The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-06-22
SEE NEED OF
CANNING PLANT
GOOD FIELD AT WHITE SALMON
Fruit and Vegetables Grown There In
Abundance-Business Men Are
Agitating Subject.

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By a Staff Corresnopdept
White Salmon Wash limo oG -Tboro
Is n nnited efTnrt on tho nort of tba
ranchers and the merch,rts of Wit
| Salmon to organize a cnmnonv for tLn
purpose of ERECTING and nnprot ip,, n oo,.y
ming factory. In conversotion v;tI, !
IC. Machines secrptorv of tho WLito
Salmon Fruit Growers Trion Iva said.
at seem like a hnrning shame 70 sae
over . OOO crates If good AL % hnrr;os f~ ',o
to waste. | am in favor and have fnr
sometime agit,ted the onestinn of or-
ganizinp and either subscribing stork n
a company or else interesting some ey. w
perienced packer TO locate here Inst
consider the miscellaneous nact ,prino
the season. and il rlp,,Iv shows That
factory would be y wirury
at is true that vr. have M nntIct hv
rail, but with the daily ,trar,nrs oni
with Hood River - near. nm eosv and
splendid market could Inc ionnd fnr the
pack. After the berries wonld come the
great tomato crop and the ,hrrries
Then there il The a.uararus tI,a Mons
and the beans. nm ,n,lIv nn,hnsioy.
tic over the matter"
had talk with a nun,nrr of tho
ranchers and they alc ali in favor of
the movement and all that il rponirrs il
for some one to start the bah rnIlin
Leon LaFrauc2, who ON Inst Frid,v
purchased the ten-acre trprt If i r
Hyberper in Cook's ad1itinn 'Los hod
a great deal of eynerionro in n a rnis,
ing an the care of fancy vavetahlea for
the first class markets He NAV take
hold In the future md give to tEe ran.
pie a canning factory nroviding tbat
he can make sufficient conirnrts with
the ranchers. assuring him tbnt bn
will have plentv of frnit and rogota
bles to make n pood mack sbonid bo
enter upon the project.
Mr.. LaFrancz is a Relgiap bnt for
many wears he made trnck FARMING a
business az we'll as n studv IN Yr,k
state before he came IN tbe Y.kin.n
valley. He left that fortiIo voIIa, 10
buy his present site decIarino thoi ho
had discovered inst the idaai sniI for
the growing of kaIe chicorv ondiros
mayonaise. mushrooms and SrticboLes
All these Vegetables find reodv cola
only in the first class marts NJ liza
land The pripcipal seanorts Ia whnre
thew are taken in Iarga Gnantitios
Owing to the great increased imnnrt,
ance in the ports at SeattIe and u" Port P"i
land, he IL confident that Tho orest
ocean liners to the Orient wiIl taisa ali
that he can produce
He Is practical. hut il n bicl 10 adm
Gated European. and win N any rata
make a thorouph h test of tho so;I and
the conditions in the White salmon
valley. Chicory brings remarkablv
high price. and he saws that flva crrIs
can he secured dnrinS Tho voar
One of the peculiar incidents of Mr.
LeFrancz's visit to the valley was tbnt
he purchased the Hyberger Farm ne.
teen minutes after he wns shown II Inv
Mr.. Fields of the White Salmon Land
Co, remarking with entbusiaam 1ItLia
u just what | have been looking for. "
tho iamJ ana ~ han "i'4 t an Icle hi, cneap ior
bTstIone oe g'i Whit" "' S'i' Sanen nolo WIN Cn9
fnrther odvortiso 1b'Ih thn G, ~ ,aI pISn HIu ,i
raiIov orI w, tiSo tho on" tno soii III I4e
viii Sond Tho ,,nra nu 'n""nv"tI no,d siue' il9
across tbo cortinont Min VjI ilo 9uas i an4
soa iocLios niiLo %" u,ii'umaitGs thn t nI anu
nIou;n,, tLo paaiao w. ~ V'io t'e"' ii'''iS ~,
aarrnIo u"e lnio S,iL "U,ii' I " tno Oil5nt WI
frnrl 4V n"ioi "nu onnJuS Solau hiuoo
vi o 'nD 'n,f"iS aI,ioS t1"t RrUw unH9r
,n"n m"n",n1.U" raIIom 9Nio' anu III "hIto 0al-
mo naoI Inc, ,,,ioot :, m
r,oon nomnh oe rs h"{UIG {WLi. - H'io 'n"I Nll
trU ~ ~ '"H u,iIi ~ .no nito oaIiLo on GCuu-
- a.tadiirG w." lio%, f tno ul''lH'iS lHS
nioco ora nMVuIrr"iS nS ~ iainnihEi airnEi amu WI
that "to rhiab IEb miorioy III oiicuiaCioh' AZ
,naad tna nrnGt % KY KY" ~ ~ Na5'o ooh 10
raward P''"' "''N "ii VIII ic"P VIC
'T",u Hmino 20 +ho ,i,, ,,o,.,.. .,........,n.
,ronipaa w. III, w to n's "oilS ''1p anu lLo
are oi aro ail "'e .G"i" oi1p we lanth
and ~ - 10 "'i inst I0istu'i 'nR '9e plof"slt'oh
,mo.hon u ~ 80 "in "i,'JsI h asIulSu 'laI telore
,noJ 'i,SS 90, r"a ioi!II "iu"hu ihat
e0'' ''N'N '"0'''F y VIII 10 III e''"ehce'
White Salmon at the Fair,
White SaImon's contribution IN tbo
Klickjtgt county exhibit at fla Tevi.
md Clark fair has been prou inc daiIv
and it il the Intention to sbow ia
visitors inst what thav pyccI IN In.t
week Abe Groshong cntrihmtcd ~rTo
seven teet four inches high. v heat ti\p
feet. orchard grass. fonr feet and uiid
grass the same height "
]. E. Larsen added wheat ovor sly
feet in height and j. P Fggn ,ats
over seven feet. All these sTecimens
are fine and clearly shows the straw
that the fertile soil of the Whit Sal.
mon valley will produce "
One of the features Of tbc ,lnit
is the opening each day Of a uutr ~
berries and the presentation to n le
visitors who tarrv around the KIirl =
tat county exhibit Another f,a-
lures of the exhibit will lie tEe spIGn-
did collection of cherries that il he'll y
arranged, The tomato crop viii nj y
add to the showing.
Some of the finest berries that Ife