The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-07-23
FOR HOOD RIVER.

Hood River stands excellent chances
of securing college. The United Breth
rem institution at Philomath is seeking
a new location, and a contest is on be.
tween Hood River and Everett, Wash.
to secure the school. At mass meet
ing of citizens Friday night in the opera
house, the scheme for bringing the col
lege to Hood River was stated as fol.
lows: An option has been secured on
so acres Of land on Paradise farm, just
west of DIR. W. L. Adams cottage and
barn for $1,000. 1t is intended to divide
this tract into lots and secure the sale of
$50 of them at an average of 5000 each,
which will raise $4,000. II this sum is
pledged the college will come to Hood
River.
Mayor T. r. Coon, y. E. Bartmess
and 0. B. Hartley, as a soliciting com
mittee, are circulating subscription
papers, and on Wednesday afternoon
the sale of over go lots was promised at
total of $4,000. The committeeman
are everywhere meeting with encour-
agemert, and they declare the outlook
to be very favorable.
A meetingof the trustees of Philomath
collge went into session Wednesday
night, when Rev. H. @. Shaffer, Elder
J. L. Merrill and President B. E. Emer-
ick presented Hood Rivers offer to the
members.
Philomath college, as is claimed by
those best able to say, is a prosperous,
well managed institution, nonsectarian
in its teaching, of clean, high character,
with long record of excellent work,
clear of debt, and gives full classical,
scientific, philosophical, normal, bust
ness, art and musical courses. If the
Hood River people carry out their part
of the contract, the managers of the
college declare that when located here
the institution, with grounds, buildings
and equipment, will be worth 100000.
1t is intended to erect here main
hall to cost SIS 900 and $4,000 dormi-
tory, the work to begin 8 months from
October l, 1903, and to be completed in
IA months. The college will open for
work October l, 1904, with at least six
professors.
1t is further proposed to syndicate
,,onE;o,, 90 thn Info ,pbinh fha Hood
River people must pledge themselves to
sell. The methods of payment are; one
fourth October 1908 ;one-fourth March
/, 1904, the balance October l, 1904.
At the mass meeting Tuesday even
ing, Chairman Shaw called for an eX-
preston of opinion from those present
as to the best method of selling the lots.
Different propositions were offered and
discussed. Rev. Merrill said great in
terest was being taken in the college
movement by the people in the country,
and he thought many of them would
take stock if syndicate was formed to
buy lots, or they would buy them indi-
vidually. S. E. Bartmess believed the
time was ripe for locating college here
and felt confident the lots could be sold.
Rev. e. r. Archer of Wasco said the
farmers of Sherman county were well to
do and many of them would by lots if
an agent was sent among them. They
would come here to school their chill
dren. Mrs. I. r. Coon was interested
in having an advanced school. If we
don't get the college her family will
have to move where her children will
have the advantage of advanced schools,
Remarks we're also made by w. ]. Baker,
T. r. Coon, E. H. Shepard, O. c. Bart
mess, Prof. limerick, N. G. Evans, "A.
Cram, II. NJ. Abbott, S. A. Knapp and
O. G. Bartmess. Prof limerick desired
the audience to ask him questions re-
garding the college. Mr.. Cram asked a
good many questions which seemed to
be answered satisfactorily by the pres
ident of the college, after which he ex-
pressed his willingness to give $500 if
everything proved satisfactory.
At 80 the soliciting committee was
selected and the meeting adjourned.
1t has been suggested by some of the
business men that the Commercial club
take the matter up, and appoint COM
mittee of competent persons to be sent
to Philomath to acquaint themselves
with the institution, and to find out
how much of an equipment the college
can bring here.