The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-04-13
CLUB ADOPTS
RESOLUTIONS
new LUMBER ASSOCIATION BACKED
Chamberlain 0.-C. Land Grant Bill En-.
dorsed, but Salem Clubs Text Book
Petition Is Not Favored

The consideration and adoption Of
resolutions characterized the Monday
night meeting of the Commercial club.
The club members took measures to
Offset recent resolution adopted by
the Portland Chamber Of Commerce.
whereby that body endorsed the action
Of Portland lumber manufacturers in
their fight to secure from the Inter-
state Commerce Commission parity
of rates to Utah and intermountain
points with those from points east Of
the Cascades.
4 In the resolution adopted by the local
club, Charles ID. Mehaffey, Portland
attorney. is asked to present the docu-
ment to the Interstate Commerce Com
mission on behalf of the organization.
The resolution calls for freight reduc-
ton for all mills east Of the Cascade
equal to any that may be granted to
the Portland mills.
Attention is called to the fairness OF
zone rate basis that has formerly ex-
listed. the topography of the country
east of the mountains as compared with
that on the west slope and the differ
ence in the quality of the lumber: j.
E. Robertson addressed the club men,
bers on behalf of the lumber interests,
stating that every mill man of the
Hood River valley, manufacturing as
much as 5000 feet daily, as a member
of the newly formed Hood River Lum.
berman's Association. He declared
that. If the Portland demands were
granted existing commercial relations
in the east Cascade districts would be
disrupted.
| A communication from the Salem
Commercial club, which asked that the
local body endorse a resolution provid-
ing for the publishing of elementary
text books for the state schools at
home, was read. Prof. Mclaughlin,
after a motion was made by W. l.:
Clark, seconded by Leslie Butler and
DR.. Brosius. that the move be endorsed,
took the floor in opposition.
IL believe in doing all we can at
home," said Prof. Mclaughlin, "but
the failure of Califoraia's attempt to
print it's text books at home, shows the
| inadequacies of our Pacific coast print
ers to handle matter of this kind. In
California the home published books
lowered the cost to the public very
little, yet q very poor quality of work
was produced, both in text and in work
manship. The buy at home movement.
in nv opinion, can be overdone, and ID
sometimes not the best economy. Very
few men ON the Pacific coast really un-
derstand the business of text book
making"
Il DR.. Brosius took the opposite view.
"Cranted that the work may not be
quite as good" he said, -"as matter
: Of policy think we should print the
books at home. Having little girl in
school have recently become rejuVen-
|, ated. Personally am disgusted with
the text books we have in use today.
Except for the individual efforts OF
teachers do not see such advancement
, over the books used when | was in
school"
President Cruikshank also stated that
he considered some of the text books
J as not equal to the old books.
While the vote of the club members
conformed with former action taker
! by the board of directors and refused
to endorse the Salem request, it wal
q stated that the capital city's CONNER
cial body would send further detailed
9 information at the request of the loca
y club.
u Leslie Butler expressed the opinion
: that Oregon had men capable of issuini
y as good text books as those produced II
. the east, provided the matter wer
q placed in the hands of capable com
- mission and kept out of politics.
!. 1t was stated at the club meeting
u that Robert e. Smith, of Grants Pass
70 of the Oregon Rational Tax Reforr
S League, would be in Hood River tn
;, latter part of this week. Mr.. Smit
~ will attend meeting ct the club room
?, tonight.
er The club endorsed the Chamberlai
TX Oregon California Land Grant bill, no.
oI before congress. A resolution wa
20 adopted urging Oregon congressman
<. <. stand by their guns and demand that 4
it per cent of the fund from the gres
pc area of grant lands be given to tt
10 Oregon school funds. Another 40 pc
is cent will 90 to roads, while 20 per cen
as will be given the general reclamatio
ne fund. An effort has been made
no amend the Chamberlain bill, SO tht
ny only 20 per cent, instead of 40. will
ne to the state school funds.
u. Oregon's representatives in congre'
y, are all endeavoring to secure passae
10 of the Chamberlain bill as original
OF introduced. MIR. Mclaughlin read lie
OF ters he had received from Congressmt
er Hawley and Macarthur. Congressms
~ Sinnott 10 taking q very active part
ne the land grant legislation. having a
ne peared before committee meetings. a
sr- pealing for the 40 per cent school fun
ow The resolutions adopted by the eli
az have been drawn by Judge Derby.
up Through combined move on the pa
.oe Of the Commercial club. business M
let of the city and the county court
90: effort will be made to open the ColuI
OF bia river highway in this county befo
oh, the apple trees Of the valley have biz
ow somed. The work of the club at t
ep: Monday night meeting was placed
ent the hands Of committee composed
Leslie Butler, E. W. Birge and w.
Clark. The club has suggested to t
county court that an engineer be sc
over the line of the road to secu
specifications of the work necessary
w clearing the road, and that the VIC
/ then be let to contractors. 1t was
clared that too much delay will resi-
II supervisors of road districts throu
ago which the highway passes are allow
the to complete the task.
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ons Relm0ut Mill Starts