The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-04-11

WIN ELECTION
LARGE CROWD At UNION MEETING
Warm Debates Between Leaders of Fac.
tons SprOat Shows Pear PeOduc-
ton to Be on Increase.

tlOn 10 Be on Increase.
After the most hotly contested elec-
tIuu in the history of the Apple Grow
ers Union the 'Progressives carried
their straight ticket by a large vote
Saturday, The meeting was character
lied by the close alignment shown bv
the members for the two factions, that
supporting the policies of the old board
Of directors and those favorable &c a
change in policy, and the warm speech
es by the leaders of the two sides. The
newly elected board is composed Of /.
+. Clark, o. l.. Walters, W. b. Dicker-
son, Albert Sutton, DR. Stanton Allen.
+. G. Hutchinson, c. ". Hooker. |. E.
Ireland and John Mohr. The ticket of
the men supporting the old board was
made up Of g. A. McCurdy, v Win
chell, Oscar Vanderbilt, A. d. Ram
sew, c. R. Bone, c. c. CARPENTER J 7.
Gibbons, j. r. Shelton a c. ! ethman
The first matter of interest uuaCI
came betore.the meeting of growers,
which, with the exception of the mass
meeting, held in February to consider
the proposed Rogue River Plan, was
the argestsever convened here, was
the report of Manager c. H. Sproat.
The report was long and went very
much into detail as to what the Union
did last season and with suggestion for
the coming year.
The most salient parts are given in
extracts below;
.The volume of business for the
season Of 1911 was very much less
than that of the season Of 1910, owing
entirely TO the very much shorter crop
for the season of 1911, as compared
With that of the preceding year. The
total number Of crates Of Strawberries
handled this last season was %, 600,
cherries 726 boxes, peaches 559 boxes,
pears 1880 boxes, apples 1913. 3l5 boxes.
''The total humber of packages of
fruit handled in 1910 as 420, 600 We
do not look upon the growing of cher
ries and peaches in Hood River as a
| business of commercial Importance.
| First we have no carload lots of these
varieties of fruit ana consequently all
| business has to be done within express
| distance shipments, and therefore, we
! have no regular market for this class
of fruit, but have to catch them hap
! hazard as we can in our own immediate
vicinity, and our local markets are
generally flooded with this kind of
fruit from other sections and conse.
quently our growers of these varieties
are working at very great disadyan-
tage Fortunately, these crops are not
getting very much confederation from
our growers and we think thev alive
that they are not in class with the
growers of the same varieties of fruit
grown in other sections in carload lots.
''Relatve to pears, the production Is
gradually increasing The last season
was not a very favorable one in gen.
eral for pears, as the production OF
pears everywhere last season was very
| large. However we were able to net
our growers ST. Is for Bartlett pears,
Si.79 for D'Anjous, SLIT for Winter
Nellis and 76 cents for small Bartletts
Relative to apples, we have listed
with us rs different varieties of apples,
of which there are about l6 varieties
which have more or less of a reputa-
tion for quality on the general markets
of the country, leaving about GO vari-
cites which are simply apples, and for
! Ntlitu Jul EluNNln VIII bG lNl AuiidtN II
| they receive in the future the cost of
production. We unhestatingly say
that the grower is going to waste his
! time IN going to the expense of under
taking to put these low class apples on
the market, and we suggest that the
grower ought either to pull out these
varieties and put up to date varieties
in their place or top work them by
grating them.
"The total number shippers who
have allied themselves with the Union
! this last season have been as follows !:
| Growers of strawberries and small
fruits 1873, growers of apples and pears
BIG The number Of stockholders who
have ioined the Union during the past
year are 81.
''On the whole, the crop for the sea-
son Of 1911 was very much below what
it was estimated at by the people of
! the valley early in the spring OF 1911.
We have. therefore, not been able to
pay our running expenses out of our
gross income this year. We have eX-
pended very large sums of money this
season both for real estate, buildings
and machinery, all of which are very
necessary for the future purposes of
| the Union, as we found it necessary to
take advantage of the present time in
order to make such preparation. The
result OF this is that we are consider
| ably embarrassed financially. For in
stance, in order to be prepared for
! future emergencies we installed large
| ly increased machinery capacity both
for refrigerating and for making ice.
| This with other necessary improve
ments in the building has cost us about
So, 600. We have also bought real es-
tate directly south Of our city ware
house at cost of $2l00, upon which we
think that il will be necessary in the
very near future TO erect warehouse.
We also expended $1,000 in the building
OF a receiving warehouse at Odell sta
ton on the Mount Hood railroad, max
ing a total of over Sl3, 900 in money
which has been paid out since April l.,
Il 1911, for increased facilities.
1--WE have also purchased what is
known as the Wilson water power sys-
TEN which has a capacity Of 200-horse
power. for the sum of S45, 900, of
which for the first two years we pay
a monthly sum of $l00, with a note and
mortgage covering just the property
itself for deferred payment of $40. .0OC
at 6 per cent interest; no payments on
the principal to be made until after
ten years. Therefore, the total cost
per month of our water power after
two years will be 5000 per month. AZ
the present time we have consumers OF
this power who pay monthly income
of Slll. We think that we will have
ample power from this plant for the
| future needs Of the Union. 1t is con
ceded by all refrigerating architects
and engineers that the stability anC
evenness of water power for refriger
ating purposes surpasses that of am
other kind of power used for such pur
| poses, and we think it is a fortunat
move on the part Of the directors L
have secured this proposition.
"Our fixed expenses are very heavy
as follows: Our fixed interest charg
is s37O0 per year; our insurance an