Septemher, 1921 



Northwest Fruit Fair 

 Organized 



THE Pacific Northwest Fruit Exposi- 

 tion, a project for the purpose of more 

 widely advertising and distributing the 

 fruits of the Northwest was organized dur- 

 ing the past month in Seattle and will be in- 

 corporated under the Washington state laws 

 providing for agricultural fairs. The ex- 

 position will be held in the Seattle Port 

 Commission's Bell street terminal in No- 

 vember. Exhibits will be solicited from 

 the various fruitgrowing districts of the 

 Northwest and a program prepared which 

 will include lectures to growers by experts 

 in horticulture, packing, transportation and 

 other features of interest. 



The officers of the new organization are: 

 J. A. Gellatly, Wenatchec, president; E. 

 H. Pride, Bellingham, vice-president; O. 

 C. Soots of Yakima, executive secretary. 

 The board of governors named includes the 

 following: 



S. J. Harrison, Benton; William Greig, 

 Cashmere; John W. Langdon, Walla 

 Walla; M. J. Newhouse, Vancouver, Wash.; 

 C. I. Lewis, Salem, Ore.; W. H. P.aulh.i- 

 nius, Sumner; W. C. Mumaw, Aberdeen; 

 F. B. Wright, Everett; George W. Dilling 

 and R. H. Parsons, Seattle; R. T. Reid, 

 Bellview; H. M. Gilbert, Yakima; R. O. 

 Kylen, Zillah; Farwell Morris, Grandview; 

 W. P. Romans, Spokane; Paul H. Wey- 

 rauch, Walla Walla; A. W. Stone, Hood 

 River; J. R. Everett, Okanogan; Geo. W. 

 Lcc, Omak. 



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