The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-02-23
STRAY BITS OF
COUNTY FIGHT
TALKING THE BATTLE OVER
Was the Biggest Subject Before the
Legislature---BVerybOdy Talked
About Hood River.


butcher boy on the train.
Ma, want some -
The mother protfered nickel.
Ten cents, madam, ten cents.
What ten cents, for that much
eornY" s
"Yes ma a'am it was raised at HOOD
River; good goods; good price" "
"An right, = replied the purchaser
and she gladly handed over the dime.
G. L. Gilbert, Of the Mount Hood
hotel, is responsible for this. He says
incidents Of this kind were frequent
during the. fight for Cascade conunty
before the legislature.
Every body was talking Hood River
and Cascade county" said Mr.. Gil
bert. at was not only Hood River
pop corn, but Hood River flgs,
and every thing else. Every train
man in the state took an interest
in the contest, and all were pulling
for Cascade county.
Moody did more than anyone else
to kill it, and that let's him out nth
me" remarked A. p. Bateham Of
Mosier. Governor Chamberlain as
sured us right along that he could be
depended upon when the time came,
but Moody got his work In and Cham
berlain fixed things sure enough.
"Just before the Cascade bill was
called up the five democratic senators
and held conference in the COVER
nor's room. They went direct from
there and voted to kill the bill, al
though they had promised but a few
hours before that II Whealdon voted
to override Chamberlain veto Of
Tuttle's bill their compact with him
would be broken and they would sup
port Cascade county,"
Sam Bartmess was offering word
of consolation with Ed Kelsay because
Hood River has lost the county fight.
" But they can't keep us from fight
ing for 1t, promptly responded the
man who worked 40 days and nights
to give the people here county Of
their own.
John Koberg sprung unique
scheme last Friday. Since The Dalles
fought Cascade county to its death,
the people Of Hood River will petition
for another vote on county option.
Hood River will have to remain dry
the next two years, 30 every one here
can vote as unit for county prohi.
bition. This with the help Of the to.
tai abstainers at the county seat
would carry tho day. The DalIes
would then be dry and the city with
out the revenue she now derives from
the licenses.
A. P. Bateham went to the train
to meet I. A. Reavis on his return
from Salem. ~ came down TO meet
you democrats" said be. There
amt no democrats here,n responded
the former Union county democratic
war horse. II used TO be one, but
not now, not after the way those SEN
ators who call themselves democrats
acted In regard to Cascade county.
The governor, too, has lost my re-
spect and support, E4..
A. NJ. Kelsay Of this city tells the
Glacier that Mr.. Whealdon made the
statement at Salem that he would
rather lose the portage railway bill
than to see Cascade county ere
ated. viii tho gentleman OF "pon-
derOus ponderosity" kindly explain
this little point to his Dalles friends?
The remark passed as a joke few
days ago that the people of Hood Riv-
or should join with Dufur to move
the county scat from its present lOca-
tion to Dufur appears to have sped on
the wings Of the whirlwind, until
there is determination to make it q
reality. What nice pickle The
Dalles officeholders would be in then.
The little newspaper at The Dalles
snitiies because Ponderous Whealdon
was not permitted to address the
house on his pet bill to have the state
Of Oregon give The Dalles $50, 600 to
have the portage railroad extend from
the big eddy into the city. The people
of the county seat will doubtless real
ize before they get through with
Hood River we of Cascade county
amount to a great deal. There are
1900 votes here that viii be swung az
unit ut the next election.
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