The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-12-06
RID APPLES FOR
RED-BLOODED
SOLDIER BOYS
arrangements Have Been Made
for Sending Fruit to Amer
lean Forces in France
WILL KENNEEICk Be FIRST
N.-thvest is Asked to Furnish 100
Carloads-One Car from this
District

4.
District
When the war started nobody
4hourht that it would be possible to
whet the appetite of the American
overseas soldier, keep his body healthy
and his spirits up, by feeding him the
GOOD old American red apples. But
whv not? If an apple day will
keep the doctor away over here, an
apple day ought to put the Germans
on the run over there. What's more,
theAmerican soldier is going to have
his apple. The question is: us Ken
newick going to lead the Northwest
in shipping the first carload OF Red
Checked Apples for Red-Blooded
Boys?" If everybody will get busy
right away quick, the answer is going
to be eyes"
The people of Kennewick nave an
.opportunity to assist in placing lOO
carloads of Northwestern apples IN
the hands of American soldiers in the
trenches. The international Shippers
association will pay the freight to
New York on all apples donated. A..
D. Mearns, general manager OF the
'Cunard Line, of Liverpool, has offered
to carry them across the ocean free
of. charge, the British government has
waived the prohibition of imports in
favor Of all such consignments and
the Red Cross societies and the Young
Mems Christian Association have vol
unteered to distribute them to the
soldiers in France. If the soldier
doesn't get his apple the blame will
rest with the people of the United
States. 4
l. J. Blot, sales manager of the
Spokane Fruit Growers company, has
been appointed chairman of this move
ment in the Northwest. He has ask
ed Kennewick for one carload and has
named j. w. Vickers local manager
of the Spokane company, and II. w.
Desgranges, Of the Kennewick Dis
trict Fruitgrowers association, to take
charge of the campaign here. These
two local managers have asked A. R.
Gardner to act as treasurer and re-
ceive cash contributions. All cash so
received will be used in purchasing
apples.
Altho Mr.. Vickers and Mr.. Des-
oranges did not receive their instruc-
tions until yesterday, they already
have things started and hope to have
the car loaded and ready to roll by
next Wednesday. AS starter Mr..
Vickers contributed 25 boxes from his
own orchard, The Produce company
followed with ten boxes, the Masonic
lodge at its meeting last night voted
another ten boxes and today contri-
buttons were coming in from many
of the Spokane growers to whom cir
cular letters were mailed direct from
the head office.
Word was received today from Mr..
Blot that if the car could be ready
for shipment by the middle of next
week he believed it would be the first
car out of the Northwest. 1t is to-
ward this goal that Mr.. Vickers and
Mr.. Desgranges are going to bend
their efforts and are requesting that
all contributions be in by Tuesday
evening of next week.
While any variety of good keeping
apples will be accepted, the kind pre-
ferred will be extra fancy Winesaps
ofs about IT'S size. These will keep
better and go farther than almost any
other variety. The Spokane company
and the Association have ample stocks
in their warehouses and all their
members have to do is to telephone
the number of boxes they wish to do
nate and their accounts will be charg-
ed with the apples at the market price.
The Independent growers may either
bring their contributions to one of the
warehouses or make their donations
thru the Pacific Fruit & Produce COM
pany or the H. H. Davis company.
AS an inducement to the cash con-
tributor Mr.. Vickers announced this
evening that his company would sell
extra fancy Winesaps at $1.00 box.
Altho he had not conferred with Mr..