The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-03-02

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the absence of ]. P. Johannsen, A. I.
Mason filed the chair of the worthy
master. The meeting was called to
order at l0:30 a. m. After a few OH.
GERS and committeeman had been ap-
pointed to fill vacancies, the minutes
of the previous meeting we're read
for reference, and after few prelimi-
nary arrangements were made the
meeting got down to business.
When the call for new members
was made "a more tillers of the soil
were added to our membership. The
report of officers from the various
Oranges in the county were extreme
ly pleasing. All reported that Grange
enthusiasm was in abundance, with
constant addition of membership
at every meeting. Pine Grove heads
the list with 106 members, while Park
Grange is the smallest in member
ship at present, yet it has recently
taken a healthy growth and we pre-
dict that ere long it will, as of yore,
lead in membership.
The ladies of Park Grange are GER
tainly some entertainers when it
comes to satisfying the inner man at
the dining table. Their chicken pie
was only small part of their excel
lent dinner. Thanks, ladies. we will
come again. In commemoration of
Washington's birthday, email silk
fag was placed at each plate, and in
addition to this we observed many of
the delegates wearing a little red
hatchet.
Sister Mae Ehrck favored the audi
ence with an excellent program, con-
sisting of readings, music and ad-
dresses. Brother l.. B. Gibson, pro-
fessor in tie Hood River High School
gave a very interesting talk on i'm
proving rural conditions, thereby
making the country more attractive
to our boys and girls. Park Grange
did her shore in supplying the pro-
gram with music. Their orchestra
was highly appreciated.
A committee of one from each
Grange was appointed to work out
system by which Grange members
can sell or exchange articles.
Our next Pomona Grange will meet
at Odell the first Wednesday in May.
The following resolutions were
passed by this meeting of the Hood
River County Pomona Grange:
Resolutions Regarding Highway
Whereas, our State Highway Com
mission has notified our County
Court That the State Highway Com
mission and its employees will assume
no responsibility for the maintenance
OF the road or roads known as the
Columbia Highway at Mitchell Point
and vicinity, and that the burden of
IeSpOuSiDAity lol thc udiutcudHSC
and upkeeping of said road or roads
is in the hands of the county officials
of the county in which said roads
are located" and
Whereas, during the late campaign
in this county for $4,000 Columbia
River Highway bond issue it was told
by those claiming to represent the
State Highway Commission, and
those who were most closely connect
ed promoting the said bond issue,
that if the bonds we're voted the State
Highway Commission would make
said highway a state road, thereby re-
lieving our county of any further ex-
penses or responsibility, and
Whereas, our State Highway Com
mission has written to two of our
Oranges an official letter saying "The
State Highway Commission has new
er pledged itself to maintain any
roads under any conditions, has nev-
er authorized anyone to make such
a pledge and has never considered it
advisable to maintain any of the
roads which it has constructed" and
Whereas, the Hood River CONNER.
cial Club, in their reply to the reso-
lutions on the Columbia Highway
sent them by the Pine Grove Grange,
states several times that our State
Highway Commission did promise our
people that said Columbia River
Highway would be made a state road
and would be maintained by the state
and said Commercial Club committee
further states that they do not be-
lieve that the State Highway Commi.
ssion ever repudiated their agree.
ment to take over said Columbia
Highway, or ever had the slightest
intention of doing so, and
Whereas. we have on file much of
the printed arguments used in our To-
cal and daily papers and extracts TAX
en- from the public speeches, as well
as some of the campaign dodgers dis
tributed during the campaign for
said Columbia Highway bond issue,
all of which told the people that this
said Columbia Highway would be
made a state highway by the State
Highway Commission, and
Whereas, this leaves the whole Col.
umbia Highway question in an uz
settled condition, with all of the fu
ture expense attached thereto left
upon our county to bear and which is
condition entirely unexpected, un-
thought of and unpromised to our
citizens during the campaign for
bonding our county to build said Col.
umbia Highway, and
Whereas, the building and main.
tanning of this said Columbia High