The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-08-22

spring flows 40 inches of water. Mr..
Davis fiAds sheep profitable; hehas a
small band that he will add to until he
has 200. L. T. Folis, on Mrs. George
Booths place, has quite an orchard Of
different varieties of fruit; has Al acres
in young strawberry plants; S acres in
clover, not irrigated, from which he
harvested 10 tons Of hay this season. he
has some strawberry plants that did
well without water.
Roswell Shelley has leased ground of
the OdelI school district, is erecting a
store building and will open outa stock
of goods In a few days With the store,
the school house, the Union church,
and the numerous dwellings near, this
point will soon assume the dignity of a
town and will need a name. The Gla-
cier man was asked to give the
embryo town name. He could
think of no more appropriate name
than 0dell, thename the neighborhood
has been known by for 40 years. tt
could be named after no better man
than William 0dell, for no better man
ever lived in Hood River valley. Pro-
fessor Brown Of Dufur has been made
principal of the Odell school. The as
sstant teacher has not yet been selected.
B. T. Young, the well-known horse
dealer, has 20 acres aud a good home
adjoining the Union church grounds.
J. r. Crosby, across the road, has 80
acres Of bis home place and Is acres be-
sides. He has neat dwelling house,
300 apple trees, and l2acres In meadow.
Mrs. E. Billen has 40 acres all cleared,
upon which she has recently moved,
with the family OF her son-in-law,
Thomas Lacey. Mrs Billen is erecting
an $500 dwelling house. c. Nicholson.
the welI-known carpenter and builder,
is doing the work, which is guarantee
of good work, G. W. Lafferty, who
bought the Baird place, has 80 acres
and 400 bearing apple trees.
William Ehrck, now one of the old.
est settlers in the Odell neighborhood,
has fine farm and good orchard.
He received a gold medal for apples ex
hibiled at the Pan-Ameriean exposi-
ton. Alfred Wood has l60 acres, so of
which he recently bargained 70 sell to
William Kennedy. Mr.. Wood has 25
acres cleared, a young orchard and so
bearing trees, He grows one crop of
clover without irrigation. On one-half
acre he this year harvested, he thinks,
about two tons of clover hay. Simpson
Copple, who has farmed his place IA
years, has 100 acres, 700 bearing apple
trees, 1900 young apple trees, and good
meadow and garden land. He has
good Improvements aud a good home.
c. A. Wyman has home-like place.
He had 80 acres but has sold off and To-
Gated three families, until now his farm
contains but 20 acres. He has a good
orchard and good hay land. Mr.. Wy
man is an elder In the Seventh Day
Adventist church. He was instru-
mental, as much as any man, in build
ing the Union church ut Odell, in
which he delivers sermon twice
month. Mr.. Wyman is a well-in-
formed man; he is an inventor Of no
mean pretensions. When young
man he started to learn the printers
trade, and while engaged setting type,
formulated in his mind the type-setting
machine on nearly the same lines
worked out by Merganthaler. At tpres.
ent he is engaged in constructing brick
making machines of his own invention.
He recently set up brick machine at
Milwaukee, and another at Vancouver
that makes ii 900 bricks in hours
with one horse power. He made the
machine that L. D Beyed has used for
the past two years.
Dawes Divers has Is acres, with good
Improvements and young orchard.
Mr.. Divers was n years old February 9
last and is pne of the Oldest settlers IN
the valley. He was born in Virginia,
where be married, and in lS43 moved
to Missouri, and crossed the plains to
Oregon in 1852 He came to Hood
River from Clackamas county, arriving
here August |, 1882, and located on
what has since been known as the Div
ers ranch, now owned by Judge George
T. Prather Upon his arrival in the
valley he had wife and four children,
two yoke. of cattle, two cows aird $27 so
In cash. Potatoes were 81 a bushel;
other farm products were held at pro-
portionate prices, At that time the
settlers here were Nathaniel Coe, Jen-
kins aud Phelps on the West Side, and
Benson, John Stanley, d. A. Turner.
William 0dell, Harrison and Hardin
Corum on the East Side Mr.. Divers
wife died four years ago, bis children
bad grown qp and left the farm, and
about two years ago he sold the farm
TO Judge Prather and bought the ID
acres on which he now makes his
home and enjoys life In cultivating and
improving The increase in the value
OF his land represented his savings of a
lifetime, and when lie sold to Judge
Pratier for 81 900, about two years ago
his work for 10 years amounted to Sic
year.
Milton Odell, son of the late Will.
lam 0dell, has 10 acres of good land
Is acres cleared, with q small orchard
He will set acres to orchard this fall
or next spring. He will also set two
acres to strawberries. A fine sprinp ON