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each, located between Payette and New 

 Plymouth, Idaho. 



At the present time Mr. Brainard is 

 the owner of and gives his time and 

 attention to the active management of 

 200 acres of standard varieties of 

 apples, mostly Jonathans, Rome Beau- 

 ties, Winesaps and Arkansas Blacks. 

 This orchard is situated near Payette, 

 Idaho. 



Mr. Brainard occupies the following 

 positions: Manager of the Fruitland 

 Townsite Co. properties and various 

 ranches; director and member of the 

 loan committee of the First National 

 Bank of Payette, Idaho; secretary of 

 the Payette Valley Commercial Club of 

 Payette; secretary of the Idaho Land & 

 Improvement Co. and various other 

 corporations; for eight years presi- 

 dent of the Confernce Board of 

 Home Missions and Church Extension, 

 Idaho Conference, Methodist Episcopal 

 Church, and trustee of Gooding College 

 of Gooding, Idaho, a Methodist educa- 

 tional institution which is now well 

 under way and will probably open for 

 students in September, 1915. 



Mr. Brainard is what is called a "self- 

 made man," having obtained his edcu- 

 cation in the school of experience and 

 hard knocks. 



Mr. Brainard was one of the active 

 spirits at the Tacoma convention, hav- 

 ing addressed that body on many occa- 

 sions in a clear, forceful way which 

 impressed the audience with the idea 

 that he is a good, clear thinker and a 

 sound reasoner. His success as a busi- 

 ness man in his different lines of en- 

 deavor, and the positions he has held 

 and holds are evidence of the esteem in 

 which he is held in the communities 

 where he has lived. Therefore it is 

 safe to say that he will render valuable 

 services as a member of the Board of 

 Control. 



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MR. W. M. SACKETT. Corvallis, Mon- 

 tana, Member of the Board of Control 

 of Ten, Representing the Montana 

 District in the Growers' Council of 

 107. 



Mr. Sackett was born at Meadville, 

 Pennsylvania. August 21, 1869, and is 

 now 45 years of age. After attending 

 the public schools at Meadville he at- 

 tended Allegheny College, Meadville, 

 Pennsylvania, from which college he 

 graduated in 1888 with the degree of 

 civil engineer. Mr. Sackett followed 

 his profession, being employed by the 

 United Stales War Department until 

 1890. After retiring from this service 

 he entered the Massachusetts Institute 

 of Technology as a junior and gradu- 

 ated as an electrical engineer with the 

 class of 1892. After graduation he took 

 a position in the construction depart- 

 ment of the World's Fair at Chicago 

 during the building of that exposition, 

 afterward associating himself with the 

 engineering department of the Chicago 

 Telephone Company. 



In 1909 Mr. Sackett engaged in or- 

 charding in the Bitter Root Valley, and 

 since that time has devoted all of his 

 attention to the orchard industry. He 

 owns forty acres of orchard and has 



taken active part and shows much in- 

 terest in the co-operation of fruitgrow- 

 ers. During the last few years Mr. 

 Sackett has been actively engaged in 

 constructive work along co-operative 

 lines for the fruitgrowers, being one of 

 the trustees of the North Pacific Fruit 

 Distributors as well as one of the or- 

 ganizers of that association. He has 

 been largely interested in organizing 

 the fruitgrowers in the Bitter Root 

 Valley and at the present time is secre- 

 tary of the Hamilton Fruit Growers' 

 Association, a position without salary. 

 Mr. Sackett has shown wonderful 

 activity in co-operative work and has 

 been an earnest supporter of every en- 

 deavor along this line in the North- 

 west, having been active in organiza- 

 tion work in Montana, in the formation 

 of the Distributors and also in the 

 splendid work which has been done by 

 the by-product committee, of which he 

 is a member. He was one of the active 

 workers in the Tacoma convention and 

 commanded the confidence and esteem 

 of those who were present for his 

 earnestness and ability. 



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MR. JOHN F. DAVIES, Opportunity, 

 Washington, Member of the Board of 

 Control of Ten, Representing the 

 Spokane District in the Fruit Grow- 

 ers' Council of 107. 

 Mr. Davies is a fruitgrower and in- 

 terested in the orchard industry of the 

 Northwest, therefore considering the 

 fruitgrowers' problems as his own 

 problems. By profession he is an attor- 

 ney at law, having practiced that pro- 

 fession for some time. His practice 

 during the last few years has been 

 somewhat specialized, and by reason of 

 his business connections he maintains 

 offices in Butte, Montana, and Spokane, 

 Washington, at 612 Columbia Building. 

