The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1899-03-10

Special correspondence of the Oregonians
HooD RIVER, Or, March 5. = Hood !
River valley: has acquired we'll
deserved reputation for producing
superior fruit, although its location on
the map, in the heart of the Cascade
mountain range, would not Indicate
that it was fruit producing region.
Just now many of the apple growers
of Hood River valley use selling their
winter apples, getting 81 % net per hox
of so pounds OF the hest kinds Freight
on apples to Portland is only 8 cents
per box. A good Hood River apple
tree will yield 10 to Is boxes year:
The traveller by train passes Hood;
River without seeing much Of it, or
getting am idea of the size of the town,
which Is picuresquely located on a
gentle slope above the railroad, among
oak openings, and contains many taste
| full homes. N sr,~ .Ns
After the streets shall have been
graded and sidewalked, 1t will cause
! the homes to. he terraced, and much
improve appearances. The towns
population lis 500, with q. tributary
| trading population, of 25OO. The
benches and valley are settled up for a
length of 20 miles, and apple orchards
and strawberry patches predominant.
1 Wheat and corn fur home use is raised,
/ and there is grist mill six miles up
Elhe river. Last season Hood River
raised and shipped ST,9eO crates OF
strawberries, which netted 81 y a crate.
i They were shipped early 10 Montana
mining camps, p.lnd iaier on to Denver
/ and 01iaha. : The Hood River straw
berry il Justly famous. This valley
4 raised 20, ,D6O boxes ofApples lastseason,
of which 3,0O0 arc. still held.
fR ,HS6d Riyprs IS Blessed with pure
ii EmAuftair Il ,wsstprlpired over the town.
4 During eight nioAflIs he climate II
delightful and winIef lasts. abEiut foul
tnt0ntifs. Although generally quite
; omen, one Of the past wigter's stofm'
! deposited two feet 'pf snow, and ihs
thermometer regTstered 4 degrees below
4 Zero. sThe aiinual railifali, here is u
inches, ands2O inches at The ,palles
Il Thefffw Il ISIS fAiles east OF. Portland
!, and % west 0f Tie Daltes. Hood Rive
, is.a.tempeEanee town .--4 never had All.
1saioons. t1fThe towns streets are dari
: eAVEBk sNatll AInOltispt hi6"N9t o"e
I river has a. Standing, proposition +
$ furnish electric illuniHatml WhSpeye
! EtheO haiad If mRh will -lends.a han'
.-twittf ffxtfires. -,ss1 -. is.-is.sse ~.
Eor. 40, s4Aiies Up Hood. river fh
; average, BALI Is GO feet per mile, &C
+ coyding to careful eompumtinns made
. tatrG -f4ffs. NJ afford available wateI
: ppwer of Il. 400 bprse power 10 the mils
- Thfs~ I'm ifeilxe!-w,tet power Willrno
= ..aiways-tje. allowed to run TO waste, an
: thereisa presentaprOspecf that In ih
! kupar fOttIlei sonie'of< IL vii be 7nseeE
I lruf the second largest fiGnftpg mill !
stale. Huad Fiver:is rs miles long, an
7 ut its source has made arrangement
/, for an inexhaHstihle supply of Ice an
/. snow, so there is no trouble about I'll
) stream making power while the. su
g sbfHesi- --sv. c.,c. s., ssc-- =
y. 1T would SEEM that i'm the due enuF'
!. lof .nsegtessioai Ilany niautlfacti ia
n enterprises WiH-Hnurish. on. lbe banl
saf -Haaft riF er.-s TkeFe- Is the natar
is'f waller. iowfr, ,-ffie raw material, and u
5. transportation facilities. The Portar
p. market is reached by daily boat, III