The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-02-21
3{ood River Glacier
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY q, 1902.



publications of the kind ever issued in
Eastern Oregon. Being devoted to the
interests Of Sherman, Wasco and Crook
counties, its illustrations and write-up
OF these sections are good and well
printed. Hood River is not overlooked.
Pictures of our three churches, the pub
lie school house and general view Of
the town appear, a directory Of the city
officials, churches and societies is given,
and the following pen sketch, by John
II. CradI ,baugh-none other could have
painted such glowing and withal
truthful picture Of Hood River:
With the exception Of The Dalles,
Hood River is the largest and most i'm
portant townont Che line Of the o. II. &
N. between Portland and Pendleton,
and it is, next to The Dalles, the most
important town in Wasco county. 1t ISL
beautifully located on a gently sloping
hillside. In front flows the majestic
Columbia, mile wide, and directly OPP
posite the town on the Washington side
the White Salmon, a foaming mountain
torrent, pours its restless flood down
from the rugged sides Of Mount Adams
to Join the "0regon" in its resistless
sweep to the sea. Back OF the town, soon
to be part of it, rises rather steeply a
timber-covered hill to the height OF per
haps 300 feet. The town cuddles under
the hill among magnificent oak trees,
the pride and glory Of the place, like an
infant against its mothers breast. Ihe
residence portion is simply beautiful.
There is an abundance Of sater for irrl-
eating purposes, and the lawns are mar
yels Of velvet yerdure. In the spring
there is bloom of cherry, andpeach, and
plum, delight to the eye, and the soft
spring air is drowsy with the sweet per-
fume. And then the fowersl Roses
anu roses and roses, pansies and vlolets,
hyacinths, geraniums, flowers every
where, and everywhere else. The de"
lighted eyes take in the grand canyon
of the Columbia, its mile wide stretch OF
LIQUID amethyst, the terraced hills, the
sturdy basaltic columns and, rising over
all the grand white dome Of Mount Ad'
ans. Truly, here is a garden OF de-
light" ''rest for the weary" a vision
by day; dream Of Eden's first few
perfect days, before the gates were
closed and man was told to "keep
off the grass" We think some-
times section Of the old Garden
got away and hoated out on the food to
land at Hood River.
II is town of beautiful homes, its
buildings being such as would be cred
it to any city. And then those oaks,
the big, sturdy fellows, with their gray
and grizzly bark, their spreading limbs,
and their air Of independence and lndi-
viduality;t ;they are simply indescribable,
unless, indeed, the spirit Of the immor-
tai Goldsmith might descend upon us
for month or two. Besides its beau
ties, Hood River is a thorough business
town. 1t shipped in 1899 1000, 600
pounds of strawberries to tickle the
tongues of the miners of Montana and
Colorado. the stockmen of Wyoming and
Utah, and even the busy throngs OF
Kansas City, st. Paul and other Eastern
cities. Think of i'll One million pounds
of crimson lusciousness with gold epau-
lettes on it A thousand thousand pounds
OF vermillion iuiciness five hundred tons
of red delight, tiecked with gold, and all
to be eaten with teaspoon How many
q red lip hast thou caused to ope', Oh
Hood River How many pairs OF eyes
blue or gray or black or brown, hast
thou caused to smile into other eyes un
to the undoing Of pocketbooks and souls
How many wedding ring hast beer
suggested by thy CLEANS of yellow
Alas thy sins we fear are many, bu
You're worth it. But to business
Hood River business. 1t has a sawmil
with a capacity of 100000 feet per day, {
good hotel and two restaurants to keel
Il steady and lunch counter to holC
them down; two livery stables, banl
and a newspaper to balance each other
five general merchandise stores, three
doctors and two drug stores and TIVE
undertaking establishments (accordine
to Hoyle), two furniture stores, TIVE
butcher shops, a shoe store, two grocer
les, clothing store, two saloons, thret
lawyers and billiard hall (anothe
happy combination); two racket stores
hardware, photograph, queensware, sta
tionery and two tin establishments
two blacksmiths, two real estate office
and four millinery stores, jewelry store
laundries, shoe and harness shops, bo,
factory, two commission houses, bakery
warehouse, wholesale feed and grain
fruit canning establishment, painters
teachers of music and elocution, carpen
ters, builders, fruit growers union
Jim Langille, ferry, a mayor, a cit
council, and hundreds OF other goot
things too numerous to mention here
In the summer a daily stage runs t
Cloud Cap Inn, 2S miles away, This
one of the most delightful drives and dc
lightful places to visit in Oregon, or any
where else Situated on the top OF
high ridge fronting the glacier, which
only few hundred yards away, the bi
building, shaped like three sides OF a
octagon, and built of hewn silver fir log
makes you feel at home as soon as yo
see it. Mount Hood looms up above yo
bigger and grander than it seems poss
BILE ior it to be, when it is remembers
that YOU are within 4 800 feet of its sun
nit. You are hungry, OF course, on a
riving; as hungry as an S-year old DO.
But Mrs. Langille, who has had charge
the house for years, soon attends to tina
The dining room opens on three side
with big Dutch windows throug
which you can see all over the eartl
and get glimpse or two of heaven. An
then comes night and the big, open fir
place, with a hearth such as good oil
Queen Anne delighted to toast her roy'
shins on From here the ascent of tt
mountain is easy But to get down
earth. Hood River hasan electric plan
run by water power. The river itse
has three branches, one rising in Lo
Lake, the other two coming from ti
glacier. 1t has a fall of 20 feet TO Il
mile forthe 10 miles below the joinir
of its branches, and furnishes unlmitC
and easily controlled water power. /
waters haye been taken out and the va
ley is now well supplied with ditch
and water for irrigation.
The large holdings are being rapid
cut up, and there are hundreds of fl
and ten acre farms devoted TO berry al
fruit raising To sach an extent Is III
that the valley looks with its neat reside
ces more like the suburbs OF large CT
than like a real farming communit
The valley has the best pastoral roa
in the world, good winter or SUNNI
and for either bikes or teams. You
orchards are rapidly cominc'into bes
ing, and Hood River fruit is becomi
famous from ocean 10 ocean. 1t to
the cake on strawberries at Buffalo
competition with berries grown Ea
despite the long journey in the car
1t took sixteen prizes for apples a
fruit and didn't half try and it set
Eastern fruit growers talking by eXhi