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the Elberta ijeaches and d'Anjou pear.s 

 being the lir.st of those varieties to be 

 set out in this district. In 1890 further 

 additions were made to the orchard, 

 increasing it to fifty acres, and in 1891 

 the phmting was augmented to a total 

 of ninety acres. This property was sold 

 in 190,3 for $23,500, which was the high- 

 est price per acre for farm property in 

 the Yakima Valley ever attained up to 

 that date. 



During 1904 and 1905 he represented 

 the Xorth Yakima branch house of 

 Ryan & Newton in the capacity of man- 

 ager. The output of the Yakima Horti- 

 cultural Union was also handled bv him 

 in 1904. The firm of Thompson,' Kain 

 & Vaughan was organized in Billings, 

 Montana, in Ihe year 1900. Wholesale 

 fruits, produce and provisions were 

 handled by this company until Lindsay 

 & Co. succeeded the firm. 



In 1903 the firm of Carpenter & 

 Thompson was formed to deal in fruits 

 and produce in Butte, Montana. This 

 was not a paying venture and was dis- 

 continued three years later. 



.\t the present time Mr. Thompson is 

 president of the Thompson Fruit Com- 

 pany, treasurer of the Cascade Orchard 

 Company, and secretary of the Sunset 



Orchard Company. All tliis property is 

 located in the Yakima Valley and con- 

 sists of 700 acres, 400 acres being in 

 orchard. The combined properties arc 

 only in partial bearing, but are produc- 

 ing about 200 cars of fruit annually. 

 Buying and shipping of fruits is prose- 

 cuted on ([uite a large scale, also han- 

 dling accounts for growers. 



MR. WILMER SIEG was born in Phil- 

 adelphia August 3, 1859, and is now 

 nearly 56 years of age. In his early life 

 he attended the public schools, graduat- 

 ing from the high school at Harrisburg, 

 Pennsylvania, in 1875. The same year 

 he went to Chicago and accepted a posi- 

 tion with the firm of Franklin, McVeagh 

 & Co., which at that time was one of 

 the largest wholesale grocery houses in 

 Ihe West. He rendered efficient service 

 to this house, being promoted from 

 time to time, finally being given n posi- 

 tion as traveling commercial salesman, 

 in which position he made good. Not 

 being fond of commercial life on the 

 road, he decided to make a change, and 

 accepted a position with A. Grossenbach 

 & Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which is 

 one of the largest fruit houses in that 

 city. He was identified with this house 

 twenty-five years, acting as secretary. 

 The fact that he occupied only two 

 positions in a lifetime before he came 

 West is a good recommendation of his 

 abilitj-. Mr. Sieg has always taken an 

 active interest in public matters and 

 public institutions for the welfare of 

 the people. For five years he was pres- 



ident of the Citizens' Business League, 

 an organization that stood for the ad- 

 vancement of Milwaukee; for fifteen 

 years a director of the Milwaukee Gas 

 & Light Company, and for five years 

 president of the Milwaukee Athletic 

 Club, which was a creation of his own 

 starting, with a membership of the best 

 and biggest business men in Milwaukee, 

 developing into one of the largest and 

 most successful clubs in the middle 

 West. Mr. Sieg is a Mason, having 

 taken his thirty-second degree, and also 

 belongs to the Mystic Shrine. As a 

 Shriner he was elected potentate of the 

 Milwaukee Shrine for six terms in suc- 

 cession, which is an indication of the 

 very high esteem in which Mr. Sieg is 

 hekl by the Mystic Shrine. Mr. Sieg 

 was also president of the National 

 League of Commission Merchants a few 

 years ago, which indicates the very 

 high esteem in which he is held by the 

 fruit dealers of the L'nited States. 



In 1912 the Hood River Apple Grow- 

 ers' Association sent a delegation East 

 to secure the best ability obtainable for 

 manager and sales manage)-. After look- 

 ing the field over thoroughly the com- 

 mittee from the Hood River .\pple 

 Growers' Union finally decided on Mr. 

 Sieg, submitting the propostion to the 

 board of directors of the Hood River 

 Apple Growers' Union in Hood River, 

 which resulted in a contract being made 

 with Mr. Sieg for three years. The first 

 year Mr. Sieg acted as manager and 

 sales manager of the Hood River .\pple 

 Growers' Union. In 1913 the North Pa- 

 cific Fruit Distiibutors was organized, 

 of which Hood River became a part. 

 Four sales managers were selected, Mr. 

 Sieg being the one chosen to represent 



WILMER SIEG 

 .Saks ManaRer NDrtli Pacific 

 Distributors 



Fruit 



