The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-07-28
Pleased with His Mountain Farm.

George ID. Culbertson was brushing
up his rifle Tuesday morning, before
leaving for his homestead on the noun
tains to the east OF the Mount Hood
settlement. There are occasional bears
TO be seen in that neighborhood, and as
the berries are plentiful about his place
and bears like fruit, you know, the edi-
tor will keep on the watch for the next
few days for mess Of juicy bear meat.
Mr. Culbertson moved out to his
ranch about three weeks ago. Since
then he has been spending his time
between his office in the city and the
ranch. His homestead is situated II
miles up the valley, on Indian creek,
the western branch of Mosier creek
His brother-in-law, Major Booth, owns
an adjoining claim situated on Cougar
creek. Both streams have very signih-
cant names, but Mrs. Booth, with Miss
May Perry for companion, does not
mind staying alone in their mountain
home with the nearest neighbor three
miles or more distant.
"Edgwood" is the name Mrs, Cul-
bertson has given the farm, Their
cabin stands at the edge of u fir wood
and large patch OF mountain maple
hence the name. Forest fires of 80 or
100 years ago destroyed the underbrush
on the mountainside, says Mr. Culbert-
son, and the country thereabouts pre-
sents now the appearance of park,
The air there is cool and pleasant on
the warmest days, Mr.. Culbertson
says he has spent many weeks at the
coast but never found anything there TO
compare with the attractiveness of the
mountains for an ideal summer home
The only thing to bother Mr.. Culberr
son are the sheep and cattle men whu
persist in driving their herds over his
lands and camping on the streams thai
supply his house with water. This sec
tion Of the country has been used 10y
the herders for years and they have
come to regard the lands as their own.
The cattle and sheep come from farms
south Of The Dalles. MIR. Culbettson
says he has posted trespass notices, and
with his neighbors, he proposes to
resort to legal steps il necessary, to
abate the nuisance.
Mr.. Culbertson believes he can raise
apples on his place. The altitude, about
$500 feet, he thinks is too high for 'hr
late varieties of apples to mature, bu,
as George Ireland, who has an orchard
nearby, finds that varieties like the
Gravenstein, King of Tompkins county
and the Famous grow nicely, he thinks
of setting out small orchard himself
Mrs, Mary Booth, Philip Sharpof The
Dalles and Q. +. Day went out with
Mr.. Culbertson Tuesday. Next week
he expects a brother from Texas, John
NJ, Culbertson, who is now superinten.
dent for the Santa Fe railway at Fort
Worth, and wh1 intends coming to
Oregon to rusticate for his health.
A picture was framed at Bartmess'
store this week for Miss Carrie Byerlee,
the picture being group of individual
photographs of the June graduating
class OF the Oregon Agricultural college
at Corvallis, of which Miss Byerlee is
a member. The picture showed fine
lot Of Oregon's bright and sturdy young
men and women, In the group are the
three first graduates of the Corvallis
college from Hood River, Miss Carrie
Byerlee, Meigs Bartmess and Ernst
Hendricks.
The Oregon Lumber Co. mad pile
driver at work at the mouth of Hood
River, Sunday, putting in additional
piping for another log boom, Monday
the boom sticks were placed in position |
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