The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-12-14
ANNUAL MEETING
OF II. R. c. CLUB
CLOSES YEAR IN GOOD CONDITION
Several Changes Suggested for Good of
the CIub-Trustees Elected and
Officers Report.

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, The annual meeting of the CONNER
: cial Club was held Thursday evening
with moderate attendance. The ob
r ject of the meeting was to elect seven
trustees for the ensuing year. The
reports of the secretary and treasurer
were read and accepted. The follow
ing we're elected trustees: Truman
Butler, V. G. Brock, Geo. h. Will
liams, j. l.. Hend 'rson, #, A. Cram,
II. Il. Davidson and A. d. Moe
The club closes its year in the best
condition since the organization was
started. All bills are paid and there
Is balance i'll both the general and
advertising funds. This showing is
especially gratifying to the out ;oing
board, as their successors may start
with clean sheet.
Following the election of trustees,
an informal talk was INDUCED in re-
garding the changing of the meeting
night, the adVisibility of lowering the
dues, and plans for the future.
V. Q. Brock stated that the regular
monthly meeting for members was
h, Id on Tuesday evening, which con
flicted with other meetings on the
same night and would like to see the
general NEE ing held on the same
night Of the trustees meeting. lt Of
ten happened that there vas nothing
to bring the members out on the spe-
cial night, while at the regular night
for the trustees meeting there would
be sure to be some one there, and
also some matters of general interest.
This met with general favor, and it
was left to the trustees TO do as they
saw fit.
The question of making the dues "a
or Sc year was discussed with much
interest. Mr. Onthank thought it
advisable to max the dues as light as
possible, as he had found it difficult
to collect from good many on that
ground.
Mr.. Butler thought that it was best
to have an amount sufficient to have
little surplus instead OF being barely
able to make both ends meet, as il
would make it much easier for the
club to do business il they could pay
as they went along. While it was a
fact that the burden of the work and
expense of the club fell on a few, and
the whole city and country received
like benefit, yet it was one of those
matters which the few could not
afford to drop just because the many
benefited would not do their share.
He was in favor of keeping the dues
where they we're.
Mr. Goff said that he had lived In
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it was only in the last FIVE years that
they had had a commercial body.
Before that the town was divided into
factions, and on this account, with
no effective organization to work to
gether for the good of the city, they
had lost many opportunities Of secur-
ing public benefits, new industries,
etc. Since the organization of the
business mems association, many old
feuds had been patched up, and the
city was enjoying many advantages
through the efforts of the association
which they would neverhave had. lie
thought that the club here should be
kept up at any cost. Mr Golf said
that an occasional banquet was held
at Albany and this brought out and
hOpb " llhO many WIZ Gbhlh NV
be reached in any other way 1t also
developed better social relations be-
tween the business men.
Mr.. Bragg heartily endorsed the
banquet idea, an1 suggested that a
banquet be given at the installation
of the new members, and invitations
extended to the business men and
those in the county who interest
ed and help in the promoting OF the
interests of the city and valley. That
an invitation be extended to Tom
Richardson of Portland, and perhaps
some others who would help enthuse
the meeting.
Mr.. Booth favored the banquet aud
also any other movement that would
get the people interested He favored
rather an increase of dues, and more
active organization. He was dissatis-
fed with the lack of interest shown in
the past, and thought that the club
ought to have better moral suppo t.
The following committee was APP
pointed by the president to arrange
for ba lquet: II. f. Davidson, j.
s, Booth, q. e. Williams, E. o.
Blanchar, r. b. Bragg.
Following are the officers reports.
Secretary's Report.
To the Officers and Members of the
Hassalo Commercial Club
The year just brought to a close has
been the most important in benefits
in the history of the club. The Lewis
and Clark fair added to the duties Of
the club and opportunities for adver-
tising the country, and the opportu-
nifty was well taken advantage of. 70
meet the demand for literature, TOO
small pamphle were printed and dis
tributed, aud later 10000 larger
pamphlets we're printed, most of
which have been placed in the hands |
of Eastern people who wanted to know
something al out the advertising of
Hood River.
Various newspaper and magazine |
advertising propositions have been |
taken up and considered, but only
one was accepted, that Of the Port
land Telegram. While there would |
have been probably some benefits de- |
rived from all of them, yet there were
not funds available to take them all, |
and the excessive cost, amounting in
one instance to ~, 5O0 made them |
prohibitive.
Good and effective work was done
by the club in calling together the |
citizens to meet with Representative |
Jayne in drafting bills for the amend |
ment of the city charter, which has |
enabled the city council to pass
sewer ordinance with less chance Of |
defeat, and also gives power to sell |
bonds for public improvement. The |
club was also instrumental in starting
the fight for Cascade county, which |
was so ably managed by our represen-
tative, assisted by the committee, and
slthough defeated, kept hood River
In the lime light during the whole ses-
sion of the leg stature. 1t was proba-
bly, worth its cost as an ADVERTISE
ment, to say the least.