The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-10-07
Underwood Bouquets and Brickbats

Some subscribers to newspapers re-
sent the appearance in their favorite
paper of communications and editorials
expressing views and ideas, especially
on local affairs, with which they do not
agree. They would:like to act as press
censor and throw out what they do not
approve, and fill the columns with none
but their own views and ideas or such
as they deem proper. But, don't you
see, brethren, if this should happen
others of US might clamor to have your
items and ideas suppressed as mere
insne and jejune platitudes. Then what
kind of paper would we have and where
would the editor come in? Brace up
and accept the situation. The editor
alone exercises the right of accepting
or rejecting communications as he
deems fit. Bring out all your items of
burning interest, of whist parties. dain-
ty lunches, dances and social doing in
high and low life. Express your own
ideas as best you can, and as long as
you do not hand out any Grass and
offensive personalities the editor will
no doubt give you hearing. Remem-
ber this is land of free press, free
speech, free men and intolerance has
no place among us. One great German
writer says he can tolerate everything
except intolerance.
Thistledown spent his early days in
printing Office, worked his way partly
through college at the printers case,
and is not altogether ignorant Of the
trials and tribulations of newspaper
editors and readers: in fact be has
great sympathy with them. He him
self has had so much that he is bomb
proof against criticism.
AS general proposition it is true
that he who blows his own horn comes
out usually were he began, at the little
end. The shabbiest people in the world
are they who try to seem to be what
they are not. Ostentation is the signal
flag of hypocrisy.
The Good Roads Association of dis
trict No. 80 met at A. j. Haynes pack
ing house Saturday. Sept. 25. The road
supervisor. +. NJ. Cummins, gave re-
port Of the road situation up to date.
The u. S. engineer. with his assist
ants, has been busy the past week
making the final survey for the Ska
mania highway. There wasasome ques-
tion lof the propriety of CHASING all
chain men and axmen on the job as
chainmen, thus all drawing chainmen's
pay of SO per day. The amount of the
bond issue money set aside for the Sec
tion from Cooks to Underwood is some
thing over $4,000 1t will require
every economy and efficiency to put the
road through between these two points
with that amount. 1t will probably
suffice to put dirt road through on
five per cent grade and perhaps bard
surface part of it. 1t was ascertained
that the road supervisor of last year
had slashed out one of the lateral road
ways in the west end of the district of
considerable width, at places of is and
20 per cent grade, which cannot be util
ICED. thus causing waste to that extent.
Our county commissioners and advisory
board ought to have kept better check
on the road boss.
The above meeting voted to request
the county commissioners to keep En-
gineer Klein on the job of surveying
until that part of the work is finished
also that the commissioners use their
influence with the contractor for the
road work, if it is let by contract, to
employ, as far as possible on the job,
the taxpayers of the district. The tax
levy last year was 10 mills. 1t was
voted to request levy of "a mills for
the coming year. OF this amount q
mills would pay the interest on the
bonds, leaving five mills to be expended
on lateral roads. The good roads stu
alton in these parts is therefore very
encouraging.
DR.. Manners, examining physician
for the New York Life Insurance Co.,
who has been visiting his orchard for
several weeks, has just returned to
New Jersey. He thinks that if the
present orchardists do not get much re-
ward for their work some one in the
future will. A few in this section are
thinking of cutting down their fruit
trees and turning the land into dairies
and general farming. Those who have
patience and grit to hold on to the ap.
pie proposition will no doubt win out in
the end
No one who has not vision. faith and
hope in the future ought to plant an
apple tree. He has to do lot of
watchful waiting and wistful watching.
1t is now only O'Clock in the morn
ing of Oregon and Washington of
the apple industry, and the children of
today will see the wonders and splen-
doris of the coming day. which you and
| would like to. but will never see.
W. b. Rine, who had the misfortune
to lose his home by fire about year
ago, has about completed new and
handsome dwelling. thus showing his
faith in the present situation and in
the future. Thisledown,