The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-12-09
HOOD RIVER
Wins AS USUAL
OVER HALF THE APPLE PRIZES
Hood River Valley Also Wins Pears
At The State Horticultural
Exhibit.


nearly two.thirds of the apple prizes
offered at the State HotI icultural
Society meeting now in Portland and
cleaned up the same portion of the
pear prizes. The local exhibitors
won the prizes In practically every
class which they entered and 1t was
only In few varieties which Hood
River did not exhibit that the other
districts had clear sailing. All the
old officers Of the society we're re.
elected. w. B. Glafke and Mark
Levy, of Portland were the judges of
the exhibits.
The prizee awarded to Hood River
we're as follows:
Best county exhibit of 10 boxes
First j. L. Carter; second, b. Il.
Van Voohis.
Best box OF Spitzenhergs from Hood
River-F. &. Dethman.
Best single boxes Yellow Newtowns,
u. z. Naumes; Spitzenergs, Peter
Mohr; Baldwins, j. l.. Carter; AR.
kansas Blacks, Lawrence Il Smith;
Winesaps, l.. Il. Clark; Ortieys, L.
h. Clark.
Best Plates, Yellow Newtowns, L.
h. Clark; Spitzen bergs, l.. Il. CLARK,
Jonathans, J. l.. Carter; Arkansas
Blacks, j. l.. Carter; Red Cheek Pip
pins, l.. Il. Clark.
Best collection of apples on plates
j. l.. Carter.
Best box five boxes apples-J. L.
Carter.
Best box Spitzen bergs-J. L. Garter.
Best three boxes of apples from
Hood River oounty-F. l.. Davidson.
Best five boxes Spitzentergs-F. G.
Dethman.
Best two boxes Newtowns-J. l..
Garter.
Best box Red Cheek Pippins-J.
L.. Carter.
Best three boxes Ortleys- Peter
Mohr.
Best box Baldwins from east of the
Cascades-F. q. Dethmsn.
Best tox Wagners-John Hakel.
Best boX Newtowns from east of the
Cascades--J. l.. Carter.
Best box Delicious apples--F. Nj.
j Jackson.
Best box D'Anjou pears-J. L.
Carter.
Best plate D'Anjous-J. l.. Carter.
b. l.. Howe, of Mosier, won the
prize tor the best five boxes OF Spit
zen bergs from Wasco county.
An address was delivered Wednesday
morning by A. |. Mason, of Hood
River, on The Improvement OF
Rural Conditions. In speaking Of
the things which should be done to
improve rural conditions, Mr.. Mason
used three topics what the national
government should do, what the state
and local government should do and
what the farmer should do, what the
state and local government should
do, and what the farmers should do
Individually and collectively. Great
est stress was put on the benefits to
be derived flom good roads and Mr..
Mason advocated national Public
Highway Bureau, to Ee establish
by congress. In speaking of a parcels
posts he said
81 would ask of our federal govern.
ment, in order to improve rural con.
ditions would be to give us parcels
post delivery on all rural mail routes.
believe the least Objectionable Par.
cells Post bill, thus far proposed, is
the one changing our postal laws,
80 that package, not exceeding
eleven pounds, will be delivered TOR
twelve cents per pound, to any part
of the United States, and a package
Of the same weight mailed from a
post office on rural route, shall be
charged, at the rate of five cents, for
the tiIst pound, and two cents for
each additional pound; or twenty
five cents for package Weighing
eleven pounds. Ibis would give our
local merchants an advantage, on
an eleven pound package, of a dollar
and seven cents, over the mail order
houses.
Mr.. Mason would have the rural
mail carrier paid higher salaries and
would have national Health Bureau
established which would use scientific
methods OF research In protecting the
human beings as have the government
bureaus having to do with crops aud
live stock. lie spoke Of the effect OF
regulation tor the railroads and
trusts upon the farmers. In discuss.
Ing the relation of the state and local
government to the good roads move
ment, Mr.. Mason said:
Zone OF the blacklist spots, upon
the legislative history of Oregon, is
the failure of our legislatures, since
the organization Of our state, to give
us a road law, that will make it posi-.
BILE for rural district tU successfully
build permanent macadam road.
Under our present law, only densely
populated districts. like Mnltnomah
County, can hope to raise sufficient
road taxes to build permanent roads,
as they should be built.
When our last legislature chopped
to pieces, and finally killed the John
son Good Road bill, without offering
any substitute to relieve the oppress.
cd rural conditions OF our state, they
did, what consider, to say at least,
an ineXcusable act "
Mr.. Mason urged the raising of
the standards OF the rural schools to
those of the cities and town.
In telling the farmers what they
should do to help themselves the
speaker said
"rhe first thing we should do, is
to get together and stop fighting each
other. Did you ever know of a sue
cessful Commercial Club that ever
obtained anything by lighting each
other? Did you ever stop working
along enough to figure ont why our
Nation and State has done so much
toward improving our rivers and
harbors and have neglected the farm
er's impossible roadsY can tell you
why. The business men of every
progressive city or town are organized
and have their Commercial aud push
Clubs. They make our lawmakers
and politicians realize that they are u
power. While we poor farmers are
jealous and suspicious of each other,
have no business clubs, have no pol
itioal power to hold over our law
makers and In short, we have neglect
ed TO cooperate with each other fer so