The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1919-03-13
TOTAL BUSINESS
OVER $2,OOO,OOO
STONE GIVES BEST ANNUAL REPORT
Apple Growers Association Members Iiasr
OF Prosperous Conditions EX-
pertinent Station Praised

pertinent SlaIi0n Erased
Reporting gross business II
3. l02. .900.97 for l9le. Executive Man
ager Stone, father Of the ooouegat.ve
sales agency and It's executive Eead
since it was established ia INl4. read
the best statement SATURDAY, ever
issued by the Apple Growers a s9cia-
ti0n. Although the Association handled
!, fl2, 900 packages of tCuit IN 1916 as
compared with 9l4.330 last wear. me
gross business fer 1916. the next high
est year OF the agency, reached but
Sll ,609 295.50
In percentage of quality and sze the
1918 crop Of apples exceeded that Of
any former years. The quality Of the
fruit, Mr.. Stone declared In his report,
Is due to the cooperation of the orgali-
zation and Is members with the Hood
River experiment station
While weather conditions were
favorable last year for a good crop.
said Mr.. Stone, 1.-THE great diligence
of our growers in thoroughly spraying
at the proper time. contributed largely
year
Al this mint Mr St,o 5irragsad
f,a,, his fa.g,ai -. 't'
isgisIatnrs for m5iS ~ rerr3a, -',,' ~, tbe .l,
Hood River evnar;rent station
..The exner,nant stat,nn > s.i5 Mr.
Stone ~ the vallavi m5st ,,lpsbi.
INSTITUTION TN renort shoos I ~
ba,,e retnrpad t,a 6scbe,'is,. - tb,s
vsllav thoneands of dollars Isst yesr
lts norr,aeanc,, ,o;Il ,,'.,"as., III ,.,I,,
ard fnr thair raoalt logiyiat;, ,ro
tba Iao;sistnre - d.,l't nf a.at;t'',Ja
urre on nj of vou Growers tn mako
tbs fnilast nsa II thi5 ,rst;tnt;1, t
p,i@es ~, aIl frnit rro'lnnts rstn-ned
o,roy'oys hardunno nrnfts Tba rn.
srectiro 'rraso rat,,,s IN ,'.a3,its
- tbo AssaC;,t,ro far tha sl.,4, 80 of
Id1S .nna,,a"cioD, ,r,so, .r',ig v,ith 1,.o a1d
ar4;,o ,,itb NJ Of 1otq I...;r,.'tad
fron, Nt.rch ~ 1io,, el, ANA .l ~
ia,.'s
stores Sooo ooo. ao,Ies e1 ron eoo.
strswborr;es 500 o5I 10 no.,rs Slas
oos II abnrr;os SIt s-5 N r,sn6or.
rios Sl5i IN loganbarries W. ~
oooeeherries S2. nrnnes s1d nln9s
"a -5, blactharr,es S751 19 INK
annlss e3IS ~ o,,io.os a. II ;na
ed 5oo
M, Sto,e,s rano,t ebowoa tbst tbe
Assariatiar einee ~. oyoarig,l,.,n.o an -
cnonaratiya hasis ba5 aenS,,nl. TOD
assata - the annrolinafa y5n@ of
S925 0oo az nj. aroannt stso ma, ia
~ narnonart form, tbat ls,no+ NO
dishnread n dividanG= 'res N.asstln.
tion evrended s2l re- in hf,il.j,ngs and
other imnrovements last vear II noU
b9. y. k.nI q qnr,,ln. fnna H.. n,aooe
If ei0 oo0 Un4er ~ erstern ~ lsg,as
a,sduatad from fvo IN sl. ,..ta il,
acrordanca vim the ranoe + nr.ras ~
tho annlos NOR how tbe Aasoaiatjon
has set abori tha raise az q 5n,.'a. ing
fnod ~ 500 000 This fuad taaate
has reached S27.37s II is used in the
nurcbase ,f snnnlies and to fi.Is ..ro,.ar
,n"nhers u oyer nerinds n smaIi ,r..rlr
Mr Stone declared that tbe rprcl1s-
inc fund WAS of qreat eeoran',, ,..'ine
n 7maintaning tbe cre5it II tFs oroan.
;qat;on All If the fnnd ba-s.iJ hgs
aarned 40 bigb as saysn. ,,..r ,.r,t mar
annnm Ard i laYoo portinn 81. earned
40 bigh ss "a pe, cant
IN bis animal statement Rfr Stone
was abla n rnnort that naoIs IN All
verietiee If antias exrsnt Naotoons
6ad heen rlosad Petnns nn all v.rie.
t,es evcent Nawtnwns eb.t0 AKA 40
for IN 11e hoxes making an averape
nor hov for ali gr.das md eiqes ~
& - H. teet sincs Ioti Tbs I'm ~
&o1Q oee boe Loan ratnrrod ,, N..ur.
towns Athongb annroximatelv " ner
cent of ne Nfe.t3s.n rrsn has not
hoan 4ttIed for tra Anal raturU. bayo
heen estimated resnective> as fol.
lows Maximum nrice for Extra Fan.
~, e. o0 minimum far snali.st size G
| AJAX Sl % and AVERAGE "a ~
ne resnectiye total tonaage and
,,a<;n,rn, minimum and aver..pe
nrices nor how on other varieties are
~ foIlo,pe
c,,it7o,bnrus 91o 910 hoVo. S315
81 81 and Si a.. Arkansas RIaqss ~
Xxx hoves S3 9l Si 3S nd So 07.
0ttlaye q 5I5 hoves - 25 n RI and
81 o7 Rcd Cheeks 326 noxes d l2.
e. e r. and 81 & Jonathans 26 327
Gnvos H oo a - and 81 81 6eii.
ciang 5810 hoves so "a 81 no and
r. "a Winter Raranas q 7,q boxps
e. 5o z, Ok and W IA 03eoon Rads
c3o hnvos SI Nh "A 26 ard RI ",
l,;3--aoall"rN,'n,s l,3-o ,,ar;ot;.s N o-o hovog
.'tso1 ~ n a,.or9,,S ,,,,ro0s of 81 re nor bav
Mr. A. Stanp naid a tribnte 70 tbe labor
of vi, tbe Association nosnite he high
oast m of iahor snd materiaIs The nast
vaar a a. as resnlt nf NE eficiencJ of
Paha,, yPI",, %enartrnents ''o and tbeir inteyosts
;n ~, thoir %ors according to the mana.
mar ~ .''tt' Tho gyoes eVnense9 of the orpani.
set'or 5et' T''1 have nof been increased over
apCi anV'V, nost t'p, vear V
~ rnaLing retnrns IN growers the
Assaniat;on naEas dodTctiors for
chasinp fund assessments Of a maxi.
n,1,n Sim Of 25 cents Der box
' Eolioping The nominations for csndi.
dates for . hoard If directors Who
IN i.,4.L G,4,,p,f,,, AL 70 ia