Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-05-21
SPOKANE APPLE SHOW. q

Apple Show. Inc. that the prize
winning fruit of the third annual ex-
pos ton in Spokane, next November.
and district and general displays from
shington, Oregon. Idaho a
Montana will be sent to Chicago
for exploitation purposes in First Re
giment armory during the week of
the In Q national Livestock Exhibit
ion.
The Chicaco pan involves an ex-
penditure Of $4,000 exclusive of
tie cost of the Spokane show, which
Is estimated at $4,000. Officials oil
ranscontine ntal railroads nteere sted
in the development of the North
western states have guaranteed
a large proportion Of the fund
the first named exhibition and the
various fruit districts in the four
states are depended upon for $40
600 by the taking space for display
purposes at Chicago. No charge W
be made for entries or exhibitlo
space at the Spokane show. whicl
Is open to the world.
The general exhibits will be trans
ported from Spokane to Chicago free
Of expense to the growers and, in
addition, the management of the Ma
tional Apple Show will move at least
six prize winning carloads, also the
winners in the 10-box, five-box, sin
gle box and special display contests
thus making an exhibition of apples
that will attract wide attention to
the fruit districts in the orthwest,
as well as exploit their products.
Each district will have one or more
representatives in charge to distri-
butte literature and give out informa-
ton.
Space for district exhibits at Chi
cago has been engaged by the Com
mercial Club and Apple Growers
Union, Hood River, Ore; CONNER
cial Club, Wenatchee, Wash; North
Central Washington Developn Il
League, Commercial Club and Fruit
Growers Union, Walla Walla; Cham
Der of Commerce. Ellensburg, Wash;
Latah County Fruit Growers Union,
Idaho; Chamber of Commerce, Mis-
soula, Mont; commercial clubs 0
Stevens county, Wash; Commercial
Club, Medford, Ore; Commercial
Club and Fruit Growers Union, North
Yakima, Wash; Commercial Club
Lewiston, Idaho; Sunny side, zillih
and Spokane Valley Fruit Growers
associations and the Sutherlin Devel-
opment League. Oregon.
The decision of the trustees of the
show to eliminate orchard land com
panies from making the Chicago show
a vehicle for private advertising, has
met with general approval and the
companies are assisting the various
growers associations by contributing
to the expense funds. They realize
that the movement will encourage
emigration and their investments are
thus Is bound to be of great benefit
to every line of trade in the north
western states.
Representative Committees have
been appointed in several districts
to secure pledges of the fruit re-
quired to make the exhibits, also to
handle financial matters and see
that the fruit is properly assem-
bled and placed ON exhibition in the
best possible condition in Spokane
and Chicago Commercial clubs have
been active In cooperating with the
fruit growers associations General
ly, the rental charge for the dis.
trict displays at Chicago has been
taken up by the commercial clubs,
the growers pledging sufficient fruit
for the exhibits.
Rem H. Rice, secretary and man
agef Of hte show, is arranging for
tour Of Montana and southern Idaho
to interest fruit growers there in the
Chicago show. He has already visi-
ted many of the principal apple dis
tricts In Idaho, Washington and Or
egon, where, he says, the prospects
were never better for enormous yield
of fruit. Thousands of acres of new
orchards will come into bearing this
season." he added, land, judging from
the bloom-laden branches, the young
trees will give satisfactory results.
When the plan of moving the