The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-06-11
Hood River Glacier
THURSDAY, JUNE IL, 1908.
Gives Hood River Liberal Mention.


''Restful Recreation Resorts" is TIN
title of a recent booklet published b,
the general passenger department OF tn
0. r. q N. 1t gives brief descriptions o
trips up and down the Columbia river
to the mountains, beaches and inlant
resorts, and contains some Of the bes
half tone work ever done in Portland
The material and artistic makeup of tn,
pamphlet is the work of r. NJ. Hall
publicity promoter and advertising agen
for the o. r. & N. The reading matte
has been carefully prepared and wei
written, and the grouping of views very
nicely DONE
Six pages are devoted to Hood River
a genealogical paradise" Among the
illustrations appear the DEVILS punch
bowl, peep at Hood River, the beauti
ful oaks and Columbia river, typica
strawberry field, views on the road tc
Mount Hood, Trout lake and Mount
Adams, the Country Club Inn, Mount
Hood, Cloud Cap Inn, the snow fields
and glaciers. Three more pages describe
a trip to Mount Hood.
The descriptive matter on Hood River
is as follows:
Centered in delightful and charming sur
roundings, siXty-six miles east of Portland,
on the line of the Oregon Railroad and Nav
igation company, nestes the prosperous and
enterprising little town of Hood River, the
mart of the famous fruit valley of the same
name. The climate Is ideal the year
round, the rigors of winter and the extremes
of summer being unknown.
For scenic charms few spots equal II, and 1t
is rapidly coming to the front as the popular
summer resort of the Upper Columbia river,
rest and quiet life with pure and
exhilerating mountain air. In the
foreground is the majestic Columbia;
across the river, In Washington, towering
high above the other nearby peaks, is snow
crowned Mount Adams, l2,470 feet high. In
the opposite direction, to the south q miles,
is Mount Hood, perpetually covered with
snow, rearing its head heavenward ii ,225 feet
and forming a picturesque background to
the valley. And on the east and west are the
forest-covered foothills of the Cascades
A climb up through Hood River along
streets shaded with beautiful and wide
spreading oak trees, TO secure a view of the
productive belt, is well worth all the effort.
Nature has designed but few such scenes. The
panorama of river and valley, mountain, Held
and forest, together with hundreds of well
kent fruit farms, delights the eye. For 20
miles the fertile tract stretches to the south,
with an average width OF hve miles, making
an area of 100 square miles or $1,000 acres, of
which $1,000 are tillable. Having its source at
the base of Mount Hood, the stream OF Hood
river, ice cold, winds Its way through the
valley, furnishing water for irrigating pur-
poses the entire distance, and emptying into
The Columbia Just above the town.
There is scarcely town between the Pacific
ocean and the Missouri river, north of Arkan-
sas and Colorado, that Is not a consumer of
Hood River Strawberries, when a supply Is
obtainable, and from the town In 1902 over
100 car loads were shipped, yielding the pro-
ducers $4,000. During the picking season the
town and valley fairly hum with business.
Indians from the reservation bring their tents
and stay for weeks, the lazy braves lying in
the shade, while their faithful squaws, with
little red-fuced and sunbuned papooses on
their back labor i'm the fields. Scores of white
pickers are also employed, many in this man
ner spending their vacation.
The accommodations at Hood River are
frst-cass and by next season the new $4,000
inn now under course of construction will be
a still greater inducement TO rest hunters and
pleasure seekers.
There are dozens of side trips from the town
TO be taken at a very light expense. Among
these Is that of the" Devils Punch Bowl. reach
ed by a charming twelve-mile drive along
shaded mountain road. The falls In Hood
river are also interesting places, and are
reached after a short drive through the pros
porous fruit valley.
Those who do not care to live at the hotels
and boarding houses will find outdoor tent
life at Hood River genuine enjoyment. The
high and grassy bluffs overlooking the 20
Iumbid, shaded by beautiful forest trees offer
inducements i'm this manner found nowhere
else in Oregon.