The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-01-30
SHELLEY BOOSTING
FOR CARSON
CARSON, Wash Jan. I

- CARSON, Wash Jan. 10.
EDITOR GLACIER =
enclose 1nder separate wrapper a
copy OF "Ths Booster" magazine.
he hrst article, Carson, Washing
tou, was sritten by me at the re.
quest OF the business men q Carson.
ihe title ul our ,illsge under the pic
,u'e OF Carson | Leither take credit
EIr discredit for. hs that was the
work OF the brilliant uasination OF
iGe editor and put ,her Of the maga-
zine.
his little joke about Carson re-
minds me OF youf article in last
weeks paper copied from the PORT
land Telegram wheTeih the Hood Riy-
81 apple is given credit TOR Bourne's
saccess tu landing the appointment of
tie United States district attorney
over the combined influence of the
majority of the Oregon delegation.
Surely mother Eve was not tempted
with finer apple tdan Senator
BJurne furnished the President and |
think your readers will agree with me
when venture the assertion that never
was there finer apple grown in the
garden OF Eden than the famous Hood
River apple.
After a i've years. residence 10
Hood River Valley aud leaving behind
me halt interest in % acres of as
choice apple land as the valley can
show, II it we're In my power l would
net take one laurel from the fair
brow OF Hood River.
Now with this preface will you
kindly allow me to say that IL some of
your apple kings there who by reason
Ot your almost priceless APPLES who
have money to throw at the birds,
which, by the way, IL the denomina-
tion was very much less than one dol
lar 1t wo1ld be cheaper to throw than
the apple) would pay four bit fare
and come down to Carson and inves-
tigate conditions and prices Of land
you would drop little money In
Wind River Valley. just tithe OF
your Investment there and mixed with
the Hood River spirit you would not
only profit laI gely by the Investment
but you would become a benefactor
to this country aud the children OF
the next generation would rise up and
call you blessed. Ii Hood River ap-
pies eau influence The President,
Wind River epples might win place
In the police department Of Carson.
note that the date OF the annual
Commercial Club banquet is fixed.
/ congratulate this scIub for keeping
these annual gat heIing up.
Both the Glacier and the News Let
ter are welcome visitors on our tabla
each week aud scarcely "a line in eth
or escapes our atten ion. A newspa-
per has much to do with the moulding
of rublic sentiment aud along this
line Hood River need not be ashamed.
note number of prospective en-
terprises ia the crude stage there, to
all of which | would like to lend a
helping hand. I'ut | am kept busy
here defending Hood River against
several kinds Of NAL gnaties hurled
at her by people who ought to know
better. The pessimis st ani the knock
81 are to be found here as elsewhere
and we pass them up.
e. +. Powell, the author OF the
Country Home. says the "l9th cen
tury was manufacturing century and
that the Goth century is to be an
agricultural century" and judging
from the number of people who are
looking for suburban homes l think
his pIophesy will come true. Both
Oregon and Washington have still
many charming spots that in the near
future wall become a veritable para
disc dotted with towering orchards
and fragrant clover fields.
We bid them come and when Hood
River Valley is filed up send them to
Carson. -,
ROSWELL SHELLEY W