. For the inition for a fresh egg and further
readily see that the interpretation of out on the rnnnlng-lioard and did all purpose of thin act an egg shall tie subdivided by a designation of weight.
The Dairy and Food CommiMioner
them; factors will vary considerably his steering from there where the deemed unfit for human food if it be
with the various persons concerned observers could I m - sure that the run addled or moldy; if it contaiim black Is authorized to enforce the act and
was
lielng
actually
made
in
high
gear
s|M>tH,
black
rot,
white
rot,
or
blood
to make necessary rules and regula­
and from season to season. Thus
there is need for a test of maturity without any mechanical aid or the ring; or if it has an adherent yolk tions to carry It into effect.
or
bloody
or
green
white;
or
if
it
employment
of
any
trick
driving
Tlie following ruliug is hereby
which will indicate rather definitely
It was only natural that Norman con sista in whole or in part of a made.
the degree of ripeiHM that will ex­
auh-
filthy,
decomposed
or
putrid
De
Vaux,
active
head
of
the
Htar
and
Tin* term«. “Htandard,” "Medium"
clude tlie human element in ho far as
Durant interesta in the west,- and one stance.
possible.______ ______ __
and “UnderHise” refer to weight and
Heetion 2. Unless the context oth- not to quality. The term “Dealers in
of the pioneer motor car men of the
Pacific coast bh well an one qf the erwlsc requires, the wordH and Commercial Centera," is held to mean
most successful in the entire country, phrases employed in this act shall any dealer who purchaaee egg» in
should lie highly elated over the latest have tlie meaning hereinafter defined : lots of one-half cane or more, who
power demonstration of the Htar car.
(al Addled or white rot, means m -torn not rrtnH to the- «ousumer.——
De Vaux has driven the route hun­ egg that is putrid or rotten.
Provided that this shall not apply
dreds of times an he a|>eiida his ahm-
(h) Moldy means an egg which
Gillx-rt Edgington last Thursday mere at tlie lake ami make* uuiuy through improller care baa delerlor- to tlie merchant or »torekceper who
returned from an exploration trip trip« up there during the season a« ated so Hint mold spores have formed receive« eggs from th-' farmer or pro­
DlNVtH
ducer in canes marked or stamped
that took him to the south side of he own» one of the fiiimma estates on within tile egg.
OMAHA
“I'ncandled" as provided in Hectlmi 6
the mountain by way of the head­ the shore« of the fam-ms California
(c) Black spot means an egg in
KANSAS CITy
waters of the Handy river. He was highland sea. I>e Vaux had lieen over which mold or bacteria have devel- of the law. In that case Mid mer­
ST LOUIS
accompanied by Wallacti Moody, who the road just two days liefore Duse- oped in isolated areas inside the chant, storekeeper or dealer who re­
ceives such uncaudled egg* must can­
has spent yearn in pr<sq>ectlng around voir made hia great run in the Htar shell.
CHICAGO
dle and grade same before offering
the base of Mount Hood, The men and the factory h<*ad wan one of the
(d) Black rot means an egg which them for sale to the consumer.
DETROIT
brought back a Ixg of ores, which first to congratulate his intrepid test- has deteriorated to such an extent
CINCINNATI
When
eggs
are
sold
in
one-half
case
showed trace« of gold and copper, Ing engineer
on the nccompiisliment that the whole interior presents a
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CLEVELAND
Iota or more it is imperative that an
None of them, however, were of high of tlie seemingly Impossible climb.
blackened api>ca rance.
invok-e shall be given or accompany
TORONTO
grade.
“Bill” Elliott, head of the W. I.
(e) Blood ring means an egg In each such Mie of eggs which invoice
Tlie explorers eutered the Mount Elliott Htar Co., of Hacramento, ami which the germ lias developed to
MONTREAL
must truly and correctly state the
Hood national forest near the lava one of the real veterans In the motor such a state that blood Is foFmed.
PITTSBURGH
claim or kind of eggs sold. All In­
beds west of Parkdale and traveled car industry of California Is another
(f) Adherent yolk means an egg voices must be datirl and indicate
PHILADELPHIA
thence 'to Eden imrk, now, they de­ man who <-an really appreciate the tin which the yolk has settled to
WASHINGTON
clared, a wonderland of summer gnat run of the Htar car as it had one side and becomes fastivied to clearly tlie name of the person or
firm to whom tlie eggs are sold.
NEW YORK VUt th»
flowers. They were the first to pene­ long been bis ambition to drive a <ar the shell.
