The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-12-15
CORRESPONDENCE.
ODELL,.

The "good roads" Item that was
promised last week was spoiled partly
BY wet weather, partly on account of
the illness of Roadmaster Crockett and
largely from the fact that out of eight
teams that had promised volunteer
work, only four appeared on the scene
according to promise. This much
discussed road problem is matter for
serious consideration and one that Is
hard TO settle where self interest Is so
manifest az 1t Ii here ut Odell.
Much OF the opposition to voting a
local tax for road Improvement comes
from well.to-do land owners, who
certainly ought TO be glad of an oppor-
tunity 10 assist In bettering the condi-
tIon Of the roads, which Is leading
factor In the development of any coun-
try. But Just as soon as m effort IL
made to levy tax In accordance with
law, these fellows get out and work
harder to defeat the tax than week s
volunteer work would cost them.
Then they stand up in puhlic meeting
and say, 'If you will refrain from vot-
ing q tax upon us taxed-almost-to-
death land owners, we will get out
and do volunteer work aud put the
roads In good condition" But when
the supervisor requests their presence
ON the road at given time they absO-
lutely refuse to come, and call the
enterprislng men in the district "sore-
heads"
These are cold facts and the parties
described In the above paragraph live
close to 0dell. II Is downright dis
grace that the winter roads In our com-
munity are In the condition they ARE,
when little we'll directed work would
make them good. don't want to be
understood as censurlng the road
supervisor, for there Is not half enough
tax money passing through his hands
to do the work properly. The only
way out Of II Is TO vote district tax or
donate work, neither Of which Is likely
to be done, and the result Is we must
use almost impossible roads, or travel
the better roads Of our nelghboring
districts.
However disagTeeable the task Is Of
writing the above paragraph ] do 80
with the simple statement that as q
newsgatherer I feel as II would fail to
discharge my duty toward the public
by remaining silent upon such an
important question.
The California fever has broken out
here aud this week the following par
ties took leave from Hood River valley
to spend the winter under the sunny
skies of the Southland: Rev, Troy
Shelley, h. T. Young and family, 7
W. Fuchs, should be pronounced Fox
Messrs. Beerbach, Sanders and another
young man, who for some time hai
been at the Brock orchard, Otto ant
William Ehrck, sons Of Mr.. and Mrs
William Ehrck. b. T. Young and wifi
20 In search of relief for their daughte
Sadie, who for months has beensin {
Portland sanitarium. Their friend
wish for her speedy recovery aud fo
the return Of the family. Bro. To.
Shelley goes 10 Santa Barbara, CAL, 4
find relief from rheumatism. Wewisl
him q bon voyage, the speedy relic
he seeks and a safe return to his family
1t was understood last week tina
Kemp lodge, under the auspices of tn
Odd Fellows, would he instituted ol
Saturday night, but there was hitcl
in the proceedings, and 1t was no
organized until Monday night the l2tl
inst.
DR.. Doane of The Dalles, grand treas
urer for the state of Oregon, acted a
deputy grand master, and assisted b!
Charles Mcintosh, instituted the lodg
with the following charter members:
w. G. Hibbard, Thomas Lacey, b, I
Young, j. X. Crosby, Il. I. Foltz, H
NJ. Poole, @. G. Masiker, Roy Masiker
George p. Masiker, Guy Masiker
The officers of the new encampmen
are: Thomas Lacey, P, g.; George ?