The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-12-20
APPLE SELLING PLAN
IS FORMULATED
New Corporation Organized in Spokane
This Week Will be Known as North
Pacific Fruit Distributors


plan for the apples Of the Northwest
was huge success. Over two hun
dred and fifty fruitgrowers, bankers and
railroad men were present and went
on record unanimously as favoring a
central selling organization.
While the organization is not yet
quite perfected, committees are busy
working out the details and it is to be
known as the North Pacific Fruit Dis
tributors.
The permanent officers elected
Tuesday who by virtue of state law
can hold Office only six months, are
as follows:
w. T. Clark, Wenatchee, president;
J. H. Robbins, North Yakima, vice
president; H. c. Sampson, Spokane,
secretary; H. F. Davidson, Hood
River, treasurer; N. c. Richards, North
Yakima, general counsel.
The other members OF the perma-
nent committee, who now becomes
trustees OF the corporation for six
months, are as follows: Henry Huber,
Walla Walla; w. M. Sackett, Bitter
Root; P. J. Nef. Western Oregon; w.
N. Yost, Southern Idaho, and w. S.
Thornber, the Lewiston-C Clarkston dis
trict.
The third Monday in May was fixed
as the date of the first annual meeting.
The articles of incorporation will be
filed with the secretary of state for
Washington Immediately and as soon
as incorporation is completed the ar
ticles will be printed in pamphlet form
and distributed to every growers as
sociation in Washington, Oregon, Mon
tana and Idaho. 1t will then be op-
tional with the individual associations
whether they ally themselves with the
central organization.
The association will be mutual
corporation, controlled by the nine
trustees, and incorporated under the
laws Of Washington, under the non
profit making law. The home office
will be in Spokane, at o07 Paulsen
building.
The northwest is divided into nine
districts, and each must have its rep
resentative on the board Of trustees.
The districts, with the scope of their
territory, are as follows:
Wenatchee district-Yakima, Kit
titas, and Franklin counties.
Hood River district-Hood River,
Wasco, both in Oregon, and Klickitat
and Skamania in Washington.
Western Oregon district-All Of
Oregon west OF the Cascades.
Walla Walla district-Walla Walla
and Columbia counties in Washington,
and Umatilla, Union, Wallowa and
Baker counties in Oregon.
Southern Idaho district-All of
southern Idaho and Malheur county,
Oregon.
-Clarkston district-Asotin,
Garfield, Snake river territory in Whit
man county, all in Washington, and
Nez Perce, Lewis, Idaho and Latah
county, south OF American Ridge in
Idaho.
Spokane district-All eastern Wash
ington not previously mentioned, and
Northern Idaho.
Montana district-All Montana.
At the annual meeting in May the
trustees elected will draw lots as to
the length of their tenure OF office,
three to serve three years, three two
years and three one year. After the
first election the trustees will serve
three-year term.
THE general purpose of the cor
poration will be to provide for the mar
keting and distributing of the fruit Of
the northwest" said N. c. Richards,
general counselelect, Tuesday. The
articles give the corporation power
to employ agencies to that end and
construct the necessary property to
market and distribute fruit, and gen.