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BETTER FRUIT 



Ma\ 



Downright 

 Good Service 



— is built into the Bean line — from 

 the wonderful little one-man Eureka 

 right up to the matchless Bean Giant, 

 the king of all sprayers. 



Will it do the work rig-ht? 



Will it do it inexpensively? 



Will it stand up under hard field 

 usage and do the work season after 

 season — and season after season? 



You'll get the answer — Tes — from 

 any of the thousands of owners of 



Bean 



Power 



Sprayers 



These outfits are built complete under 

 one roof, from the raw pig iron to the 

 finished rig. The only exception to 

 this is the engine — we equip all our 

 power outfits with the NOVO, because 

 we couldn't build a better sprayer 

 engine. 



Every Bean part is accurately ma- 

 chined and finished — and every part 

 fits its corresponding part perfectly. 



Bean power sprayers are built like 

 a high-grade automobile. That's why 

 they wear and wear and wear — and 

 are in good serviceable condition long 

 after cheap assembled outfits would 

 have been consigned to the scrapheap. 



We are ready to make immediate 

 deliveries from favorably located 

 Northwest distributing points. 



SEND FOR CATALOG 28-A. 



It illustrates and describes the en- 

 tire Bean line of Hand and Power 

 Sprayers, Hose. Nozzles, Fittings, 

 Bamboo Rods, Sprayer Parts, etc. It 

 describes in detail the 21 distinctive 

 features that put the Bean into a 

 class by itself. 



Don't fail to visit our exhibit in the 

 Palace of Horticulture at the Panama- 

 Pacific Exposition. 



BeanSprayPumpCo. 



213 West Julian St. 



SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 



12 Hosmer Street, Lansing, Michigan 



College, where he took a commercial 

 course. Probably these early experi- 

 ences account for the courage which 

 Mr. Robbins possesses. During his early 

 pioneer life business had to be created 

 and developed. Things were not found 

 "ready made." His early training de- 

 veloped the constructiveness and cour- 



J. H. ROBBINS 



General Manager North Pacific Fruit 



Distributors 



age which fitted Mr. Robbins for the 

 l)ig transaction of developing the mam- 

 moth Northwestern marketing machine 

 on a purely co-operative basis, of which 

 he is the head, which has been success- 

 fully operated for the past two years, 

 known as the North Pacific Fruit Dis- 

 tributors. 



After the Indian war Mr. Robbins 

 played an important part in the devel- 

 opment of Eastern Oregon. During the 

 winter of 1880-81 he v^'as a member of 

 the survc>ing crew which made the 

 preliminary survey from Pendleton for 

 the railroad that later became a link in 

 the transcontinental line of the Oregon- 

 Washington Railroad & Navigation Com- 

 pany. In 1882 Mr. Robbins started upon 

 his business career, taking charge of a 

 general merchandise store at Pilot Rock. 

 A little later, with practically no assets 

 but his word, he boii.ght out the store 

 and continued to ojjerate it for two 

 years. From 1881 to 7887 he was en- 

 gaged in various mercantile pursuits in 

 ditferent places in Eastern Oregon. 

 During that time he married Miss Edith 

 V. Carr of I'ortland. Mr. Robbins is the 

 father of two sons, J. Frank Robbins, 

 a i^artner in the Robbins, Company, a 

 finniture and hardware concern of 

 Spokane, and Charles H. Robbins, pas- 

 sen.ffer and traffic superintendent of the 

 Yakima Valley Transi)ortation Com- 

 pany. In 1888 Mr. Robbins became 

 active in political affairs, developing 

 jjrominence in this line, being elected 

 a state central committeeman of his 

 party. In 1887 Mr. Robbins was ap- 

 pointed superintendent of the Pendle- 

 ton City Water Works. He was elected 

 ti'casurer of Umatilla County in 1888 

 and re-elected in 1890. During that 

 time he became assistant cashier of the 

 Pendleton Savings Rank, which posi- 

 tion he resigned in 1893 to accept a 



government appointment as receiver of 

 public moneys and disbursing agent at 

 the United States Land Office at La 

 Grande. He was one of the first of 

 Cleveland's appointees and one of the 

 last to be retired, serving under McKin- 

 ley. Again in 1898 he engaged in the 

 mercantile business, organizing the Chi- 

 cago Clothing Stores in La Grande and 

 becoming vice president of the Traders 

 National Rank of that city. A year later 

 he established the First National Rank 

 at Sumpter, serving as president until 

 189,3, and for a term was mayor of that 

 city, and also represented Raker County 

 in the Oregon Legislature. He was 

 largely connected with mining opera- 

 tions in f^astern Oregon of considerable 

 magnitude and was connected with sev- 

 eral other banks in Eastern Oregon. 

 His business ability next led him into 

 the organization of several independent 

 hardware stores, known as the Rasche- 

 Sage Hardware Company. In 1903 Mr. 

 Robbins closed out all of his business 

 interests in Eastern Oregon and after 

 taking a year's vacation went to Spo- 

 kane, where with his brothers he put 

 together and built up the furniture 

 business of Robbins. Pratt & Robbins. 

 Three years later on account of ill- 

 health he disposed of his interests and 

 went to California. In 1910 the Yakima 

 fruit growers became anxious for a 

 united marketing concern in that valley 

 and after looking over the field thor- 

 oughly decided upon J. H. Robbins as 

 the proper man to carry on the devel- 

 opment and organization of what is 

 now known as the Yakima Valley Fruit 

 Growers' Association. Mr. Robbins was 

 brought from California to carry on 

 this organizing work. This is one of 

 the strongest associations in the North- 

 west. A plan was procured in Califor- 

 nia and readjusted to apply to North- 

 western conditioins by Mr. Robbins. 



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Western 

 Agents 

 A. I. Root 

 Co. 



Portland 

 V Seed 

 ^ ' Company 



Bee Hives 



and Supplies 



IF you own an orchard or keep bee.s 

 you .sliould have a copy of our 

 Catalog. It lists everything for the 

 successful handling of bees and the 

 production of honey. 



AVe are pioneers in the bee supply business in the 

 Northwest, are thoroughly familiar with local require- 

 ments and carry a large and complete stock. , ^ 



Tested~Ai,«/x« D«/^r. ^t Short 

 Italian ^116611 1)668 Notice 



Ask for Catalog No. 203. 



PORTLAND SEED 

 COMPANY 



PORTLAND. OREGON 



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