The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-12-21

ing in Douglas county for the past
eight years, and while Broccoli IS DIS
hobby, he is actively engaged IN orch-
ardinp. owning and operating 4O acre
orchard. DR.. Bailey is president. OF
the Umpqua Valley Fruit Union.
Broccoli, introduced by DR.. Bailey, Is
now grown in great quantities. Inc
annual shipments of the product, when
is distributed at handsome prohts 10 the
grower, now reaching 20o cafloaos.
Or. Bailey is prominent in state grange
affairs and is the state deputy Ior
Douglas county.
MIR. Minton, who has been engaged
in the orchard business at Lebanon ior
the past four years, has for numner
of years been engaged In puoIshihs
agricultural and horticultural Journals;
Al the present time he is editing ana
publishing the Pacific Horticultrulst IN
Portland. Formerly he edited the ore'
gon Agriculturist. ,oo,
MIR. Bateham, who since 1894 mas
been identified with the apple Industry
in Hood River and Mosier, where he
still owns orchard tracts, now RESIDES
in Portland. Mr.. Bateham comes from
a family of horticulturisits. his
father, NJ. B. Bateham, pioneer ONO
orchardist, was we'll known through
the middle west as editor ana puo'
Usher of the Ohio Farmer ana ohie
Cultivator. A..
But for the interest taken by the
faculty of the Oregon Abgriccultura
College in the sessions OF the pas
three days, the Horticultural conVen
tion would have approached prett!
nearly the point of failure. Nine o
the principal addresses of the meeting
were delivered by o. A. c. men. l
was conclusively evident that the stat
institution has paeyd chief role !!
! the development Of Oregon's froi
, industry.
One of the last talks given the as
sembled fruit men was made ny A. q
@ Cordley, director Of tie Oregon Expei
iment Station. who pointed out IN
:. necessity of the adequate funds fo
9 maintaining the work undertaken o
: the station.
81 am not coming before you me
. and your organization, said Directt
@ Cordley, land ask you to take an
= action on the matter, am simpl
- going to state a few facts and the
= YOU can do as individuals and as men
:, bers of the Oregon State Horticultur
Is Society as you see fit. Last year, II
is is lack Of funds to keep them. We 10
= nine of our men. The ordinary Ia
" = payer. never stopping to conside
~ said, '0h well. it affected those MI
20 men only In fact the most OF tho
~ men were Immediately snapped up
~ other states at Increased salaries. Jh'
- had in instances been working with
- for a number Of years. In cases tn
- had not completed the solution OF pro
a, lens on which they we're engaged.
ss lost the benefit of those years of stud
~ Now men will have to begin whe
ha they began and learn the business ovt
-. Losses by disease pest in Oregon
ru chards have cost growers more tn
- the total of appropriations for the VI
sol gon Experiment station.
,S "a unique feature of the Hortic
~ tural Convention was the presentati
81. by A. A. Qusrrenburg. of Vancouv
81 81 Wash, of a gavel made from the o
m est apple tree in the Pacific Northwe
' Secetary Minton was instructed
m. have the donors name, the date
m 40. presentation and that the gift '
, : made from the most ancient apple {
,h9 of the old Oregon country inscribed
q. and gavel in silver letters. AccC
The psnying the gift was the follow
history of the old apple tree:
ork 'In years gone by | have had
ch. pleasure of attending many of