The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1920-04-29
CREAMERY IS
/ MAKING SUCCESS
INSTITUTION is NOW OUT OF DEBT
Patrons Draw Dividends in Every Cream
Check All 0rchardiStS Now
Deliver Cream Cans

On clear, glorious autumn day in
1912 the late Gov. James Withycombe,
who at the time of the trip was direc
tor of the Oregon experiment station,
accompanied party of local men on a
visit to Parkdale. As their automobile
topped a rise on the East Side and a
birds eye view of the orchard district
was available, DR.. Withycombe re-
marked
"My. what a glorious place for
homes of men. The Lord of Creation
never painted fairer picture. but just
think how much more pastoral would
ne the orchards if very one of the
growers had a cow >"
DIR. Withycombe was on mission
that day. He was going to Parkdale
to address fruit growers there on the
importance of dairying as a sideline
tor orchardists. His eloquent pictur-
ing of good COW on the farm won the
hearts of the owners, and from that
meeting spread a movement that has
placed COW or two on every Hood
River orchard tract.
Today the Hood River Creamery.
which came into being in 1914, has
grown into one of the valleys most
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names on cream cans at the creamery
almost any morning offers an interest
! ing study. You will find not only rep
resentative orchardists are patrons Of
creameries, but also the names of ed
itors, lawyers and doctors appear on
! cans of rich Jersey and Guernsey
Cream. The stability of the creamery,
which has been managed since 1918 by
| W. M. Black, who is an expert in his
| line, has spread to orchard districts in
the Washington side of the Columbia,
and cream has been received the past
week from Wasco in Sherman county.
| For March the creamery made 5000
pounds of butter. During January
the total output reached 10, 600 pounds,
for which an average of 66 cents per
pound was received.
| Although the creamery was launched
with an authorized capital stock of
So. 000, only So. 300 has been subscribed.
The institution is out of debt and has
established purchasing fund and a
surplus Of 81 500. 1t pays dividends in
every cream check. for by the system
of cooperation local cream patrons re-
ceive better prices than are paid by
the large Portland creameries.
We attribute our solid popularity
with our patrons," says Mr.. Black,
ITO our honest test. Our patrons have
found that they always receive a fair
deal.
The board Of directors Of the cream
cry consists of Bruno Franz, pres. !;
John Mohr, sec. (; A. w. Peters, j. p.
Thomson, l.. Plog, C. +. Mcintosh
and w. G. + Smith. fractional dis
turbances among the board of the
creamery are unknown. The members
all pull together for the betterment of
the business. Mr.. Black assistant at
the creamery is Edward Thornton.
The dairyng industry has been given
considerable stimulus the past year by
R.V. Wright, who last summer brought
carload of purebred Jerseys, all de-
scendants of the famed Carey herd Of
Carlton.
The figures given above will be
greatly Increased for April. May and
June. Except during harvest season,
when the population of the valley is
heavily increased, the creamery sup
plies the local butter demand. 1t is
rare that grocers order butter from
outside points.