The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1901-10-11
9{ood River Glacier.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER II, 1901.
The DalIes Carnival.

Good weather and many visitors at
tended The Dalles carnival up to the
hour Of its closing Saturday night.
The display made by the merchants
and Others. the fruit and vegetable
and other exhibits, and other attractions,
Including amusements, were very cred
liable for city the size OF The Dalles.
Hood River, we are sorry to state, was
conspicuous by the absence OF a Hood
River exhibit OF fruit. 1t was a splen-
did chance to get in an advertisement
that would have been Of great benefit to
Hood River. Many visitors from dis
tance we're sight seers at the carnival,
and the fruit on exhibition was not the
least attraction for them. Orchardists
in the vicinity OF The Dalles made a
very creditable exhibit. u. R. Castner
OF Hood River exhibited some fine speei-
mems OF apples from his place and got
sweepstakes on best general exhibit
seven varieties. He received first prem
ium on Spitzenberg and Baldwin. A. B.
Billings and j N. Knight. OF Mt. Hood
were the only others from Hood River
valley who made exhibits, Mr.. Billings
was awarded prizes on Baldwins, Ben
Davis, Alexander, H. X. w., and best
single variety of winter apples. James
n. knight got the prize on best box OF
Gravenstein.
jim. Knights box OF Gravensteins-45
in box-3 tiers, filed the box COM
pletely. The box was sold TO Mr..
Pease OF San Francisco for $500.
Tho foiloxvinor aoro N, q "a ua rp made nv
The Dalles papers:
Chronicle: 1t remains to be said that
the fruit exhibit met with commenda-
tion on every hand as one OF the very
best ever made in Wasco county. Thisis
the simple, cold fact, Notwithstanding
that only three exhibitors contributed
anything to the result from a part Of
Wasco county that some outsiders think
is the only place in the district that raises
good fruit. To the three exhibitors from
Hood River, in special manner, and to
all others in the district who have con-
tributed to make the fruit exhibit the
grand success that it ia, the manage
ment of the fair and carnival extend
their sincere thanks.
j. N. Knight of Mt. Hood postofiice,
sends a box OF Gravenstein apples that
are the admiration of everybody who
sees them, and A. B. Billings OF the
same place, sends II boxes Of Ben Davis,
Baldwins and Yakimas that fully main
tain the reputation of that neighbor-
hood.
G. r. Castner OF Hood River has s
varieties Of apples that fully maintain
the reputation Of Hood River valley as
an apple country, and that is all that
need be said.
Mountaineer: The most disappointing
feature Of the district fair and carnival
was the fruit and vegetable exhibit, it
having fallen far short OF expectations
both in quality and quantity. While
some splendid fruits were exhibited, in
fact, fruits that would have been prize
winners any where, the quantity was SO
limited that it was decidedly disap-
pointment to visitors, for everybody ex-
pected to see something enormous in
this line. The fault certainly cannot be
laid to the management OF the fair, for
every inducement, including liberal
premiums, was made to induce growers
to make exhibits. The orchardists in
the vicinity of The Dalles did their part
toward making the fruit display sue
cess, but the greatest disappointment
was in the Hood River growers failing
to make large exhibits. However, their
failure is their loss, since, the carnival
here offered them an excellent medium
for advertising their products.