The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-04-12
ANNUA. zMEETNNG
APPLE GROWERS.
INCREASES BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Meeting Satisfactory One and Union
Saves $1,000 for Its Members
During Past Year.

The annual meeting of the Apples
Growers Union was held at Artisans
Hall Saturday. The meeting was we'll
attended and business of considerable
Importance transacted.
q. d. Woodworth, president of the
Union presided and G. Ii. Sproat act
ed as secretary. The minutes of the
last annual meeting and a subsequent
! meeting were read and approved.
The president then announced that
the meeting was open for discussion
of the proposed amendment to the by
laws to increase the number If mem
bers of the board of directors.
f. G. Church moved that the num-
Ter of directors be increased from to
10. Carried.
Presid Mt WoCdWorth asked MAJ hg,r
Shel and TO read IA addre's which he
HAD LlelGIed. M. shepard then de-
llNCIed NUIS htoI esting ana in-
strCCtive address, pert of which sp-
pears in our issue this week and which
will te concluded in next weeks
issue.
In his address the II auager OF the
Union showed what h6s been accom-
plisked by the organization in the way
of saving MOI ey ter its ntn ters, the
V,Iious items Of which totalled the
amount Of something oven $1,000.
Non inutions for meml els of the
buLTd Ct uhCCtIls ECIt tltu Crened
and Messis. Church aud Dttfnan, " no
are ntmGels of tie Llu lUaIu beth
stated that they would like to le re-
lieSed from further duty as sucL, but
the meeting would not listen to them
and they Nele forced TO Bgain serve.
A motion was made that all the old
members of the board be reelected
which was carried.
j. l.. Carter moved that q. X. Mar
shall be nominated as one of the new
directors. Chris Detman nominated
0. l.. Vanderbilt; G. r. Castner
placed the name of D. II. Shoemaker
in nomination and Mr.. Carter nomin-
ated G. Il. Markham.
W. j. Baker then moved that the
secretary cast ballot for the mem
bers of the board as named which was
carried.
A motion was made by q. r. Cast
ner that IL was the sense of the meet
ing that the board of directors be en-
powered to make an assessment Of
81. so a share on the stock outstanding
which would bring the stock up to its
par value, $40. The assessment to be
made when, in the judgment of the
directors, 1t would be easiest for the
stockholders to pay 1t. Carried.
Secretary Sproat read the financial
statement, and explained its various
features telling how the warehouse
had been constructed and how much
better equipped the Union was for
handling fruit now than it had ever
been. He showed how many expenses
which the Union had had to bear In
the past would not again be necessary
to provide for and how as a whole the
| finances of the Union we're In very
good condition considering the big
expense it had been under.
A proposition by Manager Shepard
that graded scale be considered in
marketing the fruit so that the high
priced apples would pay more per box
than the low priced ones found dis
senter in A. |. Mason who said he
dilu't think 1t was right to make a
man, who made business of growing
high grade fruit and who maintained
an orchard In which there were no
cheap varieties, to pay premium for
80 doing. He rather thought, he said,
that the fellows who grew the cheap
apples should be made to pay an in
crease cost for marketing them IL such
scale should be adopted as it cost
more to dispose of them. There was
no more discussion of the matter by
other members and the meeting did
not take any action in regard to 1t.
Mr.. Mason also called attention to
the fact that although the Union had
been in existence three years there
had never been any dissension and
that while there had at times been
difference of opinion among the mem
bers in regardRto various matters they
had as a whole worked ina naharmony, q
fact which accounted for the success
which it had attained.
After some discussion of the matter
capital stock of he Union bs increased
to 200 shares at $40 share. Carried.
Mr.. Carter then cOmplimented Mr..
Shepard on his address and moved
tnat the Glacier be asked to publish
it which motion was carried.
A motion was then MADE giving Mr..
Shepard vote of thanks for his untir-
ing efforts in behalf Of the Union and
the motion was carried.
The meeting then adjourned.
Report of Manager Shepard.
To the Members of the Hood River
Apple Growre's Union.
| regret very much indeed that last
year the business of the Fruit Grow
er's Union necessitated a trip east,
for the reason that 1t prevented me
telling you in person about the sea-
sons work, consequently it is doubly
pleasure to be able to address you
today, for believe much good will
come to our Union from general re-
view of the past seasons work, fol-
lowed by general discussion, for our
present and future welfare.
Our Union is stronger today than
ever but still there are some growers
who are not with us whom we want.
They are new growers and shippers
whose trees are just commencing to
bear. They ought to be members,
consequently it seems timely to review
the present situation and the future
as full as your valuable time viii per-
nit, with view of convincing them
of what we believe to be their duty to
themselves; to show them how we can
benefit them by securing better prices;
building up better reputation, in
creasing their profits and adding
value to their land. II fail it will
be because am like the school boy
who said to his teacher, 81 know but
cant tell. " see it every day, | feel
it, l know it and therefore, regret
that | am not blessed with the powers
of oratory, the genius of argument
and the gift of speech, for if | were