The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-11-30

members were enrolled at the meeting
and the secretary secured two members
after adjournment, making twenty-five
for our starter. / was very agreeably
surprised at the interest manifested and
am confident we shall have rousing,
big, vigorous club in short time, that
will be TO the poultry interests OF Hood
River and vicinity what the Fruit Grow
ers' Union has been to the fruit industry
here. The following is the list Of officers
elected for the current year: 4. ID.
Calkins, president; Mrs. G. ID. Wood
worth, vice-president; Mrs. Jennie Jew.
ett, White Salmon, I'd vice president
d. N. Byerlee, secretary; M. II. Nickel
sen, treasurer; executive committee,
president, two vice-presidents, secretary,
treasurer and two members elected, ).
F. Blythe, Hood River, and l. N. Camp
bell, East Side. All offices to be held
one year or until successors are elected.
The following is the list Of our initial
members; +. d. Calkins, Geo. Prather,
+. G. Sherrieb, M, v. Rand, #. II. Blagg,
/. N. Campbell, G. F. Stauffer, 7. E.
Wickens, Mrs. I'll. G. Bateham, /. A.
Prather, Mrs. G. d. Woodworth, Mrs.
Jennie Jewett, E. L. Smith, Dorrance
Smith, s. f. Blythe, j. l.. Gordon, A. A.
Bonney, Warren Miller, B. F. Shoema-
ker, A. II. Jewett, NJ. II. Nickelsen, d.
N. Byeriee.
II was proposed to call the club the
Hood River Poultry and Pet Stock Club
but the pet stock was ruledout. 1t was
also suggested that the name be the
Hood River Valley Poultry Club, but
this name was also turned down as be-
ing exclusive; our desire being to in
clude in our club, poultrymen and ranch
men OF Hood River Valley, White SAL
mon, Mosier, in fact, all the territory
from Mt. Hood to the Columbia, and
from The Dalles to the Cascades. We,
therefore, adopted the name, "Hood
River Poultry Club" Making this
point the center and taking all comers.
Membership fees are but SO cents per
annum. Owing to late hour Of meeting
the work OF drafting our constitution
and bylaws was deferred until another
date and Saturday, December 9th was
fixed upon as the time. A vote of thanks
was rendered Prof. j. M. Garrison for
active interest he took in our organiza-
tion, the many pointers he gave us in
the course OF the meeting and his dispo-
sition to be ready to give the club a
boost TO a solid footing from the start by
cutting his prices in two, giving to mem
bers of. the club two sittings for the
price OF one. In order to prevent out
siders from taking advantage Of him and
10 induce as many as possible to become
members OF the club, to secure these ex
traordinary low prices the order must
pass through the secretary's hands fol
his endorsement, showing that party
ordering is q member Of the club. Sew
eral of our members have bought both
eggs and fowls of Mr.. Garrison in years
past and were unanimous in expressing
high opinion ofsMr. Garrison's bust
ness methods and the quality Of hi
stock. He keeps White and Barred
Plymouth Rocks, White and LaeeC
Wyandottes and Brown Leghorns. i
would be wise to order now, as it will
, be first come first served during the
busy season and few days waiting ther
often means loss. One dollar shoulC
accompany the order as an evidence o
good faith. This concession in price
! will be extended to members of the clul
only and for this year, after this yea
his prices will be the same to us as II
others Now, then, Is the best time I,
! join the club, for by SO doing and b,
sending for couple OF sittings of eggs
you save enough money to pay you
. membership fees for three years; this l
: combination that is hard to beat
There are many things Mr. Garrison sale
/, to us that the members would do we'll u
:. remember and would be glad to repea
! here but it would take up too mucl
space. must beg to mention one o
D two, however. He said, among othe
n things, and wisely, too, not to attemp
! to handle too many birds at one time
: nor too many breeds at once. Buy, sa
: two or four sittings this year, save tn
I pullets, sell the Oockerels to your neigh
8 bors and the scrubs you now have j
the market, buy yourself cockere
for the following year and start in wit
! a pure breed. The second year increas
I your flock to from fifty up, owing :
= your facilities for handling them, ,remem
q bering the larger the number Of birds yo
It have together the smaller will be til
I profit proportionately. In beginning
: too, try but one breed, then as yo
: become more adept at the business yo
Q can safely keep two or more breeds. II
}. also gave us figures indicating that W
q were starting in with q good prospect {
Z capturing our share of the million and
IS half dollars that the Pacific coast is noV
70 annually sending to the Eastern state
o for eggs and poultry. 1t remains for U
:, to see whether we can by good manage
" ment and the proper display of energ
D work to his figures. His remarks rt
4 garding the stamping of the eggs wit
q the shippers name and date the egg wa
"a laid were well chosen, and just here
" another suggestion to the shipper this
u he might have added that / will TAX
,s the liberty to supply: When packin
II eggs for shipment keep the different co
- ored eggs 10 themselves, packing tn
- white ones in one case, the brown one
u in another, and when the eggs are sole
n always to wash them, never allowing
> single egg to leave your hands except
j presentable condition, These seem 6
first thought to be trivial things and
y be taxing ourselves with useless troubl,
but these are the things that are
bring to the egg farmer the extra to
10 cents above the regular market pris
! and means that much clear profit. Ou
!. next meeting will be Saturday, Dec.
T at one o'clock sharp, in Judge Prather
Is Office. We want to see every man an
t. woman, who loves fine fowls, in tn
a territory indicated above, with a Doc
piece in their hands and q smile O
u their faces, fall into line end registe
'r their names on our roll. There will /
,e kickers of course, as there always
: against the good or ill of any commul
" ity, II the Lord OF Glory were to com
q down here to Hood River today an
d offer to take every man, woman an
a- child in the valley straight up throug
!. the pearly gates 20 sit about His gres
:, white throne with Him, there woula
y kickers galore, They would say he wa
t. fake would want to know oil about tn