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The 



New Myers 

 Automatic 



Power Sprayer 



No relief valve. No pump trouble. 

 A strong channel steel frame well I 

 braced. The Myers is big capacity, 

 business like outfit and we add the 

 final touch by equipping the outfit 

 with real power— 



Stover's Good 

 Gasoline Engine 



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Myers Spray Ptimps^Orchard Machinery 



A postal 



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you complete 



description 



and prices 



PORTLAND, ORE. 

 SPOKANE, WASH. 



Apple Prices for 1916. — Apple prices 

 have ruled fair during 101(5 for the 

 Xorthwestern grower. It is possihlc, 

 if a large (|uantity had not been lost 

 from the drop and other causes, the 

 price would have been somewhat 

 afTected during the rush of the sea- 

 son, that is, during November and De- 

 cember. In order to move the crop, it 

 might have been necessary for North- 

 western shippers to make lower prices, 

 but the situation apparently seems to 

 have been relieved, and while it can- 

 not be said at the present time that the 

 loss is so great that it will raise the 

 price to any great extent, it is un- 

 doubtedly true that the loss is large 

 enough, so that what remains to t)e 

 shipped will not be so great in quan- 

 tity as to glut the markets or crowd 

 any of the principal consuming centers. 

 The distribution is greater this year 

 than in any previous year, covering 

 some 4-)f) cities and towns in the United 

 States during the month of November. 

 The shortage of cars is such that, al- 

 though there is a large quantity of 

 apples to be shipped, yet tliey cannot 

 be moved at any time in large enough 

 numbers to sei-iously affect any of the 

 markets, consequently at the present 

 lime it looks as if the grower would 

 get fair prices for apples this season. 

 .\t the same time if the markets are not 

 glutted, the dealers who handle the 

 Northwestern product will save Iheni- 

 selves from any loss through specu- 

 lation. It is mighty important that the 

 dealers should make money in the 

 apple business. .lust as important in a 



way as for the grower to make money, 

 because if the dealer does not make a 

 profit he is not very anxiouns to be a 

 purchaser next year, except at very low 

 figures. 



Marketing Cull Apples. — Good mar- 

 kets, like Portland, Seattle, Taconia and 

 Spokane, have been flooded with low- 



grade apples from the districts of the 

 Northwest, which has been a serious 

 menace to shipping concerns securing 

 satisfactory prices for the better 

 grades. It is a fact that many growers, 

 after packing out three grades, box up 

 the rest of the stufi', and instead of 

 sending it to the vinegar factory, ship 

 it out as cooking apples, or under some 



California in Winter 



Sunshine and Flowers 

 Go How! 



Everything green and inviting. Warm sunny days at beach 



or mountain resort at this time of year. You can go in 



surf bathing almost any day you wish. The golf links are 



in excellent shape. Tennis courts everywhere. 



The Quick Way, The Scenic Way, The Safe Way 



is to go via the all-rail 

 " Road of a Thousand Wonders." 



Our booklets on California are free. 



Address John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent. 



Portland, Oregon 



Southern Pacific Lines 



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