The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-07-04
1@tood River Glacisr
Ont al Tucker.
FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1902.

Vul Ut luChtIs
The Glacier junior accepted an inyl-
tation Sunday to spend the day with
Joe Wilson, at his fruit ranch four miles
south OF town. Mr.. Wilson is right
good entertainer and will find us coming
out that way again. After showing us
around the country, Mr. Wilson demon
strated bis abilities il the culinary art
and set out feast fit for Epicurus him
self. What Joe doesn't know about the
fine points Of cooking isn't worth
knowing.
The Joseph A. Wilson 80-acre fruit
ranch, four miles south OF town, is one
of the best pieces Of land in Hood River
valley. The land has south and east
slope, lies protected from heavy winds,
and is several days earlier than land on
the hill quarter of mile distant. The
soil is a white clay, which, under culti-
yation, retains an abundance Of moist
ure throughout the dry season. There
are several permanent springs on the
tract, and being situated but few hum
dred yards below the big ditch the soil
has the benefit Of the seepage. On 90
acres Of the place there isn't a rock.
Light timber, easily removed covers the
uncultivated portion. About 10 acres
are now in cultivation, and perhaps less
than 10 acres are rendered nontillable
by the stream Of Hood river. There are
between 700 and 800 five-year-old winte
apple trees on the farm, three acres in
strawberries and the rest Of the cult.
waited land in clover and garden. Mr..
Wilson has as well-kept and thrifty an
orchard as is to be found in the valley.
He is thorough cultivator and persist
ent sprayer--the kind OF fruitgrower
bound to become rich. The chief var
ieties in his orchard are the Baldwin,
Spitzenberg, Ben Davis and Wealthy.
From this orchard Mr.. Wilson will be
reaping a. small fortune in a few years.
He refused last week cash offer for
his farm Of $1,000.
Adjoining Mr. Wilson on the west is
William Davidson's fruit farm OF 43
acres. Mr.. Davidson is another Of Hood
Rivers many successful fruitgrowers
and has a thriving orchard of Ben Davis
and Baldwins that bear heavily each
year, and are big pay. The place pro-
duces early fruit, and Mr.. Davidson has
successfully produced large crops OF
strawberries from the same land for
nine years. From a half acre of two
year-old plants Mr.. Davidson gathered
this season l09 crates, which will net
him over 50 a crate. He has several
acres in clover and alfalfa, which yield
abundantly each year
South Of Mr.. Davidson, Theodore
Smith will soon have valuable fruit
farm of winter apples and strawberries.
His land lies under the hill and being
protected from the winds is quite early.
Next to Mr.. Smith is the B. Il. Tucker
farm and orchard. Mr. Tucker has a
large number OF the Yellow Newtown
apples. His trees are very productive
and produced last fall some of the finest
apples in the valley. One Of his Vel
low Newtowns weighed Is ounces. Mr..
Tucker won a number of medals at both
the Buffalo and Charleston eXpositions,
Northeast Of Wilson's place is the r,
Pealer farm now in charge OF his son
Milton. Milton has done some hard
work on the farm in the last two years,
and will soon have things in shape to
take it easy and enjoy go3d-sized in
come. He has 20 acres in clover, which
will yield this year so tons " hay. Last
Saturday he sold 80 tons of his clover
hay in the field at $40 a ton. His mother
Mrs. r. Pealer is raising choice lot OF
Pekin ducks, which she will fatten for
the holiday trade.
At the site of the old Tucker mill
things are again assuming busy air,
The recently organized Tucker Power
company is putting in sawmill where
the old one stood. This will will have
capacity Of 35, 900 feet of lumber a day
and will be operated chiefly to supply
the material for the construction of the
various enterprises to be established by
the company, The power house for the
generation Of electricity will be placed
just below the county bridge spanning
Hood river The electric dynamos to
be installed in the power house will be
operated by a 40-foot fall of water from
hume 1000 feet long and 20 feet wide.
The water from this flume will exert a
force of |, 900 horsepower, and by increas-
ing the size of the flume this power may
be increased two or three times. The
cost of the flume will amount to $4,000
The company will make immediate use
of only rs horsepower for the operation
of the Touring mill, which the company
will build in town, and expect to have
in operation by the middle of winter
This Touring mill will have daily cap.
acity of 100 barrels of flour, and will be
an enterprise for Hood River of no small
magnitude Ii there is demand for il
the company will put in appliances fol
furnishing electric lights and motor
power, or will pump water from HOOD
river for irrigating purposes, The in
corporators OF the Tucker Power com.
pany are B. r. Tucker and W. A. Sling
erland of Hood River; j. j. Crofut, q
W. Long and |. IL Bingham of Portland
Knew a Good Thing When He Saw 1t
While on the Southern Pacific trair
on his way to Irving to attend the U. B
conference there, S. f. Bartmess hearC
the news agent advertising his fruit by
calling out "Hood River cherries" p" Mr.
Bartmess said TO him, "How abou
Hood River fruit2 I've heard a grea
deal about It," The fruit agent replied
by giving Mr.. Bartmess handful o
tittfito ullNl lllSi ~ 10 bllt VI Wv
finest fruit sections in the world
Peaches, pears, prunes, apples, straw
berries grow to perfection there. Herr
is a sample of cherries, and he pointeC
to basket of delicious Royal Ann
undoubtedly a willamette valle,
product for it was too early for our cher
ries That's right, wade in partner,
said Mr.. Bartmess, 'you can't put it to'
strong I've lived there II years anC
know YOU are telling the truth about tn,
excellent fruit of Hood River valley
I'm glad 70 hear you tell about it.
Here, take one on me, said the agent
''you men up there ought to pay me /
salary for advertising your fruit.
good many people hear OF your plac
through mt" And he went on will
that familiar call, Hood River fruit.
MIR. Bartmess thinks the fruit shipper
ought to be willing to give him a tip
The agents name is A. Delashment Q
Portland, care OF the Southern PaCiti
company.
Crapper Groupings.
\ rain Tuesday night and Wednesda,
morning did much toward improvin
the looks OF crops and LAYING the dust
bpt r,apv TONS of hav lvipy On IN