The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-10-18
Roxbury Russet-O. L. Vanderbilt


special,
Snow j. n. Binns, special.
Gano-Campbal Bros, special.
York lmperia l. MOrdica Jones,
special
Arkansas Beauty-W. S. Sargent,
special.
Swaar-East Hood River Fruit Co.,
Mosier, special.
Winesap-Mrs. A. Forberg, Ieedal.
Baldwin,. Il. Cashtner, medal.
Dehcious-A. /. Mason, medal.
Winter Banana-O. l. Vanderbilt,
medal,
Wagener-J. l.. Carter, medal.
In addition to those who won the
first prizes the judges made honorable
mention of the following exhibits:
rive box sweepstakes-Hill, Wander
bilt and Cooper.
Best box Spitz-Shepard, Mason,
Carter.
Newtown-C Carter, Hill, Shepard.
Jonathan-SeaIs Il Porter, Cooper.
Northern Spy-East Hood River
Fruit Co. Garter.
Arkansas Black-Sears Il Porter,
East Hood River Fruit Co., Tucker,
Ortley-MIs. }. LeHtZ.
Red Cheek-George Carroll, Mosier.
Winesap--E East Hood River Fruit
Co. %
Baldwin-Vanderbilt, Carroll, Hill.
Wagener-Vanderbilt.
Altogether there we're 60 exhibitors
of Spitzenberg and 48 Of Newtowns.
Finest five plates-A. |. Mason.
Finest peach exhibit-M. NJ. Hill.
Finest display Of canned fruit
Mrs. II. f. Davidson, first Mrs. h.
n. Young, second.
Finest display of cut tlJwers-Mrs.
9. j. Haynes.
Finest potted flower eXhibit-Mrs.
| h. A. Franz.
Finest display 1of jelly--Mrs. j. X.
Carson.
Finest canned vegetables Mrs. ..
0. .IantZen.
Finest emhroidery-Miss Clara
Blythe.
Finest lace--Mrs. jerks.
Finest drawn work-Mrs, Thos.
Calkins.
Exhibits without awards Miss
| mhDel hODlHbuu, lhlSb paintings
Grapes-A. }. Hsrper, VIM. Kellen
donk, l.. Mex, A. Lereau.
Quinces-Wm. Kellendonk, White
Salmon, Rawson 4 Stanton.
Sweet potatoes--O. i. Stranahan,
Peanuts-S S. Thompson.
The prize for the best manufactured
product was won by the Hood RiVel
Milling company, which received
medal.
The best display of nursery stock
medal, went to the TruettO Name
nursery, Ii. S. Galligan, proprietor.
The prize for the best chicken ex
hibit was won by j. f.. letcher.
The baked food exhibit dread WA
won by Mrs }. j. Carson, barrel o
lCupid flour, Hood River Milling Co.
Pear exhibit. l.. Carter, medal,
Vegetable exhibit. NJ. Hollowell
medal,
The cup Offered by Il. II. sShepalt
| for the best packed five boxes of ap
ples was won by j. Il. Castner. -
Percy Wells and p. h. Wells wer
mentioned as next to John Castne
in the prize for packing apples.
j. Ii. Robbins received a specit
prize fol the best exhibit of fanc
birds (pheasants).
ln the vegetable display there wer
some features that caused spectator
much interest. Among them we're
hill OF potatoes grown by ID. l.. DAY
idson, of Willow Fla, which weighe
II pounds. A squash belonging t
Chas. Chandler, that measured fou
feet from tip to tip, was II incht
thick and weighed nearly 90 pounds
r. ii. Wallace had on exhibition SON
kaflir corn that was 10 feet high an
also some sorghum that was way u
in the air. G. II. Bone showed son
corn that was twelve feet high an
! the stalks of which was so heavy th'
it required considerable effort to Ii
them. Peter Mohr showed what
could do in the matter of squashes a
SO, and Il. II. Martin had some waite
t melons th,t would be hard to beat
Georgia. A litter of fine Beag
e hound pups made it known that ID
} Brosius was their owner by yelpiI
Y for a little of the attention that W
!. being given the apples. The Witt
Hazel farm displayed all:kinds of We
p etables and had fine exhibit. =
i Rawson q Stanton showed hf
box of NewtUNns taken from q tV
d year old tree.
A. |. Mason had several plates
d freak apples which he called Our OV
If variety and which were in all concei
able shapes, being single, double 81
IS tr plets. There we're also apples at t
h show which were perfect and no bi
J. QeI than marbles and Others of whi
e it only took II to fill box. The
p might have been some bigger but t
II largest we saw we're shown by No
Is Bone.
/. A feature that also attracted mu
" attention was the box of apples th
j. the Portland Commercial club boug
ID foI President Roosevelt. The app
le are of the Winter Banana variety k
Q were grown by o. l.. VRHderhi
~ who took d prize on them. They we
"a three tier,
i The largest pI tie display was ma
ID by II. c. Bateham, who showed
Is less than 50 plates all different var
eT ties. which he says does not iRGlu
2, ali the varieties in bis orchard. l
attendance at the fair Saturday v
I'd fully as large as it was Friday and
w terest in he show was undated.
Ill the afternoon train 300 came do
es from The Dalles to visit the show a
as the trains from Portland brough
good many from Portland and
Willame te valley. Some even ca
- up on the evening train to take in
r show and stayed in'the building ur
ho they were asked to leave.
p, Sunday much of 6e fruit was pa
ii, lad up aud several of the exhibits hi
been taken to Portland where II
will be displayed in store windo
- The exhibit OF j. l.. Carter will
shown in the window of f Dresser
ng Co. and the box Of Jonathans t
or captnrM the prize will be shown
window of the Eggert shoe store. ]
,. Sears 10 Porter apples were boul
m. by O. L. Vanderbilt and toget
with his own display we're shipped
Portland. The box Of prize Spitz
ID bergs which it was said had b
bought by the Hood River DemocT
IT, ic club was among them and has b
purchased by Portland politici
who will also send it to Presid
pf tha nf