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 good reason for remain- 

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 Inspections, Adjustments, Law, 

 Collection, Railroad Claim and 

 Arbitration Service as needed? 



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DrlUi through *ny formt- 

 UoD. FlTo 7«vs Ahead of anj 

 otber. Eu raoord of drilUnR 130 feet and diivlns casing 

 In • bmum. Another record where 70 feet was drilled oo 

 tH laUoaa dliUUate at 9o per galloD. One man can 

 oi>erat& Klectrlcall? equlpi>ed for nmnlDg nights. 

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BETTER FRUIT 



Moved as an amendment by John 

 Isenhart of Wenatchee that the mini- 

 mum color requirements for Stayman 

 be changed from 66%% to 50%. Sec- 

 onded. Amendment lost. 



Moved as an amendment by Chair- 

 man J. L. Dumas, who took the floor 

 with the consent of the house, that the 

 minimum color requirement for Kaighn 

 Spitzenberg be changed from 66%% to 

 50%. Seconded. Carried. 



Original motion by Schwartze, as 

 amended, was carried. 



Moved by J. R. Schwartze of Yakima 

 that the color requirement for the "Red 

 Cheeked or Blushed Varieties" be "a 

 perceptibly blushed cheek." Seconded. 

 Carried. 



Moved by J. R. Schwartze of Yakima 

 that the color requirement for "Yellow 

 or Green Varieties" be "characteristic 

 color." Seconded. Carried. 



Moved by J. R. Schwartze of Yakima 

 that the meeting take up the second 

 grade under the name of "Second 

 Grade, Grade No. 2 or Standard Grade." 

 Seconded. 



Discussion of the change of name 

 from "Fancy" to "Standard" with C. H. 

 Hinman of Yakima and F. B. Utter of 

 Wenatchee taking the floor in favor of 

 the change and E. T. Balch of Wenat- 

 chee and L. J. Blot and John F. Davies 

 of Spokane speaking in opposition. On 

 a point of order raised by Mr. Davies 

 the chair ruled the motion out of order 

 as in conflict with the statute. 



Moved by J. R. Schwartze of Yakima 

 that the Fancy grade be defined as 

 follows : 



"Second Grade, Grade No. 2 or Fancy 

 apples are defined as apples complying 

 with the requirements for first grade 

 apples except that slight sunscald or 

 other blemishes not more than skin 

 deep shall be permitted up to a total 

 of 10% of the surface of the apple." 

 Seconded. 



A long discussion followed with E. L. 

 Porter. S. M. McKee and C. H. Hinman 

 of Yakima and W. O. Dow of Wenat- 

 chee speaking in favor of the motion 

 and particularly in favor of the pro- 

 vision for 10% blemish, while W. 

 Gwyn, J. A. Warman and J. F. Sugrue 

 of Wenatchee were opposed to allow- 

 ing more than 5% blemish. 



Moved as an amendment by W. Gwyn 

 of Wenatchee that the maximum blem- 

 ish allowed be 5% instead of 10%. Sec- 

 onded. Amendment lost. Original mo- 

 tion carried. 



Moved by J. R. Schwartze of Yakima 

 that the following color schedule be 

 adopted for the second grade: 



Solid Red Varieties 



Aiken Red 25% 



Arkansas Black 2.'>% 



Black Ben Davis 2.^% 



Gano 25% 



King David 25% 



Spitzenberg (Esopus) 25% 



Vanderpool 25% 



Wincsap 25% 



Baldwin 15% 



Black Twig 15% 



Mcintosh Red 15% 



Striped or Partial Red Varieties 



Delicious 15% 



Jonathan 15% 



Stavnian 15% 



Hubbardston 10% 



Ben Davis 10% 



■IcnitoTi 11'% 



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We grow everything in the line of trees. We 



have a splendid stock this year of citrus, deciduous 



and ornamental trees, grape vines, roses, plams, etc. 



33 Years' Experience 



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