The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1921-08-25
Clipped Here and There


Apple growers in the Northwest who
have been marketing their product in
bulk will do we'll to ponder before con-
tinuing this practice. The demand and
higher price for apples from this sec
tion has almost entirely been built up
by superior packing methods and EN-.
ploying a container that is more con-
venient and attractive to the consum-
er. Quality and grading have played
their part, but above ali the pack has
been the thing that has made North
west apples renowned the world over
and made the big development Of the
apple industry in the Pacific Northwest
possible.
Other apple growing sections know
this and they are commencing to wake
up to the advantages that may accrue
to them by utilizing boxes instead of
barrels. A case in point was the re-
cent visit to this region of an apple
handler from Pennsylvania for the pur-
pose of familiarizing himself with our
packing methods and obtaining box
material. Shipping 10000 barrels of
Albemarle Pippins from the Blue
Mountain district of Virginia annually,
he could sell twenty boxes of these ap1
pies packed as they are in the North
west where he now sold two barrels, !
and get a higher price. This should, |
we think, cause reflection on the part |
Of Northwest bulk apple shippers be-
fore they widen the wedge that may
prove disastrous to the industry. To |
make the apple industry in the far |
west pay, it must receive superior
price for its product. Its long dis
tance from the big fruit consuming
centers of the country make this high |
er price imperative. Without it the |
industry cannot survive.
Higher packing costs was the reason |
given for shipping bulk apples from the
Northwest. Why continue a practice |
that is not now necessary and may
mean disaster. Better Fruit.
These answers were copied from
papers that were submitted by students
n the New York State regents exam
nation:
The main provision of the MAY
lower compact was potatoes.
The function of the stomach is to hold
Up the petticoats.
Pompeii was destroyed by an eruption
# saliva from the Vatican.
Three kinds of teeth are false teeth,
,old teeth, and silver teeth.
The permanent set of teeth consists of
anines, eight bicuspids, twelve molars,
nd four cuspidors.
Typhoid can .be prevented by fasci-
laton.
Guerilla warfare is where men ride on
iuerillas.
The Rosetta stone was missionary to
turkey.
The invention of the steamboat caused
network OF rivers to spring up.
The qualifications Of voter at a
chool election is that he must be the
lther of child for eight weeks.
Inability of the Oregon Cooperative
rower's association to obtain com
etent help threatens 10 interfere with
ne packing OF fruit at its plant, accord
lg to j. II. Frazier, manager. .
Employment is provided for 40 people
uring the packing season. Less than
alf OF the packers needed are at !
ork.
The association has been advertising
II help, but both men and woman train v
! in the art of handling fruit or the n
trade are hard to find. q
The association is now engaged in "
acking prunes and pears with the o
each crop coming in. 1t expects to
nip 20 cars of prunes, several cars of n
ears, 30 cars of peaches and 90 goo box ''
apples before the season closes late in
ne autumn. d
b.
The fruit is being shipped east. Ii is !,
! going by rail. Two cars are now be- K
g made for shipment 10 Engand but e.
ew York is buying the bulk Of the pack. p
Mr.. Frazier said il was impractical TO
Zip the fresh fruit by water into New
ork and no attempt will be made to aR'
nd any Of it through the Panama canal -
Dalles Chronicle.
Salem is excited over the Non-Parti-
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