The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-01-22
YEAR AUGURS WELL
FOR COM'L CLUB

The new officers of the Commercial
club were inaugurated at the monthly
members meeting on Monday night of
last week. On Wednesday of the week
before the newly elected board of direc-
tors organized and proceeded to elect
the following officers to serve during
the coming year: President, j. II.
Heilbronner; vice president, W. l..
Clark; treasurer. G. A. Molden and
secretary. c. N. Ravlin.
The energetic manner in which Pres
ident Heilbronner took the reins of
Office at the first meeting pressages
year of much activity for the club. In
outlining his policy the new president
stated that the club had really more
projects in hand for the general benefit
of the whole community this year than
at any period within its history and
that every member would have to get
out and hustle.
''ln selecting the various committees
the board of directors has given the
subject much careful consideration,
continued Pres. Heilbronner. Every
member selected has been picked for
his special adsptability to the work of
his respective committee. | can as
sure you the committees will be live
institutions this year, and every one of
them will be on the job. Every COM
mittee will be required to make
monthly report to the board of direc-
tors, and in this way we hope to ac-
c0mplish great deal of good. This
year we have named new committee,
the county welfare committee. Ibis is
composed entirely of country members,
the scope of which will be to work for
all needed improvements IN the Lower
and Upper Valleys. What the civic
welfare committee is for the town, the
county welfare committee will be for
the valley. The committee will arrange
for open meetings throughout the val
ley at frequent intervals, at which we
will have speakers Of note TO discuss
timely topics of the day and the vari-
Gus orchard problems that confront
US"
W. l.. Clark, chairman of the road
committee, was called upon to tell of
the clubs activities in road affairs.
"For the past two years we have done
great deal Of hard work and spent
considerable of our own individual
money to get the Portland Hood River
road launched" stated Mr.. Clark,
land our efforts have certainly borne
fruit. The Columbia river highway is
now an assured fact, and | have every
confidence that by 1915 traffic will be
rolling over this magnificent scenic
route. Last week State Highway En-
gineer Bowlby made the statement at
the annual banquet of the Portland
| Realty Board that the records in the
office of the State Highway Commits
sion show that HOO automobiles came
to The Dalles last year from California
by way of the Deschutes route. Some
turned around and went back the same
way and the others shipped their cars
| to Portland by boat. 1t is easy TO pic
ture the benefits to Hood River when
this stream of travel commences to roll
through this valley with the compile
tion of the road to Portland.
1.-The club has also been working
hard to get road to Portland by way
of Lost Lake, and the chances for this
are more favorable now than ever be-
fore. 1t will be recalled that last win
ter the Portland water board blocked
our chances for road in that district,
by having Senator Chamberlain intro
duce bill in conrges. shutting out all
traffic through the Bull Run forest re-
serve, alleging that it would be men,
ace to Portland's water supply. The
Commercial club promptly took up the
| fight with Portland, and through the
efforts of our congressman, N. J. Sin
not, we succeeded in having the bill
| tabled. We have since been working
to have Portland withdraw ito obiec-
tion and | can confidently say now thati
there is every chance of our success in
this line. Tho moment this objection
is withdrawn the government forestry
department stands ready to build fine
road across the reserve. All we will
have to do would be to build road to
iost Lake.
The most important and significant
action taken by tbs club at the meet
ing was the authorization of the board
of directors to proceed with the exhibit
at the Panama Pacific exposition in
San Francisco along the lines original
ly laid out by the club. Secretary
Raviin stated that it had been hoped
the county court would make an appro.
priation to cover this exhibit, but the
decision has been adverse, and it was
up to the club to carry it through or
drop it, as they saw fit. Immediate
action must be taken, however. one
way or the other, as the Oregop Com
mission was holding space, which must
be promptly cancelled. if we were to
do nothing with it.
81 will be one Of 100 to give $40. or
one of so to give $780," called.out vii.
mer Sieg. The effect was instanta-