The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-10-28

tourists VINO are expected 10
pass this way. He suggested the es'
.ablishing of camping place near the
,ity for motorists.
The proposed publicity fund, accord.
ing to plans, will be handled by board |
of representatives. OF the
county court, the city council and the
club.
I'VE have seen evidenced at recent
past ioint meetings of these bodies,
said MIR. Butler, "a fine spirit OF co.
operation. We hope to see this spirit
of harmony grow. "
According to the plans of the pro-
moters of publicity work here next
year, G. N. Ravln, whose work has
been so efficient at San Francisco In
charge of Oregon's horticultural dis
plavs, will be selected as publicity
manager. A salary of 500 per month
will be paid Mr.. RaVlin.
I'VE feel" said Mr.. Butler. that
MIR. Ravlin, by the broadening out ex-
perience he has had at San Francisco,
will be a very valuable man for US.
The fact that MIR. Ravlin will be en-
ployed at he same time by the CONNER
cial club has caused number OF citl"
2ens, AS well as members of the budget
board, to oppse the proposition of levy
ing a tax on the county for the purpose
of paying him salary.
"But / feel" said Chas. T. EARLY.
who made the motion that the $500
asked for be included in the budget, to
be acted on finally at the December
bndget meeting, that in proportion to
the Commercial club and the city, which
is asked for 500 also for the publicity
expense, that the county is getting of
light" Mr.. Early made it clear in his
motion that none of the funds raised
were to be applied to old Indebtedness
of the Commercial club.
Some present at the budget meeting,
among them John Often, were opposed
to raising money, as they stated. 6y
taxation for an institution that was IN
measure private and to which only
members were admitted. 1t was eX-
plained that the county needed the pub
Iicity and that the club was advancing
portion of the publicity funds; that If
the club did not exist and make an offer
to raise a fund the entire obligation
would be placed on the county. The
appropriation of the county will be con.
! tingent on the raising of 500 fund
by the club. :,
The members of the budget commit
tee are E. W. Sweaney, pres; ID. Nc
Donald, l.. N. Blowers, }. K. Steele
j. F. Candee, F. A. Massee and Chas'
T. Early. go o.--
While the local branch of the Oregon
| state experiment station came IN toi
some very severe criticism from orch
ardists. there seemed to prevail a sen
timent even among the critics that The
institution should be continued. lh'
criticism was for the purpose of curing
the station rather than killing it, Al
was expressed by someone present a
the budget session. The board OF ad
yisors recommended that the sum o
50 600 for next years expenses OF ex
ners be maintained in the budget.
f. W. Dunbar, of Odell, was one o
the orchardists criticislng the eXperl
ment station. Mr.. DuBear advance
as on of the greatest faults of the in
stitution the failure of the experts t
make data gathered from experiment
available for the use of orchardists
"What we want from the station h
declared, "is efficiency
Prof. Thompson spoke in support
the station. He refuted the statemen
that the local branch was kndergaI
ten for the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege. pointing out that not one OF To
eXperts here was an Q. A. &. man. II
/ called attention to the fact that j. X
! Winston is now away at the UnlVerslt
! of Wisconsin making study OF prot
| lens that confront local orchardlsts.
"We cannot afford to stop in OF
i quests for the cure for certain trouble
we have" said Prof. Thompson, unit
we have found these cures or solve
the problems.
| Geo. |. Sargent also commended III
work of the station. "The station hi
| been experimenting in my orchard
said Mr.. Sargent, 'and hundreds
| orchardists have come to my place
| see-what was being done. These e
| periments have been of inestimab
= value.
MIR. Dunbar said that the resul
n should be available not to hundred
II but to all growers.
Hi ID. l.. PiersOn, OF YAK nioNc, "
II the advisory board that the results
ii experiments were presented 10
IL growers in the form of reports.
II called attention to the report issu
III last winter by the local station.
III Commissioner Hawkes. asked II |
HI station had ever given the valley a
II denfiite recommendations except
Hi minor troubles. The commissioner "
H told by the supporter of the inst'tutl
Ill that definite information could not
III given out until definite concluslt
III we're reached, and that these cone
Ill sions often took years of close study
Ill The suggestion was advanced
HI members of the advisory board u
HI the station should in the future rep
HI in SO far as possible its findings,
HI give all growers of the valley the
iii surance that they were working not
II few olchardists but for the en-
iii district.
Hi Toward the close of the meet
. he following three Upper Valley