The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-06-05

secretary and treasurer of the concern.
has been instructed to open an office
at once in the Chamber of Commerce
building at Spokane.
A meeting of the Distributors will
be held at Spokane next Saturday
when all of the Distributors, the sales
managers and the chief inspectors
from the different districts will be
present. This meeting will be held for
the purpose of adopting a set of eff
cient and effective grading rules. The
directors from the respective divisions
of the big selling agency have been
requested to send samples Of their
brands ana labels and the list Of the
varieties that are to be pushed for
ward. A comprehensive advertising
campaign is to be begun at once.
''ln making the utilization with the
North Pacific Distributors, says II. f.
Davidson, president of the Distributors
and local representative on the board,
''the directors of the Apple Growers
Association were fully cognizant of
the need of Hood River and carefully
guarded all local interests. The other
directors were cOgnizant of the needs
of other districts and their interests
are well protected. The big organiza-
tion starts to work in prefect har-
mony."
Unusually strong in experience,
character and qualifications are the
officers of the association, says MIR.
Sampson, "the president, II. +. Dav-
idson, of Hood River, is one of the
largest growers and shippers and a
man of the largest experience in the
Pacific northwest. w. N. Yost, of
southern Idaho, the vice president, like
Mr.. Davidson, is an active orchard
owner, and is thoroughly known
throughout the entire state of Idaho.
II. c. Sampson, of Spokane. secretary
and treasurer, has had a large and
varied successful business experience
in managing large financial concerns.
j. II. Robbins, of North Yakima, the
general manager, is by far the largest
shipper of deciduous fruits of the
northwest, having handled more than
1000 cars in 1912. His banking and
business experience has been extensive
IN both Washington and Oregon. N. c.
Richards, of North Yakima, genel al
eonsel, is the president of the electric
railway lines of North Yakima, has
for many years been close student of
cooperative methods, was one of the
original organizers OF the Yakima Val
ley Fruit Growers Association, and is
one of the best known attorneys of the
northwest. Other trustees are w. M.
Sackett, a well known grower and
business man of Corvallis. Mont, and
Harry Huber, secretary of the Milton,
Ore, Fruit Growers Union. The exec
utive committee consists of President
Davidson, Vice President Yost and a
third member yet to be selected. The
board of trustees has been most for
tunate in securing the three most cap
able sales managers in the deciduous
fruit industry. These are r.. A. Per
ham, sales manager for the North
Yakima Fruit Growers Association,
Wilmer Sieg. sales manager for the
Apple Growres Association, 1.-THE ANAL
gamated associations of Hood River)
and ii. h. Smith, sales manager for
the amalgamated associations of south
ern Idaho and eastern Oregon. IN,
most experienced and capable traffic
and claims manager, and other officers
as needed from time to time, will be
secured from the northwest to cooper
ate with the above named officers"
According to the explanations of j.
H. Robbins, who will manage the cen
tral agency, the Distributors will make
charge of SIS a car for selling the
fruit. The local associations must bear
the expense of assembling the fruit at
their respective shipping points and
placing it aboard cars. The Distribu-
tors will establish salaried agents in
all principal markets of the world.
However, each district will be premit-
ted to supplement the efforts of these
agents, the statesmen of individual as.
sociatiors sending in their orders to
the central agency.
The Distributors will be governed by
the a board of nire trustees, one repre-.
senting each of the nine districts into
states are divideJ. However, each dis.
trict will be allowed, in addition to the
trustees, two members of a board, tC
be called the auA liary council. In case
two members of the hoard of trustees
are HOL WllllHB u HD.uG ny lte uetl
sion, they may call the auxiliary coun
Gil together aud they will vote on The
question SO submitted, according tC
tonnage, each 10 cars of tonnage being
allowed one vote. Four members OF
the council may be able to call tht
body together and by a tonnage vot,
instruct the trustees in their action OF
vital questions.