The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-11-28
HOOD RIVER In
CREASES FAME
GROWERS BRING HOME PREMIUMS
Disappointment, However, is Felt in the
Method Of Judging Artistic Displays
A. ?. Bateham Reelected

As one of the Portland dailies ex-
pressed 1t in its headlines last week,
Hood Rivers apple fame is again
heralded. And indeed, when one goes
over the list of prizes that were offered
and won by local growers he finds that
the valley growers came away with a
proportion of them of which they can
boast. The prizes for apples. the
prizes for quality, we're awarded to
hood River growers as usual. How
ever, great deal of disappointment
was felt at the failure of the local
growers to score first IN the artistic
apple display. 1t is said by those who
were at the show day in and day out
that the exhibit of Geo. /. Sargent,
who displayed his apples in wonder
full cave effect. created more favorable
comment than any other at the show.
Mr.. Sargent had his different varieties
placed among the rocks of a moss
grown cavern. Different colored cleo
tic globes poured their light upon the
fruit presenting a pleasing effect. On
the outside of the cavern lichens and
| ferns grew, even as though the cavern
and all had been removed bodily from
some mountain dell, or the spectator
might have imagined that he was away
in the woods and that he had happened
upon some fairy habitation. If the
chapters of Genesis had spoken in any
way of fairies, we might name his ex-
hibit as the Fairy Cave of the Garden
of Eden" The exhibit took third
prize.
The display of Seeley & Dresser,
which took second prize in the artistic
display was Creditable. The Hood
River Commercial club exhibit, while
attractive, failed to enter into the
premium list because of the fact that
it excluded to too great an extent the
exhibit of the apples. 1t would per-
haps have been different If the origin
ators had betre understood the points
on which the awards were to have been
made.
Hood River took both first and second
prizes in the Newtown and Spitzenburg
25-box exhibits. In the former h. F.
! Gleason won first and f. Fenwck sec
ond, while Spitzenburg first hOnors
were carried off by Scar & Porter, and
second by John Hakel. Nelson &
Ainslee won first on the single box ol
Baldwins and Charles Reed second.
The show was the best ever held II
Portland. Many declare, that, while i
is on different order and lacks tn
4 quantity of fruit, the Portland sho'
surpassed that at Spokane, where th
speciality in exhibition is that of tn
carload lot.
Goldendale, Wash, took the frs
prize in the artistic apple display
However. the exhibition was but littl
different from the old time display o
apples, ard lacked the artistic touche
y presented by other displays. ''lt ha
been the cry Of many visitors at tn
Portland apple show for the past few
years that they lack unique and move
methods Of display. The visitors ge
tired of looking at just pretty apples
However, on the very first attempt t
create an interest in this kind of
show, the prize is awarded, not to
display that combines the artistic will
good apples but to one that has but few
points to distinguish it from the oil
form of exhibit, said a prominen
grower, just returned from the sho1
last week.
Many Hood River people were pres
ent for the show and Friday night wa
Hood River night. More than 100 res
idents Joined in the celebration. BAN
music and songs and the carnival spiri
were in the air. Secretary Scott 0
the Commercial club, and j. f. Batcn
elder, who had charge of the agricul
tural exhibit, worked up this featur
of the show.
Hood Rivers agricultural exhibi
was very attractively displayed in tn
Country Store. If it had had
greater diversity of products, it woul
have been among the best at the show
Mr.. and Mrs. d. II. Thorne took frs
premium on an amount of canned ant
preserved fruit.
A. z. Bateham, of Mosier, who i
spending the winter in Portland, wa
reelected to the presidency OF tn
State Horticultural society. One o
the interesting addresses given at tn
numerous programs rendered, was de
livered by Prof. w. H. Lawrence
county plant pathologist of Hood Rive
county.
Already officials of the Land an,
Apple show are planning on an eXhibi
tion of the northwest's products on
more extensive basis next vera.