The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-07-29
BONDS HAVE
LOCAL SUPPORT
ADVISORY BOARD PLANS IN FAVOR
Plan Similar to that Of Proposed SlO,-
100000 Issue Necessary, Accord
ing to Views Expressed

the ADVISORY board OF the state High
way Commission have met with an as
tonishing expression of cOmmendation
and support in Hood River county.
The conservative element, prone at
first hand to view with skepticism any
thing that smacks of an innovation,
does not hesitate to voice a hearty ap-
proval of the proposed $40, 900, 600 bond
issue.
OF all the men who have discussed
the campaign as outlined for submitting
the bond issue to vote of the people
in the fall of 1916, no one is more en-
phatic in his cOmmendation than +. o.
Blanchar. ut is an absolute necessity
that we do something of this kind,
says Mr.. Blanchar. at is the only
feasible plan for making permanent
highways. OF course, we must have
proper Legislation surrounding the bond
issue as an assurance that the money
will be properly distributed. Nothing
that we can do will bring us better re-
turns.
Truman Butler says: 1--WE will make
no mistake in getting in and working
for this bond issue. We realize that at
plNbNllA VIC hO bdoio VII
which to go; that is, no constructive
legislation. But we trust in the men at
the helm of affairs to such an extent
that we believe that attendant neces-
sary measures will be worked out sat
isfactorily."
81 am heartily in favor of the pro-
posed bond issue, says S. A. Mitchell.
but while | am discussing it would
like to make some suggestions as to
the burdens of taxation as now i'm
posed. Owners of stump lands do not
pay tax on their property proportion
ate to the price they ask for it. Too
much of the burden falls on the man
who purchases his land, improves it,
and thus enhances the value of sur
rounding stump land. We need an ad.
justment of the burdens of taxation"
81 am for the proposed bond issue,
says John Baker. THE increase in
population that such an expenditure
will bling US before the bonds begin to
come due will be such that the tax of
the residents of the state now will be
proportionately smaller in few years
to come. ] shall work for the bond
issue. improvements of any kind never
hurt community.
This bond issue will be mighty
good thing" says G. A. Bell, "if we
can get the right men to spend the
money. We certainly have the right
men working for it. ] will be salts
fed if they carry the program straight
through"
$50 far as have gone into MIR. Ben
sons plans" says County Judge Stan
ton, "they meet with my support.
think the main roads should be built by
the state, and furthermore, ] believe
that the United States should bear a
portion of the expense, where the high
ways pass through the forest reserves. !"
Gus Miller, rancher of the West
Side. declares: "They cannot vote the
bond issue any too quickly for me-"
The recently voted bond issue of
5000, 900 by the the Skamana county,
Washington, people has proven an in.
centive to local citizens. This bond
issue has been sold to the Lumbermens
Trust company. of Portland. The bonds
bear per cent annual interest and ma
ture serially in II to 20 years. This
takes the trunk road from Clarke coun-
ty through Skamania to Klickitat
county.
In Klickitat it joins the famous Sam
! Hill road on the north bank of the Co.
lumbia, which is now completed as to
the most difficult part. There is a
movement on foot to get the legisla-
ture of Washington to complete this
work and thus parallel the Columbia
highway.
Accessibility should be the slogan
of the scenic districts of the Pacific
coast" says James II. Collins, a spe-
cial writer for the Curtis Publishing
Co., who left Sunday after spending a
month here securing data for an article
dealing with the fruit marketing ques-
tion. Mr.. Collins left for the Califor-
MIA expositions and to visit Universal
City. He declared that he had noticed
with interest the proposed campaign
for the $40, 900, 600 bond issue.
"Without any notifications, he
says, 81 believe the citizens of Oregon
can never do anything that will be of
more benefit to them than the voting
of such bond issue-that is, if the
funds are judiciously used in improv-
ing roads.
"In the course OF my travels | have
been to Europe on two different occa-
sions. have toured the Continent
and Lean see why wealthy Americans
have desired to go abroad. The scenic
communities of the Old Country were,
before the European war, very access
ible. have been down sin the West
Indies. Tours of the interesting islands
of the tropical seas of this region are
becoming popular because a journey
there can be made cheaply and with
little trouble. In fact, alman and his
family can motor down from one ofsthe
Atlantic coast cities, have his automo'
bile driven aboard the steamer, without
Grating, and when the destination is
reached he can drive to his hotel in his
own machine, provided he is willing t.
wait an hour or so until the car is un
loaded. The round trip freight charge
for he car amounts to about $65.
IL find the spirit among westerner'
for this accessibility of thieI treasure
lands is growing. The See Americf
First campaign is going to get some
real boosting. They are going aftel
this desirable tourist traffic. If tn,
beauty spots of the Rockies, the Sier
TdS anu ltle CdSEduGS dlG iCnlil uldu'
accessible with better highways, yol
need have no fear Of the travel no
following. The automobile follows th'
| good road. "
Mr.. Collins on his departure declareC
that he had never enjoyed any visi
more that to Hood River. 81 lik
| your people here" he said. The!
certainly treated me fine. Hood Rive
seems to me to be mighty fine plac
in which to live"
Full details of the. proposed bonding
campaign. as yet, have not bee
worked out. Representative citizen
Il of the state will meet in Portland i
the near future and working plans wi
4 no doubt be drafted.