The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-03-24
"Subscriher" Answered.

White Salmon, Wash, March 81,
I904.-Editor Glacier: Several articles
appeared in your paper from "Subscrb-
er," White Salmon, all concerning our
school bonds and concomitant troubles.
Now, do not come with chip upon
my shoulder, for do not wish to quar-
rel with the invisible and unknown.
Say Mr.. Subscriber, have your two
articles before me. In your last effort
you challenge anybody to prove the
untruth of anything that you have
said. But, really, don't see that you
have said anything. Your article is
full Of wild assertions and private opin-
ions, to which you have perfect right
but which quickly pale into insignifi-
canoe when confronted with facts aud
figures which you have not attempted
to furnish, and which | shall not at
tempt in the absence of official records.
That's queer statement of yours
where you say there were so who voted
for bonds who do not own so acres of
land in White Salmon. Do you mean
SO acres apiece? If so, l plead guilty,
for only own 10 acres, and that is 5
acres more than | farm. The s acres
lying idle are good deal like good
many acres represented by the opposi-
tion TO school bonds--nat even good
grazing land and assessed at about so
cents an acre.
Since when does it require so many
acres of property qualification to en-
title one to citizenship and vote? Or
Is this only new innovation In White
Salmon?
Further, you say others did not live
in White Salmon at al; ; when we echal-
lenged their votes they swore them in.
administered the oath to the voters
that were required to go to that ex-
treme. d. d. Mcclure and wife were
put to this trouble. They are people
most highly respected by their neigh
bors and friends and who have owned
their home among us going on three
years. Mr.. Mcclure has improved his
place at great expense and spends his
time here experimenting the farm
when physically able to do so. Mrs.
Mcclure still conducts her business in
Portland, but with an eye single to a
comfortable home on their farm in the
near future. Now, Subscriber, had you
oSttci llSht W NOte ueF6 tuhn IneY|
doubt 1t.
Mrs. Mary Purser and her son Fred
voted here, over which there was q
good deal ol fuss made, as they live out
side the district at present, but they
own their home here and never did ex-
ercise their citizenship anywhere else.
You go on to say "it is too bad the
laws are so we can have debts voted on
us by such people," For those who are
acquainted with the parties villified in
your article no defense is necessary, but
to the stranger and the public generally
will say in vindicatiOn of the above
named parties land about none others
was there any question, as was on the
election board and know whereof ]
speak) that they are all law-abiding
honorable and very highly respected
taxpaying citizens
Our school bonds were sold to the
state, which is the best evidence possi-
ble that the whole proceedings were
regular and proper. We pay Interest
at the rate of Az per cent per annum;
bonds redeemable on and after one
year This seems to give almost uni
versal satisfaction, aud everybody is
happy at the prospect of having two
comfortable and commodious school
rooms ready for our fall school. Yours
for long pull, strong pull and a pull
all together, S. G. ZEIGLER.