The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-01-07
GATHERED 8 OR
ANNUAL 4! NQUET
COMMERCIAL CLUB MAKES MERRY
Affair Brilliant and Successful and
Blizzard Weather Dampens Not
Their ArdOr.

was held tuesday evening in Odd Eel.
lows hall added another big social
success to the list of these events and
demonstrated the fact that an icy
temperature and blizzard weather
could not keep good cheer and enthu-
81 asm out of the hearts of Hood Riv-
er's apple growers and business men.
When the time arrived to open the
annual feast OF good things to eat
and the flow of wisdom and wit, $50
members oil the club and their guests
assembled at table. Previous to going
to the banquet room the banquetters
gathered at the Opera House and from
there marched to the hall where they
entered and we're seated to music
dispensed by the Trio Orchestra.
lhe tables, walls and ceiling of the
room were handsomely decorated with
evergreens and colored electric lights
and after the guests were seated u 200
candlepower Tunsten light suspended
from the center Of the hall was turned
on by Manager Goti of the Electric
Light Company, flooding the room
with a brilliant illumination and
adding much to the gayety of the
scene. The tables we're arranged SO
that the speakers faced their fellow
guests, in the center of which w8a a.
A. Jayne, president of the club and
toastmaster. On a pedestal back Of
the speakers table was placed the
handsome silver cup given to Hood
River by the managers Of the National
Apple Show for the Hood River dis
play and which arrived here Tuesday,
in care of E. II. Shepard.
The menu for the banquet was
served by the ladies of the Christian
chulch and was as follows:
Olympia Oyster Cocktail
Celery Queen Olives Sailed Almonds
Shrimp Salad with Mayonnaise
Dressing
Hot Chicken Pie
Mashed Pottoes French Peas
: Cold Boiled Ham Sliced Tongue
White and Graham Bread
Hood River Spitzenburg and JoDa-
than Apples
. Ice Cream Home Made Assorted Cakes
Mocha Cigars,
The yiands and service we're excel
lent aud the ladies we're the recipients
of many compliments. The orchestra
g was loudly encored for the excellent
music il discouIsed during the prog
n ess OF the meal.
g hliBT tub ClkhEs WbEt llkAltu1 hOuebN
d master Jayne opened the remarks OF
= the evening by giving brief outline
n of the work accomplished by the club
. during the past year and stating some
= of the things that it hoped to accom-
p plish during the present. he
r thought, he said, the greatest work 1t
had done WAS In pushing the creation
S of the new county through, after a
o running fight of several years with
: tae legislature He also called atteu-
g tion to commercial club day which
was inaugurated by the club last
. summer and said he believed that it
y ought to be made an annual event and
l thought it would be. He referred to
the affairs of the new county and
e called upon County Judge A. j.
e Derby tc respond to the toast Hood
: River County Aftei the Fact" Mr.
: Derby handled his subject in the con-
: crete giving ngures and statistics to
q show what he thought were the
y amounts necessary to be raised tor
I, carrying on its affairs and what it was
most In need of, stating that better
reads was one Of the most important
and informed his hearers that the
S county court had purchased some
d DAD making machinery and levied
y ten mill road tax and expected to
! commence the work OF improving the
v roads as soon as the weather permit
! led. The county tax this year he
q Oh lught would be about 10 mills or
= slightly higher than that under the
- old county during the past year.
% Hon. j. N. Smith who was on the
u program to respond to the next num-
r ber was unable to be present and the
toastmaster read letter from him ex-
7, pressing bis regrets and best wishes
e tor the new county and its residents.
e Murray Kay then gave a vocal selec-
o tion which SO pleased his hearers that
~ 40 was forced to respond to an en-
n core.
u Mr.. Il. II. Shepard responded to
II the request of 1oastmasteI Jayne to
RI cell the banquetters something about
n "Ihe Commercial APPLE" aud d'd
l. so Interestingly and to the point. Mr..
L William Bitte Wells connected with
q Sunset Magazine and also the Home
seekers Bureau OF the Hartman Lines
"a made an enthusiastic and optimistic
Calk about Hood River and Oregon.
- Telling what the railroad people
= thought of Hood River, its fruit, It's
St .eople and its hus Ie, in a way that
le evoked storm of applause. He also
d old about the new booklet which the
r S inset Company is getting out for the
Ie Commercial Club and which will
le be ths finest ever published on the
le coast.
10 j. Adrian Epping then still further
= enthused the banquet guests by sing
mig in a fine voice selection which
was 81 we'll received that he was net
10 allowed to resume his seat until he
+ had responded to an encore. letter
l. If regret from j. L. Carter at not be-
RS ing able to be present and pledglng
t. his support to the club and his con-
re slituents peneraiiy in the coming ses-
ID sion of the legislature was read by
at Secretary p. S. Davidson which met
10 with the hearty approval and was re-
ie eeived with applause.
10 Mr.. William MoMurray, General
u Passenger Agent of the Hartman
" Lines in Oregon, who was expected
IN respond to "ProsEects tor lmmi-
rs grafton in 1909, found it impossible
sy to be present and sent telegram OF
at egret which wss read by Mr.. Jayne
S, lt WAS full OF good cheer and we'll
AIshes for Hood River aud met with
noisy approval lom Richardson
who wa to Lave talked about Oregon
!, was unable to be present also.
ne Rev Il. g. Collins, who recently
D. r,me here to take charge OF st. Marks
as Mission of the Episcopal church, was
IA. called on by the toastmaster at this
h inutcure and LsId ine iriunto to
nd the character of the men who are
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