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

taxes are highly pleased.
ave didn't build any expensive court
house." says Mr.. Mcdonald. "a little
wooden building was secured and a
concrete vault built on the outside
The county business was transacte
here very conveniently and the people
reaped direct benefit in lower taxes"
f. l., Smith thinks it would be impos.
sible to get new county at this session
of the legislature. Mr.. Smith was one
of the leaders in the fight for county
division Is years ago, He says he went
down with a delegation at that time
| from Hood River. The committee in
the house on new counties were opposed
| to giving Hood River new county, but
i before Smith and the other Hood River
citizens had got through with their
work the committee brought in favor
able report for Cascade county.
! Then at the critical moment, Hood
! Rivers representative got up on the
| floor of the house and said he wasn't
personally interested in securing the
new county. Today Mr.. Smith is not
in favor of a new county. He says he
would rather belong to strong county
that would have a large delegation in a
state convention than to belong to a
county having no influence in state
affairs.
eyes, I'm in for county division with
both feet, replied W. j. Baker.
County division2 Yes, yes" " enthus-
iastically remarked Roswell Shelley
when the question was put to him,
ttan1 I ahnu1I ltka ,,DtIinu I,nttar than
trip to Salem this winter to work for
the new county"
Mayor A. s. Blowers is strongly in
favor OF new county. He believes,
though, it will be hard fight, but he's
not afraid of that,
"It's too much like free silver--a
dead issue with Whealdon in the
senate was the charcte eristic reply OF
Joe Wilson.
"There is no crying necessity for the
formation of new county, making
Hood River the county seat, " said S. f.
Blythe "We are within an hours ride
of The Dalles, and except when drawn
on the jury, our citizens rarely have
occasion to 60 to the county seat. A
new county would double the number
OF officers, increase taxation and give us
no better administration Of county
affairs, Wasco county will soon be out
OF debt, Let us get out OF debt and stay
out, Home taxes viii worry us soon
enough. | am opposed to any further
division of Wasco county"
0, Fredenburg, mail carrier to Mount |
Hood, strongly favors the move, and
says all the people of his part OF the
country would do likewise. They are
tired Of the long trip to The Dalles and
the expense they are put to, whenever
they have dealings at the county seat,
Axel Rahm thinks Hood River should
be the county seat. "lf there is to be
boodling and grating, let's keep it at
home, he continued, We can never
get recognition at The Dalles
r. b, Bragg is in favor OF county
division, and can see the increase ii !
would give to business with a county
seat here.
n. c. Evans is optimistic enough to
believe that Hood River could scare up
the required 60i0 population for rep
rescntative from the new county.
\, 7. Bateham says the people of
MoSier are divided on the subject. |
While there are many who would cling /
to The Dalles, a majority, he believes,
would favor throwing their fortunes
with Hood River,
V, C. Brock, bookkeeper for the First
National bank, who took part in the
liberation of Sherman county, believes
a new county would be in every way to
the best interests of Hood River, "but
the fight has been started too late" he
remarked. Il know something of the
hard battle that has to be put up for
new county, and how near we came to
losing the fight for sherman county.
We should have been early in the game.
The representatives aud senator to the
legislature should have been nominated
with this end in view. The opposition
among our delegation will overbalance
all Mr.. Jayne could do for us.
Il, J, Gessling thinks We have office