Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1922-01-11
FRUIT
PRODUCE HOLDS
ANNUAL MEET
WAGNER AND SEC.
RETARY PETERS MAKES A
VERY INTERESTING REPORT.
Market Shows Bad This Year Both
for Apples and Eggs--Three New
Directors Elected-Many Small
Apples Still on Warehouse Floor.

The Ashland Fruit and Produce
association was incorporated In
1902 with capital stock of $4,000,
divided into 1000 shares of 81 each.
In the past twenty years 1t has
grown both In usefulness and finan-
cial strength. Today 1t has a we'll
equipped plant which would be a
credit to any town twice the size Of
Ashland, a financial report showing
net worth of s25, 5,075.7S and a net
gain for the stockholders of s3722
for the year ending January /, 1922.
or the original 1000 shares about
1891 shares have been issued, of this
number only 1909 shares have called
for dividends leaving the remainder
of the stock as dead stock. All ef-
forts to locate the holders Of this
stock have been unavailing. The as
sociation has, for the past twenty
years, been the chief agent for the
stockholders and growers in hand
ling their fruit and vegetables, and
during the past three years it has
handled large quantity of eggs.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders was held in the city hall at
Ashland. Saturday afternoon. The
object OF the meeting was the elec-
tion of three directors, report Of the
auditing committee and report OF
the manager. Pres. ]. M. Wagner
presided, Secretary S. A. Peters read
the minutes of the preceding meet
ing which were approved. The re-
port Of the auditing committee, con-
sisting OF Sam A. Evans, ]. M. Wag-
ner and s. A. Peters, was read and
approved, The report of the mana
ger was in order, Mr.. Briggs pre-
faced his report for the year ending
Jan. 1, 1922. with request that the
question of reducing the commission
from Is to per cent be taken
up by the stockholders during the
meeting. He also asked the stock
holders to take some steps which
would enable the putting on the
market of some $50 shares OF dead
stock, the owners of which could not
be located. He reported that during
the berry season, the association had
handled 413S boxes and crates OF
berries. Cherries, to the extent OF
30S1 boxes and 1855 crates were
handled, while peaches, all varieties
was 1929 boxes, against about 49,.
900 in 1920. or the assorted fruits
such as plums, apricots and grapes
2033 boxes and crates had passed
through the associations hands, the
? number OF crates of Tokay grapes
was far greater than any year In
the history of the association. Pears
= all varieties, was the largest ton
mage the association had ever hand
led, reaching a total OF 314,65'
' pounds. Mr.. Briggs said "the apple
Y conditions of the east are very de
plorable, OF the 40,256 boxes Of ioost
o apples which We received, there ar,
2470 boxes still on the floor of tn,
packing house, these are principally
culls and OF very little value. 9TH,
apple growers have received around
81 per box for their packed apples
Mr.. Briggs further said, "up to the
present time. there are about 81
cars Of apples on consignment, from
which we have not heard but or
which the growers were advanced 81
per box" The total number OF boxes
: packed win figure out about three
packed boxes to each four boxes OF
loose apples delivered to the asso-
citation. Vegetables and eggs, the
sale Of which is governed principally
by the lumber camp conditions OF
northern California and Klamath
Falls. shows great decrease. both
In quantity and price. as compared
with the figures for 1920; the price
Of eggs averaged 46c in 1920. in