The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-02-18

Hood River, Feb. 10, l904.-Editor
Glacier: Though not able to attend the
meeting, as desired, have read with
much interest an account of the con-
ference held between the hard-worked
and badly.skinned water consumers of
the valley and parties who seem to
think their knife has not yet reached
the hearts blood of their tortured vic
Tins. Right here let me compliment
the Glacier for its usual mildness in
saying "Mr Chambers was honest and
endeavored to be fair in the matter, as
the Glacier truly believes" This was
like boring bull for the hollow horn
and then administering an opiate to
remove the pain-yOu cause the animal
to switch his tail under many other
pins that went through his integument
and must have caused an internal
groaning equal to that of the armed
MoOrs secreted in the wooden horse
when the halberd of LAGOON stood
qtivering in the side of the "Divine
Art of Pallas." The Glacier finds n
precedent also in the Grafton of Mark
Antony over the dead body of Caesar,
when, holding up his bloody mantle
and pointing to the blood-stained rup-
ture in the garment, cried out: "See,
through this horrid rent went Cassius
dagger throughw And then to allay a
storm of Indignation from CAESARS
friends, screamed out, "But Cassius
was an honorable man." The honest
yeomanry of Hood River will probably
Judge the man by his acts. Some peO.
pile have not so much confidence in
lawyers, doctors and preachers as have
the more illiterate. When judges of
the supreme court differ-three taking
one side and two taking the other side,
can a small lawyer be depended upon
to decide case like this. The pope of
Rome only claims to. be infallible.
Many Pr0testants believe he claims
to be infallible all the time. This is a
mistake aud | want to correct it right
here. He does not claim to be infalli.
hle in discipline. He may whet the
razor of authority and shave the
bristles off the wrong hereto. He only
claims to be infallible in doctrine when
sitting in est. Peters chair" The
pope forgets that st. Peter had no
chair, but sat on the gunnel of his fish
ing smack, or when he went ashore tn
roast shad, he, like COxey, stood up
or sat down on the grass.
Now to business. Before the Valley
Improvement Co. started in business,
paid them $500 in cash and $40 every
year since for perpetual right TO 10
inches of water for which | have their
written contract. The company has
refused to furnish me all the water |
paid for and invariably refused to turn
1t on till long after the time they agreed
to do so. If the company fails or re.
fuses, why not force this company into
bankruptcy, or what would be better,
perhaps, throw the ditch into the hands
of a receiver, let the property be sold to
the highest bidder, aud let the people
of Hood River bid on it? If the old
company buys it, let the fruit men sue
the company for 500, 900 damages they
have sustained for violating contracts
the company has made with them in
not furnishing the water paid for. This
may not be the best course. Before
formulating the plan of procedure
should wish to consult reliable law
yer. We want no shysteTs in this our
hour of extremity. We can trust Judge
Bradshaw. He may be a little slow
but he will decide according to law
and evidence. l have paid my 5000
in advance, paid my $40 every year for
repairs according TO a written contract.
Now that the ditch is broken, stand
ready to pay $40 for repairs July l, 1904
The stipulation they made in the con.
tract with me was that if the ditch
needed repairs at any time l should
give the company \ reasonable time to
repair It. | am willing to give the
company what any court would say is
reasonable time''-say till April Is,
1904.
What do our fruit growers say? When
IN in taking a contract Especially II
he gets his pay in advancel makes a
bid bargain, let him do as always do,
stick the closer TO IL or pay back the
money with interest. For what the
har,i-working fruit growers Of Hood
River call "villainous hold.up" some.