The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1898-01-06
FRuITeRowERs' CONVENTION.
Annual Meeting to BE Held in Portland
January II. lie and 3, 1898.

JANUARY HI - 8nu 1885,
The arrangements for the meeting Of
the Northwestern Fruitgrowers' Asso-
citation, for the state of Oregon, Idaho,
Washington and British Columbia,
which will be held in Portland, January
IL, IL and 13, 1898, are we'll under
way.
The committees upon whom. the suc-
cess of this meeting depends are:
Executive committee-Buell LAM
herson, chairman; Henry E. Bosch,
secretary II. NJ. Williamson,
L. M. Spiegel, Alfred Tucker and
Frank I4ee
Transportation-A. H. Devers, H. R.
Lewis and T. d. Honeyman.
Finance. M. Spiegel, Edward
Hughes, David NJ. Dunno, J. b. Hazel
tine and Mark Levy.
Exhibit-F. II. Page, John A. Bell,
w. F. Carroll. Mark Levy, NJ. L. Har-
vey, and one from each county and
fruit district within the territory COW
cred by the association.
Arrangements-C. v. Coler, Fl. M.
Williamson, Frank Lee, E c. Masten
and Alfred Tucker.
Chairman Buell. Lamberson and Sec
rotary Henry E. Bosch of the executive
committee, will act as ex-officio men,
bers of the subcommittee.
The meetings heretofore held by
this association at Walla Walla and
North Yakima were very successful,
being not alone profitable to those at
tending the meetings. but beneficial to
the entire fruit interests. Representa-
tive men from far and near were pres
ent to discuss the various phases of the
growing industry.
The foregoing committees are fully
alive to the situation and are now ac-
lively at work to make it surrass any Of
the prior meetings held. Already
many letters have been received by the
chairman and secretary from various
cities within the limits of the associa-
ton, as we'll as from other states, from
St. Paul, Omaha and Chicago, asking
about reduced transportation rates.
The transportation companies with
the usual courtesy extended to this as
ISOLATION, have made the rate on the
Northern Pacific. Great Northern, and
Union Pacific lines, one and one-fifth
fare; and on the Southern Pacific line
one and one-third fare for the round
trip. The apparent difference of rates
is caused by the Southern Pacific's low
er tariff rate, it being only four cents
per mile as against five-cent per mile
rate of the other companies. They have
also expressed Willingness to trans
port all legitimate exhibits of fruits,
both fresh and evaporated. trees, etc..
free of charge. Such exhibits should
be carefully labeled, packed and shipped
TO Buell. Lamberson, 1870 Front street,
Portland, on or before January 5.
The programme, which is now being
arranged and will be published later,
will cover all the qustions pertaining to
the fruit interests, notably the ship
ping of fresh fruits to Eastern markets
at profit to the grower. This will
be thoroughly discussed, especially the
charges by refrigerator car companies,
which must be adjusted on live-and-
let-live basis.
Gray's Harbor Lumber Shipments.
That the Gray's harbor country has
enjoyed fair degree of prosperity dur
ing the year 1897 is shown by the for.
eign lumber shipments as compared
with those of 1896, the increase being
nearly 800 per cent. In 1856, only IL
vessels with lumber sailed from that
harbor for foreign portse the aggregate
amount of lumber being 8, 400, 900 feet,
while during the present year "a YES
sells cleared from Gray's harbor, carry
ing 10, 649,OOO feet Of lumber, valued
at $4,000.
OF the % vessels clearing for foreign
ports from Grav's harbor during the
present year, 16 of them loaded at the
mills in Aberdeen-14 at the West q
Slade mill, with cargoes amounting in
the aggregate to 1913. feet, and two
at Wilson Bros. & Co.'S mill, whose
cargoes aggregated $4,000. The Il.
K. Wood mill at Hoquiam, shipped four
cargoes foreign, 2,782,00O feet, and
the Northwestern Lumber Company
two cargoes, aggregating 1900, 600 feet.
Most of this lumber went to Mexl-
can ports, although Honolulu received
several cargoes, while Africa, New
Caledonia, Australia, and Peru each
received one cargo. At the present
time the mills have orders for foreign
cargoes of lumber, and the owners an
ticipate that the 1898 foreign trade
will greatly exceed that of 1897.