The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-01-02

and coming when you pleased and al
most doing as you pleased? Whom of
you have been exiled for more than Is
years, separated from home and loved
ones, from all that was dear and sacred
to you in youth and manhood, from an
old father and an only beloved sister
who was both mother, sister and bro
ther? Answer If you can, / cannot.
We arrived in Helsingborg after night
fall and as no one knew we had come
| telephoned home, and ten minutes
later we we're all crying. A. n. r.
Good Roads Meeting.
Saturday, Dec 81, meeting for good
roads was called to order by the chair
man, A. |. Mason. Minutes of pre-
vious meeting were read by Secretary
j. L. Hershner, after which he re-
signed as secretary, whereupon r.
Shelley of Odell was appointed in his
stead. Committee on legislation made
a verbal report through Charles Sproat,
the chairman of the committee being
absent. The purport of the report was
to take up the matter of having bill
framed to present to the legislature.
Committee on temporary relief on
roads reported that they thought it
necessary to first see what the people of
Hood River valley would do before
asking the county court for assistance.
Commissioner Hibbard being present,
thought the county commissioners
would be willing to do as much as the
people of the community would DO.
His opinion was based upon established
precedents.
On motion the committee on imme-
diate relief was requested to take steps
to secure relief for district No. 6.
On motion Warren Wells was added
to the committee on temporary relief
Chairman Mason read an excellent
paper on the subject. On motion
the paper was ordered published in
the Glacier.
Several parties made suggestions, all
Of which were good.
Chairman Winchell of the legislative
made the following report
by reading letter from Representative
Whealdon expressing regrets for not
attending meeting but promised his
hearty cooperation in the matter of
good roads.
The sum of 81. 80 was collected to pay
hall rent.
Moved that the Glacier be requested
to ask other county papers to publish
the chairman's paper.
Moved that the committee on legis-
lation be instructed to ask for the
privilege of voting special tax of not
less than one mill nor more than 10
mills annually for road purposes.
On motion adjourned to meet at call
Df president when requested by five
members. A. l. MASON, Chairman.
Roswell SHELLEY, Secretary.
Friends of the good roads convention;
In considering the question of good
roads, upon one PROPOSE ton we can all
agree, viz: that we should have better
roads In Hood River valley. This fact
Is more forcibly impressed upon the
residents of the East Side, owing to
their occupation of growing apples and
being compelled to haul most of them
after our rainy season has begun.
While we agree upon the necessity of
better roads, yet we may diff
fer upon the manner by which we can
secure them. l will agree only in part
with the most of you in asking
for a law giving any road district the
right to vote special tax for road
/ must urge you to have
The law so worded that the special tax
voted cannot be too high. There must
be limit to taxation.
We must expect some opposition to
such change in our road laws, but
that opposition will be limited, in my
opinion, to the corporate power through
Dut the state, and If there is reasonable
limit to the special tax to be voted
upon, we will receive less opposition
IN securing the desired legislation.
While we may be of one mind in ask
ing for this special tax law yet we must
not forget that all obstacles have not
been removed after the bill has become
a law. To secure majority vote upon
any special road tax we may expect op-
position. The corporate power will be
1t the polls, either directly or indirectly,
# the latter, possibly dressed in the
cloak of politician, who may act as
I ward healer or q vote maker, and
may even go so far as to force some IL
egal voting. We may also expect to
have some political and neighborhOod
factions who will contend for the dis
Of the special tax money
after it Is collected. just where that
money Is to be expended, upon what
particular road in the road district it
will fall, may not always be satsfac-
tory to majority of the voters in the
district. The road supervisor, or the
board Of supervisors il one is created,
may expend all special taxes collectedon
)ne particular road to the detriment of
)ther parts of the district Now don't
ump at the conclusion that If it is
,pent on any road in the district that
i could not be a detriment to some
,ther portion of that district.
Aside from taxation without repre-
let me illustrate another
,hought. Suppose the special tax could
Je voted in East Hood River district
on several years until our main road
nom town 10 Pine Grove school house,
| distance of about five miles, was all
This would satisfy at
present a majority of the property own.
srs, but let us step forward five or 10
years; we then tind desire for another
'oad tributary 10 this one, or to extend
/ up the valley. But this first five
niles Of road still has control of the
vote and the people who have been
benefited by a macadamized roa ad and
have become little selfish don't want
10 opayany more taxes.than they are com
pelled. ! want to ask you in all can
dor, do you think any other road in
The district could ever be macadamized
under such conditions? There is
now to build new road up
the Hood river bottom on the East
Side. Do you think, under a special
TAX TO be voted by a majority vote Of
the road district that IL either road was
would the otherever be?
think not Now don't infer that ] am
entirely to the special tax law