The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-02-25
while attending to duties Of their

authorized and empowered to elect an
executive committee Of three, provided.
that the board of control is hereby in
structed TO elect as such executive
committee the three men nominated by
the growers council, who shall be se-
ceptable to a majority Of the delega-
tion from the respective district from
which such delegate comes. Each
member of said executive committee
shall receive such compensation for his
services and shall be fixed By the grow
eTs council.
The powers conferred by the growers
council upon the executive committee
subject to the general supervision and
direction of the board of control are
hereby declared and defined as follows: :
1t shall be the duty Of the executive
committee to enter into negotiations
with the Shippers League, or other duly
authorized representatives Of the ship
pers of northwestern fruits, or any
considerable numbers Of them. for Il e
following purposes:
(al To obtain for fruit growers the
maximum amount Of service in return
for the compensation paid the shipper
by the grower.
(b) To secure the adoption of such
uniform methods for the transaction of
business between shipper and grower
as will furnish fair basis of compari-
son.
(c) To establish such practices with
regard to the selling and marketing of
fruit as will tend to eliminate consign-
ment and auction sales. prevent unwise
and unfair competition, and in every
possible manner stabilize the market
and secure for the grower the greatest
possible net return for his product.
I'D In conjunction and cooperation
with the shippers, to proceed, as occa-
sion offers, by conservative and well
considered measures to improve the
conditions affecting the production and
marketing Of fruit, and especially to
promote the interests Of the boxed ap-
pie industry of the northwest.
(e) To arrange for the collection
through the shippers Of tax, TO be
paid by the grower, not to exceed one
fourth cent per box on apples and
pears, one-fourth cent per crate on
Strawberries and one-sixth cent per
package upon other small fruits ship
ped, to provide for the cost and expense
of this organization, all such funds to
be subject to disbursement by the ex-
ecutive committee, who shall make
periodic reports to the board of control.
IN To make agreements with the
shippers for the carrying out Of the
purposes herein outlined, and for other
purposes as the same may appear to be
mutually advantageous, and to enforce
the same; and to that end they are
authorized to establish headquarters
and engage such employees and assist
ance as may be necessary.
The executive committee shall have
charge of all the details of carrying in
to execution the purpose of this organ
izstiOn. Any member of the executive
committee may be removed on a three
fourths vote of the membership of the
board OF control, but such member Of
the executive committee may appeal
such removal to the growers council,
whose majority vote shall be the final
decision.
The board of control shall have power
to make and adopt such bylaws, rules
and regulations for its own government
as il shall Deem necessary, not to con-
fiict with the provisions hereof.
Nothing herein contained shall be
construed to require the executive COM
mittee to give TO the board of control
or any member thereof confidential in
formation given to them by any sales
or assembling agency of fruits unless
an investigation has been made or is in
progress by the said board of control of
unfair business methods, upon written
complaint, made in good faith, or upon
the Initiative of the executive commit.
| tee.
6. Whenever the executive commit.
tee and the board of control herein pro.
vided for shall be unable TO agree upon
any matter which they or either OF
them, deem of vital importance, they
or either of them may direct the presi
dent and secretary of the growers coun
cilsto convene said council, and il shal
be the duty of those officers to immed
ateIy issue a call for the council L
convene ut such time and place as those
officers may designate in the call: pre-
vided, however, that each member oi
the council shall have five days notice
Of the time and place of the meeting.
Z. The fruit growing sections of thu
four northwest states, for the purpose
Of epresentation. shall be divided intt
the following districts:
Wenatchee district, comprising th,
counties of Chelan, 0kanogan, Douglas
and Grant in the state CT Washington.
Western Oregon district. comprisir {
all the counties of Oregon west of tn,
Cascade mountains, north of Josephin,
county.
Hood River district, comprising th,
counties of Hood River and Wasco il
the state of Oregon, Klickitat and Ska
mania counties in the state of Wash
ington.
Southern Idaho district, comprising
the counties of southern Idaho and Nal
heur county in the state of Oregon.
lewiston Charleston district, compris
ing the counties of Asotin and CARTEL
and the Snake river points in Whitma
county in the state of Washington
counties of Nez Perce, Idaho, an
Lewis. with portions of Latah count
south of American.ridg in the state O
| Idaho.
! Spokane district, comprising the re
naming territory in eastern Washing
/ ton and northern Idaho.
Montana district, comprising tn
state of Montana.
} Walla Walla district, comprising tn
counties Of Walla Walla aud Columbl
in the state of Washington: Umatills
Union, Baker and Wallowa in the stat
of Oregon.
J Rogue River district, comprising tn
counties of Josephine and Jackson j
! the state Of Oregon. In unorganize
I districts a petition signed by not les
I than 25 fruit growers will be sufficier
. to call meeting for the election {
members of the growers council.