When eggs are sold from a basket
trate the Handy headwaters In many over the grade in high, and bad made
BO5TQN
any
person
(g) Consumer means
years.
many unsuccessful attempts with cars purchasing eggs for his own family or container carrying in plain view
the placard as provided in Section 6
Mr. Edgington, who plans on pilot­ of various make and design. _
use or consumption, or a restaurant
the law and delivered to the pur­
ing a party of newspaper folk through
hotel, hoarding house, bakery, or of
chaser in a paper sack, such contain­
the region the latter pert of this
for
other
institution
purchasing
eggs
Notice
er need not be stamped or branded
week, says that a horse trail can be
serving to gueots or patrona, or for with the grade or claMiflcatlon of
constructed very easily from the Eden
To Whom It May Concern:
Its use or their use in cooktag or eggs so sold but when Mid eggs are
imrk country to the upper reaciies of
Whereas, The trout and other flsh baking.
packed in the one dozen imsteboard
the Randy. He estimated a trail can inhabiting the waters of Fanno Creak,
(h) All egg« imported into t he carton or other container the true
be built for $890. The glacial forma­ situated in the County of Polk, Hlate state of < iregou
from foreign cotin- grade or classification must be
tions of this section are declared of Oregon, and the witters of Frog tries shall lie Hold as such, The
senMtional.
(Ninncgau) lake, situated in Wasco case or container In which they ire stamped thereon. For example: One
County, Htate of Oregon, are threat­ shipped shall have the words "for­ Dozen "FREH1I HTANDARD EGGS”
Seattle Exposition Near *
ened with extinction from excessive eign eggs” or the words ‘'eggs’’ pre­ or One Dozen “FitEHH MEDIUM
as the caae may be.
Hospitality will lie the watchword angling, and from other cutises: anti
ceded by* the name of the country EGGS"
Egg dealers, merchants, commission
of the Pacific Northwest Merchants
Whereas, The Htate (lame Commis­ where produced displayed thereon in
exposition held at Heattie August 17 sion of the Htate of Oregon is desir­ letters two inches high. Ail retailers men and retailers have petitioned
to 22, according to Walter A. Moore, ous of protecting the trout and other of said' eggs shall sell them from the this department to allow the uee of
classifications. The rea­
chairman of the hospitality committee. fish inhabiting said waters:
«■ontaincr in which he (they) receive two more
Htated for tills request is that
Not only will the best amusement and
Therefore, By authority of law in­ them and shall inform each pur­ sons
I have just received from
entertainment features possible be lent vested in said Htate Gans* Commission chaser that Mid eggH are foreign there la a good, cli-an, wholesome egg
to make pleaMnt the stay of the vis­ of the Htate of Oregon under Section <*ggs. All restaurant«, hotels, cafes, that cannot classify as a fresh stand­
the East the most wonderful
itors, but the doors of Heattie will vir­ 8, Chapter 275, laws of Oregon, 1925. Imkerles, and confectioneries, using or ard or a fresh medium iM*eauae it to
line of
tually lie thrown wide open, making lattice is hereby given that the waters serving foreign eggs In any form miiHt not u fresh egg as defined in the law.
the visiting merchants of the Pacific of Fanno (’reek, situated in Polk Coun­ place a sign In letters not loss than It may be a good storage egg or an
Sait Cases, Ladies* Hat Boxes
Northwest perfectly at home.
ty, Htate of Oregon, and the waters of four (4) Inches In size in some con­ egg showing a larger air »pace than
One of the biggest features of the Frog (Ninncgau > Lake. situated in spicuous place where the customer three-eighthH of an lucli in depth, but
and Under the Arm Bags
exposition Is the work done by the Wasco County, Htate of Oregon, are entering their place of business can to classify this egg with dirty eggs,
registration committee, headed by O. hereby ordered and declared dosed to see it, to read. “We Use Foreign cracked eggs and i-ggs used only for
that has been shown in Hood
A. Kjos. All ont of town and visiting fishing or angling therein In any man­ Eggs,” or the Mme words with the cooking piirponcH would be to cause
River — the very latest at
merchants will be required to register ner. for trout and other fish, on and exception that th«* name of the untold injury to the whole egg In­
moderate prices.
upon their first appearance at the ex­ after tlie 25tli day of August, 1925. country where the eggs were produced dustry anil unjustly stigmatize an egg
position.
