Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-08-11
FRUlTGROWeRS UNION
Is ORGANIZED
Committees on Bylaws and
Membership to Report
In September.

IL 10 uOW ucuuittly sctticu thae
there is to be fruitgrowers union for
Lower Rogue River Valley and that
the fruit industry shall be put on a
profitable basis and so encouraged
that it will becomelone of the leading
sources of wealth TO Josephine
county.
Last Saturday l2 of the leading
fruitmen of this section met at the
Courier office and effected the pre-.
liminary organization of the Jose
phine County Fruitgrowers Union.
A. H. Carson was made president |
and Charles Meserve secretary. A
committee of three was named to pre-
pare the constitution and bylaws
for the organization aud the articles
of incorporation for the Urion. The
motion made Mr.. Carson chairman Of
this committee and the other two |
members appointed were j. Ii. Robin
son, of Wilderville, and J. II. Colby. |
cure copies of the articles Of incor-
poration and rules and regulations
under which the Hood River, Medford
and Ashland fruitgrowers unions are
conducted, and from them to draw
up articles Of incorporation and rules
and regulations for the Josephine
County Fruitgrowers Union. Their
report will be submitted at meeting
of the Union to be called by the |
president some time in September. A
committee on membership was ap-
pointed made up of ]. B. Lindsey of
Murphy; W. NJ. Grow, Merlin; DIR.
James Spence, Kerby; G. E. Sans,
Woodville; G. f. Lovelace. Wilder
vile, and Nj. w. Wheeler, Grants Pass.
In addition to the fruitgrowers
present at the meeting a large num-
ber of others had approved of the or
ganization and will become members
and there is every certainty that the
Josephine County FruitRrowers Union
will have charter membership of fully
40 members. Owing to the extra.
ordinary short crop of fruit in Rogue
River Valley this season, and to the
fact that the organ zation of the
Union cannot be peri, cted before the
bulk Of the fruit will have been
marketed it was decided not to under
take the handling of fruit and farm
produce this fall. The Union will
be fully organized and all arrange
ments completed so that next spring
with the first produce to be marketed
all will re in readiness to handle 1t
to get the best returns possible for
the growers. There will thus be no
expense to the members until the
other than the incorporation charges
| of about 500 aud the cost of having
/ typewrtten copies made OF the incOr
poration articles and rules OF the
Medford, Ashland and Hood River
Mons for the use of the committee on
organization, and for books for the
secretary and treasurer. The total ex-
pense for these purposes will not ex-
ceed 81 per member. Until the ship.
ping season opens next spring there
will be 30 little business to look after
that the officers will be expected to
serve without salary. The Union
will be to no expense for room in
which to hold meetings Of the stock
holders and of the board Of directors,
as the large editorial room OF the
Courier will be at the service free of
charge on Saturdays to the Union.
1t is the plan Of the organizers Of
the Josephine County Fruitrgowers
Union that it shall market apples,
pears. peaches, cherries, berries,
melons and other perishable farm
products The Union will purchase
at wholesale and supply the mem.
bers at cost boxes, nails. paper,
spraying pumps and spray compounds
about the low grade and insu fficient
chemicals that have been used by
many of the growers in preparing
their spraying compounds the Union
will supply its members with chemi.
Gals that have been proven by analy-
sis to be of the required strength
and purity to kill the pests when the
trees are sprayed. Growers will be
instructed as to the varieties OF fruit
that are the most salable, what fruits
are best adapted to certain lands,
and how to plant, cultivate, prune
aud spray their trees. The picking
and packing will be done in accord.
ance with the rules of the Union and
an expert packer will be employed TO
visit orchards, the fruit OF which is
to be handled by the Union, and in
struct the packers, where needed. how
to properly do their work. All boxes
and crates shipped by the Union
will bear a stencil giving the name
aud address Of the Union, the mum.
Der Of the grower and the number OF
the packer so that If a complaint il
made that the contents of a box are
= not up TO standard it can be traced
to who was to blame for the fault
i The label will also show the kind Of
: fruit in the box and the number il
contains If Of apples, pears, peaches,
etc, aud If OF cherries. berries, etc,
J the number Of pounds. During the
& shipping season a manager TO have
{ charge Of the pacEin and shipping