May, ipip 



BETTER FRUIT 



Association News of Widespread Interest 



Page ig 



Valleys in Oregon and the Lewiston and 

 Clarkston district in Washington. 



AT the recent annual meeting of the 

 trustees of the Fruit Growers' 

 Agency held at Spokane, Dr. H. L. 

 Geary of Underwood, Washington, was 

 elected president. The other officers 

 chosen for the ensuing year were: 

 Frank Reeves of Wenatchee, vice-presi- 

 dent; D. L. Ingard of Payette, Idaho, 

 secretary, and C. J. Webb of Spokane, 

 treasurer. Action taken at the meet- 

 ing will result in having the offices of 

 the agency located in Spokane perma- 

 nently. L. F. Sainsbury of Yakima re- 

 tired as manager of the agency, stating 

 that other duties would prevent him 

 from serving this year. The matter that 

 was given the greater part of its atten- 

 tion by the meeting was the 25 per cent 



Why 



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of I^ead 



When 



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 Arsenate 



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Spreads more evenly, sticks 

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 safe or safer to use on ten- 

 der foliage? 



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 least an experimental 

 way and we are confi- 

 dent that you will use 

 no other arsenical poi- 

 son in the future. Oth- 

 ers are buying tons 

 of it. 



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rate increase in freight rates on fruit 

 which becomes operative May 25. A 

 committee consisting of President 

 Geary, C. W. McCullagh of Hood River, 

 Robert C. Paulus of Salem, and Frank 

 Reeves of Wenatchee, was appointed to 

 prepare the data to be used in present- 

 ing the case of Northwest fruit ship- 

 pers before the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission in case the application for 

 a formal hearing on the new rates is 

 allowed. The by-laws of the organiza- 

 tion were also amended so as to allow 

 representatives on the board of trustees 

 from the Rogue River and Willamette 



According to W. H. Gwinn, the well- 

 known fruitman of Seattle, membership 

 in the Fruit Growers' Agency is not to 

 be limited to the large fruit-handling 

 concerns if the sentiment of the mem- 

 bers is adopted as the policy of the 

 organization. "We need," said Mr. 

 Gwinn, "the backing of every fruit 

 grower in the Northwest, and I believe 

 if we would put on a thoroughly or- 

 ganized campaign for membership there 

 is no reason why we should not have 

 an organization that would reach the 

 500 mark. There are many important 

 questions before the agency now, but 



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