The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-01-23
COUNTY DIVISION
BY INITIATIVE
TO Be VOTED AT JUNE ELECTION
Commercial Club Decides to Circulate
Petitions to Vote on County
Division

| Tn6 county division matter has
again come up, but In new form. 1t
will be.taken up this time by the init
iative, which is becoming q popular
method OF securing needed legislation
In. Oregon. a special meeting of the
directors of the club was held last
week and II was decided that this was
the 5best method to pursue at this
time, and although the time Is very
short to secure 9,UV0 names, which
are necessary to put the matter before
the people, yet 1t can be done. To
this end an army OF workers was sent
out Monday morning, covering sever-
al parts Of the state and the work of
securing names 10 on In dead earnes..
The increasing burden of county
| taxes without corresponding benefits
In return is becoming CALLING yoke
to the people of Hood River valley,
country and city.
The figures received from the office
of the county clerk show the total val
uation OF the county this year to he
%, 220, ,070, gain Of 81, 5l7, l65 over
laat year, OF which the gain in the
| proposed new county is 81, 143, $50,
leaving but s373, ,5s3, Tor the balance Of
the county.
At this rate of increase Hood River
will be soon bearing the bulk OF the
burden Of the county expenses. AS
long as we are to pay the bills we
should have the say as to where the
money Ia to be spent and it should
be spent at home.
IL is said that sentiment IL chang
ing in The Dalles in favor of the pro-
posed new couaty, as they realize that
1t muet come sooner or later, and the
feeling Of animosity that is continual
ly growing between the two places is
not favorable to business relations be-
tween the two places. t causes good
deal of trouble at election time and
this is worrying the politicians.
In order to get the petition Eefore
the people of the state at the June
election, there must be 1900 names
of voters secured and these must be
fled with the secretary Of state by
the last day Of this month. The com.
mittee has organized the state into
districts, each with a manager, who
will secure workers In the several dis
tricts and report to Hood River every
day. Not a minute 10 to be lost and
every one In Hood River In favor OF
} the movement should make individual
, effort to secure signers. Any one
having friends In different parts ol
} the state should secure a petition
from II. +. Davidson and send to that
, friend to sign and have him get his
friends to sign. Telephone Mr.. Dav.
idson at once and give him the name
OF your friend and he will send him a
petition. The time is short, SO do it
now.
/ The expense of getting this large
number Of names will be considerable
and must be met by subscription.
While many have volunteered their
sci vices, charging nothing for their
time, yet travelling and hotel expenses
must be met, and 1t will be also nec-
essary to hire workers In different
places where they have no direct in.
terest In the matter and must Ee paid
for their work. 1t Ia expected, how
ever, that no difficulty will be had In
getting this subscription, as the in
terest In the new county Is general,
almost unanimous In its favor, in the
city and valley and the Hood River
sririt will be shown on this as well as
other occasions.
w. L. Clark and Chas. Hall have
been appointed q finance committee
to circulate the subscription list and
, when they see you respond as liberal
ly as you can.
The Commercial Club banquet will
, Ee given at the Odd Fellows hall FIJI.
= day evening, January 81, at which
time the project of securing enough
names will have succeeded or failed,
, az that is the last day for filing the
! n ,mes with the secretary of state.
!, There must be no failure and the sue
I cess will be one Of the features OF the
occasion. 10 make success a certain.
, ty, however, IL must be a time wher
: every body works, including father.