The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-11-03
SPOKANE CARS
BEING PACKED
OUR MINNEAPOLIS DISPLAY BEST
Hood River Apple Day Success in Portland
Store Carload Exhibit for
Indianapolis.

| Hood Rivers mammoth publicity
campaign in the way of showing her
apples this fall to the people of the
outside world is being marked with
great success so far and the prepara-
tions for the coming exhibits are sure
to bring added glory to the valley
This week has been mighty busy
time for the persons in charge of the
packing of the carload displays, of
Spitzenburgs land Newtowns which are
being entered at Spokane for the
Sweepstakes prize. The greatest care
is being used to make the pack the
best that has ever been put up and as
far as the fruit is concerned it is the
same perfect product which has made
Hood Rivers fame.
At the C. Ii. Sproat orchard Ralph
| Ordway, Jack Robinson and Walter
Dabney are packing the Spitzenburgs
while at Eggermont orchard the
Newtown carload for Spokane is being
packed by Frank Cutler, Will Metcalf,
James Wickham and Ashley Miller,
under the supervision of G. Il. Cast
ner. The apples are beingspacked with
the top layer unwrapped and the
bottom layers wrapped. The method
employed is to pack the top layer in
first and then finish the box. After it
is nailed up the lid is removed from
| the top layer in order to inspect the
face of the box as it will appear at the
show. This scheme enables the pack
ers to keep a double check on their
work. When the boxes are unpacked
at Spokane they will be gone over
| again by the packers who will accom-
pany their exhibits in order to remove
any apples which may be injured in
shipping.
The Hood River district display
which will be entered at Spokane is an
advertisement and taken on to Chi
| cago, not to compete for a prize but to
show the different varieties, has been
packed this week. 1t consists OF 2l0
boxes, 20 Newtowns, 70 Spitzenburgs,
35 Ortleys and 35 Arkansas Blacks.
The Commercial Club has reserved the
space in which this display will be
shown and the fruit is being furnished
by the Apple Growers Union.
The Spokane show opens Monday,
November Ia, ara many Hood River
people are planning to take in the ex-
hibition. f. II. Shepard will go up
several days ahead OF time to superin-
tend arranging the display and the
packers who are putting up the car
loads will go up TO look alter them.
The two cars entered for the Sweep
stakes will leave hele Saturday and
the district exhibit ear will be sent
Monday. There will be plenty of
room in this car to carry the box dis
plays which Hood River growers in
tend to enter aud all growers are
urged TO get their exhibits to the
Union warehouse by Monday in time
to go with this car.
So far, only very brief reports have
been had from Secretary j. G. Skin
ner, of the Commercial Club, who is in
Minneapolis this week putting on a
Hood River display at the Donaldson
Fruit Show. Two kilograms have been
received from him. The first stated
that he would be busy for two days
and nights arranging the display and
the second which was received by
Manager Sproat, Of the Apple Growers
Union, was. sent after the apples were
in place Secretary Skinner wired
that the display from here made by far
the most beautiful showing at the
Minneapolis exhibit and said the peo-
pie were very enthusiastic about the
Hood River apples. He told Manager
Sproat that everybody was anxious to
get some of the fine apples and that
he had taken orders for nearly car
load of fancy Spitzenburgs.
The exhibit for Council Bluffs has
been called off and Secretary Skinner
will go to Philadelphia from Minnea-
polls to put on a carload exhibit there
during th3 week following November
81. From there he goes to Chicago.
Arrangements are being made for
the exhibit of carload of Hood River
apples at indianapolis ard Secretary
Skinner will probably be in that city
for few days during his eastern trip.
Ray Scott, who recently bought the
Edwards ranch on the east side, is
arranging to take care of the Indian
apols display, the dates of which have
not yet been settled.
Hood River Apple Day, Tuesday, at
the store of 0ds, Workman Il King,
in Portland, was big success. Over
20, 600 apples were given away ready
for mailing and the crowds which
thronged the store to get sample of
the Hood River product to mail to
their distant friends was immense.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest c. Smith and
Mrs. A. j. Derby were there to repre-
sent the Commercial Club and they
gave out trunk full of literature TO
people who were interested in Hood
River. Mr.. Smith SAID:
'The crowds were so great that
nearly all the apples were given away
by one o'clock in the afternoon.
Nearly everybody bought stamps and
mailed them on the spot, sending them
to every state in the Union and to
many foreign countries. AT one time
they were lined up, four abreast, for
solid block to receive the priced
apples. -