The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-05-28
GROWERS GIVEN
APPLE RETURNS
SEIG MAKES REPORT SATURDAY
Apple Growers Association Members Con-
slider New Bylaws Eighteen NOmi-
nations Made for Board Of Directors

The greater portion of the time of
the meeting Of the members Of the APP
pie Growers Association at the rooms
of the Commercial club last Saturday
afternoon was taken up with discus
sion Of the proposed bylaws of the as
s0CiatiOn along proposed TeOrganiza-
ton Incorporating rules that will make
the concern more closely cooperative.
The bylaws were read by A. w. Pet
ers, secretary of the committee which
has had charge of drafting them. They
provide for double representation of
members, each having a membership
vote as well as a vote based on ton
mage, receiving one vote for each 100
boxes Of apples, pears or Strawberries
and one vote for each 200 boxes Of
peaches OF cherries in 10 pound crates.
The tonnage of growers is to be taken
from records of each preceding season.
Primaries for the nomination of direc-
tors are provided for, and a member Of
the board may be recalled.
On account of lack Of time, ii was
impossible to read the bylaws. section
by section, and secure the sentiment of
the growers as to the different provi-
sions. On motion of Roy c. Brock the
committee was instructed TO print the
bylaws and mail them TO all members,
that they may have an opportunity for
studying them closely At future
meeting the laws will be taken up,
discussed, revised and adopted.
Saturdays meeting was opened by
Wilmer Sieg, who read a report an
nouncing that all pools on apples had
been closed. At the April meeting of
the Apple Growers Union, MIR. Sieg had
reported the complete returns of all
varieties except Spitzenburgs and New
towns. Saturday he gave the following
net returns to the Association on the
last two named varieties:
Extra fancy Newtowns-4 tier, 81. 76
per box; az tier. $l.56; tier. 81. IS /;
Fancy NewtOwns-4 tier, Sl.5S; a tier,
81. 80; 5 tier, Sl.32; Special Newtowns
"A tier, SLAB; ~ tier, $l.32; tier,
81. as; /; C.gradc Newtowns-4 tier, 81. "a :
AZ tier, Sl.lS; 5 tier, Sl.52,
Extra fancy Spitzenburgs-4 tier.
81. 72; 4A tier. $l.47; tier. SLAP; Fan
cy Spitzenburgs-4 tier, Sl.54; 4A tier.
$l.25 /; 5 tier 81 "a Special Spitzenburgs
A tier, $l.42; AZ tier, $l27; tier.
$l.19; C-grade Spitzenurgs "A tier,
Sl.22; 4A tier, Sl.l0; 5 tier, Sl.06.
To secure the net returns to the
grower on Spitzenburgs, the sum of Is
4-l0 cents must be deducted from each
box. These charges of the Association
to the grower were divided as follows
Advertising, cents; handling, 10;
storage, 4-l0. The charge on New
towns was II 4-l0. divided as follows
advc. Using, cents; handling 10; and
storage, 4-l0.
Nominations for directors, II of
whom will be elected at some future
meeting. were made as follows: II. F.
Davidson, p S. Davidson, r. II. Wal
lace. A. j. Graft, Oscar Vanderbilt, l..
f. Clark,W. B. Dickerson, M. NJ. Hill,
j, C. Porter, G. w. Hooker, Walter
KimbaIl, A. G. Lewis, A. W. Peters,
E. C. Miller, j. r. Forden, F. 7. Fri
day, o. T. Wedemeyer, j. II. Day and
Geo |. Sargent.
The first named 10 of the nominees
are members of the old board of diIec-
tors, of whom, according to the pro-
posed by laws, six must be reelected.
However, but nine of the old board
may serve, making it necessary that
two new members be elected each
year.