Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-06-11
FRUIT AND NUTRAISERS
ORGANIZE ASSOCIATION
Project Launched In Portland
Alse Provides for FOrma-
- sf Cooperative Pack
- Association.

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Portland, Or, June 1l.sevealy five
representative fruit and nut growers
from every important producing, dis.
triet OF Oregon met in Portland this
week and formed the Oregon Growers
Cooperative association. Robert Paulus,
Salem, was chosen chairman and Earl
Perry Of Roseburg, secretary of the
meeting.
Plan Of proposed organization ex.
planned BY Aaron Sapiro, San fran
cisco attorney for largest cooperative
association Of California. When pro,
posed plan was finally put to vote, was
carried unanimously.
Membership for Each Grower $40
! Membership for each grower will be
$40. The project also provides for the
formation of Oregon Growers Cooper
lStive Packing association, when will
be incorporated and growers will fl.
nanre il by subscriptions, $l0 per
share per acre being fixed as prlee
There will be issue of $500,000 common
stock and $5O0,00O preferred, later
these win be sold on open market and
redeemed in five years. This will pro
vide funds for purchase Of physical
properties of eanneries, packing cstab-
lishments and fruit associations that
become a part of the cooperative or
ganization.
Institutions to be absorbed are Sa-
lem Fruit Union, Umpqua Valley Fruit
Union, Roseburg cannery, Douglas
County Fruit Growers association,
Scots Mills Prune Growers associa-
tion, Dundee Prune Growers assoeia-
tion, Eugene Fruit Growers associa-
tion and Willamette valley fruit ex-
change of Corvallis.
Paulus on Committee
Organization committee consists OF
Robert Paulus, Salem; W. W. Silver,
Dundee; Georg e Zimmerman North
Yamhill; L. W. Matthews, Amiiy; h.
w. johnson, Corvallis; L. L. klene,,
Alvadore; j. 0. Holt, Eugene; A. n.
Elliott, Dallas; Earl Perry, Roseburg.
Advisory committee appointed to act
for various local districts, those on
committee being J. 0. Taylor, Scots
Mills; Selmour Jones, Salem; Stanley
Smith, Albany; G. r. Leads, COrval-
lis; w. S. Brown, Corvallis; Il. Nj. Bar
low, Eugene; W. c. Jamison, Htllsboro;
l.. +. Russell, Washougaf; h. Ii. {.
Wood, Roseburg; w. G. Harding, Rose
burg; w. f. st. John, Sutherln; Jonn
Basenbark, Roseburg; Frank Gibson,
Salem; Henry Voth, Dallas; E. ". Coul-
son. Scots Mills; G. A. Dearborn, Dun
dee; Fred Groner, Hillsboro; Kenneth
Miller, Sheridan; j. f. Cox, Dallas; II.
S. Butts, Dallas; c. c. Hall, Gresham;
J. A. Riggs, The Dalles; G. Z. ShcncF,
Oregon City; J. E. Ferguson, Stanley
Armstrong, Milton; J. j. Mcdonald,
Salem. and Professor Mcpherson Of the
O. A. c.
A board Of directors will be appoint
ed from each district and several dis
triets will also have advisory commit
toes 10 look after home interests. Or.
committee win work out de-
tails Of association from local view
point. 80, o., |
Articles of incorporation will be I'll /
ID at onee. but not with intention 20
take control Of erops this year, as many |
and associations have made
their selling contracts. The summer VIII
he spent in organization work in buy
inc out and dissolving local institutions
Ii is the largest organization Of the
kind ever attempted in the northwest,
and closely follows the California plan |
of eooperation. but steps taken will
determination of California IN
forests in marketing northwestern pro-
duets.