The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-11-07
LOCAL CLUB
WILL EXHIBIT
SCOTT SOLIClTS COUNTY'S PRODUCS
Interest Awakened in Northwest Land
Products Show al Portland Hood
River viii Try for HOnOrS

The Northwestern Land Products
show, which will be held in Portland.
November is TO % will be the largest
If us Sind ever held in the northwest.
The exhibits will be visited by people
from all sections of the country and
Tie publicity emanating from the ac-
tlylties Of the citizens of the different
sections of the country who will make
exhibits viii be worth much to the
northwest as a whole and to each indi-
vidual section. The railroads are offer
ing special reduced rates from all
points to Portland for the week and
great crowds Of local people will flock
10 the city.
ln addition to the individual exhibits
of local growers, the Commercial clubs
will make two exhibits. Secretary X.
f. Scott is sending out the following
bulletin to the club members.
The Club will have two entries, one
in the Artistic Apple Display for the
prize Of $500, and one in the District
| Agricultural Display for the prize of
$500. The Club is going to an expense
of about $500 IN making these exhibits,
and has a guarantee of that amount
raised, which is confidently expected it
will never be necessary to call upon.
! NOW, in order to win the prizes and
to come back from Portland with the
"swag" everyone must take little In
terest. The five boxes of apples for
the artistic display have been arranged
for BUT we want all kinds Of agri-
cultural products for the other display
and THE FOLLOWING is what we
! MUST HAVE. DO your part. Get
the word around. Tell your neighbor,
and do it now. Call the Secretary for
information. lie is at the Club nearly
every evening.
Wanted, as many varieties of pota
toes, as possible; an apple box, or
about so pounds of each variety. Send
with each variety written statement
of the yield per acre and general con.
ditions and methods under which croI
was raised, if possible. Prizes: TC
compete for special prizes it is neces
sary to have a collection of not less
than ten varieties of correctly named
and commercially valued potatoes, one
half bushel or box, each variety.
First prize, Sl00 and silver cup.
Second prize, $50 and silver medal.
Third prize, S25 and bronze medal.
sFour prizes $3.50. 5000. $3.50, 500.
Bonuses to other displays of meri
amounting to $500.
Competition open to ,commerci'
| clubs. chambers of commerce an
other district organizations.
H WANTED. Fruits, fresh and pl,
II cessed. grains and agricultural seed
Nl potatoes; other roots and vegetabl
II for table; forage plants; roots a
II vegetables for stock; grains
II sheayes.
Il Photographs of special features
II connection with the Hood River vail,
y ale desired, and will be returned
the owners after the PAClFl
; NORTHWEST LAND PRODUCT
!. SHOW, in Portland, Oregon, Nov.
to %, 1912.
| Please notify R. E. Scott, Secretal
| HOOD River Commercial Club, Phol
I'M, in regard to what you can furni'
| in the above lines. Exhibits are beiT
assembled in the basement of Il
| Mount Hood Hotel Annex, and shou
| be ready for shipment to Portland, II
| later than November IL.
III Express shipments can go forward
| Portland to and including Nov. 10.
III The Commercial club has secur,
| valuable space and can secure some
the prizes for the Hood River vale
| and the most valuable kind Of adve
| tising, if one and all will assist by tu
| nishlng some of their various produc
| for the General Agricultural Dlspl
| from the valley.
III j. f. BatcheIder is chairman of t
| District Agricultural Display comm
| tee, Hood River Commercial club.