The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-12-15

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the Land Show until they had settled
the date for the Apple Show at Spo-
kane, and then they knew very well
what date the apple show was likely to
be in Chicago. II this show had been
extended another week, the Land
Show would have been extended for
one more week also.
However, the exhibitors were salts
fled, as during the last five days there
was large attendance and that is
what they were there for, to show
their fruit to possible consumers, in
vestors and homeseekers.
The main entrance to the Apple
Show was really that from the alley
for the reason that the carlines ran up
and down Wabash Avenue and not
through Michigan Avenue and as the
Land Show was on Wabash Avenue
people would walk one block to the
entrance of the Apple Show, which
was a vacant lot covered with sawdust
leading to the Alley entrance of the
First Regiment Armory.
Right at the entrance was the Hood
River district display, which consisted
of 200 boxes of prize winning Yellow
Newtowns grown by Avery Bros. of
Hood River, decorated with splendid
blue ribbon banner and prize silver
plate given by Garcia Jacobs of Liver
pool and Glasgow, and the cup given
by the Portland Commercial Club for
the ten best Oregon grown apples.
1t made in all a very beautiful ex-
hibit and was at the same time the in
formation bureau of the Hood River
district where J. c. Skinner, Cutler
Bros. and r. W. Ordway were kept
busy all day answering questions to
the many interested and prospective
land buyers.
The next great sight on entering
was the Hood River car of Spit2en.
bergs, which ran from one end of the
hall to the other, decorated with pale
blue silk, two splendid banners and a
prize cup and bearing a sign running
the full length at the top of the car.
announcing that this car won the
sweepstake prize at Spokane over all
other cars entered. This was a mag
nificent sight and was one of the most
admired exhibits in the show. J. c.
Skinner deserves great credit for the
splendid work he has been doing, not
only in Chicago but in other places in
the East.
The district displays were more or
less the same as had been seen in Spo-
kane, the same apples and decorations
being used, but as this was the cream
of the show from Spokane and in u
more condensed space, the exhibit was
far greater lesson to visitors in gen.
eraI, as, being prize winning cars,
they showed the right kind OF packing
and general appearance.
believe that during the last five
days an average of 10000 to 5000
people visited the show daily and the
class of people who came to view these
exhibits was quite different from the
general run of people at the Land
Show. The former looked like busi-
ness men, professional men and indeed
a very intelligent class of people a.G
they are the ones we want. So despite
all the little unpleasant things that
the Northwest had to put up with in
Chicago, | believe that the Show just
held there is going to be of great
value for years to come not only, as
an advertisement for the Northwest
but it will bring about greater con-
sumption of our annually increasing
supply of apples.
On the other fact which should like
to bring out, is this. Al the Land
Show were many exhibits of apples
that were grown in different districts
of the Northwest, but were not exhib-
tied under the right name. They were
bought from commission men on South
Water street. 1t is their business to
sell apples and they did not catch on
for what purpose these apples were
bought. OF course it is difficult a
thing to control, as it is simple mat
ter to buy apples, take them out of
their boxes and exhibit them under
different label, and it would be almost
impossible to prove that they were not
apples grown in that district.
In conclusion, | wish to say that the
Northwest will do better at all times
to make its own exhibit, and an ex-
hibit like that at the Apple Show out
there IS far better than land show
which is from all over the United
States, and there should be means of
getting yearly such an exhibit to Chi
cago and some other cities of the East,
where thee are still millions of people
to be reached
Manager Ren Rice and August Wolf,
publicity manager of the Apple Show.
cannot be given enough credit for the
splendid manner in which the shows at
Spokane and Chicago were run, and
we give congratulations to the wonder.
full success of these shows and may
these shows continue to be as broad
and successful for years to come.