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BETTER FRUIT ■^P'i 



THIS 2 UNIT PUNT "Djjj Wonders" 



Last Summer 



Built in Various Sizes 



It is the 



MOST EFFICIENT 



EUf^PORATOR 



It dries "Fancy" Dried Fruit ol all kinds in record time, \Afhich brings "Fancy" 

 prices, \Arithlo-w production cost. Mone "just like it." Mone "just as good." 



It makes Apples at 8c dry pound worth $15 per green ton. mquire 



PERFECT CONTROL OF TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY AND CIRCULATION. 



1005 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, PORTLAND, OREGON. 



Paulhamus Visits Yakima Valley 

 Mr. W. H. Paulhamus, manager of the 

 growers' organization recently formed 

 at Tacoma, spent Friday and Saturday, 

 the 26th and 27th of February, in the 

 Yakima Valley. On Friday he addressed 

 a few of the large districts and on Sat- 

 urday gave an address in North Yakima. 

 In every district the attendance was 

 phenomenal and Paulhamus was en- 

 thusiastically received. On Saturday 

 afternoon he addressed the fruit grow- 

 ers of Yakima Valley in the Armory 

 building, which scats 2,000 persons. 

 Every chair was taken, with standing 

 room only. Mr. J. W. Lavigne, sales 

 manager for the Price fruit grader, who 



stopped off at Hood River for a few 

 hours, stated he never saw an audience 

 before in his life that was more enthus- 

 iastic. Mr. Lavigne said, "The fruit 

 growers did not applaud Paulhamus, 

 they cheered him." One large fruit 

 grower at the meeting, who had 

 shipped ten cars of high class fruit 

 independently and received twenty-two 

 cents per box net, was asked if he 

 would join the Fruit Growers' Confer- 

 ence and adopt the Tacoma plan. He 

 replied, "Do you think I am fool enough 

 to stay out? I will be there with both 

 feet." Every fruit grower will be re- 

 quested to sign the following agree- 

 ment. This is the agreement in Yakima 



LESLIE BUTLER, President 

 TRUMAN BUTLER, Vice President 

 C. H. VAUGHAN. Cashier 



Established 1900 



Butler Banking Company 



HOOD RIVER, OREGON 

 Capital $100,000.00 



4% Interest Paid in our Savings Department 

 WE GIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO GOOD FARM LOANS 



If you have money to loan we will find you good real estate security, or if 



you want to borrow we can place your application in good hands, and we 



make no charge for this service. 



THE OLDEST BANK IN HOOD RIVER VALLEY 



LADD & TILTON BANK 



Established 1S59 Oldest Bank on the Pacific Coast 



PORTLAND, OREGON 



Capital $1,000,000.00 



Surplus 1,000,000.00 



Officers: 



VV. M. Ladd, President 



Edward Cookingham, Vice President 



W. H. Dunckley, Cashier 



R. S. Howard, .Tr., Assistant Cashier 

 J. W. Ladd, Assistant Cashier 

 Walter M. Cook, Assistant Cashier 



INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS AND SAVINGS ACCOVNTS 



Accounts of banks, firms, corporalions and individuals solicited. Travelers' checks for 

 sale, and drafts issued available in all countries of luiropc. 



Valley that will tie every fruit grower 

 in that district to the Tacoma plan. It 

 reads as follows: "We, the undersigned, 

 fruit growers of Yakima District No. 

 2, consisting of Yakima, Kittitas, Ben- 

 ton and Franklin Counties, in the State 

 of Washington, hereby promise and 

 agree that we will not market or sell 

 our fruit products through any selling 

 agency or dealer who does not affiliate 

 and continue to work in harmony with 

 the Fruit Grov^-ers' Council of the 

 States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho 

 and Montana, through its board of con- 

 trol and executive committee." 



A New Two-Box Apple Crate 



Mr. Paulhamus is carrying with him 

 a new apple crate, which will hold two 

 boxes. It is claimed that by using this 

 crate the cost will be 2.5 cents less than 

 two boxes of apples packed in the usual 

 manner. It is believed that this box 

 will be adopted for marketing our C 

 grade and cheaper varieties, and will 

 be the strongest factor that can be 

 introduced for low grades and cheap 

 varieties in competition with barrel 

 apples. The crates are made of veneer. 

 They are made open, so they can be 

 nested one inside of another. In this 

 package the apples will be packed jum- 

 ble pack and can be put up without 

 being graded for size or wrapped with 

 paper. This method of packing, it is 

 considered, will be satisfactory for low 

 grade apples and save considerable in 

 the packing cost. It is estimated that 

 the crate will cost about 15 cents. Two 

 apple boxes cost 20 cents; this would 

 save 5 cents. Two cents saved in the 

 cost of making, 4 cents in freight, 9 

 cents in packing, 5 cents in paper, 1 

 cent in nails, making a total of 26 cents 

 saved. 



In the March edition the names of 

 some of the delegates to the Tacoma 

 Convention were omitted, which are as 

 follows: J. A. Gellatley, Wenatchee; 

 A. .1. Olive, Wenatchee; W. N. Mears, 

 Okanogan; Wm. Havden, Wenatchee; 

 Wm. Yost, Meridan, Idaho; L. C. Titch- 

 enall. Cashmere, and J. .\. Warman, 

 Peshastin. 



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