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the Hood River district. In 1914 the 

 same arrangements were continued. Mr. 

 Sieg's contract with the Apple Growers' 

 Union and the North Pacific Fruit Dis- 

 tributors expired this year. In the year 

 1915 the Hood River Apple ('.rowers' 

 Association decided that as their output 

 of apples was confined principally to 

 Newtowns and Spitzenbergs a special 

 efTort would be required in order to 

 market these to the best advantage. 

 They felt that this could be accom- 

 plished better by a selling organization 

 limited to the Hood River product, and 

 therefore decided to withdraw from 

 the North Pacific Fruit Distributors. 

 The board of directors of the Hood 

 River Apple Growers' Association, com- 

 posed of eight of last year's board who 

 were re-elected and three new ones 

 added, were familiar witli tlie accom- 

 plishments and ability of Mr. Sieg, and 

 decided that his services had been so 

 satisfactory and his ability so great that 

 he was selected to act as sales manager 

 for the Hood River Apple Growers' As- 

 sociation. In the spring of 191.5 Mr. 

 Sieg was sent to New York to look after 

 the apple trade of the North Pacific 

 Fruit Distributors of that city, and also 

 the export business, carrying on the 

 work that was started by Hr. Davidson 

 in the fall of 191.S. Mr. Sieg will return 

 to Hood River on May 1, and will innne- 

 diately became active in arranging a 

 selling plan and campaign for the com- 

 ing season. 



The fact that Mr. Sieg has occupied 

 only three positions during a lifetime is 

 evidence of the fact that the jieople he 

 has served desire to retain him; each 

 change was made because in each 

 instance he felt he was bettering his 

 opporfunties. The fact that he was 

 selected as one of the four sales man- 

 agers of the North Pacific Fruit Dis- 

 tributors is another testimony to his 

 ability. Reing selected this year by the 

 directors of the Hood River Apple 

 Growers' Association, which handles 

 the largest output of Newtowns and 

 Siiitzenbergs of any association in the 

 Uniteil States, which have always sold 

 for remarkably good prices, according 

 to market conditions, is final evidence 

 in recognition of Mr. Sieg's ability as 

 an apple salesman. Mr. Sieg probably 

 has as extensive an acquaintance with 

 the apple dealers of the I'niled States 

 as any man engaged in this line of 

 work. He is not only a hard worker, 

 but an enthusiast, and has a very exten- 

 sive acquaintance of personal friends, 

 being an extremely popular man with 

 all those who know him well, and those 

 who know him best believe that the 

 apple growers have made a wise selec- 

 tion in the person of Mr. Sieg to act as 

 sales manager for the coming season. 



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MR. J. H. BOBBINS, general manager 

 of the North Pacific Fruit Distrib- 

 utors, was born on Salem Prairie, near 

 Salem, Oregon, in the year 1859. His 

 parents crossed the plains a few years 

 Ijrevious to this time, being real pio- 

 neers in the Northwest. His father, 

 Harvey Bobbins, served in the Indian 

 wars of 18(i.')-(i(l, tirst in the Bogue Biver 

 war and next in the Snake Biver war, 

 and now bears the badge of service in 

 the form of a flint arrowhead em- 

 bedded in his thigh. When Mr. Bobbins 

 was two years old his family moved to 

 Eastern Oregon, locating in the old town 

 of Umatilla, on the Columbia Biver, and 

 at the age of lil years Mr. Bobbins par- 

 ticipated in the last Indian war of the 

 Northwest, making a sensational ride 

 from Monumental mine in (iiant county 

 to Pendleton for arms an<l ammunition 

 for the defense of the selllers in his 

 own community in July, 1S78. Finding 

 neilher ijerciission caps or iiuiskels, he 

 left there, making one dash on horse- 

 back passing alone between two battles 

 that were raging at Willow Springs and 

 Umatilla Agency, in a stretch of country 

 that was infested with war-i)ainled red- 

 skins. His chance of breaking throu.gh 

 was so slim Ihat he was counted among 



the dead in early reports. Mr. Bobbins' 

 ride to and from Pendleton is a part of 

 the history of those early pioneer days. 

 From the time Mr. Bobbins was a boy 

 until manhood he bore the arduous re- 

 sponsibility endured by pioneer fami- 

 lies. His father was alternately engaged 

 in farming, mining and merchandising, 

 and being the eldest child and the only 

 person available, the duties of a grown 

 man were usually thrust upon him 

 while he was yet a boy. A trading post 

 in those days comprehended a store, 

 hotel and a good many other things. 

 Mr. Bobbins, Sr., operated five or six 

 of those along the highways and trails 

 of Eastern Oregon, and Mr. Bobbins 

 was frequently sent out, sometimes 100 

 miles or more into the wilderness, to 

 buy beef catlle for his father and drive 

 Ihem home, and to deliver supi)lies with 

 a packtiain to miners and settlers in 

 isolated places. He was entrusted with 

 the position of bookkeeper byhis father, 

 which created an ambition to engage in 

 l)usiness. His education was obtained 

 principally in the district schools and 

 the old Baker City Academy. Working 

 between times, he obtained the money 

 with which lo pay his own way, and 

 later attended the Portland Bu.siness 