This registration entitles and it shall be unlawful for any per­ may be substituted for the term ’•for­ that finds heavy consumption through­
out the entire y<-ar.
them to a guest badge and a script son to take, catch, kill, or fish or eign.'*
In consideration of tlie above, there­
book which will carry them through angle for trout or other fish by any
(1) Incubated eggs shall include
the entertainment of the week. It has means whatsoever in the above de­ eggs which have Iws-n subjected to fore, such egg« may be stamped or
been so arranged that the names and scribed wafers.
incubation, whether natural or arti­ branded or designated as standard
addresses of visiting merchants can be
Any and all persons taking, catch­ ficial. for more than forty-eight hours eggs or medium eggs according to the
obtained by exhibitors, thus permitting ing, killing. fishing 1 or angling for and It shall be unlawful to offer or weight specification provided In Sec­
a closer contact between the manufac­ trout or other flsh in violation of thiH expose for 'Mie or sell incubated eggs tion 4 of the act, with no other des­
turer or distributor with his out of order will be prosecuted as by statute unless branded or stamped with the ignation whatever either before or
after the words standard or medium
town visitor.
provided.
word “Inculiated.”
or used in connection therewith.
Good Groceries
A leading attraction will be the ap­
Dated at Portland, Oregon, thiH 13th
Hection 3. It shall be unlawful
pearance and singing of the world day of July, 1925.
any person, firm or corporation to
Cheerful Service
famous operatic diva. Madam Ernes­
Oregon Htate Game <'ommlssioii,
or offer or expose for Mie any eggs
News of the Golfers
Prices Right
tine Rchumann-Heink. who has been
Intended for human conHumption with­
By Harold H. Clifford,
engaged by ths, exposition to sing in
Chairman.
out notifying by suitable sign or
We Want You To Be Satisfied.
open air concerts at the University of
With the compiling and completion
lal>el the person or persons purchas­
By I. N. Fldwhner.
Washington stadium. Script tickets
Drop in and try us for your Stapto
Commiasioner. ing or intending to purchase the Mme of the new summer handicap ratings,
which the visiting merchants secure
of the exact grade or quality and the which will lie done by tlie tournament Grocery Supplies and for any little
By J. W. Maloney,
when they register, will entitle theta
fancy article that you may wtoto.
Commissioner. size or weight of such eggH, according committee thia week, Hood River
to admission to the concert.
Country dub golfers will begin a
to the grades prrocrtlM-d herewith:
By M. H. Bauer,
Commissioner.
(a) A frcah
’
egg in an egg of re­ series of handicap matches, the most
TM a Coin Controlled Clock help yon
cent production. clean, full, with important of which will be the tour­ Twelfth Street
By William L. Finley,
Tel. 1M1
I
.......... ■MM——4
lavs. Soo Allyn Button or tel. 4242. Jlfltf
Commissioner. "fixed air ■pace’* of not mors than nament for the president’« cup, which
xk
k
N. W. APPLES SELL
west orchard la a commercial proposi­
tion. The eastern orchard has always
I h - cii a iiit-or-mlss proposition. They
sprayed that way; they trimmed that
way, am] they packed that way. They
did not lay out much capital, and
dl<i not expect much back. Tlie pio­
Tlie following communication cur­ neers in orcharding in the Shenan­
ries a tribute to nortliwestern boxed doah valley were good men, but pov­
apples.
It •N. ' was elip|>ed from the erty stricken. They had to make up
Fruitman's Guide:
by 'manual lalior, sleight-of-hand, and
Picture now, or visualize, a town of ho|>e, what they lacked in money-and
15,000 inhabitants, scut of justice, time with which to experiment. Their
trade und industry for u small county noses were held to tlie grindstone ho
tliat produces.. nearly a million bar­ long that thi-y grew to like the grind­
rels of apples a year when tlie crop stone isiHition. These old-timers, plant­
is good; and the only apples to be ing on $2 to $8 an acre land, with
found on tile fruit stands of tlie little spraying and no fertilizer, a
town- -and in a majority of tlie gro­ ‘slanting, slat-bottomed table for jiack-
ceries—nortli western apples, »hipped | ing. and a barrel pack which was
three thousand odd miles, with 77
T5. pretty on the face end but might
cents freight paid tlie railroad for > l><
omtiiin
......
anything inside, made some
each bushel brought in.
Apptai' money, too. Enough money, at least,
brought 3,000 miles to sell in a sec­ that they felt, and came tu lie looked
tion whose chief industry is apple­ <>n. as Justified in their practh-es.
growing, ami whose chief boast is of Younger growers have been influenced
the "untouchable crispness mid flavor heavily by these elders of the profes­
of their hill-side apples!“ Heeuiw right sion, with their seoru for all things
foolish, doesn’t it?”
n<-w. ami their sneers for thingH scl in­
Yet this is exactly tlie condition ti tie.
that holds now, ami has held for
several years, in Martinsburg, metrop­
olis of Berkeley county, West Vir­
ginia, in tile center of tlie famous old
Hhenandoah valley apple licit, which
clusters around Apple Pie Ridge, mid
stretches from the Pennsylvania Mary­
land state line through one of the
pahhandle net'ks of West Virginia
Tiie degree of maturity which the
and down into Virginia; and exactly
the same cdtidltlotf holds throughout fruit of the cherry lias attained when
the whole region.
