The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-10-07
ORDINA zee FOR
BON ELECTION
WATER QUESTION UP IN NOVEMBER
Bill Passes First Reading-MayOr Sub
mits Correspondence with State
Health Board.

The CITY council Monday night was
mostly concerned with the eonsidera
tion OF the water question and an
ordinance, which passed first reading,
was introduced calling for an election
some time in November at which the
question OF isuing water bonds to the
extent of $50, 600 would be submitted
to the voters. A petition signed by
l32 citizens and taxpayers, asking for
such an election was submitted to
the council and Mayor Mcdonald cub.
mitted to the city fathers some cor
respondence which had passed be-
tween him and the state board OF
health. The correspondence will be
found In another column of this paper
aud the Mayors communication to
the council follows:
To Ihe Hoo. Council,
Hood River Oregon,
Gentlemen: l hand you here with
communication from the State
Health board. In 1t they refer to q
letter to them from the Mayor. | at.
tach copy of that letter and their
answer thereto. They claim to have
been misquoted by me and as they
have made absolute denial Of the
items | took exception to. Their re-
rort may be ooOnsidered as amended
In that particular. There Is one point
that they have made plain is that the
water Is impure and that the source
of supply is bad and was known to be
bad when 1t was first used. You
must either get supply OF better
water OF else sewer all portions Of
the city that affects the drainage into
the present supply, which will mean
completing all sewers already laid out
and creating new district covering
that portion of the city lying between
the present sewer district and the
west boundary of the city and from
the city limits on the south and the
o. K. l. N. Railway on the north, and
take steps to prevent impure or CON-
tamination water being brought In
from the outside and sold for d0mes-
tic use. This action 10 mandatory ON
the part of the state health board.
They have made II clear that you
must act or be responsible for the
consequences.
Respectfully yours,
ID. Mcdonald, Mayor.
The sewer committee submitted the
following report to the council,
which IN turn instructed the commit
tee to follow out the recommends
tions made therein:
Hood River, Oregon,
October 4th, 1909.
To The Honorable Mayor and Com
mon Council. OF the City OF Hood
River, Oregon
Gentlemen The undersigned, your
committee on sewers, have since the
last meeting of the Common Counoil,
been giving particular attention to
the matter of sanitation within the
corporate limits OF the city, and es.
pscialIy that phase OF II coming under
the jurisdiction of your committee.
In growing municipality like ours
1t is always q problem to meet the In
oreasing needs for protection to the
health of Its citizens, without in
creasing the burdens to be imposed
upon the property owners to an un-
bearable extent by special and local
assessments; the present conditions
throughout the CITY require, un-
doubtediy that the sewerage Of the
L CutitC oteJ oo biotBhb w uho hVPs ~
It's highest efficiency to guard against
disease from accumulations of filth
In various places In the city, many OF
which have not as yet come to light
and particularly to meet the demands
of the state board of health with ref
ereoe to that portion OF the city nat
urally draining toward the Light l.
Water Company's main reservoir In
the city limits.
Realizing the necessity of these and
tho demand tor prompt and efiica-
Ion action, your committee at this
time recommends to your honorable
body that all the territory In the city
limits not already severed, be brought
under the general sewer ordinance
and that such portions as are not
within any established sewer district
In the city be viewed and sewer dis
triots created by the proper commit
tee from this council.
Respectfully submitted.
j. M. Wright,
l.. Ii. Huggins.