The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1899-11-17
3iood River Glacier.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER U 1899.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER II 1899.
The great event in Hood River last
week was the annual meeting Of stock
holders Of the Hood River Fruit Grow
ers' Union. For months the mat
tiers TO come before the meeting had
been talked over by the stockholders OF
the union, and much i'll feeling was en-
gendered. AT the last annual meeting
the bylaws had been amended to allow
assessments 10 be made on the capital
stock TO the full amount. But two assess
ments OF SO cents each had been made
on the capital stock Of IS a share. The
board of directors, soon after the straw
berry harvest OF last summer, voted to
levy an assessment Of 81 share. The
reasons given for this call for the full
amount OF the capital stock subscribed
we're, first, that the union needed the
money; that it had been necessary
heretofore, because the union had no
credit, for the individual members Of
the board to advance money to growers
10 pay strawberry pickers, to send out
agents and TO guarantee freight on car
load lots. Another reason given was
that many Of the stockholders had gone
out OF the berry business, or had moved
away, or become indifferent, and it was
difficult to get a quorum together to
transact business at the annual meet
ings. A large majority of the stock
holders objected to the assessment, claim
ing it was exorbitant and unnecessary,
and that many members holding several
certificates Of stock could not afford to
pay it. Up TO the hour OF the meeting,
last Saturday, assessment No. 3 had
been paid on less than 80 shares. Hon.
J. w. Morton, chairman, announced as
soon as the meeting opened on Satur-
day, that the books were open for re-
ceiving assessments. After considerable
sparring, and after the reading Of the
reports Of officers, members came for
ward and paid up the assessments on
l50 certificates of stock J. ii. Shoe
maker paid on so shares that he repre-
sented, G. J. Gessling paid on 30, II. f.
Davidson %, and IL. j. Hibbard 10.
The election Of board OF directors then
followed and the following were elected
almost unanimously, receiving l56 votes
each out OF total of l5S cast: /:
T. ]. Cunning, 7. r. Coon, J..
II. Shoemaker, q. j. Gessling and
Henry Hibbard. The new board inn
mediately qualified and elected j. Fl.
Shoemaker president, 7. j. Cunning
vice president, g. j. Gessling secretary,
and II. J. Hibbard treasurer. Follow
ing is a summary of the work done by
the union during the past season, as
shown by the report of Secretary Evans
Total number crates strawber-
res shipped ...,......... l6,9lS
Distributed to growers ,,.., $27, ,752. .64
Total number boxes of cherries
shipped ............., 1913
Distributed to growers . $74.4S
Average per box to growers for
cherries .......,...n, 6O19c
Average gross selling price per
crate ....,....,....,..... 1886
Average freight per crate . 6S
Average commission per crate 26
Average union charges per crte 0S
Average paid growers per crate l.64
Per cent OF union charges to
gross sales ...'.,,..t..... 8
Amount turned over to board,
Nov. Is, 1899, from secretary
and treasurer er.,,,...,.,.... $209. 9.8S
Also, amount Of assessment No.
3paid on l75 shares ....: 10000
Total ................. 1909 .S8