The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1899-12-15


Crowell, Geo P--General merchandise.
Cole, w B-Confectionarie and tobacco.
Davenport Bros Lumber Coz Daven-
port, manager.
Dallas & Spangler-Hardware, stoves
and tinware.
Davidson Fruit Co-H F Davidson and
A p Bateham-Fruit cannery, box fac
tory, agricultural implements and
shippers Of fruit.
Denzer, L E-Carpenter.
Express 0ffice-J Bagley, agent.
Everhart, Herman-Groceries and feed
Evans & Russell-Barbers.
Fewel, r E-Billiard rooms.
Gerdes, J H-Restaurant and bakery.
Graham, Wm-Ice dealer and carpenter.
Gregory, w S-Agent for K L Sabin.
Henderson, J Attorney and real
estate dealer.
Hood River Frnit Growers Union-G j
Gessling, secretary-Shippers OF fruit.
Hood River Improvement Coz Daven-
port, president.
Hood River Trading Co-E L Savage, N
C Evans, G K Bone and q r Cashier
Real estate, agricultural implements
and shipping agents.
Hood River Townsite Co-E l. Smith,
president.
Hullt, John-Harness and bicycle repair
Hunt, J B-Painter.
Howell, r H-Carpenter.
Howe, Mrs F-Boarding house.
jackson, + E-Racket store and feed.
Knapp, S A-Boots and shoes, clothing
and millinery.
Kent, T B-Attorney ut law
LaFrance, S J-Books, stationery and
notions.
Lost Lake Lumber Cop s Davidson
sr, manager.
Lane, F-Landscape painter
Mountain Stage and Livery Col II
Dukes, ] II Ferguson and + J Wright
Mt Hood Stage & Livery Col J Luckey
I'D Langille and Bert Stranahan.
Mercer, Mrs n J-Restaurant.
Nickelsen, ] R-Blacksmith shop.
OR& N Depot Bagley, agent.
Prather, Geo T-Justice of the Peace
U S commissioner and real estate.
Pickard, + H-Painter,
Rand & Stewgrt--General merchandise
Riggs, Chas-Photographer.
Rood, E L-Painter.
SneFfll, E-r uIAlGulS VIM Nool9 eiie
windows.
Shaw, NJ Physician and surgeon.
Stranahan, 0 L-Carpenter.
Telephone-G f Williams, manager.
Tempel, Chas-Watches and jewelry.
Thompson, Mrs Wm--Boarding house
Yields, C-Shoemaker
Williams & Brosius-Hood River Phar
macy.
Watt, ] Physician and surgeon.
Yates, VIM M-Postmaster.
HooD RIVER VALLEY.
Its northern boundary is the Colum
bia river; its eastern high spur O
divide putting out from Mount Hood
1000 feet or more in height, admirabl,
protecting the valley from cold winds il
winter and the hot, destructive wind
in summer that come from the east; it
western boundary the timbered slope
of the Cascade range, while the broa'
base Of Mt. Hood completely blocks tn
valley to the south. The arabic portiol
, of the valley is some twenty miles il
, length by an average width of five miles
or "a 900 acres. Deduct $4,000 acres TO
bluffs and tracts too rough for cultiva
ton, and we have $4,000 acres suitabl
for tillage. Hood river receives all tn
drainage of the north and east side {
: Mt. Hood, and the melting SHOWS {
summer maintain large and constan
flow OF water. The river has descen
of over 60 feet to the mile, and q cans
eight miles in length would direct an
portion of its waters to the brow of th
plateau just above the village and 30
feet above the railway line.
At the present time all the arabl
lands on tie west side of Hood rive
have irrigation facilities, and q goo
commencement has been made on a
irrigation ditch on the east side of th
! valley that will cover $4,000 acres. In
/, brief time there will not be q ten-aci
tract in all this district but what ma
have its running brook, its fragrar
/, meadow
!, The country adjacent to the uppt
' reaches OF Hood river is covered wit
forest growth, and the timber adjacel
;. to the river has been estimated as hig
as a billion of feet.
Last year were shipped some 37,0(
. CIblGss VI ONtI OllC hiiiiAVA pOAllNlS
8 strawberries, which went to Omaha, S
Paul, Duluth, Denver, Salt Lake al
other markets. There are also abol
10000 standard fruit trees, largely a
pies, in orchard form.
e Such, in brief, are some OF the cha
e acteristics of Hood River Valley; b.
n apart from these it has an aesthetic vail
r. that should not be overlooked. He
# beauty and sublimity are added
: wealth of forest and soil. The clima
n is most salubrious, the air luxury
~ breathe, The western breezes come fr
e grant with the odors of the pines al
, frs of hundred miles of forest, al
nowhere does the glorious sunlight lea
warmer blush on fruit and flower thi
in this mountain vale. Ascend to L
n level of the plateau Just above the V
lage and objects of physical grande
e are everywhere about, To the south,
Il beautiful and seemingly so near, ris
le the graceful immaculate shaft, Mt, Hoo
q that all Oregonians love, To the mort
,r Adams rears its bulky form mo
" than 10000 feet above the sea, sovereil
of all the lesser peaks from Shasta
Rainier, while at their very feet flow
ceasless measures the garnered waters
an empire. Modest and plain o
5, homes, but grand and Incompatible o
. surroundings.
= The fruit products are not limited