Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1913-06-05


The regular annual meeting of tn,
Idaho Oregon Fruit Growers Associa
ton was held at Payette Monday
June End for the purpose of electint
Directors for the ensuing year. Thi:
meeting marks decisive step In the
organization of this Association anC
puts the organization in a position t
do the real work of handling the fri
of it's members.
4 The first meeting held for the pur
pose of getting the fruit growers to
gether on cooperative basis was
held in Boise in February of this
year. This meeting followed 6
meeting of the Fruit Growers of the
Northwest held in Spokane last fall
at which cooperative selling as
sociation was perfected to include the
states of Idaho, Oregon. Washington
and Montana This Central Selling
Agency was organized on a strictly
cooperative, non-profit basis and
was to be composed of nine different
districts or sub-central associations
OF which Southern Idaho and MalheuI
Co., in Oregon, is one. The other s
sub-centrals being Spokane, Wenat-
chez, Yakima, Rogue River, Hood
River, .Walla Walla, Lewiston-Clark-
ston and Montana
Each sub-central is also incorpor-
ated on strictly cooperative, nom
profit basis and has no capital stock.
| Its membership is composed of actual
fruit growers only and each sub-cen-
trail is entitled to one Trustee in
the Central Organization, called the
North Pacific Fruit Distributors ana
whose main office is Spokane. Mr.. w.
N. Yost of Meridian was chosen as
Trustee to represent the Southern
Idaho Association and he has given
freely of his time both in perfecting
the Spokane Association and in or
ganizing our own District.
Following out the general plsn of
cooperative organization and of rep
resentative government, the Sub-Cen-
trail is in turn composed of represen-
tatives chosen by local or district
associations and in this locality, large
ly through the efforts of Mr.. Yost
eleven District Associations have
been formed as follows: Boise, Nam
pa, Caldwell, Parma-Roswell, Pay
cite, Woods Spur, Fruitland, New
Plymouth, Emmett, Twin Falls and
Bull. Two representative from
each of these Districts compose the
membership of the Southern Idaho
Sub-Central and the representative
present at the Mondays meeting
are as follows: H. F. Harder and w.
s. Starr, Twin Falls; M. ]. Higley
and F. G. Marquardsen, Bull; w. N.
Yost, Boise; W. E. Johnson and A. |
J. Krum, Nampa; j. H. Lowell and
]. C. Watson, Parma Roswell; NJ 2. |
Barnes. Emmett; c. NJ Mcbride and
c. F. Elder, New Plymouth; B. F.
and D. L. Ingard, Fruitland;
G.. w. Lattig and R. w. Stoughton,
Woods Spur; T. ]. Beckwith ard A.
]. Shearer, Payette.
The Directors elected for the en-
suing year were j. H. Lowell, Presi-
dent; M. j. Higley,. Vice President;
A. ]. Shearer, Secretary Treasurer, B.
F. Tussing, c. M. Mcbride, N. B.
Barnes, H. E. McElroy, w. E. John
son, G. W. Lattig. Mr.. H. w. Dorman
Of Caldwell and Mr. B. F. Tussing of
Fruitland were also elected to rep
resent Idaho on the Advisory Board,
known as the Council of Represen-
at Spokane. The Executive
Board chosen by the Board of Direc- {
tors from their members was as {
follows: J. II. Lowell, B. F. Tussing, /
A. j. Shearer, M. B. Barnes and G.
W. Lattig.
Mr.. Fl. e. Smith has been choseh 6
General Manager of the Idaho-Oregon /
fruit Growers Association and has /
llready entered upon his duties. Mr.. a
ohllH Ieudrhdply SUCCESSFUL ex- d
,erience as Manager of the Payette b
Fruit Packing Company insures for v
ne larger organization the intimate e
of our local fruit condi- a
,ons, the skill and experience in
acking, grading and marketing Of a
ur fruit and the careful, efficient c.
uslness management which Mr. Il
NTH will bring to his enlarged field D
work. a.
For some time past there have
cen. rumors quite industriously cir q
Ilated that the Central Sc ling Agen- to
= with headquarters in Spokane was 81
filing to materiahze and at meet st
IL hold in Boise last Friday the mat m
IT was discussed and Mr.. Yost was to
mt to a meeting at Hood River be
it'll positive instructions to report as
lat Southern Idaho is ready to af w
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