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BETTER FRUIT 



June 



Hood River Commercial Club 



HOOD RIVER, OREGON 



TO THE PUBLIC: 



The recent reports from the East and Middle West about the terrific 

 heat has given me an intense feehng of pity for the poor people who are 

 suf¥ering", being compelled at the same time to perform their daily routine 

 duties to earn bread and milk for the children. It makes me feel like taking 

 everyone by the neck and pulling him out here where the sun is shining, 

 the air is clear and pure, and a heat prostration is vmknown. 



Soon the electric storms with their unpleasant results will pass through 

 many a state. 



Here, we the people of Hood River, are enjoying and will enjoy ideal 

 climatic conditions, cool nights — the kind that finds you under a blanket 

 every night — an electric storm almost unknown. VVe are making an honest, 

 good, clean living, exercising ourselves only to the extent of pleasurable 

 duties. We are paid amply for our endeavors. We are living good, clean 

 lives and enjoying every minute of it. We have opportunities for hundreds 

 of people here who can do the same. An apple orchard in Hood River is a 

 permanent avenue of industry and on these orchards we make from twent^' 

 per cent to fifty per cent net, depending upon the kind of orchards, what 

 varieties of apples are grown and the care given the orchard — and the per- 

 centage is made on a valuation of $2,000.00 per acre. We do this year in 

 and year out, because Hood River is the ideal apple section where things 

 have been demonstrated — proven. We know what we can do and will do. 



The orchard business is not one where you can invest a few dollars 

 and then sit down and have the dollars roll in to you. You can expect and 

 will realize pleasurable work — the kind that gives you an appetite three times 

 a day and produces for you an ample legitimate profit — a profit as large and 

 permanent as you will find in any business. 



I cannot tell you all about it here. Will you write to me and let me 

 tell you all about it? I know I can interest you, and it is to your advantage. 

 We have a booklet that shows what Hood River orchards are, also scenic 

 views that show snow-capped mountains — the ones \\-e see ever^' dav in 

 our work. 



This is yours for the asking and a few cents in postage for the mailing. 



Very truly yours, 



Secretary Hood Rk'cr Coiiiuicrcial Club. 



