The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-07

A party of 45 German farmers, who
are investigating agricultural condi-
tions throughout the United States,
will study fruit growing in Hood River
June4. The party is in this country
having its own expenses, but it is said
the German government is lending en-
cOuIagement in an indirect manner.
Germany is anxious to learn ana 70
make use of the more advanced meth
ods of agriculture, and these German
farmers are here for that purpose
Oregon and California are the states oi
chief interest to the visitors. On ar,
irving in Oregon stops will be made al
MedfOrd, where "a carriages have been
hired for the party, at the state agrl'
cultural college in Corvallis, and day
will be spent In Portland. From Hood
River the party will go TO Walla Walla,
Pullman and Fairfield, where they will
see the big beet.seed farm.
In Portland the visitors will be en-
tertained by the Arion society. A big
banquet, which all the prominent Ger
man Americans in the city will attend,
is among the features of the entertain
ment. The details of the Portland re-
cepiion have been left largely in the
hands of Paul Wessinger, who took
charge of the work at the request of the
railroad officials.
The members of the party are:
DR.. Victor Ritter Won Bauer, Bruenn,
Austria; Macmillan Buether, Pason,
owner of feudal estates; F. Biermann,
Sanitz, Mecklenburg, owner of feudal
estates; Ulrich Bohm, Kluetzow, Pom
erania, agriculturalist; F. R. Brettreich,
Much, Bavaria, prominent government
official; Conrad Eberhardt; Max Elvers,
Schwerin, Mecklenburg, owner of es-
tates r. Frederick Ferber, Cora, agri-
culturalist; ottoman Feuerstein, Parch.
witz, Silesia, agriculturalist; DR.. +. Ii.
Flecken, Cologne; Erich Won Fluegge,
Speck, Pomerania, government official;
Tn. Fuehling, Frechen, Rhenish Prus-
sia, director of large estates; A. Fuhr-
mann, Berlin, agricultural student;
Armand CLAIM, Peske, West Prussia;
Bernard Gontard, Leipsic, agricultur-
ist; Henry Gildemeister, Berlin agri-
culturist, Charles Hanisch, Breslau, di-
rector of estates; H. Klovekorn, Uder-
wangen, owner of estates; Hans Lampe,
Leipsic, agriculturist; DR.. Eugene Count
Ledebur, Lobostiz, Bohemia, E. Lem
cke, Hoppenrade, Mecklenburg-S g-Schwe-
rim, agriculturist; DR.. Felix Lindemann,
Dresden, agriculturist; P. Moeller,
Schleiffenberg, Mecklenburg, owner of
fendal estates; Ferdinand Won Prachter,
Munich, Bavaria, government official;
c. Rechholtz, Doelitz, Pomerania,
owner of feudal estates; Walter Richter,
Tapiau, East Prussia, agricultural in
spector; Fred Rueffer, Heidelberg, stu
dent; Bernard, Sachse, Weiszig, Sax
Ony, owner of feudal estates; jacob
Schloesser, in-Ehrenfeld, student;
E. Schneppat, Moulienen, East Prussia,
owner of feudal estates; Count Won
Schwerin-G Goehren, Woldegk, Mecklen-
burg, army officer; Ernest Simons
Elberfield, agriculturist; Charles Skene,
Jr., Breslau, agriculturist; Count Schenk
Won Stauffenberg, Risstissen, Wuertt-
emberg; Fred Stackman, Leipsic; Anton
Trieb, Elberfeld, agriculturist; Professor
Vielhauser, Masbach, Baden, teacher of
agriculture; A. Wadsack, Tennstaedt,
province of Saxony, owner of feudal
estates; Mr.. Wagner Neudietendorf, ag-
riculturist; G. Won Wallenberg- Pachaly,
Breslau, owner of feudal estates,
banker and representative of the Ger
man agricultural society; Fred Won
Wallenberg- -Pachaly, Breslau; Martin
Weissenborn, Fiddichow, Pomerania,
agriculturist; w. Wien, Lalendorf,
Mecklenburg, agriculturist; DR.. Martin
Wilmer, Berlin, agriculturist; o. Wink
ler, Lockwitz, Saxony, owner of es-
tates; Kurt Gaebler, Sorau, Branden-
burg, agriculurist.
WILL BE ENTERTAINED WHILE HERE.
Citizens Of Hood River will arrange to
entertain the German farmers on their
visit here June 4. 1t is the intention to
ask the fruit growers of the valley to
unite with the townspeople in arrange
ments to receive the visitors and to
take them over the valley. A straw
berry festival in the open air is also
spoken of. There are number of Hood
River fruit growers, among whom are
the most practical and successful hOrti-
culturists and farmers of the valley, who
are natives of Germany, and these cit
izens are requested to lend their SER
vices in seeing that the guests from the
Fatherland learn something of apple
and strawberry culture as it is done in
Hood River. Definite plans will be ar
ranged later.