The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-10-07
Our Ernlt ENhihit.

70 Portland and Chicago, and the big
hall has nothing to show of the heauti-
tul exhibit that SO recently filled IL, ex-
Cept the cvergrens and decorations,
IL was n success beyond the hopes or
expectations of the most sauguiue IN
the first place, the decorations showed
that the right persons had charge of
that branch, The walls Were an cX-
hibit in themselves that would have
attracted attention had not the tables
50 overShadowed them, Three tables
the length OF the hail, about 20 feet,
Were filled to their utmost capacity, and
under them iunumerlble boxes were
placed, containing fruit enough to al.
most double the exhibit. Over one
hundred varieties of apples were shown,
aud doaens of specimens from different
orchards of the same variety. Most of
the exhibit was from Hood River, but
White Salmon had some fine spCci-
mems, two Gloria Muudis f nm \. H.
Byrkett's being the largest specimens,
measuring, one, l5l inches each way IN
circumference, and the other tritle
over Is inches. To describe the indi-
vidual exhibits would require more
space than common GLACtER could
furnish, and it is not proper that we
should attempt to do so, because the
selection of any twenty exhibits for
special mention would do injustice to
hundred others equally metitorious.
Mr.. Slingerland's exhibit was the lSrg-
est; that is, contained II greater number
of specimens of fruit and vegetables,
and was perhaps the strongest showing
of the valleys resources of any. With
80 specimens in sight, all raised on land
that eight years ago was uncleared,
the showing was certainly Il phenom-
email one, and we could scarcely believe,
looking at the file display, that eight
years ago Mr.. Slingerlaud carried the
trOes on his back to his ranch. The
exhibit of peas, peaches and grapes
alone would have attracted attention,
but somehow everything else seemed
to be swallowed up in the presence of
the array of apples What our visitors
of the press association of Washington
and Oregon say of us will be printed
later, but one and all to whom we
talked pronounced it the finest fruit
exhibit they had ever seen, and those
who had visited the worlds fair said:
"Chicago wasn't in it, with us. MIR.
Fred G.. Smith, horticultural commits
siUner for the government of South
Australia, who is in America for the
purpose of examining our fruits, pro-
nounced it the finest lot of apples he
had ever seen and remarked that he
would hardly believe such large, hand
some and perfect fruit could he grown,
had he not seen it. He took several
specimens to send home and "astonish
the natives Too much praise cannot
be given those who labored so arduous-
" in the arranging and managing of
the display, and we feel sure that every
fruit grower is deeply rewarded for his
trouble, in the satisfaction each must
feel in fhe fact that he has assisted in
showing the world the finest display of
fruit ever put under roof hy one COM
munity. The committee on transport
alton, 7. J. and W. p. Watson, and
Others who made possible the visit of
the press association, multiplied hun
dred times the benefits of the exhibit. |
The premiums offered were small and
the judges were so lost amid the abund |
ance Of samples of about equal merit,
that it was difficult to make the awards. .
This was an impromptu affair, see to t /
that next year we can hold "a fair that
will surpass it. The exhibit of canned
fruits, jellies ETC., was a splendid one,
excellng, even as the fruits from which
they were prepared eXcelled. Besides /.
the fruit, there was fine showing of |
needleWOrk, and some mementOes of
other days. Mrs. Will Rand exhibit
ed a silk patchwork quilt 155 years
old, another bed spread was shown,
made in 1885, and venerable "Arith-
metic" printed at the "Three Bibles"
in London in 1725, attracted much at
tention, especially from the school
children who are wrestling with more
modern versions of those same old .
problems.
THE PREMIUMS.
Tobacco-lst premium, D.A. Turner;
I'd, w. S. Divers.
General exhibit of vegetables-1st,
w. p. Watson; I'd, w. A. Brooks.
lot Oh