The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-11-25
OREGON APPLES
WIN SWEEPSTAKES
HOOD RIVER GETS SPOKANE PRIZES
Carload Award Goes to ROgue River
and Local 0rchardists Get All
They 10 After.


bronson h Guthrie, of Eagle Point,
in the Rogue River country, won the
sweepstakes at the Spokane Apple
show last week ON the carload of
Spitzsn beTgs which they exhibited,
thus maintaining the tame OF the Ore.
gon Apple. Hood River was not re-
presented in the carload contest, but
there we're few small exhibits by
growers from this valley and all of
these came out with prize coloIs flying.
John Hakel and Charles Reed had
number of boxes of Hood River ap-
Pile entered In the box CLASSES and
they carried away practically every.
thing In the SpitZenberg box class.
Mr.. Reed was awarded 500 for best
10 boxes OF tSpitzen bergs shown. With
five boxes of Spitzenbergs, Mr.. Hakel
carri ID away the $50 prize fol the
best five box display of a standard
winter variety. In the singlea box
displays, MIR. Reed and Mr.. Hakel
took first and second prizes respect.
lively tor the four tier SpitzenberRs.
A box OF Baldwins shown by Mr..
Reed was awarded the second prize
for the single box class Of that var
iety.
There we're number of Hood
River growers who went to Spokane
[, r the show, among them being: X.
IL. Shepard, G. Ii. SpIoat, Charles
Castner, John Hakel, Herman Deth-
man, p. S. DavidsonJr., Farnk David
son, T.. z. BesEe and Chris. Griesien.
They all reported that 1t was great
display of apples. Mr.. Sproat In
speaking of the Spokane show, said,
81 am of the settled opinion that the
Spokane fair Is a local exhibition,
similar to the Hood River fair,
except that it is on muuh larger
scale. 1t is certainly of great eduGa-
tional value to the growers of all sec
tions but the proper place for Hood
River to make an exhibit 10 not at
Spokane, but in Chicago, or some
other eastern city where a really
NATIONAL show can be held. II
there is ever a national fair held east
of the Rockies venture to say that
Hood River will be on deck. | be-
lieve that this valley could not have
derived great benefit by showing
CHTtcdu NJ cEUhhud.
There were l3 carload exhibits at
Spokane. There we're two of Spitzen-
bergs, one from Southern Oregon,
aud one from Yakima. The Oregon
car, which took the big prize, we're
very fine apples, with good size and
color. Southern Oregon also exhibit.
ed Car or Newtowns, which arrived
too late to be unwrappsd. There we're
large displays of the home Beauties,
Winesaps, Stayman Winesaps, etc.,
by the growers In the Spokane ooun-
try. Those varieties bling lots Of
money and make orohardists OF the
John u. Rockefeller class. but those
growers do not profess TO grow Spitz-
nbergs and Newtowns. This leaves
Hood River and Southern Oregon the
only locali tiles west of the Rocky
mountains which are distinctive for
these two varieties.
"Ihis year, the Wenatohee Com
mercial Club took charge OF one of
the growers apples In the orchard.
packed them and bore all expense OF
a carload exhibit at Spokane. | talk
ed with Mr.. Horan, who won the big
prize last year, aud he said that the
extra expense of a carload of apples
exhausted the $1,000 prize, which one
stood to win. Mr.. Tronson, who won
the sweepstakes this year. said that
| be would never exhibit another car
and 60 to the extra expense and
trouble, even II he were assured the
prize. Ii seems to me hardly a fair
proposition for o community to eX-
pect single grower to 60 to the ex.
ira expense OF a carload exhibit, when
the fame OF taking the prize 10 the
only thing he gets, while the entire
community gets big benefit"
Recommendation urging amend.
ments to the grade provisions of the
L-afean apple box bill, slated for in
PRODUCTION at the next session of CON
gress, we're adopted by the oonven-
tion of exhibitors, apple growers and
shippers at Spokane, forming another
link in the protest against the meas
ure, which will be presented to con.
gress by the horticultural associations
OF the northwest, through their sens.
tors and congressman.
MIR. Shepard and Mr.. Sproat met
with the, growers and outlined to
| Lueh bue sysLou VI BthulbB uuu paoh-
ing now being used at Hood River.
MIR. Sproat was member of the oom.
mittee which drew up the rules
adopted at the meeting, and they are
practically the same Iules now In
tOrce in the Hood River valley. Wen.
atchee, Southern Oregon, Wslla Wails
and Yakima we're represented on the
committee. Mr.. Sproat will present
the rules to the directors OF the
Union here at their meeting Satur
day and it 10 expected that they will
adopt them. The rules call for three
grades, extra Fancy, "Choice"
and "Orohard Rum. The new Ex
ira Fancy" grade corresponds to the
Clancy" now shipped from Hood
River, and the other grades are the
same as are now shipped tiom here,
The committee was continued to per
feet the rules, print and distribute
them. They will also exert their
forts to have the standard apple box
OF the northwest growers substituted
for the box called for in the Lafean
bill.