The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-10-12
APPLES AND BABIES.
Hood River Made a Grand Exhibit of Her
Two Leading Products.


Saturday was a red-letter day for
Hood River. Her brag products were
on exhibit and her people were proud
of what they had to show. And it was
an exhibit in which they might we'll
take pride.
The large Armory building was lit
orally cror ded with the choicest pro-
ducts of Hood River and White Sal
mon valleys, and the way it attracted
the admiring gaze of the people could
only be likened to the attraction of a
beautiful flower garden to a swarm of
bees.
On entering the spacious Armory
the first thing to attract ones atten-
tion was the motto "Welcome to Hood
River" Looking about the hall an
other motto that greeted the eye was
''By Our Fruits We Are Known" COW
ering the entire north end of the pa
vilion, while at the opposite end were
two very appropriate pictures on which
were inscribed "Apple is King" and
"Strawberry is Queen" But ones at
tention could not long be attracted by
mottos; there were too many red ap-
pies to look at. There were apples and
apples no matter where you looked.
The plate display consisted of the
products of 100 different farms and
comprised 129 distinct varieties, and
such apples as they were. Great. big,
healthy ones, free from insects, and
glistening as if they had been creased
just such apples as make the average
small boy hate himself because he has
not the capacity of a warehouse in
which to stow them away. And even
the adult was led to feel unkindly to-
ward himself for not having greater
capacity for eating apples when he
gazed upon the grand aggregation of
beauties. Hood Rivers fair demon
strated beyond all question not only
that that section is capable of produc-
ing apples to perfection, but that it
would be successful competitor for
blue ribbons against the whole world
when real merit-delicacy of flavor and
handsome appearance-is taken into
consideration.
Next to her apples, Hood River
claims prominence as a producer of
pretty babies, and in this article too,
she is prize winner. When Superin-
tendent Smith called for the exhibit of
this product fifteen proud mothers
stepped upon the stage, each holding
aloft her household pet, and these
future presidents and presidents sweet
hearts were just as fresh and bright
as the apples perfect pictures of
health and vitality, and some of them
displayed a lung power that never
could have been acquired in anything
but healthful climate. The first
prize in this exhibit was awarded to
the first born of Mr.. and Mrs. S. W.
Arnold, and Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Yates
were awarded second prize for their
youthful progeny.
While apples and babies are the
Drag products of Hood River, there
we're other exhibits from the field and |
garden that were attractive. There |
we're squashes weighing so pounds.
corn 10 feet high, potatoes the like of |
which old Ireland never could have
produced, and cabbage the likes of |
which the most loyal subject of Will
lelm never saw in his ''faderland."
And the ladies too had an exhibit of
preserved fruits, jellies and jams that
;ould only be prepared in fruit-pro-
lucing country of the first rank. They
we're elegant to look upon, but as they
IL had the inscription 'staste not"
heir quality of toothsomeness remains
mystery.
Besides the fruit and vegetable ex-
libits was fine collection of relics of
ormer times, prominent among which
vas an old sword bearing the inscrip-
ion Bunker Hill, June II, 1775," and
opposed to be the identical sword
which the patriot General Warren car
led on that memorable day-a cher
shed trophy belonging to DR.. Adams;
dueling case, the property of W. J.
'aker. containing two murderous-
boxing weapons and other accouter-
,ents common to the days when the
code of honor" was religiously OBJ
erved, and an old flint lock rifle, no
oubt the one which Rip VanWinkle
arried on the mountain that unfortu-
ate day when he imbibed in the Sleep
living draughts of the gods. There
as also Bible 100 years old, Zulu
hief's shoulder cape. bedecked with
1e gayest tapestry, valentine which
). Pealer sent to his sweetheart Feb.
), 1852, when soldier boy way down
Little Rock, and copy of the New
'ork Herald of April Is, 1863, an
ouncing the assassination of Presi-
emit Lincoln. J. L. Langille's cabi-
ct of arrow heads, old coins, etc.,
as indeed interesting, since it con-
lined many pages of unwritten his ,
,ry and evidences of the work and ,
kill of the almost prehistoric man.
1 addition to these were numerous
I'D spreads of patterns dating back to
le sixteenth century, and upon which {
le matrons of early days had devoted
1told hours of labor.
The fair in every feature was with t
1t question a grand success, doing I
nple credit to>a most prolific section I
i'd one of the most progressive and 8
communities in the state
was demonstration of what pluck
i'd energy will accomplish in a local
2 where nature has bestowed ample \
vors, and had it been seen by the b
ousands who are looking for profit
lie investments in land would have t
ised the price of Hood River real
tate IS per cent. [
Following is the list of the premiums Z
'arded:
APPLES.
General Exhibit Chandler, 1st
emium; A P Bateham, I'd; Charles q
landler, Sd. p"
5-W J Baker, 1st; A 81 ., .,
wett, W S, I'd. u