White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-10-13
OUR FRUIT CARRIES
AWAY MORE PRIZES

Cleaning up the field as usual
whenever she goes to the trouble
of making an exhibit, the White
Bluffs -Hanford valley, without any
organized effort and with only a
few individual displays, and not
their best at that, has again com
PEELED the other districts to do hom-
age, as is indicated by the follow
ing letter from w. d. Mackay of
the Bleakley Fruit conapany, who
lives in Seattle;
"When ! returned home Satur-
day last, my attention was called
to the Land Products show now be-
ing held in this city and on going
over there | was very much sur
prised to see the exhibits displayed
from the different counties in Ore
gon and this state and some from
California, also at the number of
visitors and the interest upon the
opening days of the show.
Il Immediately began to hunt
for the White Bluffs and Hanford
exhibit, and was extremely disap-
pointed to find that, after the Mil
waukee had taken the trouble of
making a display, we had the small
est one there that was sent in from
any county or district in the state.
The Milwaukee gave US the best
space they had in their exhibit, and
it attracted great deal of atten-
tion, particularly as the three ex-
hibits Of grapes from Nichols, Love-
land and Bleakley had taken the
grand sweepstakes in the grape ex-
hibit; and the two former had tax
en- extra prizes for Individual ex
hibits. The Bleakley Fruit com
pany was also successful in taking
the first prize in Winter Bananas
and Arkansas Blacks, and second
prize in two other varieties. Now
| should like to state that the ap-
Piles sent in by Blcakley did not
represent his best apples at all, as
the time given to getting up the
exhibit was extremely short, and
we were not aware of the impor-
tance of this Show.
From the advertising we have
received, even with our poor exhib-
it Of this year, it is demonstrated
without a doubt that it will be we'll
worth our while to make special
effort to give the Milwaukee a
first-class exhibit next year.
"Our lack Of experience this
year prevented US from capturing
three or four more valuable prizes.
For example, four apples of GER
tain variety were shipped here,
that without doubt were far SUI
perior to anything else shown, but
were not awarded prize on ac-
count of the requirement which
called for five apples IN a plate dis
play.
From my own personal observa-
tion | know that Mr.. Van Buren
could have taken first prize in to-
matoes, as ! saw nothing here
equal to what saw in his tomato
field. You have potatoes there
that were equal to anything that |
was exhibited here, and | saw
squash over there growing, the
equal of which is not shown here.
These are only few samples from
my own personal knowledge.
"On Saturday night the Milwau-
kee will advertise extensively a |
free distribution Of the famous
White Bluffs and Hanford grapes
from displays now at the Arena,
and have requested growers to
ship anything they can spare for
this purpose on Fridays train and
the Milwaukee will take care of
the carrying expenses and distrib-
ution.
81 have endeavored to make my
point clear, believing that if the
White Bluffs and Hanford growers
could come here and see this Show
they would be proud of their too
small exhibit and go back feeling
that they could capture almost any
prize given at this years Show if |
they went into it properly.
"One of the most important in
dustries at White Bluffs is Mr.. Han !
ford's Concord grape vineyard,
which was not exhibited at all, and |
! saw no Concords in the whole
Show that were equal to what he
ordinarily sends to market"