The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-10-26
SPOKANE APPLE SHOW
Is DRAWING INTEREST

"a National Apple Show worlds
championship and $3.50 in cash will be
given to the grower who brings the
best FIVE boxes of apples, any variety,
grown in any orchard, TO the ninth Ma
tionsl Apple show at Spokane Novem.
Der 20 to 25. An additional prize Of
Sl00 in cash will be give for the best
single box of apples, any variety"
The above statement was made to
the Glacier Tuesday by Harold Hooker
of Spokane, representing the National
Apple show management. Fred Conk-
lin. of Brewster. Wash, was given the
worlds championship award at the
Panama Pacific exposition at San Fran
cisco last year. and he will have some
of his best apples at the show this
year. Without question, there will be
very keen competition for the liberal
cash prizes that have been offered and
for the honor of winning the champion
ship awards.
''It is generally admitted that the
future success of the box apple busi-
ness is based to considerable extent
on a uniform standard of grade and
pack applying to all districts, and it is
the aim of the apple show to offer
demonstrations and comparisons of the
fruit itself, as regards the grade and
pack. The leading shippers and asso.
Citations in each district have been in
vited to prepare displays that will il.
lustrate the range of fruit allowed
within the limits of each grade and
pack.
"The exhibits of pruning. spraying,
picking, packing and other orchard
equipment at the ninth National Apple
show will form one of the great fea.
lures of the show. With the develop.
ment of their orchards, fruit growers
are becoming more and more interested
in the very best methods of taking
care of their trees and fruit. They
can see all Of the latest equipment in
operation in the industrial department
of the apple show.
Important conferences of fruit
growers will be held curing the apple
show, for the discussion of problems
that are vital to the future success of
the industry. Developments initiated
at recent apple shows have certainly
been a benefit to orchard owners
throughout the Northwest.
Much attention is being given to
the entertainment features that are
being planned to please the crowds that
will attend the apple show this year.
Every person going to the apple show
will get an apple pie free. Equipment
is being installed on the grounds that
will be capable of prodcuing from 12,-
900 to is, 600 individual apple pies every
day;
throughout the show by Philip Pelz,
Russian conductor, and his band, and
arrangements are being made for con-
certs by the Glacier Park Boys band
of $50 musicians and the Whitney Roys'
Chorus of 1000 singers.
"The spectacular features of the ap-
pie show will be centered around the
royal court of King Pip, of which your
most popular young lady has been in
vited to become member, as Princess
Hood River. 1t will be of interest to
your readers to know that Princess
Hood River is to be selected in a popu-
lar voting contest for which ballots
will be printed in the Glacier and
News, beginning next week, and that
there will be no expense for them to
vote for their favoriite to have this
honor.
"In the women's department, cash
prizes to the amount of 5000 will be
given for the best exhibits of apple
cookery, including Q special 500 prize
to woman's organization any social,
church or fraternal society-for the
best group exhibit of products cooked
wholly or in part from apples. From
$50 to 200 merchandise prizes will be
given the women at the apple show
every afternoon and malleable range
and complete kitchen cabinet are among
the special prizes to be given away the
last day of the apple show.
81 hope the good weather continues
and that sufficient pickers and packers
can be secured so that your growers
will have their fruit moving by the
goth of November and can come to the
ninth National Apple show. We are
anxious to have exhibits of your fine
Hood River apples and want your grow.
ers to be we'll represented.