The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1921-10-13
MANSER BACK
FROM FAIR
EXPLAINS C0UNTY'S PLACE THERE
Grains and Grasses We're Local Need
Exhibits May Go to Land
Products Show

Percy l.. Manser, who was in charge
of collecting the Hood River county
exhibit at the recent state fair and
who returned last week from Salem
where he was in charge of the dis
plays, states that Hood River lost out
| in the scoring because of the lack of
| grains, grasses and such products.
"Our only displays of this nature. "
says Mr.. Manser, consisted of some
alfalfa and comparatively poor samples
of threshed grains. We were allowed
| five points on the alfalfa. Had we
been able to have collected other sam
pies of such products, which are out of
season here now, we would probably
have scored 81, instead of "a, and
would have headed our geographical
| division of the state.
"Hood River was easily first on the
products for which it is known. We
scored within five points of 100 on
| fruits, vegetables and natural resourc-
es. feel that in the future all of our
ranchers and orchardists should make
| it point to save out all of their prem
ium products. If they will do this and
notify members of the fair board, we
| will be glad to see to the assembling
and preservation of the products. This
wear the exhibit material was hastily
gathered in the week before 1T was
| transported to Salem.
Mr.. Manser announces the following
first prizes on apples taken by local
| men: Red Gravenstein. w. S. Dowd !;
Jonathan, A. W. Peters Newtown,
Geo. w. Friday Ortley and Delicious,
E. f. Batten Spitzenburg, W. r. Glib
son, and Arka ansas Black, DR.. II. ID.
W. Pineo. G. M. Uptegrove, of the
| Upper Valley, took second award on
| Yellow Gravensteins.
Mr.. Manser states that he has just
received notice of an appealing
premium list on potatoes and fruits at
| the Land Products Show to be held in
Portland November 5-l2. He is urging
| that local growers assemble products
| for this fair. The premium list fol-
| lows:
Potatoes - bushel exhibits, Bur-
bank, first prize $25. second prize $40 (;
American Wonder, $25. $40; Melted
Gem, $25, $40; All varieties rural type,
S25, $40; all varieties red skinned, $25.
| $40. | bushel exhibits, Burbank. $3.50,
| SIS; American Wonder, 81. SO, So; Net
ted Gem, $3.50, $5 all,varieties rural
type, $3.50, $5; all varieties red
skinned, $3.50, $5. All first premium
winners to be held for display in the
State Exhibit, l04 Oregon Building,
| Portland.
Apples-25 box display, commercial
pack, one or more varieties, $3.50, $75 ;
| 5 box display, commercial pack, one or
more varieties, $50, $25. l box dis
play, Newtown, $40, So; Spitzenburg,
$40, $5 Winter Banana, $40, So; Rome
! Beauty, $40, $5; Winesap, $40, 80 {;
Grimes Golden, $40, SIS; Delicious, $40,
S5; Arkansas Black, $40. $5; Ortley,
$40, $5; Jonathan, $40, So.
Pears-Best display one-half boxes,
commercial pack, all varieties, S35,
SIS.
All first premium winners in apple
and pear classes to become the proper
ty of the Land Products Show manage
ment.
Mr.. Manser states that no credit was
given this year for decorations, but
next wear points will be awarded on
this feature. He returned with pho
tograph of the Hood River county dis
play, which shows the products to
| have been placed in a manner that
must have been appealing to the thou
sands who saw them.
Mr.. Manser says that the fruit dis
played at the state fair is sold for gift
boxes. The apples this year attracted
widespread attention, and boxes were
purchased for shipment to various
states of the Union.
"This feature of advertising, he
says, els one that. in my estimation.
is worth a great deal.
Mr.. Manser says that the display
and the interest taken by the county
was very valuable to the orchardists.
81 found that many were Interested
in securing work here, says Mr.. Man
ser, land through suggestions ! made
sent about 75 families here to partic-
! fpate in the harvest. The Parkdale
potatoes attracted attention, and the
displays have already resulted in nu-
merous inquiries for the products. Two
growers have received inquiries for
| carlot orders of apples as a result of
buyers seeing the displays. Five thou
sand folders on the valleys resources
were distributed.