Bringing north­ picked exerts an important influence
western box apples 3,909 miles to feed u|s<n its ultimate dessert or fresh
the native« of Apple Pie Ridge; and fruit quality. To learn more on the
the descendants of Johnny Apple- specific factors influencing the quality
seed ! No wonder the question : “How of the cherry from the tree to ulti­
mate consumer, a series of tests and
come?”
Why thiH uneconomical situation? studies were undertaken by Professor
Simply because merchants want the H. Hartman of the department of
perfection and nicety of the box ¡tac k. horticulture of the Oregon Agricul­
Boxed apples are nearly perfect, for tural College.
In 1924 the investigation was car-
one thing; and barreled aiqiles can
very seldom be accused of any such riisl on with Willamette valley cber-
tiling. Box apples are well colored, rle* with marked results. This year
for another. Eastern grower» have- the work was extended to cherries
not yet found courage to prune east of the mountain. Through the
heavily enough to give thiH coloring. office of the county fruit inspector, a
Tlie box apples are all one size, for series of pickings were made of the
another thing, making an ey<«-attract- l-ambcrt and Black Republican vari­
■
ing display without further trodble. eties In llood River valley. Pickings
A look into n newly-opened barrel of were made every three days starting
apples, after the top row of "facers” -lune 1<> and continued until the cher-
has lieen taken off, is very frequently ries showed considerable shriveling
distressing, and after a few days' ex- and were well past their prime.
From the work as conducted, the
posure to the warmer store air become«
horrifying or disgusting, as the ob­ following conclusions may be drawn:
1. A consistent and rather pro­
server is a lady or a fruit grower.
It appears now that the fodliaii nounced increase in sugars and other
practice of paying 3.000 tidies of soluble solids occured during the peri­
freight on aiqili-s to get them into od of maturity. The juice of the
tlie- heart of a section whose chief Ijamliert, from the time of the first
Isiast is of the quality and flavor of picking to that of the last, showed an
the apples they1 raise, and the amount increase in sugar from 14.6-per cent
of them is about to «-ease. It has to 23.4 per cent while that of the
lately lieen shown them concretely Black Republicans showed an increase
that the section could raise apples in sugar from 18.4 per cent to 24.2
The increase was most
clean enough, big enough, and well- per cent.
rapid at the beginning of the period
colored enough, to put up In boxes.
The Hhenandoah belt is within three but continued even to the time the
hundred csld miles of almost half of fruit was past its prime.
2. Corresponding with the increased
the (M cities of the United Htates of
upward df ltjo.ooo population, with sugar content is an increase of size
from a third to a fourtli the average and weight which runs from 30 to
freight Haul charge« of their western 3« per cent. This increase In size
brethren. S’et these same westerners and weight is an important factor to
have taken the markets iielonging to the grower.
Hhenandoah growers by every law of
3. The fruit of early pickings was
nature* and economy, simply tiec-ause sour and more or less bitter in taste.
they iiave moved where the easterner That picked late in the season was
stood «till. The wc-stern folks found very sweet in taste but was slightly
out how to raise good apples; they insipid. The best quality and condi­
bad to. They realized the* need of tion were attained when the Ijimbert
protecting their good naqie from scal­ showed a sugar teat of 18 to 21 per
awags; ho they passed laws with cent and the Black Republican around
teeth in them alsiut tlie attention 23 per cent.
trees must have; and ei^iecinlly about
4. Observations Indicate that sweet
the fruit a man must not ship. He cherries do not Improve with storage
could ship anything better; but they after picking. Tlie poor flavor of
had inspectors to climb up on the thfr early picked fruit, if anything.
trucks nt the loading stations to make Increased.
5. Time of picking does not seem to
sure that they did not ship out any­
thing worse than their laws Mid made affect materially the shipping quality
up that particular grade; no that to­ of sweet cherries. Those picked when
day no one who buys apples boxed fully mature held up as well as those
has any doubts as to what he is picked comparatively Immature. The
getting.
cherries picked in their prime did not
Apple raising in the east and in the shrivel so badly as the slightly im­
west have lieen two separate and dis­ mature fruit.
tinct businesses, springing from en­
0. A test of maturity liased on
tirely different conditions. The north- specific gravity of the juice la feasible
EGG LAW REQUIRES
GRADING OF STOCK
SANDY HORSE TRAIL
CHERRY MATURITY
DECLARED FEASIBLE
TESTS CONDUCTED
WM. WEBER
A REAL
GROCERY SERVICE
GEO. MELLON