The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-05-20
TO ADVERTISE OUR FRUIT

Spokane, Wash, May 18-Oficial
announcement is made by the board
of trustees of educational Apple Show
Inc, that the prize winning fruit of
the third annual exposition in Spok-
ane, next November, and district and
general displays from Washington,
Oregon, Idaho and Montana will be
sent to Chicago for exploitation pur-
poses in First Regiment armory dur
ing the week of the International
Livestock exhibition. -.
The Chicago plan, involves an ex-
penditure of $35, 900, exclusive of the
cost of the Spokane show, which is
estimated at $4,000. Officials of
transcontinental railroads interested
in the development of the Northwest
ern states have guaranteed large
proportion of the fund for the first
named exhibition and the various
fruit districts in the four states are
depended upon for $4,000 by taking
space for display purposes at Chicago.
No charge will be made or entries or
exhibition space at the Spokane show,
which is open to the world.
The general exhibits will be trans
ported from Spokane to Chicago free
of expense to the growers and, in ad-
dition, the management of the Ma
tional Apple show will move at least
six prize winning carloads, also the
winners in the 10-box, 5-box, single
box and special display contests thus
making an exhibition of apples that
will attract wide attention to the
fruit districts in the northwest as well
as exploit their products. Each dis
trict will have one or more represent
atives in charge to distribute litera-
ture and give out information.
Space for district exhibits at Chi
cago has been engaged by the Cor
mercial club and Apple Growers I'm
ion, Hood river, Ore; Commercial
club, Wenatchee, Wash; North Cen
trail Washington Development League
Union, Walla Walla; Chamber of
Commerce, Ellenburg, Wash; Latah
County Fruit Growers Union, Idaho I;
Chamber of Commerce Missoula
Mont; Commercial clubs of Stevens
county Wash; Commercial club.
Medord, Ore. Commercial club and
Fruit Growers Union, North Yakima,
Wash; Commercial club, Lewiston
Idaho; Sunnyside Zillah and Spokane
Valley Fruit Growers associations
and the Sutherlin Development
League, Oregon.
The decision of the trustees of the
show to eliminate orchard land COM
panies from making the Chicago show
vehicle for private advertising, has
met with general approval and the
companies are assisting the various
commercial organizations and fruit
growers associations by contributing
! to the expense funds. They realize
that the movement will encourage
emigration and investments and thus
is bound to be of great benefit to
every line of trade in the northwest
ern states.
Representative committees have
been appointed in several districts
to secure pledges of the fruit requir-
ed to make the exhibits, also to
handle financial matters and see that
the fruit is properly assembled and
placed on exhibition in the best pos
sible condition in Spokane and Chi
cago. Commercial clubs have been
active in cooperating with the fruit
growers associations. Generally, the
rental charge for the district dis
plays at Chicago has been taken up
| by the commercial clubs, the grow
ers pledging sufficient fruit for the
exhibits.
Rem H. Rice, secretary and man