The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-05-02
SCOTT ANNOUNCES
CLUB MEETING

In the following announcement. in
which he tells Of what the Commercial
club has been doing during the past
month, Secretary Ray +. Scott an
nounces that the next monthly meeting
be held Monday. May l3:
The regular monthly meeting will he
held on the second Monday in May, the
18th. al S p. m. This is too early TO say
what will be doing bat there will be
something Of interest. besides the
cigars we have. These meetings are
open for anybody and any suggestions
for the good Of Hood River are wanted.
This has been a very busy and salts
factory month. and the way the mem
bership has responded to the call Of
the Secretary is very gratifying. AT
least so members who live in the val
ley have called in person, and eek
pressed their views on the one subject
that il Of the greatest Importance 10
Hood River Valley. If you have not
expressed your views come in and do
so. We will have this year something
like 200, 600 boxes of apples. What
are we going to do with them? Sell
them, of course. But who to, and at
what price. What kind Of apples are
we going to deliver? We must deliver
the kind that buyers can order sight
unseen. the kind that We say we raise.
Yakima proposes to spend S36, 900 ad
yertising the kind she raises and if
Yakima is going to do that, Hood River
must do something to call attention to
hers. We cannot afford to sit back
and live on our reputation, for while a
reputation is good thing to have
the gentle public is apt to think you
have quit business if you let the other
fellow make all the noise.
Now we have two or three ideas at
the club that we think will help some,
and we want to tell you what they
are, and we want to discuss them
with you in person, so if you have not
made your call, do it, and do il now.
Hood River cannot afford to be singing
any Swan songs while the fellows with
apples 'just as good are sending
theirs to market. Come in.
1t has been suggested that the club
is doing all of its work for the valley,
and that what it ought to do is to get
some factories with weekly payrolls to
locate here his is a good idea and
the Secretary will be glad to have any
suggestions as to what kind of factor
les we have the raw products for, aside
from lumber, vinegar, apple butter,
etc The Secretary believes. however,
that if we can get every dollar coming
from our main business of raising APP
pies we will have no kicks coming.
If we can bring in $l.50 for every box
of apples we will raise this year that
will be 5000 for every person in the
valley, babies and all, and it is a
pretty good average. If every one
who has apples TO sell gets his money
for them there won't be any lack of
money around here. for money to
spend is the same kind whether it is
raising apples and straw berries. The
most prosperous states in the Union at
this time are Kansas and Oklahoma
and they get their money from what
the ground produces and not from the
buzzug wheels. All we have to do
here to get all that is coming to US,
and that little is above the average.
To stick right on "Our Job"-faise
the apple pack it the way the books
say we do don't think the other fel-
low s pack is going to sell your apple
a few boxes in a car reduces the aver
age pack every box like you were
going to send it to the folks back
home If you do this we can afford to
advertise our apples to the whole
world with just as good results as
Ivory Soap ever attained. All we have
to do is pack to fit our reputation and
let the goods he known.
Applications for membership on file
at this time are l.. G. Simms, of G. Y.
Edwards q Co. f. Il. Deem, ranch at
Pine Grove: Albert 2. Reed, of Reed 4
Henderson. attorneys, and CIV. Parker.
1t will help he club a whole lot to do
! your business with CLUB members.
Not every one in Hood River Valley,
who ought TO belong to the club, is a
member 10y any means. The club does
not propose any whirlwind campaigns
! for members. We believe that every
merchant in Hood River who has goods
to sell and every person in Hood River
who has to buy goods will serve their
! interests 10y being a member of the
club. We are going to try and prove
nort tbe rlnh We want thon, and ,ao
want everv momhar in i'm a dignif;ed I NOW WV
to help us get them. We don't want
some ono aeks theno ~ in r,o,,,ort ~
enthusiasm We don't went ,nn,,,I,ors
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