The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-10-20
CLUB HOLDS
Big MEETING
SMOKER NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT
Plans are Made for Big Love Feast
When Every Member viii
Be Present.

largely attended meeting of the Hood
River COmmerc al Club was held Mon
day evening in the assembly hall and
1t resulted in regular love feast
among the members of and the plan
ming for the club smoker to be held
next Tuesday evening in celebration of
the entrance of the names of l50 new
members on the clubs rolls.
The meeting, which was the regular
October meeting postponed one
week, was the first since the close of
the contest between the Spitzenburg
and Newtown teams for the new men,
bers. Secretary j. c. Skinner report
ed that the Spitzenburgs were the
victors by a large margin and that ac-
cording to the scheme of the contest,
the Newtowns would have to come
through with an entertainment for the
victors and the new members. In the
absence of the captain of the vanquish-
ed, Frank A. Cram spoke and said
that they were ready to carry out the
project. 1t was however decided after
a motion by j. II. Heilbronner that
the affair should be thrown open to the
entire membership of the club, both
old and new, and be made big smoker
and booster meeting. The jolly-up
has been set for Tuesday evening.
October rs, which will be on the eve of
the departure of Secretary Skinner for
the east next week and and it will be
partly in the nature of an enthusiastic
send-off, giving him the word to carry
to the many benighted ones in the
east who will gaze in open-eyed Won
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which he will have charge Of. Besides
something to smoke and possibly a
few eats. the club will have a good
program and it will be a big stag good
time for the members. There will
be some speeches and nobody will be
allowed to talk too seriously and there
will be some songs by the gift d ones.
The whole membership of the club is
expected to turn out, get acquainted
and have good time
In the absence of President Charles
Hall Monday evening Director j. II.
Osborne was the chairman OF the meet
ing, which transacted few business
matters. The Secretary read the COM
munication from the Live Wires OF
Spokane, askine that a delegate be
sent from the club to the Live Wire
Convention Whica will be held in Spo-
kane at the time of the Apple Show.
Secretary gave the club talk on the
necessity of all the growers putting up
good exhibits to compete at the
various apple shows which will be held
about the country this year. He ex-
planned the ssity OF having ex-
hibits of all kinds in order that Hood
River should be TO the front in every
department.
J. H. HeiIbronner brought up the
matter of asking the OR. & N. to
place platforms and lights for a
greater distance along the tracks at
either end of the station than now
exist. Many of the trains are so long
that persons alighting from the rear
cars at night can have no idea at all
where they are or what they are get
ting into. Mr.. Heilbronner urged that
these unfortunate conditions be
brought to the notice of the railroad
with the belief that remedy would
soon result.
The new members present were
asked by the chairman to give their
views on the club and the work it was
doing and this brought forth number
of enthusiastic speeches. Roy ID.
Smith, new member, but resident of
the valley for IL years, made rat
tling good talk, which demonstrates
the prevalence Of the Hood River
spirit in the citizens of the valley even
though they do not take frequent OPP
portunity to manifest it. Mr.. Smith
put especial stress on the necessity of
every man doing his share, no matter
whether it be large or small. Rev. +.
T. Simpson, the new rector of st.
Marks Episcopal church, was next
called upon and told of his impressions
as new conner in the valley. j. X.
Shelton, a Grand Rapids, Mich, man,
who is much interested here, next
spoke and told how the lack of paved
streets in the city gave the strangers
very poor impression Of the valley.
DR.. f. G. Brosius, at present
councilman and man who has been
connected with the city administration
more or less closely since its organiza-
tion II wears ago, was called upon fol-
lowing Mr.. Shelton's criticism and told
of the efforts which have been made
and are being made by the city to get
improvements. He alluded to the long
drawn out water fight in the city,
which has been a stumbling block to
progress and showed also how the city
had been handicapped in raising suffi-
cient funds by the low valuations. He
said that ten years ago the maximum
revenue to the city was but $50 year
to carry .on all it's affairs and that
the assessments were slowly increased
and that it was only lately that the
revenue had approached a figure to
comfortably care for the needs of the
city. He also spoke of the close re-
lation of the town and valley and the
fact that the council considered it
their duty to act as much for the in
terests of the valley as for the town.
Following Dr. Brosius, j. d. Nc
Lucas, who has had troubles council
manic in his days, responded with an
apt story. Rev E. A. Harris, new
pastor of the Congregational church,
spoke next and mentioned the large
preponderance of young men among
the boosters and noted the seeming
pleasure that everybody takes in their
work in this part of the country as
contrasted witt the down hearted,
knocking drudging spirit which is so
commonly found among the older com
munities in the east. A. Whisnet,
formerly secretary of the North Bend
| Coos Bay Commercial Club, and at
present representative of the OPP
portunity magazine, spoke last and
congratulated Hood River on the fact
that he found no moss either hanging
to the apple trees or to the citizens
backs. He made a good stirring
speech and his views on the opportuni-
ties of this particular section Of the
state were encouraging.
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