The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-06-25

George D. Culbertson & company have
the copy in the hands of E. R. Bradley,
the job printer, for publishing 20-page
booklet descriptive of property listed
with this enterprising real estate firm,
and will also contain a write up of the
valley with its resources, etc. The book
will be profusely illustrated with care
fully selected half tones showing typical
Hood River fruit scenes, farm houses,
apple orchards and strawberry fields.
Copies OF the book will be distributed
throughout the East to people inquiring
after literature on Oregon, and will be
put into the hands of VIM. Westerlund
and company, of Chicago, land and i'm
migration agents of the Hartman lines,
who are Eastern representatives of the
Hood River real estate firm of George
D. Culbertson & company.
j. H. Hoover of Elk City, Oklahoma,
arrived in Hood River last week with
the determination to make this his home.
Mr.. Hoover spent four months in the
valley last summer, and concluded then
there is no place like Oregon, and Hood
River in particular. Mr.. Hoover is
newspaper man, and in partnership with
| his father he published a paper in Elk
City, a town OF 1900 population. There
is too much sand in Oklahoma for Mr..
Hoover, so he has sold out to his father
and come to Hood River to enter the
strawberry business. Other Oklahoma
people are coming to Hood River as soon
as they can sell out, and Mr.. Hoover
says he thinks his father will be persua-
ded to come by next fall. Mr.. Hoover is
related to f. G. Church at Belmont, and
to the Sproat Bros. on the East Side.
A copy of the proceedings of the 10th
annual convention of the Northwest
Fruit Growers association has reached
the Glaciers desk. Nearly the whole of
the ~ pages are devoted to papers read
by different members of the association.
"Pomology" is the title of an able and
interesting paper by Hon. E. L. Smith
of Hood River, which the Glacier will be
glad to print as soon as space will allow
| It. The last meeting of the Northwest
Fruit Growers association was held at
Spokane, in February OF the present
year, while the next meeting occurs at
Portland, the date yet to be set.
The Sunnyslde lodge, Woodmen of the
| World, enjoyed an excursion to Hood
River last S lnday from Portland. About
400 visitors arrived on a special train of
six cars at noon, and returned at 5
O'Clock in the afternoon. The excursion
lists strolled among the oaks, picnicked
in shady hooks about town and in the
afternoon congregated on the hill TO see
the ball game with the Hood River
nine. 1t was the general impression
before the game that the visitors would
win, but the score told the story of to
4 for Hood River.
Frank Chandler presented the Glacier
with sample boxes of strawberries and
gooseberries from his farm on the hill,
recently purchased from Jerome Wells.
The gOoseberries are as fine as any We
have ever seen and are free from worms
The strawberries are just coming into
bearing, and he says the vines on his
one-eighth Of an acre are hanging full Of
green berries. His apple orchard is
bearing full, and his oats and potatoes
are doing finely, all without irrigation.
John Leland Henderson, of the Real
Estate Emporium, sold last week the
Searls house and two lots in the Barrett
Sipma addition to Frank p. Brown, con-
sideration $1,000. Mr.. and Mrs. Brown
are here from Els River, Minnesota,
with the intention Of making Hood River
their permanent home. Mr.. Brown was
formerly sheriff of his home county.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. +. Maloy moved down
from The Dalles last week and went out
TO Parkertown, where they viii run the
boarding house for the Davenport mill
hands.