The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-12-10

to the new and cozy home of P. A. Ira
ma, and next to the school house, and
this is good place to quit, for that
school house cannot be described in
clean, chaste words. The subject is full
of pathos, birthstone and things, and
there are people who are so sensitive.
They "bnilt up this country" including
the school house, and woe be unto him
who polses them while they peacefully
snore away the remaining years while
it decays.
Along the Trout Lake road leading out
of town northward are Main & Bowman,
on the old Jacobson place, George Thom-
as, Jim Hancock and the Hunsakers,
and then you are out of town again
among the murmuring pines.
Speaking OF the old school house, the
new conner with his family to be edu.
Gated didn't have to come. And If the
new conner don't submit and lie down in
the wallow and enjoy the smell and sun
sh ne there are human buzzards to pry
into the precincts of his home and his
private business.
White Salmon is fast filling up with
fair-minded class of people, the great
majority OF the older residents are of
the same kind and character. Together
they can and will have control as against
the Silurians in school matters.
When the legislature gave two-fifths
of the voters at school election the
power to block the advancement of a
community and advertise it as place
Indifferent to its schools and the inter-
ests OF the children OF its homes they
were banking on the intelligence
OF the people to protect their own fire.
sides. When man Of any public spirit
comes into community and those who
"built up the country" ask him to"keep
his pawze off our edukashional fassili.
ties while we take keer Of your children
fer ye the same as we hev our own" :"
he is likely to decline with thanks and
clear decks for an engagement.
The "forninst" people have succeed
ed in doing two things here in White
Salmon. They have advertised to the
world their own existence in numbers
sufficient to prevent the building of q
much-ne eded school house, and they
have succeeded, by filing an affidavit,
known as the Turner Affidavit" and
threatening contest, in preventing the
sale OF the school bonds as low as Az
per cent rate OF interest.
The clerk of the board has the evil
dence of this lost opportunity in his
possession and any patron OF the school
may see it for himself if he will call and
ask for it. Now, the voters who were
misguided and honest in their objections
see their mistake and as soon as the
opportunity comes will be glad to leave
those who misled them to stand alone
next time.
Another vote will be had, the bonds
will be gladly carried by an overwhelm.
ing vote, the money will be secured at a
very low rate and peace with decency
will reign. We all will be proud of our
new school house and to visitors we will
point to it with pride and use it as an
argument-a truly patriotic and American
argument why they should locate on this
side OF the Columbia in a place where
school houses are honored even above
churches as they should be- The American
home, and next to that, the American
common school He who would raise his
arm to strike at either is a public enemy.
When that sentiment rules in White
Salmon desirable settlers will no longer
look about them and cross into Oregon
to build homes on a less favored soil.
Our school house ought to be the CEN
ter of our community life, held sacred
in our keeping and very close to our
hearthstones.
SEYMOUR W. CONDOR.