The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-05-07
Mrs. Weatherred Talks GU Hood River.

Among the visitors to Hood River
the past week was Edyth Tozier Wealth
erred. arriving here Saturday after a
successful week organizing Lewis and
Clark woman clubs in Eastern Oregon.
Mrs. Weatherred declares that she is
"daffy" on the Hood River country.
She stated that aftef having visited
every nook and corner of the United
States, and spending a season in what
is thought TO be the most picturesque
and resourceful of places, she can truth
fully say that Hood River certainly far
surpasses in every respect any other To-
caity OH the globe.
"Here is the most delightful and in
vigorating climate in the world, with
diversified resources and attractions
that no other locality can possibly af-
ford. Why, look out upon that lordly
Columbia with its towering, craggy
peaks and those majestic snOw-capped
mountains, " said Mrs. Weatherred. 81
was never happy until | possessed a
home in this valley, and now that
have one, am endeavoring to persuade
all my friends to seek a lodge for
summer home among the galleries of
the gods. You citizens little realize
the marvellous future OF this little val
ley. You little realize the greatness of
this nook rs the coming popular sum
mer and winter resort.
As Ella Wheeler Wilcox passed
through here not long ago she re-
marked that there was no spot in all
Europe so favorably situated as Hood
River. A year from this summer Mrs.
Wilcox expects to spend week with
me ont at my mountain home. Dur
ing the summer of 1905, party of
prominent women journalists from the
East will hold business session at my
ranch. There will be about 30, and
they will arrive in a private car. Since
this has been decided upon | have re-
ceiyed several letters asking me to send
pictures of the place"
Mrs. Weatherred in her conversation
stated that she not only Intended to
have pleasure out of her mountain
home, but also intended the country
to receive some advertising from the
visiting journalists. Many articles on
Hood River have appeared in lead
ing Eastern papers from the pen of Mrs.
Weatherred. The one entitled, "a
Snow Storm Of Apple Blossoms" which
appeared in the New York CONNER
cial last summer, was widely copied in
other papers.
"One condition which deeply inn
presses me about this valley" said Mrs.
Weatherred, "is the educated, cultured,
refined and progressive class of people
with which it is settled. With your
advanced school facilities, the free
rural mail delivery, telephone system
and other modern conveniences-siX
through passenger trains daily, daily
boat service, immense water power, the
richest soil in the world, all that eli
matte conditions can favorably produce,
a natural panorama of sublime grand
eur, and in fact with all of the blessings
of heaven so abundantly bestowed, |
am reminded of remark made by
Henry Ward Beecher when he went by
boat up the scenic Columbia. He
didn't see how any one with good sense
and sound mind could keep from going
crazy over such picture"
Mrs. Weatherred has homestead
at Winans, about IA miles up Hood
river. She expects to return sometime
next week to organize woman's
Lewis and Clark club in Hood River.