The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-11-21
CITIZENS WANT
NEW STREET
TO OPEN MANUFACTURING DISTRICT
Women Have Place on Election Board
Report Urges the Rushing of Work
on Municipal Water System

on Municipal Water system
The building of'a macadam surface
over Railroad avenue, a private way /
owned by the O.-W. r. & N. Co. along /
the fruit warehouses Of the Davidson |
/ Co. and the Union. and the increased |
traihc over Sixth street down by the |
Hood River Apple Vinegar factory
with the result that that thoroughfare |
mas Deen made almost impossible, lead |
I monday night to a concerted effort on |
I The part Of those who do a great deal |
/ OF teamlng from the western end of |
/ the railroad yard to secure some action |
/ by the council that tends toward per- |
msnent 'elief The council was ad- |
dressd by +. j. Calkins, of the vinegar
company, r. W. Kelly, of Kelly Bros,
and J. II. Fredricy, local agent of the
O.-W. r, & N. Co.
After hearing the appeals of the |
| gentlemen present, the council ordered |
that the street commissioner be in |
structed to at once haul gravel and |
material to give relief to the traffic to |
end from the manufacturing district, |
and it was further ordered that action |
be begun for the purpose of securing |
permanent street connecting this dis |
/ trict with Railroad avenue
W. II. Tart and c. II. Stranahan !
were present at the Monday evening |
meeting seeking to have change made |
! IN the proposed improvement of Elev- |
enth street on the Heights 1t was de-
clared that if in font of MIR. 1aft's |
barn on this street the curb line were
/ placed fifteen feet from the property
line the way would be so narrow as to
prevent him from entering his build |
ings with big wagons, and it was asked
that the parkngs and sidewalks be re-
duced to 20 feet, However, it was
found that the contract was already
awarded and the petitioners were in
stucted to secure an agreement from
other property owners on the street
and the contractor who will do the
work, f. o. Hall, and in this manner
secure their proposed change, the coun-
ell standing ready to ratiiy it.
Representing the Home Protective
Association, A. w. 0nthank and Dr.
! w. S. Nichol appeared before the coun-
Gil, announcing that they would present
TO the body in the near future an ordi-
nance to regulate any illicit sale of
liquor in the city. 1--WE organized this
association, said Mr.. 0nthank, Ito
seek information. and before the gen.
eral election we approached many of
the voters of the city, asking their
views on the proposed election on the
| liquor question. We found many peo-
pie who declared that they would vote
for dry town at the past election but
| that they would never do it again un-
less some effort were taken to curb the
sale Of liquor illicitly, from which
they said the city derives no revenue.
in the ordinance offered by The Home
Association it is proposed to levy an
occupation tax on druggists, whereby
fund may be secured, as is asserted,
to carry on research work in suspected
i attempts to violate the local option law
rather than raising il from money paid
by the taxpayers.
The petition of the Home Protective
Association representatives was re-
ferred to the judiciary committee.
Some one iokingly said il should have
been referred to the fire and water
committee.
w. N. Winter, of the Home Tee-
phone Company asked the council for
permission to secure an amendment to
the ordinance regulating the number
ing of residences and buildings in the
city. The telephone company, he said,
is getting out a map of this kind and
is endeavorng to follow as nearly as
possible the ordinance, but on account
of the irregularity of the streets finds
this impossible in instances. He pro-
poses that a copy of the map be at
tached to the proposed amendment.
The city will need one of the maps in
the administration of number of the
branches of it's business, and he said
it could be secured for the sum of ap-
proximately SIS. while If the work
were done by the city individually 1t
would cost about $40. The petition
was referred to the judiciary commit
| tee.
The petition of the Columbia Auto
q Machine Co, was granted and the
street commissioner was instructed to
construct gravel cross walk across
| Columbia street at Sixth.
Mr.. 0nthank asked the council the
status Of the women voters of the city.
AS was stated in the issue of the Gla-
cier last week, Judge A. j. Derby ex
plained that they were in the same re-
lation to their privilege of franchise as
the unfortunate male who has failed
to register, and when election day
comes, they will have to be sworn in.
Mr.. Onthank was unable to see Why
the women of Salem and other cities
should be able to register for their
respective municipal elections, when
those of Hood River could not. II was
explained those cities had the required
2, 600 population, necessary to come un-
der the applications of the direct pri-
mary law, when it went into effect,
while Hood River did not come under
the law until the 1910 census was an
nounced in 1911. Therefore Hood River,
the last primary being the first at
which the local voters had had the op |
portunity Of voting, had never opened
set of registration books.
The new voters will be represented |
on the election board. The council APP |
pointed to serve at the municipal cleo
tion on December 3, the following Off
GERS: Judges Mrs. j. 2. Lucas, J. h. |
Olll anu JOul n w liobil CiNAh iAHs
Chas. Castner and j. M. Culbertson.
The fire and water committee, com
posed of j. E. Robertson, c. II. Sproat
and W. j. Baker, reported that Of the
$50, 600 of bonds sold for the purpose of
installing a municipal system $500
had been appropriated toward the pur-
chase of Tucker s spring, rights of way
and 10 acres of land surrounding the
spring. The sum Of Sl2, 600 has been
expended for betterment and extension
of the plant. The spring was paid for
at the time of the purchase, the money
having been borrowed from the general
fund.
The committee recommended, and
their report was adopted, that the re-
manning sum Of approximately 5000
be spent in rushing the headworks con-
duit from the spring to the ETY. and the
otoraUa raearyoir since the water |