The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1922-08-03
APPLE BUYERS
HEARTS WON
SHIPPERS SING VALLEYS PRAISE
HOmebOund Delegates to Seattle Con-
VentiOn Of |. A. S. A. Entertained
in Mid-COIumbia

Apple growers of the mid. Columbia
and representatives of large eastern
and middle western jobbing and buy
ing concerns became better acquainted
at series of social affairs rendered
the visitors Monday and Tuesday. In
expressing the feeling of the visiting
buyers, members of the international
| Apple Shippers Association, about so
Of whom were present, most of them
with their wives and other members of
their families, K. S. French, of Wash
ington, ID. c., general manager of the
National League of Commission Mer-
chants, said Monday night at a dinner
dance given at the Columbia Gorge
Hotel as the climax of Hood River val
ley's hospitality:
''For the visitors | want to take this
occasion to thank you folk of this COM
munity for your overflowing hospital
ity. We have enjoyed every bit of it,
your kind greeting, your efforts at
making US feel that we were really
welcome. the greatness of your beauti-
full country and the majesty of your
mountains.
1--WE will carry an impression of all
this away with US tucked back in our
brains, and we will often recall the in
cidents. When we hear from you,
your pictures will rise above your let.
terheads. This personal touch, the
personal equasion of business life,
adds Zest to our daily pursuits. We
have formed new acquaintances, have
made new friends, which will help all
of US. +"
E. o. Blanchar, following the din
ner, announced that the orchaIdists of
Wasco county, number of whom were
present. would be glad to escort all of
the buyers, who were returning from
the Seattle convention of the shippers
association held last week, desiring to
make the trip to the neighboring city
Tuesday. William johnson, prominent
member of the Mystic Shrine, here to
represent The Dalles Chamber of Com
merce, announced that automobiles
would be available at o'clock for all
who wished to make the trip. At that
hour parties of the visiting shippers
were whisked away up the Columbia
River Highway for a visit of the Mo-
sier orchard section and to attend a
luncheon at The Dalles, while others
were met by growers of White Salmon,
Husum and Underwood, where they
spent the day enjoying the hospitality
of the orchard folk there.
Tuesday night the delegates left for
various parts of the Pacific coast.
Some will return home by the Cana
dian rockies, while others will 90 south
to San Francisco before leaving on the
return transcontlnental trip. All were
unstinted in their praise of the Colum-
bia River Highway. They declared
the journey here from Portland one of
the most sensational features of their |
journey to the west.
81 have seen just enough of your
scenic bouevards," said F. H. Rich
ardson, cold storage man of Kansas |
City, Mo-, ito whet my appetite.
You may look for me back here to |
spend some leisure time some of these |
days. Your Columbia River Highway |
lie in reality wonder road.
J. j. Castellini, Cincinnati commits
sion man and member of the executive |
of the shippers association |
was another visitor whose enthusiasm |
knew no bounds. He declared that Or |
egon apples, grown in such an environ
ment could not help being fruits of
perfection.
Many apple growers from the We
latchee districts returned to their
homes by way of the Highway, and
Monday Hood River folk viewed cars
carrying banners on which appeared
Eat more Wenatchee apples" A
number of the Wenatchee folk were at
he dinner dance Monday evening.
Tuesday morning large number of
he visiting buyers went as guests of
r. P. Loomis to his Upper Valley
lava Bed Orchard. A picnic lunch
vas served the guests in the famed
lava Bed park. The out of door fea-
ure was declared one of the most
pleasant events of the entire western
rip of the apple men.
The Hood River committee in charge
f preparations for entertaining the
pple buyers included: p. F. Clark,
:. H. Castner. f. S. Kelly, w. r.
Voolpert, j. C. Duckwall and F. A.
} )lmsted.