The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-02-17
MEMBERSHIP
CAMPAIGN BEGUN
COMMERCIAL CLUB WILL DOUBLE
Each Member to Bring In Another
During Banquet and Min
strel Show Planned.

A campaign which will result in a
large increase in the mem bership Of
the Commercial Club was started at
the meeting OF the club Monday even.
ing when motion was passed provid-
ing that every member of the club
should bring In a new member before
the next meeting of the club, which
will be held Monday evening, March
IA. According to the resolution
passed by the club any mem ber who
fails to bring new memb ber into the
fold before the next meeting will
suffer the penalty of paying the
amount of the initiation fee, 81. 80,
into the treasury OF the club.
The plan OF campaign has met with
the hearty approval of the members
and applications for membership have
been pouring in upon Secretary j.
q. Skinner ever since the motion
passed. Many of the eampaigners
have not stopped with one new men,
ber but have brought in numbe 80
that the members who do not hurry
will lind it hard to locate an outsider.
The membership OF the club was about
l30 at the time OF the meeting the
uther night, and 1t will at least be
doubled and probably tripled during
the coming campaign.
The publicity work of the club was
discussed at the meeting and every
speaker heartily endorsed the manner
In which it was being handled by the
board of directors and officers of
the club. No special plans were out
lined other than the work which has
already been laid out by the directors
for the Sunset Community literature
along the same general but much
bigger lines than last year.
County Superintendent r.. 9.
Smith, of the normal school com.
mittee, reported the situation with
regard to the normal school matter
and the club endorsed his rceommen-
dation that Hood River take no
further move In the matter until after
the general election next tall, when
the voters OF the state will have an
opportunity to say whether or not
they will re.establish three schools
which we're formerly maintained by
the state. IL any or all of the former
schools are to be brought back to life,
Hood River will ask the state to
place a school here as it Ia the feeling
in this community that there should
be but one school In the state and
that II should be thoroughly up-to.
date in every way. II the voters turn
down the former schools at Weston,
Ashland, and Monmout b, then Hood
River will go before the Legislature
and invite the state of Oregon to
place its single normal school here.
A resolution thanking the normal
committee for its work was passed
by the club.
The annual banquet came up for
discussion at the meeting and the
matter OF arranging for the banquet
will be 10 the hands OF the board OF
directors which served during 1909.
1t was decided that the price of the
banquet should be $3.50 plate and
President Charles Hall appointed j.
ii. He'll bronner, X. W. Kelly, X. j.
Melsaso, q. Y Edwards and M. M.
Hill rs committee to arrange the IN
vltation list for the annual banquet.
In connection with the furnishing
of the new club rooms an entertain
ment to raise money for the furniture
found was discussed and 1t was decid-
ed to put on minstrel show.
President Hall appointed, g. A.
Clarke, +. A. Cram and J. y. Skin
ner, on a committee to have charge
of the production.