The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-01-20
RANGER SHOWS RIVER
ROUTE IS BETTER

Editor Glacier In answer to Mr..
Winan's letter in your issue OF De
cember 3 Mr.. Winaps states, Ranger
writes Ou Portland and Hood River
Road, making many mist ikes in his
deductions " tie makes the fiat
statement, without any proof. that
100 miles is murh greater than the
distanc between sHood River and
pJrtladd by this route. From Port.
land to the branch road spoke of,
which leaves the Barlow Road at a
point north of Welcbes, is 46 miles
From the Barlow Road to the Clea,
Fork, or the end of this branch road
is 5 miles He says Is miles from
the end of this road to Lost Lake.
Accor ling TO his own figures,
snrpose it is at least 25 miles iron
Lost Lake to-; Hood River. This
makes the distance 95 miles and
allows only two miles over the old
trail for grades and extra turns which
might be made with the road.
He says that be thinks the average
road would be open little work by
June |, of each year. crossed the
divide over the Rangers trail July IL,
1908, and rode through six feet of
snow. He says. 81 don't think the
U. s Government could fairly oh
ject to the road passing through the
Bull Run Reserve, il 1t is shown to
b. in the interests of Portland and
Hood River, as we'll as to the rest OF
the state. The Government and It's
agents are the employees OF the people
and not their masters. 10 answer
to this, will simply give the act in
full, (which | referred to In your issue
of December %
+" Az Act For The Protection OF
1hs Sources OF The Water Supply cot
the City Of Portland, State OF Ore
gon; be 1t enacted by the Senate and
the House of Representatives CT the
United States OF America, in Con-
gresi assem- bled, That from and after
the date OF the passage OF this Act 1t
shall TO unlawful for any person or
pereons except forest rangers and
other persons empl Dyed by the United
States to protect the forest, and
Federal and State officers in the
discharge OF their duties and the
employees OF the water borad of the
City of Portland, State OF Oregon,
to enter, for the purpose Of grazing
stock, upon any pait OF the reserve
known as the Bull Run Forest
Rese, We, in the Cascade Mountains
in the State of Oregon, which reserve
was esta blished by proclamation lot
tie President of the United States in
eighteen hundred and ninety two was
provided by Section twenty our OF
an act of Congress entitled, "An Act
to repeal timber culutcrA laws aud
for other purposes, approved March
third, eighteen hundred and ninety
one, and which reserve includes
within it's area the water supply of
the city ut Portland, State of Oregon
and any person or persons, save those
heI Elm before excepted, who shall
engage in grazing stock, or who shall
permit stock OF any kind to Craze
within saId Bull Kun Forest Receives,
or who shall knowingly tIespass
thereon, shall be deemed guilty ot
misdemeanCr, aud on conviction
thereof in the district court OF the
United States, for the district OF Ore
gon, shall be fined not to exceed five
hundred dollars, in the discretion OF
the court And the Secretary OF the
Interior ia hereby authorized and
directed to enforce the provisions
OF this act by all proper means at his
command and to exclude from eaid
forest reserve stock OF all kinds and
al persons. save as herein before
excepted. Approved, April 2S,
1904. The act of Feb. l, 1895,
33 Stat. 628.. transfers the
care of this forest to the Department
OF Agriculture The Act of Feb. 6,
1905, 33 Stat. TOO, confers full author.
ity on Forest Officers kto make arrests
for violations of this Act.
agents being the employees OF the peo-
pie and not their master, the Govern.
ment is the people and not its en-
plo ees. The agents of the people
are their employees, OF course.
As to the expense OF the Columbia
River road, did not undertake to
itemize the cost of either road, put
merely tried to show that the Lost
Lake road was longer and more
difficult grade, and would also be a
short season road and when you con-
si ier building q msoadamized road
for fast travel, there ia no comparison
between the two With the Colum bia
River road you build around the base
of the Cascade Mountains and not
over the summit
As to distance, he says, "Lst US
consider where we're at" The W.
M, passes through Portland, as does
also the Base Line. All right, The
town Of Hood River Ia not far from
the cornersot the L K 10i K. Across
each township is distance ot 8
miles. Therefore by direct survey
Hood River Is 20 mics east aud II
miles north of Portland, II miles.
Nom tho NnInk mia RiraI Enad is