The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-11-22
WILL PETITION
FOR DIVISION
TOWN AND CITY PEOPLE INACCORD
will Ask the Legislature to Give Them
New County and Feel that They
Are Entitled to Ii.

lD6 HiHss iu6ttlUR utlu W thke utu-
mite actiou ON the question of county
division L.id at the Opera House Sat
urday b ought nut many interested In
it and j. ger pro Urtion we're from
the valley han the city. Inc meet
ing dem mons rated tuat If possible the
residents Il the valley ere nore en-
thuiastic la = gard to the creation of
the new county than those in town
aud the affair was unanimous call
that every effort be put forth to ac-
complish purpose that has been agi-
tsted from time to time and which il
Is evident will be kept before the leg
islature until 1t is successful.
The meeting was called to order by
II. +. Davidson and A. d. Moe acted
as secretary The chairman briefly
outlined tn. purp ,se of the meeting
and the attitude of TIE Commercial
club on the question and in order
that those present would be fully in-
formed as to what the cost of the new
county would be, read report made
| by committee appointed for that
purpose which is as follows:
The assessed valuation of the pro-
posed new county for 1906 is 81, ,6lS, :
go.
The area of the proposed new coun-
| ty is about AGO square miles.
A tax levy of lS 8 mills on 81, 6lS, $40
will raise 800, ,945. 40; earnings of
county clerks office (estimated) 81,
600; income of proposed new county
s33, 945. 40.
| County expenses (estimated) -
Books for and transcribing of records,
81, 900; court expenses q terms), 50,
600; board of prisoners, $500; offices,
Jail, fixtures, etc., $1,000; incidental
expenses, $500. Total county expens-
es other than officers, 5000.
County officers aud salaries Asses
sor, 5000; county judge, 300 county
clerk, 81, 200; sheriff, 81, 200; commits
soners (S3 per day $500; coroner,
$500; treasurer, 500; county school
superintendent, 5000. Total county
officers, S5, 600.
Total county expenses other than
road and school, etc., sl3,0
Balance to apply on road and
schools, etc.. $40, 945. 40.
Amounts to pay out of above bal
ance as follows-Stste tax, 2.5 mills,
"a, 046.67; library fund, L mills,
Sl6l.S7 county school. 6.S mills, sl1,
DIG; road tax, 3.5 mills, 1865. 35
amounts to pay in addition to other
county expenses as enumerated above,
$40, S89. SO.
i Surplus on 1876 mills tax levy, s55. l5
/ Extra tax levy Of l.5 mills to max,
total levy of 20 mills, 81, 42S.
Surplus, should the tax levy be q
T mills, 81, 483.5i.
The tax levy In Wasco county fol
the year of 1897 to 1906 inclusive
ranges from 20 to q mills.
The lowest levy of 20 mills having
been made for the year 1905.
At It's conclusion he said the meet
ing was open for discussion and thai
he would like to hear from anyons
who had any thing to say on the sub
ject either for or against and Thought
hat every one present should ,giv,
the meeting the benefit OF any sugges
tIons they might have.
j. A. Epping was the first to re
spond and said that II every body
! would bend their efforts to making |
. success of the movement instead c
talking about it he hadn t the slight
est doubt 1t would be carried. lii
was satisfied that the great majority
were In favor of it, and that all tha
was needed was to give them an op
portunity of expressing themselves.
L. A. Reavis, who was formerly
resident of Willowa county, said tha
the contention which existed among
few that the new county cot Id not h'
administered as economically as tn,
! old one was not borne out by wha
had happened there. Very much th,
!, same conditions existed there as d,
here and at no time after the ney
county was created had the taxes.beeI
as high as they we're in the old coun
ty. At the conclusion CT his remark
he moved that committee be ap
pointed to circulate petitions and as
certain how much opposition ther
was to the movement IL any, and sug
gested that the committee be made
large one 80 that the mater could b
covered thoroughly.
, NJ. r. Noble stated that he woul
second the motion, hut thought
would be good idea to have th
committee supplied with petition
both for and against so that it woul
;. Ee possible to know just how man
we're opposed to 1t and who the
were.
= A. !. Mason suggested that a can
e paign of education be started in oil
4 der to make the movement better an
= more thoroughly understood.
s Lee M Norse said he didn't think thi
Z was necessary, that every one was fl
miliar with the matter and that froi
observations he had made he was s, I
. : that q canvass Of he territory Of tt
4 proposed new county would sho
g at least 80 per cent of the resident
J In favor of 1t. He did not think
], was necessary to circulate petition
Q against the movement, as il thel
were any opposed they would mah
Il the fact known.
j. l.. Henderson was Of the opinio
that the time was too short to mai
very much of campaign in favor
y the movement other than that mad
. . by the committee circulating the p
titions. The legislature would soc
meet and 1t was veIy important thl
Z the petitions be gotten under wa.
He wanted to say that there had bee
70 some talk about the movement beir
made more for the town people ths
the country people and that the esta
fishing Of county seat at Hood Ri
is er would benefit the residents of Il
n other parts Of the new county q
n more 'han it would Hood River an
O. be the saving of many thousands
d dollars to them In the course of a fe
= vars. The fact that the county wou
be small and the county seat easy
re access was one of the greatest poin
y In its favor. He had talked with son
m members of the legislature who hs
d. opposed the movement before b
who now said they we're in favor of