The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1921-02-24

the result will justify the effort. 1t is
nv earnest desire to make the Com
mercial Club community center,
where men from all sections of the
county can conregate and discuss cur
rent topics. or learn the latest gossip
the best place to accomplish these
matters is where men conregagte. 1t
is my earnest desire to have every
good citizen, farmer. business man,
professional man become members of
the club and take an active interest,
give us officers the benefit of your
knowledge and experience and help US
to reach logical conclusions in matters
concerning the interest of the county
in general. | feel that it is a duty
that you owe to your county and to
yourselves as we'll. That the officers
intend doing their part is evidenced in
the fact that every director has been
appointed chairman of a committee
with full power to select from the
membership as many assistants as he
may deem necessary to accomplish any
task that may fall to his lot.
want to make an especial plea to
our county citizens to become mem
bers of the Commercial Club and call
their attention to the many conven-
fences they will have at their command,
such as the ladies' rest room for the
ladies', the club rooms for the men, the
great amount of reading matter for
both the ladies and the men, the as
sembly room where members can hold
meetings without additional cost, and
discuss matters of community interest.
The fixed expense that must be met
is 81. 400 per year. This amount is OBJ
tanned from dues paid by the member
ship as the club has no other income
except from the club room. Some
time ago | made the statement that
believed that the membership could be
made close to 1000, and was laughed
at but still | am of the opinion it can
be done if every member will only take
some active part in securing member
ships. The club is open all day and
half the night, and members can OBJ
tain keys from the steward for small
sum, which will give them the use of
the room at any time. Lets do little
figuring: Suppose we have 300 city
members at $l2 per year, that would
be SO, 600. Five hundred country men,
bers at $6 per year would be $3, 900.
This would give total of S. 600. and
after deducting fixed expense would
leave surplus of $4, 200. Its dream,
of course, but then dreams sometimes
come true.
Now, let US suppose that some great
catastrophe overtakes some section of
our country and the voice of charity
called for assistance for the unfortu-
Gov, al (Nlt1h l1
have funds available to render immed-
late aid. Then again suppose it was
the desire to advertise our wonderful
scenic assets. or that large party OF
strangers were coming to visit us, the
Commercial Club would have funds
to provide entertainment for the visit
ors. 1t would be only few cents
from each membership and would obvi-
ate the necessity of going out and pan
ming businessmen and others to raise
the amount necessary as has been the
case in the past. | happen to know
that at some date next June there will
be close to 500 people visit our valley
This body of men will come from the
entire Pacific coast to attend the Az
Mems convention in Portland and il
has been tipped off to me that an auto
trip over the famous Columbia River
Highway from Portland to Hood River
is on the program. Lets get ready fol
them. Already there is a movement
on foot for an immense exposition tC
be held in Portland in 1926 Thousand:
of people will be attracted to the coast
by impulses sent out broadcast ovel
the world. Lets commence to gel
ready for this. Hood River can be OIL
the map and on big if we will expenc
the necessary energy.
Just beyond the western boundary Of
the city there is in course of construc
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