The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-05-09
TWO CRATES OF
LOCAL BERRIES
/. !. BRING $5O7.OO.
.. %.-gs+ =,
First Shipments Made by Mar
keting Union are Sold at
-nr Auction in Seattle
MONEY TO THE RED CROSS
Growers to Receive $42 for the Two
Outlook for Good Season
-s.@ is Bright

The first two crates of Kennewick's s
1918 strawberry crop were shipped by
the Kennewick- -Richland Marketing
Union Tuesday and sold in Seattle for
$507O0, or $1O.56 per pint cup. The
first crate was sold for $4,000 and
then donated to the Red Cross and re-
sold at auction, bringing $4,000. The
second crate was sold for $1,000 and
when resold at auction brought $1OO.
The first crate sets new record for
high prices for Kennewick berries.
Last year the first crate was sold at
"a Red Cross auction in Spokane, and
brought $108.75. This year, however,
lowing to the illness of P. r. Parks, no
special sales stunts were arranged in
Spokane, and crate shipped to Spo-
kane Tuesday was sold to the Spokane
Table Supply company for $500.
The honor Of bringing in the first
full crate goes to w. S. Dickinson, who
lis handling his own and I. s. Gleason's
patches. Mrs. w. D. Young brought
in the first hallock, but was only min
ute ahead of Robt. Schlemlein. w. H.
Witt was among the first with a half
crate.
The ripening season is ahead of last
year when the first crate was shipped
May 21, and in 1916 the first crate
was sent out May 5.
The season is opening with bright
prospects SO far as production is con-
,cerned. Nearly all the patches are in
excellent condition and the rain Of the.
last few days has frightened up the
vines ard will do much toward putting
size into the brries. F. n. Krug, local
manager Of the Observation-Disclosures
Marketing Union, said this morning
that unless some very unfavorable
weather conditions were encountered
sthere would be some record breaking
yields this year.
Yesterdays Seattle sales had not
been completed when the Daily Pro-
duce News went to press, but the ar
rival of the two crates is described in
its columns as follows:
Two crates of Clark Seeding straw
berries, grown by members of the
Kennewick Richland Marketing I'm
ion and shipped to r. H. Lang, local
representative of the General Sales
Agency, Inc, were received on West
: ern avenue this morning. The berries
were packed in the standard 24-pint
crate and even surpassed in quality
and color the first shipment received
in any previous year from this famous
berry-producing district.
But, best of all, the price secured
from the sale of the berries passed by
"a large figure any other season and
the Red Cross will receive the benefit.
J The first crate was sold to Reginald
H. Parsons, president of the North
western Fruit Exchange, for $3Qs It
will be ratified off during the luncheon
hour at the Rainier Club today and
the proceeds given to the Red Cross.
A photograph Of the crate was taken
surrounded by group of charming
Red Cross nurses.
E. A. Wanamaker, local manager of
the Ryan Fruit Co., purchased the Sc
. cond crate of Kennewick berries for
$1,000. This crate of berries was care
fully placed in Henry Liebert's car
and with E. S. Gill, secretary of the
Seattle Produce Association, acting as
auctioneer, the first gems from Kenne-
wick were offered in single cups to the
crowd, which quickly filled the side
walk and overflowed onto the street
car tracks. ~s7 H.. .-... \
The first cup was knocked down to
MI. Itkin, a patriotic merchant from
the public market, for $500. Ben Fin
gerroth, salesman for the Ryan Fruit
Co., captured the second cup by con-
tributing $500 toward the Red Cross
fund. Then in quick succession Henry
Liebert, Dave Lloyd, E. A. Wanamak-
= er, Hohag Bros. & Rice and G. H: Wat
- ton each contributed $500 toward the
war fund and were allowed the privi-
lege of carrying home a cup of Ken
newick's first berries. ~:
In order to further increase the to-