 In Spokane he is connected with the 

 Interstate Utilities Company. 



Mr. Davies' orchard and home is at 

 Oiiportunity, Washington. 



Mr. Davies is respresentative of the 

 Spokane district on the Board of Con- 

 trol of Ten and chairman of that body. 

 Mr. Davies was one of the connnittee 

 who drew up the Tacoma plan, and it 

 may be said with sincerity and due 

 credit that no man impressed the dele- 

 gates at Tacoma more earnestly than 

 Mr. Davies. He has a well-trained 

 mind, is a clear reasoner and arrives at 

 logical conclusions, presenting his ideas 

 in clean-cut words so that they can be 

 thoroughly understood by everyone 

 who hears them. He is honored with 

 the chairmanship of the Board of Con- 

 trol, which is a recognition of his force 



and ability. 



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MR. C. T. HASKELL, Wenatchee, Wa.sh- 

 ington. Member of the Executive 

 Committee of Three of the Fruit 

 Growers' Council of 107. 

 Mr. C. T. Haskell was born in Rich- 

 land County, South Carolina, April 25, 

 1S78, and is now 37 years of age. 



In his carlv life, while a bov at the 

 age of 13, from 1891 to 1899, he was em- 

 ployed in a bank, occupying different 

 positions as he was advanced in the 



work. During this time he was study- 

 ing law and in 1899 completed a law 

 course in the University of South Caro- 

 lina. From 1899 to 1901 Mr. Haskell 

 took a special course in law at the 

 Harvard Law School, and for the 

 next five years practiced law in South 

 Carolina. 



From 1905 to 1910 Mr. Haskell was 

 engaged in civil engineering work, also 

 in irrigation, railway and city work. 

 In 1910 he came to Wenatchee Valley 

 and engaged in fruit growing, being at 

 the present time owner of sixteen acres 

 of apple orchard near Wenatchee. 



Mr. Haskell holds the position of 

 chairman of the Board of Control of 

 Wenatchee-North Central Washington 

 Growers' League and is director and 

 secretary of the Wenatchee Reclama- 

 tion District, which is an irrigation 

 district. 



Mr. Haskell was one of the commit- 

 tee who drew up the articles of the 

 Tacoma plan, and in the committee his 

 views were in the minority, but be it 

 said to his credit, which is a recogni- 

 tion of his good judgment, that his 

 views in general were finally included 

 in the plan by the vote of the conven- 

 tion. Mr. Haskell impressed himself 

 upon all the fruitgrowers present as 

 being a very able man, a very clear 

 thinker, a man of good judgment and 

 very conservative. His own district 

 has such confidence in him that they 

 considered him as one of the coming 

 young men who will become great in 

 his community. 



MR. HARRY JONES, Wapato, Washing- 

 ■ ton. Member of the Board of Control 

 of Ten, Representing the Yakima Dis- 

 trict in the Fruit Growers' Council 

 of 107. 



Mr. Harry Jones was born in Jack- 

 son County, Wisconsin, on January 28, 

 1852, and is now 63 years of age. His 

 father was a farmer in Wisconsin, Mr. 

 Jones helping his father on the farm 

 during the sunnner and attending the 

 country school during the winter. 



In the fall of 1872 Mr. Jones came 

 west, spending three years in the 

 Mountain and Pacific Coast States, aft- 

 erward returning to Wisconsin. During 

 1878 and 1879 he was under-sheriflf of 

 Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. In 

 January, 1880, he entered the employ 

 of the McCormick Harvesting Machine 

 Co., remaining with it for several 

 years, during which time he was man- 

 ager of general agencies located at Ft. 

 Dodge, Iowa, Sioux Falls, South Da- 

 kota, and Scdalia, Missouri. He re- 

 signed his position with this firm and 

 became cashier of the First National 

 Bank of Ft. Dodge, Iowa, in January, 

 1891, and the following year moved to 

 .Vlbcrt Lea, Minnesota, where he be- 

 came the ])residcnt of the First Na- 

 tional Bank of Albert Lea. 



In the fall of 1905 Mr. Jones moved to 

 North Yakima and in the spring of 

 1900 located at Wapato, Washington, 

 where, with Alex E. McCredy and 

 others, he helped to organize the 

 Wapato State Bank, of which he be- 



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