The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-11-23
HOOD RIVER
STANDS FIRST
MANY VISITORS AT STATE SHOW
Hood Rivers Apples Eclipse All Others in
Beauty and Number Horticultural
Society HOnOrS Z. L. Smith.

Everybody that has visited Portland
this week has heard Of Hood River and
the wonder of the apples they produce
IN the valley. And Hood River people
have been IN the Rose City. crowds of
them, you met their smile on every
corner and caught gratifying express
sion OF their faces as they witnessed
the By, handsome display of the red
and yellow apples from the home val
ley in the Yeon building, the headauar-
ters Of the Oregon Apple Show.
Everybody, who saw the show. knew
at glance that the Hood Rivers!would
walk away with the honors, and truly
they did. The following is the list Of
the premiums awarded:
Ten boxes, collection of Baldwin.
Spiitzenberg and Newtowns. Won by
II. o. SeiveIkropp, Hood River.
Ten boxes, Spitzenberg-W Won by
John Weaver, Hood River.
Five boxes, not more than two boxes
each variety-Won by Lawrence Il
Smith, Hood River; F. Fenwick, Hood
River.
Three boxes Arkansas Blacks Won
by A. Hukari, Hood River.
Three boxes Northern Spy-Won by
9. j. ridcomb, Scappoose; B. Leis,
second.
Three boxes Rome Reautes Won by
Sears q Porter, Hood River.
Three boxes Spitzenbergs- by
A. Hukari. Hood River: Keck 4
Magee, Hood River, second.
Three boxes Yellow Newtowns Won
by &. |. Sargent, Hood River; Sears a
Porter, Hood River, second
Three boxes Ortleys Won by 0. II.
Ehrek, Hood River; Lawrence & Smith
Hood River, second.
One box Baldwins Won by Frank
Davidson, Hood River Oscar Wander
built, Hood River, second.
One box Spitzenberg-W by Keck
q Magee, Hood River: f. Fenwick.
Hood River, second
One box Jonathan Won by B. Leis,
Beaverton.
One box 0rtley Won by Lawrence
a Smith, Hood River; Sears & Porter,
Hood River, second.
One box Ben Davis--Won bv b.
Leis. Beaverton: f. Fenwick, Hood
River, second.
twenty-five boxes Newtown- Won
by Sears & Porter, Hood River: A.
Hukari, Hood River, second.
One box King Won by B. Leis,
Beaverton.
One box Northern Spy-Won by B.
Leis, Beaverton; Oscar VanderbuiIt,
Hood River, second.
One box Red-cheeek Pippin Won by
&. II. Shepard, Hood River; G. j. Sar-
gent, Hood River, second.
One box Vanderpool Red Won by
Il. q. Rumbaugh, Albany; d. w.
Rumbaugh, Albany, second.
One box Wagener- Won by Amos
Root, Mosier; H. G. Rumbaugh, AL
bany, second
One box Winesap Won by Albert
Livingstone, Portland; A. Hukari,
Hood River.
One box Winter Banana Won by c.
.. Carpenter, Hood River; Waiter
Bros, Hood River second.
One box Rome Beauty Won by Ed
kurtz, The Dalles; +. Fenwick, Hood
River, second.
One box Delicious Won by William
Olson, Husum, Wash. w. X. Me-
Cready, Hood River, second.
One box Ben Davis Won by b. Leis,
+. Fenwick, Hood River,
second.
One box Grimes Golden-Won by
Olson. Husum, Wash. u. S.
Clark, Lyle, Wash.
Numerous Hood River people Jour
neyed to the Oregon metropolis each
day to see the big show. More than
a dozen were on the early morning
local last Thursday. At this time +.
l.. Smith, who for number-of years
was president OF the Horticultural So
clety, went to Portland, to attend the
sessions of the organization for the
lay and to be present at the banquet,
which was given that evening at the
club in honor of himself
and Mr.. Cardwell. the latter of Port.
and. While visiting the exhibits in
Thursday morning, Mr.. Smith met
iipsy Smith, the noted religious ex-
lorter. The horticultural and the
preacher spent several minutes in in
.eresting conversation, telling each
1ther stories on the great family of
Smiths.
In speaking of the work of MIR.
Smith and what he has done for the
apple industry, Addison
Bennett has the following to say in the
"Our yearly apple show is over, the
annual meeting of the Oregon Horti-
cultural Society is something of the
last, and il may not be out of place to
,all attention TO some of the salient
features OF the apple display and the
ioings of the society.
GAS a matter of first Importance the
society elected four honorary members,
B. l.. Smith, of Hood River; H. b.
Miller and Henry f. Dosch, OF Port.
and, and Homer c. Atwell, of Forest
Grove, being the gentlemen so siguaily
"Giving the three latter gentlemen
Ill the praise that car be bestowed
lpon them for their intelligent and
almost incessant labor in the further
ng of apple culture and the packing
md marketing of the fruit, il is a fact
Known to every OregoBian that the
iame of Hood River" Smith will ever
tand out as one of the great factors
l. bringing the apple business of the
Vest up to its present high standard.
No man who has not followed the de-
'elopment of the Hood River region
loosely can appreciate the labors of
his eminent citizen, this magnificent
character, who has devoted SO many
'ears to all that goes to make the
Ipple business profitable. all that goes
oward placing Oregon in the very
orefront of all OF the apple-producing
ections of the world.
Mr.. Smith will say that he, of him
elf, could have done nothing. He will
ell you that it was the united effort of
many intelligent citizens of his beloved
lection, the indomitable labors of his
o-workers, that accomplished the ends
ought. For our beloved E. L. is not
me of those who takes upon himself
more than small share of all that has
,een accomplished. But the fact re-
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