The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-01-05


cash trade was better than ever before.
Business in my line has been exceptions
ally good considering that there are now
two furniture stores, Business has in
creased over other years, expect a
better business next summer than we
have ever had"
Davidson Fruit Company: "We
handled 10000 crates Of Strawberries
last season, and distributed about $50.
900 in cash among the farmers. In the
cannery business our work was mostly
experimental. We canned two cars Of
strawberries, and but limited supply
Of other fruits on account of the short
crop. The cannery business has moi
been financial success SO far because
we had no fruit to work upon. But
with plenty Of fruit we expect to make
it SUCCESS. The business is worked
pretty close in California, but as we cah
put up superior quality of fruit that
will sell at higher price we expect tC
make the cannery here profitable to us
and the growers. Our experiments in can.
ming tomatoes were successful, and we
expect TO contract for considerable acre.
reage in tomatoes the coming year. This
will be new industry for Hood River
Our samples we're well received, and i
the farmers can raise the tomatoes we
can can them and make 1t profitable fos
everybody.
"The prospects are that there will be Q
big crop Of strawberries next season.
People in the East are very favorably
impressed with Hood River fruit and VIC
expect good season. While in Denver
asst month commission merchant told
me that he would rather reship Hood
River berries TO distant points than tc
send out local grown berries over "a
hours. This is no small item in favor oi
Hood River berries"
Mt. Hood Stage Co.: "There never
was such a business in the livery line
Two years ago, the firm in the red barn
did all the lysry business with ten
horses. Now it takes two livery stables
with l3 or IA horses each. II the other
| businesses Of the town have increased
accordingly with our line, Hood Rives
is all right"
Geo. T. Prather, U. S. Commissioner
justice of the peace, insurance agent and
uCblSl Al Itul CStftbC. ndNC uOHc very
well in every thing l have handled. In
surance and justice of the peace business
has doubled. Eleven homesteads have
been entered here since May lst, and
ten have made final proof. Real estate
business has increased to over four times
what 1t was last year. ! Imade out oves
$4,000 insurance policies for Hood
River during the year $780,"
j. /, Henderson, Real Estate Empo-
rum; Business has been very fair, es-
pecially during the past month. 1t has
been Just twice as good as last year. Nv
cash receipts for Dec, '98, were 500,
and for Dec, '99, they were $400. Money
is a great deal easier than last year,
There is twice as much money in circu
lation in the valley as last year. The
real estate market is twice as lively as
last Town property has increased ON
an average from 80 to 80 per cent in the
last IL months, while country property
has had steady advance. The activity
in timber lands is very marked over the
whole Pacific coast-perhaps four times
as active as it was year ago. 81.
"At least dozen families have left
Hood River this winter because there
was no place to stop, while others We're
forced to buy to secure a house to live
in. The population of Hood Riker,
think can be safely estimated at 800
people,"
Bone x Mcdonald, general merchan-
disc; Our books show an increase in
business of at least 25 per cent over that
OF last year. The December trade was
big-25 per cent ahead of the receipts
for Dec, '98. Our cash receipts during
the year have been very fair. In June
our cash receipts over the counter were
nearly $4,000. Hood River does great
deal more business than it used to-"
c. A. Bell, Mt. Hood Hotel: "The
hotel business in Hood River has in.
creased considerable. 1t has been n.
very perceptible increase over former
years" -
Lost Lake Lumber Co.: 1--WE estab--
lished our plant here about six months
ago, and haven't as yet gotten fairly
started with our work. Our plant cost
100000, and has capacity of 10000.
feet per hour, or 100000 for q % hour run
We expect to be running at full capacity
by February lst, and to turn out 200
900 feet of lumber in daylight run.
Most of our lumber goes east over the
Q. Il. Il N, Oregon Short Line, and the
Union Pacific railroads. The outlook in
the lumber market is very fair"
VIM. Kennedy, East Side Cannery.,
"on account of a scarcity of fruit and.
vegetables last season, | put up only.
| 800 gallons of canned goods. NV new.
cannery will have capacity OF 500 GAL
Ions per day, and will keep IL or Is.
pealers and packers at work. am
with good success in this line.
and find ready sale for the canned.
fruit and vegetables in the local market,
but expect to arrange for sales in OUT
side markets next year. l am clearing
a 2O-acre tract which will be planted to
corn and peas to supply the cannery. "-.-
Hood River Trading Co.; "Our COM
pany was incorporated in 1899. The Of
fcers are n. G. Evans, president; G. r.
Castner, vice president; E. Il. Savage,
secretary and treasurer, and these, with.
Z. X. Bone,' constitute the board of di-
rectors. The company purchased the
large building formerly occupied by the
Mountain Stage Il Livery Co, and con-
yerted the same into a warehouse.
During 1899 the company manufactured
lb0O0 berry crates, handled large
quantity of fruits and agricultural ma
rhinery.
For the year 1900 the company is arr
ranging to supply fruit crates and pack
ages, and to engage largely in shipping
III kinds OF fruits. 1t will also handle
agricultural implements, especially
Planet lr goods, wagons and vehicles of
Ill kinds. 1t is also arranging to con-
'truct large cold storage and apple
house, fruit evaporator and cider mill
plant"
Our Population, 622. i
The GLACIER has made thorough can
'ass of the town of Hood River, and the.E