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BETTER FRUIT 



January 



s Tenth National Apple Show 



Continued from page 8. 



sick' of the show, giving but a glance as 

 they came into the grounds to the 

 and entertainment pro- 



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During three days of the 

 period the annua 



pple-show 

 Fruit Growers' Con- 

 ference of the Northwest was held in 

 the assembly rooms of the Chamber of 

 Commerce. Each session drew a con- 

 stantly-increasing attendance. Discus- 

 sions of practical problems and live 

 issues were participated in by in- 

 structors from state colleges, experi- 

 ment stations and by fruit inspectors 

 and shippers from the four Northwest- 

 ern States. The discussions covered a 

 wide range of vital subjects. 



An issue which brought about the 

 liveliest debate and engendered the 

 deepest feeling was the proposal to 

 change the apple grades from three to 

 two. Discussion over this point almost 

 reached personalities. For a time the 

 convention seemed about equally di- 

 vided over the question, but adherents 

 of the present grades won out for an- 

 other year. 



Each day of the conference the dele- 

 gates voted upon various slogans which 

 had been suggested as desirable to use 

 during the war period. By a process 

 of elimination the convention finally 

 awarded first honors to this slogan sug- 

 gestion made by Mrs. Katherine M. 

 Portch of Almira, Washington: "Let's 

 apples eat and save the wheat." 



To the executives of the show must 

 be given the principal credit for its suc- 

 cess. These executives were headed by 

 Jake Hill, a shoe merchant, who was 

 president of the organization, and 

 James A. Ford, secretary of the Cham- 

 ber of Commerce, who was manager. 

 Mr. Hill chose for his cabinet 35 of the 

 leading business and professional men 

 of the city, augmented by 31 of the best- 

 known fruit men in the several apple- 

 growing districts of the Northwest. All 

 of these men gave of their time, money 

 and work without recompense, and 

 they did it so cheerfully and thoroughly 

 that it set a new mark in the annals of 

 the apple show. 



The trustees from outside of Spo- 

 kane were: 



John I'.. Adams, Wenatchee, Washington. 

 C. E. Chase, Brewster, Washington. 



C. H. Furnian, Zillah, Washington. 



D. I.. Ingard, Payette, Idaho. 



Harry I. Kerr, Okanogan, Washington. 



Lee Si. Lampson, Kennewick, Washington. 



Prof. ('.. I. I.iw is. Corvallis, Oregon. 



Prof. II. M. Morris, Pullman. Washington. 



Edward Pierce, Opportunity, Washington. 



C. E. Sanderson, North Yakima. Washington. 



Conrad Rose, Wenatchee. Washington. 



.1. F. Sugrue, Cashmere, Washington. 



Henry E. Tweed, Wenatchee, Washington. 



J. A. Westerlund, Medford, Oregon. 



G. C. Coulter White, Summerland, B. C. 



<;. W. Coburn, Wenatchee, Washington. 



George Brown, Chelan, Washington. 



Prof. A. «.. Craig. Deer Park, Washington. 



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