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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1923)
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, 1 VOL. XXXV DAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1923 ■ ■■■■■■■■ VALET AUTO ¡STROP RAZOR» coNsnrunoNW WILL Bi OBSERVED Valet Auto we have decided upon a scheme whereby every man, one of the razors absolutely FREE. DRUG CO A purchase here carries that pleasure of satisfaction.” One of the special banking functions of this Institution Is Safe Deposit^ and keep In It army discharge papers. Jewels and valuables of all kinds, Individual keys are provided ancjrio 4>ne has access to your box except yourself. HOOD RIVER, OREGON An executive <<oaimltfee of the Chamber of Commerce of K. O. Blanch*r, Truman Butler, F. S. Kelly and Berkeley H. Know. b«*gan work' Tuesday outlining - plan* for raiatng i* $10,900 budget set for the commer cial organization to tinauce work of the coming year. The Hood River Chamber has never planned so aiubi- tious a program an for 1924. In for- mer sessons the 'heavint budget reached $6,000. A. F. ... — was ___ H. BL Hteele added to tile executive committee. I**roy Childs. president of the eham- lier, at a dinner held at the Hotel Ore gon Monday evening, announced ap- |MiteitHM*nt of the committee and the increased budget, following an address by A. H. Dudley, executive manager of ti,e Oregon State Chamber of Com- tueriv. Items in the budget include a fund for investigation work on the pro|M>sed lateral road, which will con nect the Mount Hiwid IxMip Highway with the snow line of Mount Hood. The chamiM*r will also devote $250 to ward aiding the fruit «hipping organ izations of the valley in trathe mat ters. ' By far the larger portion of the aer- vlce fund, however, will go toward work of giving visiting motor tourist* information and interesting them in iltC valley's horticultural opportunities. Mr. Childs cited that there was a great need for flic chamlier to aid orchard- iats in recovering from the effects of the 1919 freeze. He declared that the district ihim I h new blood and new rtwi- dent*. He said he felt sure that the district la in for an era of reasonable prosperity if land ownefs will apply certain rules of diversified farming aloug with their apples. Mr. Dudley in hi* talk declared that he was not here to tell the Hood River Chamber of Commerce what to do but to get acquainted and to offer to aid In whatever way he was asked. Hr declared, however, that certain rules of ethics and the application of the square deal must be applied in all undertakings, and that any accom plishment requires energy. While Mr. Dudley has become, a great booster for Oregon, he say* he ha* nqf lost his loyalty for Callfortga, where for a numlier of yearn he was engaged in chamlier of commerce work. Hs aays that all the Pacific Coast may accomplish much working as a unit in interesting the eastern tourist. Nature, the state chamber THE 20TH CENTURY TRUCK J. H. KOBERG, Proprietor CONSTITUTION WEEK The Citizenship Committee of , the Amer ican Bar Association is sponsoring the celebra tion of Constitution Week, September 16th-22d. The purpose of this celebration is well expressed in the shibboleth of the Committee Repair That Window "To re-establish the Constitution of the United States and the principals and ideals of our Government in the minds and hearts of the people, Fall rains will soon be with us and broken'sash will need repair. We have purchased this season THE FIRST CARLOAD OF GLASS EVER BROUGHT INTO HOOD IRIVER. BUTLER BANKING COMPANY We can now supply you with single or double-strength window glass in any size and any quantity. GLAZING DONE PROMPTLY We are closing our purchases of Pears, Jonathans and Winter Bananas EMRY LUMBER & FUEL CO DUCKWALL BROS. “Everything to Build Anything” CASH BUYERS OF APPLES AND PEARS Phone 4702 Odell 229 with the Legion on the climb at 4:00 o’clock—and back in town, pick ing up a wreck at lgiOO. Service when you want it at FASHION GARAGE Phone 2181 All work guaranteed. Fourth and Cascade I In the next few year« If they all Work together toward interesting the visit ing motorist. Every day customers, he declared, are streaming through over the highways. Mr. Dudley cited that statistics ,of California bad shown that one out of every four out state cars coming into flint state had eventually changed their license plates to carry the sign of the t>ear. He told how one Sacra- mento real estate firm last year, cen tralizing efforts at the auto camp park, had sold over |MM>,000 worth of prop erty to visitors. Mr. Dudley urged cltisens through their chamber of commerce to employ for a few months of the year a land- Mcnjs- gardener who might be available to nil without individual expense as an aid in '-beautifying home lots. He how the railway companies find it an asset in keeping their rights of way Is-autiHed. Portland, lie declan*d. find* it one of her greatest assets to grow internationally known roses and other flowers. Mr. Dudley declared that the Ore gon .Stati* Chamlier of Commerce was functioning for the interest of all the state. It is managed, he said, through Its a till is ted liodiea.. The Hood River Chamber, lie said, participates in the management in a proportion of about a thirtieth. The four main lini*s of endeavor the coming year will include emphasis on cisiperative effort, public ity, markets and land settlement. Mr. Dudley declared that one of tin* great est troiiI>lea with marketing 11»** in lack of proper grading. Ix*ndlng up to his announcement of flu* plans for the coming year. Presi dent Childs cited the nci-omplishinents of the Chamlier of (Commerce during the ¡test 10 years. While Hood River, lie said, has developed very rapidly, he expressed the lielief that the citi zens of the valley were falling to take full advantage of the opportunities afforded them. Ml** Myrtle Gundry, representative Dr. H. P. Belt, representative of a Hood River Post in the bathing large ltto de Janeiro mercantile con of beauty contest at- tlw Heaaida state- cern. Interested in trade relations be convention of the American Legion tween South America and the States, last week, wax awarded second place. who is in the Northwest Investigating Miss Gundry returned with a apples and other commodities, ad handsome silver trophy home cup. dressed the meetitlf. Dr. Belt and Mr. The memlters of the Ixtglon and Dudley Tuesday accompanied lx*slie Women's Auxiliary who attended the Butler and Mr. Childs on a motor trip convention from lure returned home un the IxMip Highway. They left the with high praise for the hospitality of city at 0.30 a. m., taking breakfast at the Seaside people. The convention, Homestead Inn. was ■ declared, would have been a Secretary Allyn had Compiled a com it remarkable success imt for the dam prehensive symposium of the club’s of grief resulting from the tragic activities for the past six months, and per death of Pat H. Allen and William these were distributed at each plate Ada am, memliera of the Portland Poet. Monday night. Before the meeting men. en route to the convention in closed many interesting and frank The s|*eed boat, were drowned when the speeches were given by meinJiers. P m - a craft capsized near Astoria. (dent Childs nomlnstod a speaker, who on taking his seat in turn nominated his smiTssor to carry on the disciis- sion. _ Accompanied by Hans Hserlein W. J. Collier rendered severs! solos that were highly appreciated. A meeting was held in the Chamber of Commerce rooms Monday afternoon at which time Mr. Dudley met with the iMtard of directors and later with some of the business men to work out a program of wofk and formulate def inite ¡lollciea for the Chamber <>t Com- meres. The tentative budget read at the evening dinner was made up at that time. Mr. Dudley also outlined the rela tion of the Oregon State Chamber of Commerce to the local Chamber of Commerce, and how the Oregon State Chamber of Commerce wwv tying in their efforts with over |6,000.000 ad vertising fot the Pacific Coast put on PIONEERS WILL MEET LUNCH CLUB AT GORGE NEXT WEEK