The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-11-04
APPLE FAIR WAS
A Big SUCCESS
EXCELLENT PACK IS A FEATURE
500 Boxes Of The Worlds Finest
Apples Are Seen by Large
Crowds

public the finest display of apples
t hat has ever been seen any place.
Fhe show this year, while 1t was not
quite 30 large In the point of hunters
of apples displayed, improved wher-
ever possible in the quantity OF fruit
and the most important and notable
gain in the show was in the matter of
packing the apples. The pack Of the
apples this year was far and away the
best that has ever been seen in this
valley, which means that it is the
nearest pack yet reached for the Hood
River packers are noted the world
over as the most scientific fruit hand
lers.
The opera house and the annex to
it we're filled to capacity with the fine
apples and on Saturday, which was
Portland and The Dalles day at the
fair, there was hardly breathing space
for the many visitors who thronged
the hall all day. The building was
tastefully decorated with the fair
coloIs, red and green, but of the
thousands who saw the show, took
any heed of these decorations when
they could look upon the rich shin
ing red OF the SpitZen bergs and the
polished green of the Newtowns. The
person unacoustomed to seeing the
perfect products of the Hood River
orchards went through the displays
In continual state of astonIshment
at the wonders which had been work
ed, from the little wine oolored crab
apples which shown almost like rubies
In the bright electric light to the big
Gloria Mundi, exihited by j. A.
Wuest, which tipped the scales at 80
ounces and broke records tor size.
Thursday and Friday the weather
was unfavorable to the fair and the
crowds did not come in as large
nun bars as would probably have been
the case with good weather. How
ever Saturday morning promised fah
weather and with the special trains
which ran into town from both dill
ections by and by, shortly afternoon
the streets, exhibits and amusements
places we're filed to OveIflowlng.
The special from Portland bearing 500
visitors whose comfort was especially
looked after, by pas enger agents. Nc
Murray and O'Neill, of the o. K. q
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in. time to see the big balloon with its
parachute leaper come down on the
hill east of town The Dalles crowd
arrived on the special from that city
shortly afternoon and numbered about
800 people.
The exhibits at the fair were sur
prising in their approach to pertec
tion aud the persons in charge of
each exhibit stood by ever ready with
soft cloth to brush away the little
PARTICLES of dust which might mar the
glossy polish which had been given
the apples. Besides the local growers
who competed for the prizes offered
by the association and by Steinhardt
& Kelley, the nearby districts which
are becoming famous we're represent
ed by excellent displays. Moiser
sent the largest exhibit which was
shown by the out side districts and
considering the small number OF
acres which are In orchard in that
locality the exhibition was most
creditable one. The Moiser people
exhibit was in charge OF A. p. Bate
ham, who is to be one of the judges
at the Spokane apple show, This eX
hibit showed some unusally large
apples of the standard varieties. The
Underwood Improvement Club sent
A plate exhibit OF the best apples
from the White Salmon valley and
displayed number of prizes which
their excellent fruit has just gained.
II. j. Clarke, who had charge OF the
Klickitat county exhibits which won
enormous prizes at the A.Y-P- eX-
position, was on hand with some fine
plate displays and several boxes OF
fancy apples Among the attractive
features of the Lyle exhibit we're some
very fine specimens of the Gloria
Mundi.
The upper valley was represented
by bigger and BETTER display than
it as been able to put out before and
il was dem monstrated that they could
raise particularly fine grade of
apples in that new and growing dis.
trict. N. q. Evans had fine display
of fancy apples from his river farm
but he did not enter In the cOmpeti-
tion for the prizes. One of the most
int eresting features of the fair to
strangers, were the mammoth Wolf
K yer exhibit OF Noah Bone. He sold
large numbers OF these apples for 80
cents apiece.
The ladies were represented with
their needlework, cooking and paint
ing exhibits ou the stage of the opera
house and here chairs we're provided
which made it a very attractive place
for the ladies who visited the fair and
wished few minutes rest after the
strenuous sight seeing of the tair. The
exhibits in this department we're es-
pecially credItable and the ladies
deserve much praise for the attractive
displays.
The Hood River Apple Vinegar
company was on hand at the falT with
handsome booth where a couple of
young ladies we're on hand constantly
to quench the thirst Of the multi
tudes, with their famous sweet cider.
| Many of the visitors took ad 'Antage
of the opportunity to get a taste of
the best OF apple cider as WAS shown
by the fact that during the three days
of the fsir, 1900 glasses OF cider were
given away at the booth.
Prof II. h. Van Deman, apple ex-
pert who judged the exhibits at the
fair was up against the hardest task oi
his life and acknowledged it. lie
announced when he first saw the ex.
hibits that he would have to split
hairs to decide the winners, but he.
fore he had gone very far be said,
that the splitting process WAS follow
ed by qusrtering. Prof Van Demau
had charge of judging the display'
and was assisted by Mr.. Bateham,
OF M osier, who acted as judge on the
point of pack.
The awards OF silver cups were
made as follows:
Best general display-F. g. Deth
man, first Miss A, M. Spring, second
T Best five boxes-A. Hukari, first
f Van Vorhis. second.