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BETTER FRUIT 



- in can s only 



Ghlrardelli's Ground Chocolate is 

 so good — so pure — and so rich in 

 nutriment that it deserves nothing 

 less than this quality -sealed can. 

 That's why Ghirardelli'sisnotsold 

 in bulk, but i/i cans only. 

 In ^i lb., I lb. and 3 lb. cans — 

 at the store where you do your 

 trading. 



Say '* Gtar-ar-delly " 



D. GHIRARDELLI CO. 



Since 1S52 San Francisco 



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Prove all my claams on your own farm! 

 Find out how one man alone with a Kirstin 

 ■ rdlea bifrgest atnmpi. Pulls big. little 

 r.-fn. rotten, 'ow-cut tap-rooted Btumoa-- 

 lilk'fs. trr-ea or brush! Does It UUH^K,! 

 KASyi CHEAP! If eadsfied, after 30 days 

 trial, kef-p puller. If not BaUsfied, 

 return at my expt-nse. 



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^^.^^— ^— Weighs less — costs less! Yet has greater speed, 

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 low cost. SinKle, double, triple power. Several speeds Low speed to loosen stump 

 -high to yank .t out quick. Patented qnjck ■.■take uP" for .s'^^K^^We. Easily inoved 

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SJ; as.", A. J. KIRSTIN COMPANY 



348 Lud St., Escanaba, Mich. 



Gulch Shipments Irom 

 Eftcanaba. Mich. AllanU, Ga. 

 Soo, Canada Portland, Ora. 



My Big 

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Telia why a few etampB 

 cnat you mor* EACH 

 YEAR than Ihe price of a 

 Kiretinl Why Btumpa coat 

 AmericBii farmers an ap- 

 pallinK toll! Shows how 

 thousanda of Kirsfio own- 

 ers pull peaky stumps in 

 spite of labor shortage— 

 with one-man outfit. 

 Alao why the Klratln way 

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 Book Is filled with lotor- 

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early summer. Folinge injury, how- 

 ever, should be reduced to the mini- 

 iiuim as far as ijossibie in order to 

 avoid any immediate or cumulative in- 

 .jiiry to the tree which might result. 

 Excessive drenching can be avoided. 

 ■\Vith these two exceptions the gun gave 

 a good account of itself in every way 

 at Hood River, and it was used by a 

 majority of the growers. Most of the 

 orchardists state, "We will quit the or- 

 chard business if we have to go back 

 to those man-killer rods." With this 

 viewpoint in mind, the grower will un- 

 doubtedly make it a business to see that 

 his spray gun makes good. 



To Fight Proposed Rate Increase 



Half a million dollars is the stake for 

 which the fruit growers, fruit shippers 

 and business men of the Wenatchee dis- 

 trict are preparing to wage the battle 

 of their lives before the Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission at Washington this 

 spring. Joining in this contest will be 

 all the other fruit districts of the Pacific 

 Northwest as well as the Public Service 

 Commissions of the four Northwestern 

 States, Washington, Oregon, Idaho and 

 California. These forces will combine 

 for the purpose of opposing the pro- 

 posed increase in the United States 

 Railroad Administration's freight tariff 

 on fruit, also the greatly advanced 

 charges for heating and icing fruit in 

 transit. The freight rate increase is 

 already in effect, having been tempo- 

 arily suspended by the Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission last October until 

 May 31. The other increases have been 

 promised but have not yet gone into 

 effect. Under the new schedules the 

 charges for icing and heating will be 

 raised 50 per cent in some instances. 



The Wenatchee district alone will 

 have to pay $500,000 more to have next 

 year's fruit crop shipped to the market 

 if these advanced charges are not de- 

 feated or suspended. Altogether the 

 fruit industry of the West will pay an 

 additional toll of several million dol- 

 lars annually so that the stake in the 

 coming battle will be one of princely 

 ]jroportions. 



Wenatchee fruit shippers took the 

 iniative in opposing the first increase 

 in freight rates on fruit two years ago. 

 At that time the advance only amounted 

 to 15 per cent of from $1 to $1.15 per 

 hundredweight from here to Mississippi 

 River points. 



The special committee of the We- 

 natchee Commercial Club, consisting of 

 Chairman Frank D. Case, O. B. Shay, 

 John A. Gellatly, W. R. Prowell and 

 C. B. Hughes, is now preparing to or- 

 ganize the final campaign against the 

 advanced charges.— PocAer. 



The Cashmere Apple Company have 

 prepared plans for a three-story frost- 

 proof modern warehouse to be erected 

 in Wenatchee in the near future. The 

 work will be carried on as rapidly as 

 possible after the contract is let, so the 

 warehouse will be ready for the 1919 

 crop. 



WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT 



