The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-06-07
HOP Growers, NOTICE!
Associated Effort Is Essential to Pro-
lection and Success.
MEETING OF The COMMERCIAL CLUB.
Program OF the Closing Exercises OF
the High school - The New Era
Irrigation Pump Proves a Com.
piese success.

On account OF the failure Of growers to
attend in the desired number the meeting
OF the Hop Growers' association, which
was to have been held last Saturday
afternoon at Mason's opera house, has
been postponed for two weeks, and will
be convened at the same place Saturday.
June Is, at 2 O'Clock, p. m. The lethargy
Of growers in this matter is astonishing.
Without organization there will be lack
Of pickers, the giving Of bonuses for crews,
and competition in bidding for pickers to
save crops from going to ruin. The or.
ganization, imperfect as it was, was q
great help to the growers last year, tut
this season it is an absolute necessity.
Ten thousand pickers will be required
more people by considerable than there
are in the entire county Of Yakima
and how are they to be obtained except
by systematic and combined effort? ?
Grave questions are now confronting
the grower as to the means of obtaining
pickers, and whether Yakima has not
reached her limit in hop acreage. These
cannot be answered by the individual,
but must be solved through a counsel OF
all the growers. There are other things
including the purchasing Of hop supplies
at the lowest rates, and the best means OF
curing and disposing Of the crop which
can be dealt with best through concerted
action. 1t is easy to see that we'll or
ganized association is necessary. 1t is
folly for growers to think they can get
along without belonging. II they should
pull through without the aid of asso.
ciated effort it could only be at heavy
personal cost. For these reasons The
HERALD urges every grower to be present
at the meeting to be held on the 10th
inst. In unity there is strength.
Since February l OF this year 9S car
loads Of hop poles have been shipped from
the Sound country and delivered to grow
ers at North Yakima. As the average
number Of poles to the car is about 1000
this would give total OF 1876, 900 poles.
Probably as many more have been deliv.
cred at stations in the lower end OF the
county, while large number OF new
yards have been supplied, by teams,
from the mountains. This is an indica-
ton of how the hop industry has grown
in Yakima during the past year, but does
not show it in its full proportions for
number of the large yards are using the
trellis system.
About half Of the Puyallup Hop COM
pany's big yard at Kent was buried in
water by the recent flood. Some Of the
yards along White river were submerged
to the depth of eight feet. Added to this
misfortune lice have made their appear
ance in great numbers.
Malone, N. Y, Palladium, May "a:
Before the frosts OF ten days ago the vine
in Franklin county was just two weeks
farther advanced than at the same date
last year, the season then being the most
forward since 1870. That freeze puts it
back 80 that it now substantially cores
ponds with 1898. The condition OF yards
in this county is not satisfactory. Some
Of them are fine. but in more there is an
appearance of misshills and lack Of Wig
orous growth that is discouraging.
The Cherry Valley, N. Y, Gazette, Of
6 recent date, says: There is no question
but that lice are showing themselves in
this state and have been doing so for some
time. How serious the attack may be is
uncertain. Growers generally are not
much troubled in the matter, though
many of them recall the fact that in 1886
when the crop was ruined the lice ap-
peared about the same time that they
showed themselves this year. But grow
ers as whole look upon dealers as worse
enemies than lice.
Only 100 bales Of 1913 hops now remain
in Yakima county. The crop this year
will amount to 10000 bales.
| Meeting of the Commercial Club.
The Commercial club met Tuesday
evening, with President Prosser in the
chair. A letter was read from H. G.
Plat, secretary of the Portland, Van
couver 4 Northern Railroad company,
reporting progress in the development OF
matters pertaining to the road, and also
announcing the election Of George Donald
as enc OF the directors Of the company.
Mr.. Prosser stated that the capitalists
and others interested in the road would
visit YAKIMA in about sixty days.
A proposition was read from J. M.
Frazer to establish creamery at North
Yakima, with capital of $500, Of
which he would subscribe 1000, if the
remainder could be raised among citi-
zens. A committee, consisting of w. w.
Leeper, A. 3. Ross, q. NJ Mckinney
and A. B. Weed, was appointed to So
licit subscriptions.
The secretary's financial statement
showed a balance Of $3s in the club
treasury.
The subject of a right-of-way through
the Yakima Indian reservation for the
Portland, Vancouver & Northern railroad
was introduced by G.. G. Mills, who
stated that the matter would probably be
submitted to the club at an early date
by the railroad. Referred to judiciary
committee.
C. P. Wilcox addressed the club on the
subject Of freight rates. He had received
letter from Assistant General Freight
Agent S. G. Fulton, asking for special
snppestinns az 10 changes desired He