The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-01-10
A Commercial Feature Added.

Az une monthly DublllesS llebtlIlS OF
the Hassalo club, in December, it was
decided to reorganize affairs so as to ad-
nit a commercial feature into the con-
stitutiOn of the club. The organization
will retain its adopted name, but in
stead of being a strictly social club, its
main features after this will be that OF
commercial club, which will do all in
its power to further the business inter-
ests Of Hood River and Hood River val
ley. The new club will endeavor to in
crease its membership SO as to include
all the business and professional men OF
the town, in order that they may the
better work together for all that is good
for the town. Attempts will be made to
increase and expand the business OF our
merchants, to advertise our resources
and productions abroad, to interest out
side capitalists to locate manufactures
in our midst, and in fact to act as a sort
of board Of trade or chamber Of com
merce.
The objects and purposes Of the club
as reorganized read as follows:
To form and maintain club organ
izaton for the purpose Of promoting So
cal intercourse among its members and
developing the physical and mental ca
pacities of its members; to encourage
and stimulate interest in good, standard
papers, books and periodicals, and to
foster, encourage and promote interest
in mills and factories and to aid in any
way as seen fit by the club in the inn
provement and advancement Of the city,
OF Hood River and Hood River valley,
and to that end this club shall have
power to organize, support, manage, CON
tract, maintain and carry on a club
house, council and assembly rooms,
reading rooms, library or Libraries, GYM
nasiums and grounds for the holding OF
outdoor and indoor sports, meetings
and exercises, and the carrying on OF
literary, social, athletic and othergames,
sports and amusements, to provide tor
admission, government and expulsion Of
members; to make and enforce rules and
regulations for the government of its
houses, Libraries, rooms, gymnasiums
and grounds, and the meetings, exer-
cises, sports, games and amusements
carried on thereat; to charge and collect
and to enforce payment of dues, assess
ments and fines from its members; to
elect, choose and appoint and to dis
charge and displace officers, servants
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whatsoever may be requisite or conve-
nient to be done in connection with the
carrying out of any or all of the objects
aforesaid.
The officers OF the club for the ensuing
year are; G. E. Williams, president;
John Leland Henderson, vice president;
D. E. Rand, secretary; J. f. Watt,
treasurer. An additional administrat-
i've body consists of board of directors,
constituted by the officers and three
members appointed by the president.
The initiation fee is $5 aud dues are
placed at 81 per month. There are at
present about twenty-five active mem
bers. Upon the payment OF small fee
the Hassalo club OF Hood River could
become a member of the Oregon state
organization OF commercial clubs as a
sub-board of trade,
The social and club features of the
organization will still be maintained.
The club rents comfortable rooms in the
second story of the jackson building,
where it has about $40O worth Of furni-
ture, including a pool table and outfit.
The club is also acquiring a library of
the late magazines and periodicals. On
the reading table may be found at any
time such standard magazines as the
Cosmopolitan, New York Independent,
Review of Reviews, Saturday Evening
Post, Judge, Scientific American, Sue
cess, McClure's.