The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-11-24
SPROAT WINS
SWEEPSTAKES
HOOD RIVER NEWTOWNS ALSO WIN
SpitzenbursS of Hood River Best
Apples on Earth With Score
OF 997 Out of 1000.

The 81 told you so" man certainly
has chance to talk since apples from
the Hood River valley swept every
thing they went after in the Spokane
National Apple Show last week and
won the grand sweepstakes prize, the
only time Hood River has ever entered
carload exhibit in the Spokane show.
J The carload of Spitzenburgs exhibit
ed by Charles II. Sproat, from his
orchard on the east side, won the
Grand Sweepstakes prize, including a
| cash premium of $l250. cups, banners
and other prizes. The apples were
scored 997 by the judges which is more
nearly perfect score than has ever
before been attained by any carload of
apples. Last year the Rogue River
Spitzenburgs took the Spokane Sweep
stakes with a score of 92S.
The Yellow. Newtown carload en-
tered from the Eggermont orchard of
Avery Bros, took the first prize in the
NewtoWn class and was given third
place in the Sweepstakes, a car of
Spit2 from Wenatchee taking second.
The score of the Avery car was 1888
and the cash prize received by them
was $3.50.
There were l9 carloads entered in
the Sweepstakes this year and Hood
River demonstrated to the other dis
tricts that her claims for superiority
were well founded by carrying off
everything in sight and making scores
which were pretty nearly perfect.
The competition was keener this year
than ever before as the other districts
put out better displays and the task of
the judges was a difficult one.
In judging the carloads it was
necessary to go over them several
times and the judges even resorted to
the use of magnifying galsses in eX-
amining the apples. The boxes were
taken to pieces and each apple of the
pack carefully looked over. One tiny
little worm home in one of the Sproat
Spitzenburgs which a judge found in
the blossom end of the apple concealed
except to the magnifying glass was the
cause of considerable reduction to the
score. The hole was so small that
it is probable the worm hatChed out
after the apples were packed a month
ago.
Too much credit cannot be given to
the various Hood River people who
aided the exhibitors in getting the car
load displays on at the show in the best
fashion. f. H. Shepard and Ernest
&. Smith had general supervision of
the Hood River representation at the
show. Roy Dean was there to look
after the electrical effects. The sweep
stakes car was packed by Ralph Ord
way, Jack Robinson and Walter +.
| Dabney and the two first named were
in Spokane to arrange the display.
Mr.. Ordway has gone on back to Chi
cago with the car to put it on display
in the Apple Show there next week.
| The Newtown ear was packed by
Frank Cutler, William Metcalf, How
ard Shoemaker. James Wickham and
| Ashley Miller. The three first named
were in Spokane to put the display on
there.
Hood River, according to the re-
ports from Spokane, made distinctly
the best impression of any district
there. Visitors walked among the
exhibits and would remark, "Well,
Hood River is certainly here right this
time" The'Hood River district display
was injured in shipping so that it
cuold not be used and the space was
given over to 80 boxes which were
left over from the carloads. While it
did not fill the space which in was in
tended for 2l0 boxes the exhibit was
very creditable.
Following are two paragraphs clipped
from the Spokesman-Review notes on
the show:
C. H. Sproat of the Eldorado Or
chards, of Hood River, was a pleased
man Tuesday when he heard judge
announce: "This is the second perfect
box, all the way through, that we
have run across in the two days we
have been working" The box was
taken from the carload exhibit of Hood
River apples.
Frank and Asa Cutler of Hood
River, were greatly interested in the
carload exhibits from that place, as
they helped pack the boxes on display.
I'VE will probably go to Chicago
alongEwith the apples" said Frank
Cutler, "and visit our old home in
Illinois. The packing in this exhibit
attracted great amount Of favorable
comment.
The packing contest was consider
able of a farce according to the
packers who entered form here, as il
was rather a speed contest than one of
to show skill in grading and sizing.
1t was won by Charles Mason, Of Spo-
kane. Mason packed apples in Hood
River last year.
Hood River turned out Saturday
morning to meet the returning delega-
tion and let out little enthusiasm.
Cannon crackers, locomotive whistles
the fire bell and other noise making
machinery was turned loose and the
passengers on the through trains were
startled.
The carload winning the sweep
stakes prize was taken on back to Chi
cago, where it will be exhibited in the
Coliseum next week and 200 boxes of
the Avery Newtowns will make up the
Hood River district display there.
Scertary j. G. Skinner, of the Com
mercial Club, who has been in the east
for several weeks, is now IN Chicago
and will have charge of the exhibits.