The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-05-19
MOSIER HOLDS
BIG MEETING
JUDGE WEBSTER ON GOOD ROADS
MOSier Hills Boosters Feed Strawberries
to Guests from The DalleS, Port
land and Hood River.

SATURDAY evening anu TelHdlneu ONel
Sunday to enjoy a drive over the
famous Mosier hills.
Tom Richardson, manager of the
Portland Commercial Club spent
Saturday in Mosier, having just
returned from big trip through the
great central Oregon country so that
the excitement really began before
the east-bound local arrived in the
evening, bearing the Portland anc
Hood River contingents. GeoneraI
Passenger Agent William McMurray
of the Hartman lines in Oregon
Assistant General Freight Agent
Robinson, William Bittle Wells, OF
the community publicity bureau, ano
other railroad officials, came in Mr.
McMurray's private car and special
Pullman sleeper was shunted in al
the Mosier siding to care for the
overflow from the hotel. Judge Lione
r. Webster, of the State Good Roads
movement, and j. Goodman, 0regoniar
correspondent, were also members
of the Portland party. Secretary j,
Burnette K. Duncan, W. H. Walton
Charles A. Moseley, James 4. Mont
gomrey, Clay Brock and Charles
Larsen were among the Hood Riverites
Soon after the arrival of the train
a reception committee consisting o.
most of the town, escorted the crowd
to the hall where the ladies' of
Mosier had prepared a delicious SUI
per. The main feature of the supper
were big luscious strawberries, grown
on the farm of the East Hood Rivel
Company, which had been hanC
raised by A. P. Bateham for the oc
casion. When the crowd had had theii
fill of the fine berries and tasted som,
ripe cherries which Editor II. G
Kibbee, of the Mosier Bulletin
brought out, they returned to the rail
road station to meet the special trair
which brought 100 boosters from Tn,
Dalles headed by Judd Fish, the new
publicity rustler of the up river town
and H. G. Miller, of the Chronicle.
The Dalles crowd, headed by its owl
brass band, and all wearing a buttol
bearing the new motto, "The Dallet
Makes Good" marched to the hal
where still more supper and straw
|
finished, the speakers were ushered t.
the stage by President G. A. McCar
gar, of the Mosier Hills Commercial
Club, and the love feast commenced
| By this time the prettily decorate'
hall was filled to overfowing ant
Fred Wilson, District Attorney, o
The Dalles, on account of his extensive
interests in Mosier, was claimed b,
the latter to welcome its guests whicl
he did in happy speech. In Response
to the welcome, MIR. Wells, of Port
land, spoke for the visitors from Tht
Dalles, Hood River and Portland tel
ling how glad everybody was to b.
there.
Judge Webster, the principal speake
of the evening, was next called on ant
he gave a stirring address on Goo
Roads which won all his hearers to tn
cause which will result in great goo
for the state of Oregon. He showe'
how a permanent, hard, smooth roa'
would make ranch Is miles away ol
mud road as near town as one a
present is which only lies three mile
away. The distance is measured IL
time and work required rather thai
in miles. He showed that at presen
by the taxation method no count,
except Multnomah had been able t.
build an extensive system of perman
ent roads. A great amount is expende'
over and over again each year i
repairing roads and according t
Judge Webster about the only resul
tbs that two short mud holes are mad
of one long one.
After showing that to build an eS
tensive system of permanent highway
would mean oppressive taxation, h
advocated the changing of the contsitu
tiOn to allow counties to vote bond
for road improvement so that tn
value added to the farm property b
the good roads could take care c
the cost. The program which Judg
Webster wishes to see followed is
have a constitutional amendmer
voted by the initiative at the comm
election allowing counties to create
bended indebtedness for road buIlC
ing and then for the legislature
concur in the action of the people
Then next year at this time the PR
gressive counties of the state can /
voting bonds to build the highway
Judge Webster's remarks seemed
meet with the heartiest approval (
the Mosier people, so that he scarcel
needed to take up the weak argument
which have been made against Il
= bonding plan. The only legitimat
argument is that an indebtedness
l bad thing. All extensive permanel
improvements are made possible
| cities, states and governments
| the issuance of bonds and why shou
| not the county have the right to III
the same method? The building
roads in Oregon with the bond mone
| will mean the bringing in of immeni
sums of eastern capital, nearly all I
which will be expended for lab
and materials right in the county al
| thus add to the wealth of the state.
L At the close of Judge Webster
remarks, President McCargar read
letter of greeting from the Soros
| Club at The Dalles, after which
introduced Mr.. McMurray, who spoil
on 'The Lowly Apple.
| Of course few people in this secti
of the country think there is-anythil
'Iowly" about the apple, and t
railroad man was of their view if t
many compliments he paid to t
| prize winning, price getting Mosi
apples may be taken as his estimat
Mr.. McMurray was of the opinion tn
the starvation cure faddists would Il
last long in Moser if they were al
to smell the strawberries and app
of that section. He traced the histo
of the apple, the commonest of
fruits, and cited the many refreenc
which are found in the literature
the old times to the apple. Mr.. n
Murray's speech showed the result
i much work and research and v