The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-03-16
CLUB MEETING
WELL ATTENDED
ENTHUSIASTIC SPEECHES. MADE
Supt. COad Calls Attention to Lack of
Horticultural Training in High School
Butler Tells of Trip.

monthly meeting Monday night and
the occasion was very successful.
Some of the most enthusiastic men of
the organization made short speeches.
One of the most important things
that came before the club was the dis
cussiOn>of the failure of the young
men of the Valley, who are now gradu-
ating from high school, to prepare
themselves in matters pertaining to
horticulture. Supt. of City Schools
E. E. Coad stated that not single
student from Hood River High School
will graduate from the Oregon Agri-
cultural College this year. The stu
dents of the local high school, although
many of them are going to raise ap-
pies, are not going to attend the agri-
cultural institution. The reason for
this state of affairs is that at present
the agricultural college does not give
the student any credit for his last two
years of high school work, since none
of the work is along lines prerequisite
to the college courses. Hood River S
past success is due and her further
prosperity will come almost altogether
from the raising of apples, and the
well the business of their fathers is
one that should receive the considera-
tion of all progressive men of the COM
munity," said Mr.. Coad. To further
this movement Dean A. b. -Cordley, of
o. A. c., will deliver lecture on sci
entific education at the rooms of the
Commercial Club tomorrow night. In
illustration of what has been accom-
plished by the inauguration of techni-
cal courses in eastern schools Dean
Cordley will exhibit a number of Ian
tern slides. The club endorsed the
movement and urged that it be given
encouragement by all members.
Speeches on the subject were made by
Leroy Armstrong and DR.. Worcester.
Rev. +. A. Harris announced that
the ministerial association of the city
had decided to confer with the club
and other organizations and attempt
some concerted action for the purpose
of raising a fund for the relief of the
starving Chinese. His movement was
sanctioned by speeches from Rev. j. G.
Tate, of the Barrett section, and Roy
d Smith.
Secretary Skinner called attention to
the fact that the first and second pre-
sentations of the Lyceum course did
not receive the support that should
have been given it by the clubs mem
bers. 1t was planned to advertise
better the next number, which will be
given here Saturday night, April /.
Because of the length of the new by
laws it was decided not to read them
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five members, composed of Truman
Butler, Charles N. Clarke, J. H. He'll
bronner, Albert Sutton and G. A.
Howell were appointed to go over
them.
After the business of the session was
concluded short speeches were made
and stories told by Rev. Harris, Rev.
Tate and Leslie Butler, who has just
returned from q two months trip
through the southern states.
Rev. Tate spoke of the duty of a
comercial body and for what it should
stand in a community. Its only pur-
poses, he said, should not be for com
mercialism. 1t ought to stand ready
to promote the good of the community
along all lines of human interest, he
continued. 1t should be the spirit of
every member, too, he continued, to
speak his mind and not to get angry if
the other man spoke his and disagreed
with him.
Mr.. Butler told the club of his trav-
els. He visited most all of the impor-
tant cities of Alabama, Virginia, the
Carolinas, Florida, Louisiana, Texas,
and the Missouri apple region. Re
Gently reports have been spread broad
cast that the eastern apple growers
were planting enormous tracts and
that within a decade the industry
would be swamped by OverproductiOn.
Mr.. Butler states that the reports are
erroneous. Nowhere are growers max
ing any large paintings. A great deal
of work is being done toward the i'm
provement of orchards already set out,
but Hood River growers, continued Mr..
Butler, sneed have no fear of ever find
ing themselves without a market. In
studying the marketing conditions
wherever he went and comparing them
with the local ones he finds ours super
Tor in every way. Some anxiety has
recently been created by the way the
New York market has treated the local
apples. This condition has perhaps
been greatly exaggerated. However,
said Mr.. Butler, New York might be
wiped from the face of the earth and
the Hood sRiver Valley would still be
able to find market for her apples at
fair value.
In discussing the features of differ
ent localities, Mr.. Butler says that
HoodsRiver is far superior to any that
he saw. The crop here can be counted
on with mathematical precision. The
ideal climatic conditions. ARE lacking in
most regions. Another thing to be
taken into consideration, he remarked,
| is the charm Of the place which causes
so many to make their homes here.
Nowhere, he enthusiastically contin-
ued, is it possible to find a place more
suitable, because of beauty and
comfort, for home life. The resources
of the south he said are greatly hamp-
cred because of its disagreeable
climate. Mr.. Butler gives an account
of a humorous incident Of his return
trip. He said that he had been telling
all of his fellow passengers of the
wonderful climate and beautiful scenery
of Oregon. The train had scarcely
left Pendleton until one of the fierce
sandstorms peculiar to the region
came upon him. When the people
to whom he related the Oregon
wonders learned that they were in the
state they all but snubbed him. How.
ever, he ,regained their respect after
the train left The Dalles and the pass.
negers were able to behold the wonder.
ful scenery and enjoy the balmy atmos.
phere of the past few days.
While at Dallas, Texas, Mr.. Butler
said that he was walking on one of the
principal business streets when ht
espied box of apples that he recog
nized as coming from Hood River
They were Spitzenburgs and had beer
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