The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-06-16
FELLOWSHIP TO
BE ESTABLISHED
WHIRLWlND CANVASS TOMORROW
Plan to Hire Expert for Hood River Or
Chard Problems, Assessing Cost
Against Members Acres.

! The committee recently appointed to
outline a plan for the organization of
the Hood River Apple Growers Fellow
ship met Saturday and drew up articles
of association, a set of bylaws for
the government of the association.
The committee has appointed ten
canVassing committee to cover the
valley, divided into ten districts, and
they will make visit to every grower
in the valley asking him to become a
member. Following this, when it is
expected to secure a great majority
of the apple growers of the valley,
the first annual meeting of the asocia-
tion will be held in this city next Tues
day. The committee, of which p. s.
| Davidson is chairman and A. W.
Peters, secretary, hope to get the mem
bership which will be secured tomor-
row, to attend the meeting, effect
| permanent organization, adopting by
laws and electing permanent officers.
The articles of association which the
growers will be asked to sign by the
| canvassing committee which will com
menCe work to morrow, are as follows;
"Know all men by these presents,
That we, the Undersigned, do hereby
make and execute the following
Articles of Agreement:
81. The name by which this organiza-
ton shall be known is the Hood River
Apple Growers Fellowship.
''2. The objects for which this
Association is formed, is for the pur-
nF TON
specialist for research work in Hood
River County, for the purpose of
study ng prevalent tree diseases, such
as winter killing and such other
orchard problems as this association
sees fit to take up, with the views of
bettering orchardng conditions in
Ho d River County.
Ghls work is to be carried on under
the supervision of Board of Trustees
elected by this Association. The
principal office of this Association
shall be at Hood River, Oregon.
"The control of this Association
shall be vested in board of eleven
trustees to be elected by the members
of this Association from among their
members.
''In order to provide the funds that
will be necessary to carry on the work
of this Association, we, the under
signed, agree to pay the sum each
year, not to exceed one dollar per
acre for each and every acre owned
by US, at the time of the annual meet
ing, that is set in fruit trees during
the life of this Association, and to pay
the same in the manner following:
"(a) One dollar to be paid upon the
signing of this agreement, and the
balance to be paid at such times and
in such a manner as the body in control
of this Associations may deem neces-
sary provided that not more than one
fourth of each members assessment
can be called for at one time.
"(b) 1t being agreed that only such
proportion of the said one dollar per
acre per year will be asked for, as
may be needed for the defraying of
necessary expense Of this Association.
"(c) This agreement to extend over
period of three years, beginning
with this present year, 1910. The
assessment to be made each year not
to exceed the one dollar per acre per
year. "
The bylaws which have been
drafted by the committee and will be
submitted to the meeting of the
growers Tuesday provide for the
election of the II trustees for the
association from among its members
tor term of one year at the annual
meetings. The trustees will have full
charge and control of the business of
the association with power to levy and
collect assessments to employ and dis
charge experts to carry on the work
of the association to pay all employees
for services, all bills and expenses
that maybe incurred in carrying on the
| work of the association and to enter
into agreement with the Agricultural
College or such other organizations
and carry them out for the best in
terests of the association.
The offices of the association are to
be a president, vice-president, and
secretary y-treasurer to be selected by
the trustees from their number. The
trustees are to choose three of their
number to act as an executive com
mittee to superintend the work of the
association. The trustees will have
power to call meetings at any time
they deem fit by giving not less than
ten days notice and they must call
meetings whenever requested cy two
thirds of the membership of the as
sociation. They are to be given power
to make rules for the guidance of the
officers and the management of the
affairs of the association.
The trustees shall cause complete
record of their meetings, acts and the
proceedings of the association meet
ings and shall make at each annual
meeting full statement, showing the
work carried on by th9 association and
the condition of it's affairs. They
shall supervise the work of the officers
and require proper accounts to be kept
by the secretary-treasurer The reg
ular annual meeting is provided for
the third Tuesday in June of each
year, which for 1910 will be next Tues
day in Hood River. The trustees are
to be given power to fill vacancies on
their board and the bylaws may be
altered or amended by two-thirds
vote of the members present at a
meeting, annual or special, or by a
majority of the board of trustees.