The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-11-25
PRIZES At NATIONAL
APPLE SHOW
: 3. sPRoAT OF HOOD RIVER
WINS swEEPsTAkE OF
$1,000.

4 scored ss7 Points in Possible 1000 on
| Car Of spitzenbergs Wenatchee
Orchard Gets Second Place Next
Apple Show to Be in Permanent
| Coliseum.
Spokane, Nov. 21.-C. II. Sproat Of
Hood River, Ore, became worlds
champion when he won the sweep
stake of 81 900 and gold medal ban
ner at the third National Apple show
in Spokane. He scored 997 points out
of a possible 1000 in car OF Spitzen-
burg apples, the highest mark ever
made in a competitive exposition on
fruit grown in single orchard. He
also won a prize of $3.50 on variety.
Human and Grady of Wenatchee,
Wash, were second in both events,
taking purses of $500 in gold.
Chahles Mason Of Spokane won the
/ worlds championship in an apple
| packing contest against field of As
entrants. He scored 1878 of possible
400 points, packing four commercial
boxes of a bushel each within the time
limit of 80 minutes, which is regarded
as a record. The apples were graded
| by the packer from heap containing
six bushels, wrapped separately in pa
per and packed in boxes holding from
80 to 165 apples each. w. L. Ores
bach of Mosier, Ore, was second with
$40, and C.. L. Green of Wenatchee,
Wash, third with 1862 points. Expert
packers were judges.
i Prof. H. E. Van Deman of Washing
ton, D. c., head of the board of FIVE
! judges, also announces these class win.
ners:
Winesap-H. M. Gilbert, North va
kima. first, $3.50, 967 points; o. G.
France, Cashmere. Wash, second,
500, 1927.
Rome Beauty-R. p. Wright, Che
Ian, Wash, first, $3.50, S79; J. Howard
Wright, North Yakima, Wash, second,
500, S77.7.
Wagener-Spokane Valley Irrigated
Land Company, Spokane, Wash, first.
$3.50, 918.5; no second.
Jonathan. T. Baird, Mabton,
Wash, first $3.50, $685.; no second.
Yellow Newtown Pippin-Avery
Bros, Hood River, Ore, first, $3.50,
/ 1881; A. D. Helms, Ashland, Ore, Sec
j ond. 500, 1887; T. D. Bradford, Byron,
/ Wash, 945.6.
Nineteen cars, including four mixed
cars. were entered in the variety and
sweepstake contests. Six of the prize
winners and the championship car, SO
district displays from Washington.
Oergon, Idaho, Montana, California
and British Columbia and winners in
the commercial classes will be exhibit
ed in the First Regiment Armory, Chi
cago. the week of November %.
LORI and Ball of Methow, Wash,
won $25 for the largest perfect apple.
B. M. Chapman OF Cashmere, Wash,
was second. F. L. Post of Chelan,
Wash, won first prize for so largest
apples, showing pyramid weighing
/
Ball were second with pile Of so
weighing 70 pounds and IL ounces.
These are the largest apples ever ex-
hibited anywhere.
The Lyle Business Mems Associa-
ton of Lyle, Wash, won the first prize
for the best commercial display from a
non-irrigated district, Spokane county
being second. The latter lost the first
place by wrong classification on three
varieties of apples. The Commercial
Club OF Walla Walla, Wash, won the
first honors for irrigated districts,
Cashmere, Wash, being second. There
were 80 other exhibits in this class.
The Commercial Club of Ellens-
burg, Wash, won the first prize and q
gold medal banner for the most artis-
| tic display, r. H. Fortune of Salmon
Arm, B. c., being second.
The management awarded total OF
$40 900 in prizes and premiums in the
various contests, which ranged from
full cars to single apples. There were
5000 entries, total OF more than g.
900 900 apples. The exposition was
highly successful in every way and
will be repeated on "a larger scale in
/ 1911.
Howard Elliott Of st. Paul, head OF
| the Northern Pacific Railway Com
pany. will be reelected president at
! the annual meeting in January, and
Rem H. Rice will remain as secretary
and manager. A coliseum to cost $780,
600 will be erected to house the next
show.
Spokane, Wash, Nov. 21.-E. 3.
fCartier Van Dissel. second vice presi.l
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