The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-01-11

"For year , more I've been car
rying around with me little secret,
and now that we are here together, ]
am going to take you into my conil-
dence and tell you. | mean to be
one of you some time abd own a fruit
farm In your valley. Your loyal cit
izen and my good friend, Oscar Van
derbilt, has been tanning this flame,
and while cannot hope to possess SO
beautiful place as his "Beulah
Land" | will own farm In the val
ley somewhere some time. and you
know anywhere in the valley is good
enough.
"Did you ever stop TO think how
beautiful are your surroundings, and
what lies back of you? The majestic
Columbia is in the foreground, and
as the ascent ID made to the wonder
fully productive valley above, 9
glance backward through the soft and
silvery light of the morning affords Q
view of the broad Columbia, and re-
veals your pretty and prosperous
town, ideally located, and beautifled
by hundreds of natural oaks, with
wide spreading branches. Rapidly
the mo- ming dawns, and as the sun
peeps over the Eastern horizon, cast
Ing a shadow on the snow crowned
summit of Mount Adams and bright
ening Mount Hoods dress Of white,
new world of beauty opens up tc
view. The road leads past scores Of
attractive homes and well kept apple
aud strawberry farms for which youi
valley il noted. To the right and left
of the fertile tract are spurs of the
Cascades, tree clad and treeless. In
the canyon below Is the stream Of
Hood River, making music, as its lct
cold waters race swiftly onward tC
JON the Columbia. Every mile thC
scenery changes. IL is uphill anc
down, across high bridge, huggint
the edge of a mountain spur, through
groves Of pine and fir, and back agair
into the level section.
"And forming picturesque back
ground to the valley ID Mount Hood
perpetually covered with snow, an
the ascension of whose summit is thu
trip of all mountain trips in oui
matchless scenic wonderland OF thu
Pacific Northwest,
"With oil this lavish handiwork O
nature at your very door, who would
not want to live at Hood River or IL
your famous valley, where the hes
of everything grows to perfection
Yours Is veritable paradise. In th'
spring time, nature makes a trul!
wonderful display; your fruit tree
seeming to vie with each other il
clothing themselves In gorgeous robe
of most beautiful shades of pink ant
white blossoms, and few month
later these same trees fairly groan un
der their weight of choice fruit, whicl
leads the world in quality and prices
Wonderful has been your recorC
the past few years, but ! see in tn,
future brighter and greater story
You have my best wishes | thanl
you. ="
Mr.. Jayne then introduced Roswell
Shelley of Odell, referring to him a
the proprietor of the Little Whit
Store, whose pen and voice wer
ever at work singing the paens o
praise of the valley,
Mr.. Shelley congratulated the clu|
on the stand it had taken In deciding
to include the valley in the member
ship of the organization and told o
his abiding faith in the future devel
opment of Hood River and the coun
try lying back of it. He said that /
had everything to make IL prosperou
in the way of natural resources anC
told story related by Senator Scot
in the Senate about a Baptist minis
ter who had couple of incorrigibl
bofys who insisted ON playing card
despite his earnest remonstrance. On,
day while they we're playing up II
the attic they heard the old gentle
man coming up the stairs and hurr
edly slipped the cards into the poke
of an old long tail coat that thei
father used at immersions. The mex
day the minister had occasion to us,
the coat in baptizing some newl!
made members of his flock, and as h,
stepped out into the water the tail o
the coat tloated out aud one by on,
the cards came into view. First cam,
the ace, then the king, queen, jacl
and ten spot. The Mortified mother
of the boys turned to them and said
Nh, hbNH. buysN soc Nuab gou nav
done You have disgraced your poo
old father. " And one of the boy
smiled and said, "Why, mother, i
father can't stand ON that hand h,
ought to sink" That, said Mr.. Shell
ley, was the way he felt about HooC
River That they had everything her,
that man could wish for; that 1t onl!
remained for the people of the vale!
to take advantage of it, and th.t i
was only question of time and YER!
short time ut that when the convent
ences of electric light and transporta
tion would be extended up the valley
making it the ideal country for boil
business aud pleasure.
The toastuasteT, with CLEAN o
humor in his eye, at the conclusion
of Mr.. Shelley's talk, said "We havt
with us a gentleman from Portland
who has consented to address us thit
evening, and | take pleasure in intro
ducing Mr. Walter Moore. "
MIR. Moore in responding said thai
he had not consented to address tn,
gentlemen, as speech making was not
in his liue, and that when he had ac
cepted the invitation to attend the
hanqt ct he had no idea that he would
be called on to do so. He was moi
here, he said, for the purpose of max,
Ing q speech, but for the purpose OF
doing something which he hoped