The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-11-11
Oh Riley. ihe StatisIIcian.


Byes, the aicritary has broke ont
wild anither pace OF wather compaDy's
algimint, this tonne in the Oregon
Jurnil av November the 4, he specil
dispatch to thin. He seZ, SEE he,
the Hood River Civic Lage, composed
aV 100 members, TiprisintlnR about
50 per clint av the taxable property
av the city, NIT last Doight in the
C0mmercil Club room. committee
was appinted to DEBATE the bond
iliotion for $50, 600, tor the purpose
av pipin the city's spring Until the
city, and insthallin ii compitive
wather plant.
Now thin, min, yez are gOin to
vote thin bonds to git pure watber
tor iviIy wan IN the city that wants
it. Lit the state board av hilth have
an operation on the wather they have
combined. They and the banker and
the wHther company Can attind tn
that. 1t can't bother amy wan that
don't use 1t.
Now thin about thin 100 Numbers
av that lage, all aV half av thin that
jned it whin they found phat it Was
lntinded for rafused to be operated
on amy more, but the pTlsidInt and
scritary kape countin thin in till
thBre rapOrts, but they want vote wid
thin.
The prisdint said there was about
45 prlslnt, another mlmber said 20
or 80 and the sicritary said thele WAS
70 prisint; and the other secitHrry
SEE they riprlsInt 80 per clint aV
the property in the city.
Byes, Its tigger on that. Akordin
to his Estimate he, as rapoIter for
the Jurnil, wud be tin Per cent thin
as siCI itary aV the ComerGIal Club
wud be tin per clint (thim officers av
the club is so proud av him they hug
thimsilves iviry tonne they think
sv him. lie does all the wurrik for
thin. He's III thin rs assistant to
the iditor av the News wud be 2 per
cint, or % per cint. Thin thare is
the iditoI av the News, that wud be
tin per cint. He's rapOrtin to the
Oregonian, that wud be per clint.
He's bed speeler and writer for the
banker in its political moVemints, that
wud be per cint, or q per clnt.
Ihin the siCritary av the lage, wild his
handy and pool tabel, wud be- one per
oint, aud as the lagos candidate Tor
city racOTdeT, WGd be one per clint, CT
2 per Cint. Thin the prisidint av the
lage wud be 2 per cint, and his folne
Wurrick whin he applnted that pOliti.
cal committee av three to thry to
privint yeZ, min, from votin to bring
pure wather to the city for iviTy wan,
and Especially for the wimmin ana
ChildheI che don't same to want amy
aV 1t for his hotil), wud be 2 per clint,
and his hotel wud be one per Giut,
or f0iVe per ciut Thin the banker
and his frinds, the watheI CON.
pany, and thare pitifogirs wud be 30
per cint. That wud be 80 per clnt.
Now thin, min, the Blowers, EliCt,
Hall, Br0siue, Stewart, Waut oma
Hotel, Smith, First National Bank,
Banking and Trust Co. and Chapman
blocks, and about TOO homes make the
other 70 per clint.
Byes, the rason they don't stand
for more in their rapport is they
sthand for pure wat her.
Now thin, lit igiFy wan watch that
bankers lage. First they took thin
Joy rides for pure wather, thin they
reported they sth0od to have the city
council give the wather company l5
exclusive yares' rites and the city
spring, avin II it Is contrary to the
city charter and state law, and Whin
the council rafuse1 to violate theiI
oath av Office and grant their raquist
contrary to law, they have decided to
prlvtnt the paple and council from
bringing in pure Wather. Phat a
ras0n tor slCh noble action. III
tit toivo cints that lage will have
tlcklt for council, min, aud Iacorder
uixt mont, and they want put up MN
that want listen TO thin ather. From
the circular litter they think thin
laws was made to be broke whin that
lage wants thin broke. They make
nlZe ike Il political machine, and,
min, that's phat it is.
herd the lagos political commit.
tee that was appnted, was che wathef
tompany's lagal brite lite; thin the
chaiI min av the lagos wa her com
mite, phat run for councilmin on Il
municipal wather plant platform hut
want illlCtid, and thin the slcall, d
id,tor av the News. II he has no
vote, he's conspicuous on the tax roll
10y his ah-lnCe.
II e2 all can see their committee is
Intitllctally qualified to do amy kind
av "A political stunt, Min, don't lit
thin shoe yez intlI vutin aginst ye2
own INTERESTS. lhe valuation av the
city is 81, 7O5. lSO If yez paid no
wather bills at all, and was taxed
for all the iuterlst on 500, ,OOO ye2
wud only have to pay on home
asslssed for al COO, S3.l7, and for a
maintenance OF $500 the tax wud he
only 81 5s, making $40 year. Amt
1t aisy to see ply they wants TO kape
the wather company blzuis. 1t wud
take sIveral yareS' municipal wather
oils To pay tor one case av iaver aven
II ye2 don't lose amy av thin.
Phat lnterist has the civic lage aud
their committee In the wa her com.
pany annyhoy 1t looks to me loike
the out loud aud stint owners av the
wather company was ashamed av the
nasty wather tiZuls and the taveI
cases, and they had organized thasc
lntilllctical giants to rake thare
roasted bog oranges out av the fuire
wid, and whln they are done wild
thin they will drsp thin loike they
was a fsostld spud, But In the mane
tonne they will kapo thin filled wild
fees, political aspirations, tatley and
chape wather.
Want that wather pumped from the
river be foine, from thin dad sam
mon that can't go above their dam
Phat flavor for milk shake. III
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