The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-08-08
9{ood River Glacier
FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1902.
Crapner District.

couple of pleasant days with the good
people of that neighborhood. ID. S.
Crapper, the pioneer of that section, he
found In feeble health. Mr. Crapper
was 50 years old July 25. He is q man
of robust constitution and never had
much sickness till six weeks ago; since
then he has been troubled with short
ness of breath. Mr.. Crapper has a
well improved farm. He settled upon
it about twenty years ago, when ne
had the pick of the best part of the
valley. Mr.. Crapper now has his farm
for rent. If the right kind of a renter
comes along he will strike a bargain.
He also has about IL acres for sale on
the road south of the school house at
$l1O an acre, with $50 apple trees,
some bearing.
Strawberries are later here than in
the lower valley, but they are very
productive and of fine quality. Three
years ago Mr.. Crapper harvested 1850
crates off Az acres. The farmers OF
this neighborhood are going largely
into the cultivation of strawberries.
q. A. McCurdy's place, adjoining
that of his father-in-law, ID. S. Crapper,
is noted for its fine strawberries. He
has Al acres In berries, and his crop
this year sold for an average price of
$l.93. One acre of five-year-old plants
produced 176 crates. One acre set last
September yielded AZ crates, and some
of them sold for $4 q crate The total
yield. including one acre of young
plants, was SOB crates Mr.. McCurdy
has delightful home surrounded by
stately oaks whose shade Is inviting on
summer day. Mr.. McCurdy's pa
rents, an aged couple, 80 years old, re-
Gently from New Brunswick, make
their home with him. Mr.. McCurdy's
father was q cousin of Frank Petty
grove, who owned the townsite of Port
land and named the city 81 years ago
II. A. Vanausdal, adjoining McCurdy's,
has seven-eighth of an acre in straw.
berries that yielded l29 crates. 7. H.
Hayner, who now owns the Reed
place, has nice little home and is do
ing well with Strawberries.
Next above Mr.. McCurdy's place, on
the road to Davenport's mills, is that
of ]. J. Jordan's. This farm was for.
merly owned by Antoine Wise and is
also noted for its fine fruit. Mr.. Jor-
dan has recently cleared some land on
the hill above his house, where he has
set five acres in apple trees. The soil
here Is loose and the location an ideal
one for an apple orchard. He has the
land between the trees in strawberries,
which are doing we'll without irriga-
CATION. Across the road from Mr., Jor-
dams place is that of J. HI, Gould. Mr..
Gould has 10000 plants, which this
year produced 400 crates of berries. He
also has nice young orchard.
Fred Hertz, machinist for the Dav-
enport Bros. Lumber Co., has a good
piece of land with young orchard
and some berries, but as he works
away from home most of the time, his
place shows the lack of attention.
]. /. Miller, who bought the Charles
Hayner place seven or eight years ago,
is a successful fruit grower. He has
good orchards and big strawberry
patches. This year, in connection
with his own place, he had charge OF
Bob Wright's strawberry patch adjoin.
ing. His strawberry crop averaged
him 81 .85 a crate. Mr.. Miller uses the
following brand on his fruit boxes
"Stumpy Fruit Farm, J...I. Miller &
Co., proprietors His wife and child
rem compose the Go" He claims tC
have 900 apple trees and 1000 stumps
The stumps will be handy to pick fruit
from when the trees grow tall. Mr.
Miller's son Willie broke the record al
a strawberry picker this last season
leaving out the big days work of Lee
Buskirk with the wonderful berries Oh
the Jones place. Willie Miller picked
PA boxes of strawberries in one day
His sisters, Jennie and Maud, for sew
eral seasons were champions at straw
berry picking, but this season their Is
year-old brother distanced them. Mr.
Miller has good farm, good home
intelligent and industrious children
and is we'll satisfi ID with his lot.
r. B. Lindsay's farm adjoins Mr.
Miller on the north. 1t is one of thu
best places in the neighborhood, will
good buildings and an orchard, bu
Mr.. Lindsay hasn't gone extensively
into strawberry growing.
Jack Binns has a well improved
place, with good orchards and straw
berry fields. His strawberry crop aver
aged him $l.sO a crate this year. A. ]
Rogers has a small tract adjoining
Binns on which he has made good i'm
provements. He has nice younl
strawberry patch that will bring hin
snug sum of money next year.
Attorney A. A, Jayne's farm is il
this locality. He has thrifty younl
orchard, some of the trees in which ar
bearing. His strawberries averages
$l.S5 a crate. He also will go largel,
into the cultivation of Strawberries
knowing that there is good money il
the business in his locality, Mr.. Jayn
has several hundred acres under hi
control which he will fence, and h
will then have a good stock pasture.
G. A. Leaning is cultivating a ME
young orchard and several acres II
Strawberries. He is worker and vii
some day have as productive and de