The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-11-01
MEET TO TALK
COUNTY DIVISION
WILL NOT BE- OPPOSED BY DALLES
Sentiment at the County Seat Now In
Favor Of New County, Say
DivisiORsts.

! The meeting held tuesday, evening
to consider what action should be
taken Ia forwarding the movement to
secure the establishment Of Cascade
county, was attended by number OF
| representative man from the city and
valley ana was marked by unanimi-
ty. of semtient in its favor. A map
which had been prepared showing the
lines of the proposed county and
| which is said to meet with the ap-
proval of the business men and coun-
ty officials at The Dalles, Was on ex-
hibition. The east line as indicated
by it will be about one mile east OF
the mountain range between Hood
River and Mosier and running south
toward Mount Hood about 30 miles,
The line then runs south cutting off a
small area in Calckamas county to
Multnomah, through which it comes
back to the Columbia river below
Bonneville. In area it would have
about 45O square miles.
The meeting was called to order by
II. +. Davidson, president of the
Commercial Club with A. ID. Moe act
ing as secretary. MIR. Davidson stat
ed the purpose of the meeting and
read the call which had been publish
ed aud said it had been called at the
request of residents of the valley and
cIty who thought that the time had
come to establish new county. That
the meeting was an open one and
non-partisan and was ready for the
discussion OF any question relating tt
its purpose lie said he would like t.
have any one who was present and
had any argument to make against
the movement to state it. That the
meeting was open to conviction aud ii
it could be shown that the disadvant-
ages we're greater than the advantages
TO be derived, we didn't want it, but
If they were, we did. AS far as he
was personally concerned he had de-
cided that it WAS the proper thing to
do and the meeting was called for the
purpose of devising the best way TO-
do il and called upon those present
for an expression in regard to the
matter.
j. Ia. Henderson, who had beel
at The Dalles and had talked the
matter over with the county ofllc-
ials and business men there, SAID
that he was led to believe that by
placing the line as indicated in the
map there would be no opposition
from The Dalles people, who said that
they would make no objection if the
line was placed west of Mosler. He
said he had left it to them to fix the
line and it had been indicated by Mr.
Colt oP tha nouptv olarLxia ofnna a,,l
was apparently satisfactory. Others
that he had talked with we're of the
same opinion and said that If the ma.
jorityin the limits OF the new county
were in favor of the county being di-
vided they would not oppose il if the
line was not placed too near to The
Dalles Senator Whealdon, whom he
had consulted, expressed the idea that
it would be better to grant the new
county than to continues warfare hat |
was only engendering bad feeling and |
stated that If the sentiment tor a new |
county was unanimous he ould not |
oppose 1t. Others whom be talked |
with felt the same way with one or |
said he thought that by appoint Z a
committee of business men here TO |
meet a similar committee from The
Dalles an amicabe settlement cot Id |
be arranged.
Truman Butler followed MIR. Hen
derson and said he thought h, bc t |
way to discover ii there was any op-
position to the new county was 10
have committees appointed to circL-
late petitions and discover ii there
we're any who were opposed to it and
also to discover what their objections
we're.
V. G. Brock thought that data and
information in regard to revenue, tax
es, and other things that shUud 10
known in regard to the oo"d Of a
county government ought to bsse.
cured and was informed that Tho CON
mittee who had the matter la h.4i
had made arrangements to secure it,
The question as to the best way to
proceed in appointing committees and
others to aid the executive commit
Lee was then taken up aud discussed
and was participated in by j. II.
Frank Cram, A. A.
Jayne, S. h. Bartmess, II. Il. Brad
ley, ?. S. Davidson, and W. S. Crib
BILE, of Mount Hood. On motion Of
Nh. Butler, seconded by S. H. Bart
mess, resolution Was passed to az
point ways and means committee o
oircuate petitions and discover if
there was any opposition to the new
county. In answer to a question IRON
Mr. Gribble as to how Mosier felt
about being left out of tho new coui
5y, Chairman Davidson said that
didn't know, but that they had vote
to stay in the old one whom the MT
ter was being agitated before ana sup
posed they we're still of the same
opinion
1t seemed to be the opinion of the
meeting that the time foI considering
Mosier's attitude had passed and that
the proposition would now have to be
taken up with The Dalles and worked |
out on that line.
After some other discussion in re-
gard to questions affecting the situa-
tion the meeting was adjourned.