The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-12-12
CHICKEN TALK
MONDAY NIGHT
COM'L CLUB MEETING INTERESTING
More Poultry, Eggs and Butter, a Slogan
Of the City and Valley Apples Dis
CuSSed New Directors Elected

iANdlt ~ hGdA CoNiGSSloNe oi tAptflGUN0
with poultry raising were given, and
while several spoke discouragingly of
the chicken business as a specialized
industry. all coincided on the opinion
that the Hood River valley people
should raise more chickens and eggs.
Nor was the lowly pig and he ism I
so lowly in these times when he makes
purses fat passed over without words
of praise il was even proposed that
the valley should have a dairy. The
prevailing feeling, as expressed Mon
day night. was that the valley should
have a Diversity of industries. That
while it should specialize on apples that
its citizens should make efforts to
raise on small scale at least, other
prodcuts that will fit in with their
orchard work and bring in a return of
money at different times of the year.
The question was raised when Secre-
tary K. +. Scott mentioned poultry
raising IN his report Rs one OF the in.
dustries that was not made enough of
here. The subject was taken up by
Leslie Butler, who also stated that de-
spite the fact that the state of Oregon
was becoming known for its poultry,
204 cars of eggs were shipped into the
state from the east and middle west
last year.
Prof c. d. Thompson told of the
work that will be carried on by the
State Bankers association and the eX-
tension department of the Oregon Ag-
ricultural College this year in an en-
deavOr to cause the children to special
ize on poultry in producing exhibits foI
the industrial school fairs to be held in
the fall.
No little mirth was provoked wher
Roy d. Smith stated that he raised
chickens, not for himself, but for his
neighbots. 81 do raise pigs for my.
self, said MIR. Smith. "but my neigh.
bors hens are always present at the
dining hour of my swine. have pom
dered on what to do to get a return fol
the food they eat, ard last week
struck on a happy idea. | made q
number of boxes and my wife and
took them out where the visiting
chickens run. So far have found tw,
eggs. 1t might work very well if tn
neighbors' chickens were good layers
| Gentlemen, if we are all going into tn
| chicken huainess in the valley, | pr,
Il pose that we secure some kind of legi
lation that will make us raise our ow
chickens, and not let some one else d
it for us.
The first matter that cane befor
the meeting was communicate
from the Portland Ad. Club askin
that the local club endorse j. N. Tea
for the position of the Secretary of tn
Interior on President Elect Wilson
cabinet Leslie Butler, in making
motion that the endorsement be given
spoke very highly of MIR. Teal. g
have known him for many years" SAT-
MIR. Butler, "and he is better fitted t
fill the position, because Of the wOrI
he has been doing and because of hi
knowledge of our needs, than any on
else in the northwest. Mr. Teal is no
a politician, nor has he ever sought po
litical favor, but because of his tire
less application at tasks to which h
sets himself, and his conscientious wa,
of carrying on things he will make th
best man we can propose for the cabi
net. The endorsement was carrier
by acclamatiOn.
The secretary then read a communi
cation from the president of the Inter
national Panama Exposition, in whicI
hit was asked that the club send a res0
luton to the states Legislators asking
that they make appropriations tina
Oregon may have an exhibit at the biz
fair behtting the commonwealth,
was voted unanimously that such
resolution should be adopted The
question of advertising Hood River ap
plies was next discussed, and j. II
Heilbronner proposed that II. F. Dav
dson, president of the Davidson Frui
Co., and Wilmer Sieg., manager 0
the Union, give their views on thi
question The subject was brought t
the attention of the members of tn,
club present by letter, which Secre
tary Scott read, asking where Hoot
River apples could be secured in Chi
cago. 81 have written to the GibsOl
Friut Co. ;" stated the writer, who il
interested in Hood River property anC
who knows the quality of Hood Rive
apples, land they have told me tina
they have no Hood River Spitzenburgi
but that they can furnish me will
those from Wenatchee, which are just
as good.
MIR. Sieg, who occupied the dool
first, stated that he thought gooC
scientific advertising campaign for th'
Hood River apples would be a very
beneficial thing However, he thought
the reason for the failure in securing
more cooperation this year was thai
| the people were somewhat dtlident
about advertising when there were
| four different selling machines in the
| field competing with each other. lie
predicted that some action will be
taken Monday at the conference al
Spokane, where it is proposed that q
northwestern central selling agency be
evolved by the delegates from all the
apple districts that will be of vasi
benefit not only to Hood River, but tC
all the northwest.
Mr.. Davidson agreed with Mr.. Siei
on the point of benefits to be derived
from the Spokane meeting. Speaking
of benefits to be derived from advertis
/ ing, he said: 81 was recently told that
Yakima and Wenatchee had fluent ora
tors at the Minneapolis Land Show anC
that these men delivered lectures tC
thousands Of people, and that atfel
they had finished with their speeches
all who heard them had good appetite'
for Yakima or Wenatchee apples
Marketer and grower are finding new
conditions confronting them, and max
ing problems for them. The time wal
when the greater part of the EXrti
Fancy box crop Of the northwest wal
sold by the fruit stand dealers il
dozen lots. There are too many fo
that now and when we have to compel,
with the less perfect eastern barrelet
apples, in markets where quantity fig
ures as the predominant factor, ",
find that it is no easy thing to do. Th