The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-02-23

uerS. AS tUe leglSldllOn was meeting
at the same time and excursions were
going to the Citrus Fair all rooms in
both hotels and private houses were
occupied.
"Of the fruit jobbers, members from
all over the United States were in
attendance and it was certainly a very
enthusiastic meeting. Two men of the
Dept. of Agriculture. Prof. Powell and
another, were in attendance giving
talks on cold storage and shipping Of
fruit, and both E. ii. Shepard and
{. II. Sproat were on the program.
"A banquet was held Thursday night
at the Sacramento Hotel at which
about 1000 guests were seated, which
gives great credit to the hospitality of
the Californians. This banquet was
also good advertisement for the
many excellent wines produced in the
State of California. The menu was
the best the writer had ever seen.
1T was great change for me to
pass from the snow covered mountains,
with snow feet deep in places, and
arrive in Sacramento Valley and walk
along the beautiful streets lined with
different kinds Of palm trees and see
ing the oranges growing on the trees
in the gardens. There is probably no
state capital with such beautiful parks
as those in Sacramento, and to see
flower beds in full bloom at this season
OF the year was a revelation to one
coming from northern climate.
''Ihe Citrus Fair was held in the
Studebaker Building, the second and
third floors being entirely occupied
with the displays. Californans are
great on feature displays and there
were several exhibits of great interest.
Among them was a Dutch windmill
entirely covered with oranges from
Oroville; fine exhibit by Luther Bur
bank Of his cactii, plums, peaches and
small fruits, both in the green state
and put up in jars and some fine color
pictures of fruits that were out of
season at this time of the year. There
was one exhibit of the emblem of the
Western Fruit Jobbers made entirely
of oranges. 1t was a large box eX-
hlbit, probably carload, from the
Paiaro Valley (Watsonville) in charge
of Mr.. Redman, who short time ago
was visiting in Hood River. A small
exhibit from Grandview, Yakima Val
ley, caused a great deal of admiration
on account of the beauty of the apples.
From Proctorvile there was a very
unique exhibit taking the form of a
tt tlephone ana receiver, enlarged of
course, and covered with oranges and
surrounded entirely by exhibits of
oranges, grape fruit. lemons, etc.
Back of this phone was hidden a talk
ing machine and during the time of the
show this talking machine was keep
ing up a conversation through the
phone with imaginary fruit jobbers in
Proctorville. This was one of the
most effective advertising stunts the
writer has ever seen.
''The ceilings of both floors were
covered with grape leaves and dried
grapes were attached to the vines
Yellow tinted electric lights were
strung in all directions and the eff CT,
looking from one end down the room,
was really beautiful.
The attendance during the frst day
was rather small. This was probably
because of the sad death of Secretary
Wilmarth, due to an accident which oc-
Cured a few days before the opening
of the meeting. Towards the middle
Of the week, however, the crowds in
creased day by day, and the sight was
certainly worth the price of admission.
There were some fine exhibits of
wines. One winery had garden en-
tirely surrounded with fence over
which real grapes were growing, and
from post to post small shelves were
arranged, with exhibits of the different
kinds of wines this winery produced.
Back of this was an enclosure with
tables and seats where visitors could
go in and sample the different grape
Juices and wines--and of course attend.
ance here was good.
Next to this was a splendid exhibit
of olive oils and small bottles of olive
oils were presented to visitors and
ripe olives were served on request.
w. G. Palmer. of the Palmer Bucket
Co., of Hood River. had an interested
crowd continually watching the work
ing Of this bucket and as Mr.. Palmer
has probably best bucket on the mar
ket today he will probably do big busi
ness in California and wherever hC
goes. also had the pleasure of meet
ing Mrs. Entrican, of Hood River, wh(
| WAS visiting her home in Sacramento. ,