The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1907-05-30
BOOSTER COLUMN.

Mr.. Editor: Il have been watching
this column in your paper for some
time and it has occurred to me that
the town and county ought to get
more benefits from it than they do
though the patent fill up that you Use,
30 | have to suggest that you set aside
this part as a town bloster column to
be edited each week by the progress
siye citizens of our city and valley to
be filed with short contributary artl.
cles, of suggested improvements and
benefits that may be derived by con
certed action you know the old say
ing about two heads being better than
one, and no doubt many good ideas
may be brought forth that will help
our fast growing community through
this means.
AS starter | submit few sugges-
tions:
What's the matter with putting a
couple of barrels filed with water on
the wagon bridge over Hood river? 1t
might save another fire.
When we get our lew fire bell up
why not equip it with an automatic
ringer that could be worked from the
central telephone office. You would
then have a complete fire alarm sys-
tenn at little cost.
Why not prevail upon the railroad
company to put foot bridge on the
side of the new trestle? People viii
cross it regardless of danger and the
number of lives that would be saved
would be worth the effort.
Will some one please put sharp
tack under every Hood River mer-
chant the next time he sits down, and
tell him when he gets up that the 4th
of July is only six weeks away, and
that the town ought to give its friends
and patrons rouser of celebration,
that it means a loss of nearly S5OOU
that will be spent elsewhere II they
don't, that some people will get the
idea that because we're busy we're
too selfish and too slow to get up a
celebration, and others that we have
no patriotism in us. Shall we show
them it is not so?
What's the matter with making a
monthly subscription to oul band for
giving Sunday afternoon concerts,
and a good coat of paint to the band
stand?
What's the matter with having
U. s. mail box put up at Bragg &
corner. 1t would save many mer-
chants and others going out of thelI
way to post their evening mail and
would make no more work tor the de
paltment.
Why don't the Commercial club ap'
point a special committee to work uE
the factory interests of the town? We
have unlimited water and electric
power already to tap. We have sites
for numerous small factories VIE
trackage facilities and other surround
ing advantages, in fact we have az
ideal factory town, and there IS nc
reason why we should not have big
pay roll, which is the most effective
means of building up a town.
means business for the real estate
man, for the lumber man, for the gro
cery man, meat man, and every bust
ness and profession in the town
What's the use of waiting for them tt
come? Go after them, and do it now
Get busy.
what's the matter with the mer
chants putting string of electric
lights down the center of Oak street
as drawing card duling strawberry
season 1t would be paying adver
tjsement. A man said to me the 9th
or day: "What decided me in locat
ing here after | found your countr!
was oil right, was the progressivenes
of your people. " Let's show then
they we're not mistaken. Hood Rive
is Synonymous for progress.
j, S. b.