The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-09-15
CLUB PLANS
BIG RECEPTION
SPITZENBURG--NEWTOWN CONTEST
Commercial Club Plans IIOnSewarming
and Membership Campaign at Big
Initial Meeting in Club Rooms.


The first meeting of the Commercial
Club held in the new quarters was a
large and enthusiastic one Monday
evening and the interest shown by the
members augurs we'll for a season of
active work during the coming winter.
The first matter discussed by the club
after Secretary Skinner has announced
the arrival of the long looked for book
let, was the the Open House which will
be held by the Club to dedicate the
new quarters, Wednesday, September
2l.
The committee has been working out
the details of the plans for the affair
which will be in the form of an after
noon and evening reception, to which
everybody in the town and valley are
cordially urged to be present. The
Club is proud of its new home, and
is anxious to show it to its friends.
No invitations will be send out except
the general invitation through the
press. The officers and committees of
the club with thier wives will act as a
reception committee on the occasion,
and the hours will be from two in the
afteroon to ten in the evening. The
new people and strangers in the valley
are especially invited to be present
and an offer will be made to extend to
them typical Hood River hopsitality.
The committee is arranging a pro-
gram of music, orchestral and vocal
which will be given during the recep-
tion and light refreshments will be
served. 1t is possible that delega-
tion from the Portland Commercial
Club will come to Hood River to attend
| the reception. The club passed a re-
solution asking the business men of
the city to close their places of bust.
ness from two to four in the afternoon
on account of the reception so that
they could be present to help welcome
the strangers.
With the occupation of the new clut
rooms another campaignsfor new mem.
bers to the organization will be made
and it will be organized along the lines
of contest between the members OF
the club lined up in two teams to be
known as the Spitzenburgs and New.
towns. Each team will have a captain
and a whirlwind campaign starting
September % and ending on the last
day of the month will be made, the
team losing forfeiting a supper tC
the winners. The contest will be {
warm one and it is hoped to bring in a
least 200 new members, which will put
the roll over the 800 mark. The cam
paign in the spring resulted in triplinl
the membership which is now more
than 300, The captains of the TIVE
teams appointed by the directors wer
Truman Butler and Ernest c. Smith
but Mr.. Butler has announced that h
cannot serve because he will be ou
of the city during part of the timt
of the contest, and his successor ha
not yet been appointed. One especially
good reason why the club should b'
able to get many new members JUS
now is the fact that the entrance fee
will be raised October from S2,5 Il
$5. Persons joining before that tlm'
will be able to come in under the ole
fee and considering what the clul
now has to offer in the way o
quarters, and the work which is beinl
done, no better investment can b,
made by loyal citizens of the Hoot
River valley. The Club is as mucl
for the valley as for the town, and a
the present rate the country member
will soon out number the member
in town.
With the recent organization of thu
Upper Valley Development Association
much good local work in that part o
the valley in cooperation with the Com
mercial Club is expected to be accom-
plished. AS an inducement to tn
members of the upper valley associa
titn, whose isolation prevents thei
getting frequent use of the local clu
rooms, the Club voted that all mem
bers of the subsidiary organization
should be charged but so cents pc
month dues instead of 81, which is tn
regular monthly dues. Rae Il. Babson
representing the upper valley club
was present and expressed for his or
ganization the appreciation of the rec
0gnition which had been given them
f. L. Smith, who was the mover o
the resolution for the upper vale
men, also suggested an excursion I
that section by the town people in OF
der to get acquainted with the re
sources of that country. Charles I
Early, of the Mt. Hood railroad
stated that the company would b
glad to take the local business men o
an excursion to the Parkdale termlnu
and Mr.. Babson assured the Club tha
the upper valley association would er
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