The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1922-04-27
APPLE MEET TO BE
NORTHWEST EVENT

"Wbile the meeting will be held at
Seattle" says P. F. Clark, member of
a general committee arranging for the
annual convention of the international
Apple Shippers scheduled for July, ''it
will be a northwestern event. Mem
bers of the entertainment and recep-
tion committees are being appointed
from all fruit sections of the four
states, Oregon, Washington. Montana
and Idaho, and every effort will be
made to have the 800 delegates expect
ed from every point of the nation see
as many points of scenic interest as
possible. The visiting apple buyers,
too. will be urged to see all of the
different apple section. +"
Mr.. Clark declares that he believes
the convention is going to be of ines
timable benefit to northwestern apple
business, in that it will draw the
prominent buyers here and give them
an opportunity to view the operation
in orchards. They will be taken
through packing houses and storage
plants.
"In a word." says Mr.. Clark, "the
buyer will be given personal inter-
est in the northwest boxed apple. He
will see how it is manufactured. He
will see our plants and come in per-
sonal contact with the growers. When
he returns to the east, he will think Of
the northwestern boxed apple in new
terms"
Mr.. Clark says, too, that efforts are
being made in all fruit sections to
stimulate the attendance of growers at
the convention. This will result in
beneficial conferences between pro-
ducers and sellers, and will tend to
eliminate harmful prejudices. He
declares that he thinks the sessions are
going to be the most valuable ever
held for northwestern fruit interests.
"After the Seattle meeting, says
Mr.. Clark, 1--WE are going to expect
most of the prominent buyers to come
here for visit. While Hood River
will be the headquarters for the mid
Columbia activities of the buyers, the
visit of the fruit men here will be to-
ward the entire Oregon and Washing
ton Cascade fruit belt what the Seattle
session is to the northwest. The
guests will be entertained by a COM
mittee Of men from The Dalles. Mo.
sier, Underwood. White Salmon and
Lyle, as well az from Hood River.
Letters we are receiving from the
apple buyers indicate that most all Of
them will attend. Fear has been ex-
pressed that the distance would pre-
vent many from coming, but apparent
ly all of the influential factors of the
apple market, factors that we really
want to get in direct touch with, are
going to be represented in the north
west this summer. They are going to
make the event a vacation, and most
of them will be accompanied by their
families. We are going to supply the
delegates at Seattle with unique SOU
venir booklet. This publicity volume
will carry appealing invitations from
all sections and the northwest will
gain plaudits, we think for her recre-
atiOnal assets after the apple men and
their families have come and gone. p"
Plans are under way, Mr.. Clark
states, for mailing to every member of
the Apple Shippers Association. a
map showing highways and railroads,
penetrating the different apple sec
tions. Thus, be declares, the visitors
will find out how easy it will be for
them to come here and call at every
apple growing section. This, he be-
lieves. will be the course pursued by
most buyers.