The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-02-05
The Commercial Club
Stands FirSf, LaSf and
all fhe Time for fhe
Advancement of Hood
River County.

Whdf the ComnferciaI Club Has
Accomplished:
Has kept the name of Hood River
before the world.
Handles all correspondence regarding
information about Hood River Valley.
Secured hitching rack in city for
country teams.
Advocated Babcock milk tester for
county schools.
Has furnished free assembly room
for various mass meetings.
Has furnished rest room for wives
and daughters of Hood River farmers,
equipped with lavatory, toilet, msga-
zines, etc.
Originated and secured Experiment
Station for Hood River. Committee
from Commercial Club went to Salem
last session of Legislature to urge
passage of bill authorizing station.
Secured three days session of Farm.
ers' Welfare extension school of Ore
gon Agricultural College at the club
rooms, October 1913. Pathology. Truck
Gardening, Landscape Gardening, Do
mestic Science and Social Hygiene
were among the subjects handled in
the extension course.
Put the Solicitors Notice into effect,
saving county of Hood River, by refus-
ing Endorsement to beggars and graft
ers, $1,000; $500 of this was saved by
the club knocking cart fake ironing
boards cheme. Every day heggars and
grafters are turned away from Hood
River through the activities of the
Commercial Club.
Started movement to get more cows
into the valley. Board Of Directors
held special conference with Professor
Kent, Of Oregon Agricultural College
as to best method of procedure. EAR
ranged for COW lecture by DR.. Witty
combe at the Horticultural Chautau-
qua. Through chairman of the Cow
Commmitee arranged with DR.. Witty
combe to assist in forming COW club in
Upper Valley: also matter of financing
for additional cows.
With interest in cows developed,
Commercial club took up matter of Sc
curing creamery. Brought several
creamery experts here to look over sit
uation. Member of club spent several
days in Willamette valley observing
methods of most successful cooperative
creamery in state. Took up matter of
site, and financing of machinery and
building for creamery.
Started movement to demons trate
that field corn could be protitably
grown in Hood River valley. Coming
season will see corn grown here in
commercial quantities. Continued in
vestigation this fall, by watching re-
suits of successful crops in Wasco
county. Discovered that Parsons White
and Minnesota No. l3 are best acclim-
ated varieties of corn for this region
also that the new ensilage plant. Pen
silreia, should be grown here-twenty
tons to the acre in Wasco county last
year.
Distributed literature on hogs.
Assisted in arousing interest to raise
funds to enable the vinegar factory tC
double its capacity in order to handle
increased production of apples in val
ley. Secured from city, improvement
of road to vinegar factory.
Took up cannely proposition with
California parties who were looking
for location III Oregon. Assisted them
in three weeks investigation as t.
what Hood River has to offer a can,
merry. Arranged interviews with scores
of farmers from all parts of the valley
Parties seriously impressed with HooC
River as location.
Secured restocking of streams of
Hood River county, through Fish anC
Game Committee. Secured appoint
ment of Burnett K. Duncan as member
of State Fish and Game Commission
Through efforts of MIR. Duncan, built
dam at mouth of Hood river to turr
river into old channel that salmon
could go up stream to spawn; also fish
ladder over dam of Pacific Light &
Power Company. Also handled matter
of supplying feed for Chinese pheasant.
through winter.
Started original movement for better
roads in city and county of HoodIRiver
Every good roads meeting that has
been held in Hood River was under the
auspices of Commercial Club. Has
favored adequate system of good roads
throughout entire county. Was first t
agitate Columbia river highway. Rem
dered all assistance possible in secur
ing direct line up West Fork of HooC
river, from Winans to Sandy Flat.
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Started original movement to oper
up road to Portland via Lost Lake anC
the Bull Run Forest Reserve. Wher
bill was introduced last winter in Con
gress to prohibit such road through
Portland's water shed, took up fight il
Washington and had bill temporarily
tabled. Had it not been for CONNER.
cial Club that bill would now have
been law. Now making fight ir
Portland to have that city withdraw its
objections. Road committee in Port.
land entire week of January 49, 1914
presenting arguments before Commits
sioners of the City of Portland. Port
land Automobile Club and convention
of Multnomah and Clackamas county
Commercial bodies at Oregon city.
Arranged for Hood River competi
tive exhibit at Second Annua National
show in Spokane in 1911, winning first
prize in both Spitzenburg and New.
toun aVhihits Tho cluh naid tho an