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other. Local petty jealousies cause 

 the most of our strife. We cannot all 

 be bellwethers. When Hood River 

 presents a solid front then we can 

 have the recognition that we deserve."' 



Growers Siffn with Distributors 



At the annual meeting of the Yakima 

 Valley Fruit Growers' Association 

 Dr. A. J. Pressey, of Selah, was 

 reelected president, and F. E. Sickels, 

 of North Yakima, secretary and man- 

 ager. A majority of the new executive 

 board in whose hands the manage- 

 ment of the association rests are the 

 same men who served last year. The 

 old members on the board, in addi- 

 tion to Dr. Pressey, are J. J. Rudkin, 

 of Kennewick, who was chosen treas- 

 urer, W. B. Armstrong, of North Yak- 

 ima, and E. L. Porter, of Donald. The 

 new members are C. H. Hinman, of 

 South Nob Hill, Austin Woodyard, of 

 Sunnyside, and J. F. Snyder, of Zillah. 

 The full subcentral board of trustees 

 consists of 48 members, or two from 

 each of the locals, 27 of whom served 

 last year. 



The annual report of the Yakima 

 subcentral revealed that it has handled 

 2,350 cars of fruit, including 1,870 

 cars of apples, this season to date. At 

 the same time a year ago it had ship- 

 ped 1,244 cars and had only 60 cars 

 left to sell. The returns from sales are 

 .$572,044 to (late; the distributions, in- 

 cluding advances on fruit in storage 

 and for which returns have not vet 

 been received, are $678,284. The ac- 

 tual expense of operating will be 

 )?22..'!0 per car this season, as com- 

 pared to $34.60 last year. Although 

 the tonnage has increased 82.5 per 

 cent, the total expense is only 11.5 

 per cent more. The membership has 

 grown from 066 a year ago to 1,302. 

 The rejjort states that the association 

 will eciual its 1912 returns on apples 

 which were the highest in the North- 

 west. The association ships a little 

 less than 40 per cent of the Distribu- 

 tors' tonnage. 



The Central Idaho-Washington Fruit 

 Growers' Association has reported the 

 reelection of F. N. Wright as vice- 

 president and acting manager and C. 

 H. Russell as secretary-treasurer of 

 the Ciarkston (Lewiston) Producers' 

 Association. .1. McAssey was chosen 

 president. The other trustees elected 

 are F. Baslington, .John R. Smith, Peter 

 Anderson and S. D. Steinger. It is 

 stated that the Clarkston-Lewisfon dis- 

 trict will shii) double its past tonnage 

 through the Distributors during the 

 coming season. 



The Western Oregon Fruit Distribu- 

 tors has notified the central office 

 that the Ashland Fruit and Produce 

 Association at its recent meeting voted 

 unanimously to continue the existing 

 contract with tlie Distributors. 



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