The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-12-31
UPPER VALLEY
PLANS EXHIBIT
WORLDS FAIR DISPLAY TO BE MADE
Community Will Show Results Of DiyerSi-
fed Farming Raylin to Cooperate
With Those Promoting Publicity

The citizens Of the Upper Hood River
Valley are organizing for the purpose
of making an exhibit of agricultural
products next year at the San Francis
CO Exposition. 9. +. Mcintosh, chief
officer of the Upper Valley Grange,
was in the city last week in conference
with c. N. Ravlin, secretary of the
local Commercial club. Mr.. Mcintosh
points out the fact that the communi-
ties around Mount Hood and Parkdsle
are becoming increasingly interested
versfied farming.
M. o. Boe, who is taking an active
interest in the proposed Upper Valley
display, has written to Mr.. Ravlin
seeking his cooperation. The follow
ing letter from the secretary of the
Commercial club to Mr.. Boe shows the
possibilities of an attractive exhibit by
the Upper Valley ranchers in the Pal
ace of Agriculture at the San Francisco
Fair:
Regarding exploiting the Upper
Valley, you can absolutely count upon
my assistance and support in every pos
sible way can be of service.
when the Exposition opens it is an
unfortunate fact that we will not be
able to make display of diversified
farming. We will, however, be able to
make display from the Upper Valley
along the lines you want, Of diversified
farming next summer, when the
travel to the Exposition will be at its
greatest height. will make careful
study of the various agricultural dis
plays in the Palace of Agriculture, not
ing what other states and districts are
doing, and the effect of the different
styles of exhibits on the sightseers
| By the middle of March will be able
to write you just exactly what the Up
per Valley should do to prepare for
such an exhibit; what things you should
send down to create the best impress
sion; and give you an outline of an eX-
hibit, which, in my judgment, will ap-
peal the most. You can then get to-
gether, pick out your different growers
to grow certain things and with every
one working to one end, we should be
able to gather an exhibit together
which will compare favorably with
that of any other sction.
"At the last conference with the Or
egon Commission | applied for space in
the Palace of Agriculture with the Di.
rector of Agriculture, Mr.. Freytag, of
Oregon City, and he assured me he
would provide US anything we wanted
when we were ready to put in our ex'
hibit.
yesterday C. r. Bone promised to
loan me the beautiful painting of
Hood River Valley which adorns the
walls of his Office. This gives an ex-
cellent reproduction of the Upper Val
ley. The painting is about twelve feet
in length by three and half feet high,
and will be used as background for
our agricultural display. In addition
to this Mr.. Bone is going to give US o
fine enlarged photo of his dairy herd of
thirty cows, in an alfalfa field. with
his apple orchard in the background.
If several others would do likewise we
could make an excellent Photographic
display of products.
"In the printed matter which the
Commercial Club is to get out for the
Exposition, considerable space will be
devoted to the diversified farming in
terests of the Upper Valley and to pho
tographic reproductions of that section.
know the Board of Directors will be
very glad to have your valuable assist
ance in securing the data along these
lines. We would also like very much
to have the cooperation of MIR. McIn.
tosh and we feel that between you two
the cause of the Upper Valley will re-
ceive the very best possible presena-
ton.