Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-09-21
COMMERCIAL
CLUB MEETS
Citizens Of Charleston Very En-.
thusiastic Over Outlook
for Development

| CHARLESTON. Wash. September y.
| Tuesday evening the Charleston com
mercial club held another rousng
meeting in Bradford's hall. The pro-
gram committee had prepared an ex
! celent order of exercises and a very
| large audience assembled TO enjoy it.
| BY the time Chairman Holbrook called
| the gathering to order. a large and rep
| resentative audience had assembled.
| After a few appropriate remarks. in
which he told of the past years work
of the club. he announced that an cleo
| ton of officers was in order Appre
| ciating the good work done by the re-
| firing officers. they We're reelected,
with the exception of the secretary
treasurer. NJ p. Shaughnessy being
chosen secretary and L. :. Lahm.
| treasurer.
| After selection by the band. Attor-
| ney Halsey was introduced He had
| for his subject. The East and the
| West. Comparisons" He said his
subject was broad as the continent
and high as its mountains, but he pro-
| duced some statistics which proved
highly entertaining. The many COM
PARSONS he made between East and
| West We're decidedly favorable to this
/ part of the country. He nterspersed
| his remarks with humorous references
and held the closest attention of his
hearers.
Mr.. Halsey stated that he is a pion-
eer of Charleston and in an entertain
ing manner he told of how he had OBJ
served the growth of this city from
| nothing to a place of commanding i'm
portance. He incidentally mentioned
the schools. the factories, the big
bridge. new buildings being construct
ed and gave conclusive proof that
Charleston will soon have a railroad. In
short, be predicted a great future for
this locality.
The male quartet. consistency of DIR.
CLANCY, Rev Mccullough. c. s. Nc
Grady and J. Fl. Bethel. rendered an
excellent selection. and were heartily
encored.
Professor Lewis was then called to
discuss the question Civilization of the
Surplus Fruit Product" He highly en-
tertained his audience with some in
teresting facts concerning caring for
fruit, as he observed it at various CAL
ifornia points. He said he would not
presume to advise the growers, but
/ would merely make suggestions He
thought the growers should adopt the
p principle of losing nothing of their pro-
ducts. In fact he declared it to be un =
necessary to allow anything to go tC
, waste. If trees were properly thinned
# cultivated, etc. nothing but best fruit
would be grown. He intimated thai
such things as marmalades. jellies
jams, buffers, etc. Pie peaches" il
} | the cannery and a vinegar plant fol
the earliest windfall fruit, were some
, of the many ways in which the entire
crop might be utilized. He concluded
his excellent address by advising tn,
growers to get together and conside
these matters
After another selection by the ban,
+. J. Randolph spoke of the recent de
velopments regarding a portage rail
way in the Columbia river He shove,
conclusively that he had given the sub
IS ject close attention. Since the las
y meeting of the Commercial club h
ID said advices had come from Portlan
he and the coast which mean much 70
n, Lewiston and Charleston. for thes
'e places will realize what it means t
lie have an open river to the sea. He pre-
n. dicted Clarkston's greatness would b
3 quite similar to that of Pittsburg an
he Chicago, both of which owe much c
rs their greatness to the fact that the
ID We're heads Of navigation for separat
at thriving regions. Mr.. Randolph re
L. ported that the Columbia river wa
n navigable except for seven miles d
us The Dalles. The United States has ar
propriated $4,250, 900 for the purpose
o. building IA canal around that place S
L that the upper river and it's tributarie
may be open to navigation from point
n below. The state of Oregon also gay
$l65,000 for the same cause. and re
cent developments show that With
thirty days bids will be called for I'll
= work to be done by next May. BY wa
of comparison as to what might be eN
pected when this new regime is IL
'ts augurated, he told how it now cost
cents to transfer each bushel of graf