The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-10-18
APPLE SHOW Up
TO PREDICTION
HOOD RIVER MAKES BOAST GOOD
Exhibition Was Finest Ever Given and
Attendance LargeSt-List
of Pri2eWiunrrs.

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r.r-I I.rita. .orita now ready, the on
Iy dressmaKer in the world who sews
with her toes. We diun't have time
to sec Lorita as we we're too ,busy TAX.
ing in the Seventh Biennial Fruit lair
OF the hood River fruit growers, lo-
rita was mn uoubt marvellous but the
fair WAS far pore ;, and there was
tnore of it.
No such disnlsfy of apples we can
safely saw was ever made anywhere in
the world WAS the verdict of growers
and visitors from all over the United
States and some parts of EuIcpe.
Fight hundred boxes of apples 30
fine that the ordinary man or woman
could scarcey detect any difference in
them and which caused the iudges
many hnurs ot worry am stndv to
decide which ot them were entitled IT,
the distinction of being laDeld the
rest.
Apples we're not the only things at
the fair which showed what Hood
River soil can dn ms the dispays of
Vegetables melons, nuts. pesrs. peach-
AZ and many other products gave eyi.
deuce of it's general productiVeness.
The fair was scheduled TO open at
l.O Thursday hut long before that
time visitors commenced to he SO nu.
merous that the executive committee
decided tn commence charging gdmis.
sion After the morning trains arriv.
ed On which were many of the irri.
sgtionists The crowd Increased rapidly
a1d thn Fair was visited nv manv ot
tho 6elagates among whom we're ,Ildpt
JnwaII Conatnr Fuiton. " II Moore
A King Wilson Jetferson Mvegg.
Nom Richardson. of the Portland
COMMERCIAL club. S. d. Laber. secre.
torr nF Tho porlland Board of Trade
~ " Notcnlg state Eng,neer Lswis
7 Arkermsn state s1perint.rdenI
of nnhIic instruction.. r. W. Suttle
moror ronresenfntiye tn the state leo
iaIotnro Addison Bennett. editor Of
tho 0nt;mist Jndpe Lake r. n
Smith Jasaa Stearns Judd Geer anC
prnF Kovt Of tha State Apricnltura
ooIIo,o All of the delepates wer,
Iond IN their annre ,iation of the m
Mia show and the good it would dc
Hroonn hy having its wonders talked
oho5t t,r y,sitor9 from the eastern
DJ atotas ~
TLo oItordanca at the fair the fra
5or mos in tha neighhorhod of / OO
noorlo ond bv NIGHT ali tho -eXhibit
pi wore IN nIace the executjye commit
FOO annointed the iudpes in the after
noon selectinp j ii. Reed. commits
sionar ~ the state hoard of holticul
trra r u lansing of Salem. a we
Imo,,, mn Isary man and prof. Lewis
Of Of The state Agricultural college, VIII
com mnancad their work of Judging kD
Sr,,;t that eyanino
Tb.ro ~ was music at the opening c
tho afternoon and evening exhibition
and the trains we're met and delegate
aarenaded NV Ehe band on their arriy
Of President Smith. Secretar
Thomson and other members of tn
avonntige committee were busy IooH
ina after the interests of tho lhir an
he onto,toinment of yisitur4 Bot
botoIs wero full to overlooking an
iato orr,yala had some ditIIcgitv /
oo"nring C accommodations,
The pleasure of visitors which ha
bson somewhat marred by rain o
ThnrsSer was insured Friday morl
inn whop sunshIpe and n blue SIX
nreeotod aTe than on arising, The fir.
doIogation tn take i'm the fair on l'r
Jon D. ors nunher nf nasAenuerJ1IoI
NJ which stopped here for broal
foet mi wnre Invited Inv j. A. wi
son @ Uire rresidrnt of the association
Io visit il before the train startet
Tho trains from PoItland brougl
higgar n owds than tie day before an
IN tha afternoon a large number can
doIn 40 from The Dalies, MOsier an
othar nointa nm the road as far awf
as Pendleton, Congressman elect h
Ii, who had arrived the evening b
fnro was also visitor. and RepleseI
totira Uendricks WAS an Intercstt
Snoctator
Nnrino the afternoon the GROW
ma 80 90 dorso that il was with difIicr
w. ""' tbat usitors could move arom
,l y. tha bohy show was the ceutpr
ait, achion. About 20 babies we're e
aor, sorod d'O;" ~ tho contest and tine iadg
had great ullllculOS lh uoSiu tns "'N
t we're entitled to prizes, AdIet 60
! siderable dellheratlon ihe hrsI pr
d, for children under two years was y
/ on to Justine Sosey' Win Corn MN
3 a close second anu 'ol.'t s. 90" Sio " "
r consiheren ho w. Ti'NT' RIr,n" '"' 1n{n., Tn{n "
uet ono o"i ohCino flor tho cr
, Past -" was dorided the crowd surg
uronnd the building examining {
red and yellow fruit aud sampli
d the free cider which WAS provided
y the mill Of the Emery company l
j. cider, was eVIhehIi$ !! ~" .
9 harmless rs the Glacier mar not
4 several prominent proni31tioni
stopping at tue !,, 5ianu P.'s .uoa ,oido, 10,
/, by two of Hood fStei . Iilf maldel
81 more than once
Rumors we're aiioat as TO VINO h
I. taken the prizes, but nobody Rh
ANYTHING definite and 1t was not un