The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1922-05-11
CLUB MEETING
MONDAY NIGHT
MEMORABLEOCCASON ANTICIPATED
Prominent Speakers viii Discuss Feat
ures Of Developing Scenic Assets
Around Base Of Mt. Hood

development OF the scenic assets or the
Mount Hood country, will bring a
large crowd of orchardists Monday
night from all valley sections to join
business men in discussion of plans.
The session will begin at $50 O'Clock,
when the club men and guests will be
entertained at dinner by members of
Wauna Temple of Pythian Sisters.
The dinner will be served at the club
rooms.
Road and resort development will
form the chief topic of discussion.
Speakers will include: Samuel g.
Lancaster, state forest supervisor, t.
II. Sherrard and President Scholz, of
Reed College. A number of the stud
ent body members of the college. it is
expected, will be present. A musical
program will be given by the Hood
River High School orchestra. Presi-
dent Olmsted and Secretary Crew, Of
the club, have invited w. j. Hoffman,,
of the Pacific Northwest Tourist Assoc
iation, and George Quayle, secretary
of the Oregon State Chamber of Com
merce, to attend the session.
In 1920 Columbia River Highway
paving operations interrupted the Ad
Club fiesta, and last year weather con-
ditions interfered with the party. This
year. however, the Ad Club, according
to word received by the Commercial
Club here, will renew the original
plans with new vigor. and on each sue
ceeding year, Apple Blossom Sunday
will be celebrated jointly by neighbor'
ly fraternizing of members Of the two
clubs.
Advices received by the Commercial
Club indicate that the 1922 Ad Club
party will be attended by at least 500.
The visitors will be greeted at Chau-
tauGua Park at the west edge OF the
city, where luncheon will be spread.
The local club men will furnish free
coffee, not only to the special guests
but to all other motor visitors who care
to stop and take lunch at the park.
The Knights of Pythias band will he
present at the park during the lunch
hour for a concert. The Commercial
Club has appointed the following men,
bers as special Blossom Festival COM
mittee: F. A. Cram. DR.. ]. W. Sif-
ton, Nelson Emry, Il. 4. Brett, G. A.
Reed, K. w. Sinclair, DIR. l.. l.. Muir
ply, P. F. Clark, o. c. Hughes and A.
r. Cruikshank.
The Hood River valley, at blossom
time, has been characterized by many
as a huge lowered bowl its bottom
| brilliant with the apple blooms. The
surrounding foothills, forming rim,
| are never more alluring than in the
early epring, when open expanses are
green with new grass, which soon
! turns brown, as summer comes on.
The eastern hills, especially, are open
and bare. In the shadows, as thin
clouds are blown beneath the sun of a
| Nav day, the grassy, open slopes turn
nearly and mouee-colored. They make
one think of the satiny skin of well
Qroomed Kentucky horse. On the
western hills, more fir trees abound,
and the underground among the conf
/ fers is largely NAPLES and Oregon
grape, the blossoms of the latter now
a bright gold. Here and there one may
see the pink Of wild currant, and on
the lower levels, in the draws Of
small streams, the dogwood blossoms
have opened. Ii is the blooming time,
not only of the man-cared-for apple
trees but of many of the pretty shrubs
of the Cascades. Patches of lupin, IN
a purple abandon, arouse ecstatic ex-
pressions from the nature lover on the
lower levels. Nature is doing her
part to make pleasant the mid-Colum-
| bia land and TO help welcome the
thousands of visitors who are eagerly
awaited. Warm winds have melted the
SHOWS, heaped to unprecedented depths
the past winter on surrounding range
tops, and every wild plant, Just as the
fruit trees, seems offering glad
Thanksgiving for the return of that
season when the birds go north again.
0rchardists and city residents are
all busy getting premises as neat as
possible for the day Of many guests.
Al the blooming season, Hood River
homes, almost without exception, keep
open house. Relatives and friends
from Portland and other neighboring
cities are urged to come and join the
feast. Apple Blossom Sunday IS a day
of many family reunions, big dinners
and merry parties at homes set amidst
the blooming trees.
County officials say that all roads OF
the valley are in good condition.
While construction work has resulted
in closing to traffic the East Side
/ grade, an old road over the bill has
been opened for a detour.
I'VE have spent 500 on the old road,
and the motorIst scan skin up over the
grade without any difficulty" says
| County Judge II. l.. Hasbrouck. I'm
deed, all roads, with the possible ex-
ception Of a section Of highway in the
Upper Valley. near Mt Hood store,
where the new Mount Hood Loon High
way Is In process Of construction, are
| in fine condition. Cooperating with
| County ROadmaster Nichol. all county
officials wilL bend every effort toward
/ getting the roads in the best Of shape
for the visitors.
Motor tourists are advised, If they
wish to get a first sensational birdseye
view Of the valley, TO make their run
Il into the blooming areas by way Of the
East Side. AS they top bill about q
mile south Of the city, near the old
/ gravel pit, the expanse Of the entire
l lower orchard sections bursts on the
visitor with a suddenuess that renders
one speechless. The return 70 the
city should be made BY the Odell sec
ton and fuckers Bridge. About a
\ mile north of the bridge over Hood
River the Oak Grove road, known as
Portland Way, because Of the orchard
homes Of 50 many former Portlanders,
II inter sects the main thOroughfare lead
II ing 70 the city. No motorist should
fail to travel Portland Way. On the
West Side, indeed. are many lateral
by-wsys, and all Of them are in good
condition and interesting. Al the Oak
Grove school, a road leading Of to the
south intersects the main highway.
IL one would glimpse ss lovely a rural
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