The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-03
RESPONDENCE.
ODELL.

ODELL.
beg leave to copy the following
from the Albany Herald:
. The newspaper men zen, returning Ming, nom Hood
that enterprIslng section and its fine apples
on display during the editorial convention.
Several papers very properly observe that
any part OF the willamette valley can pro-
duce apples as good a. those OF Hood River.
The trouble Is that at Hood River everybody
sprays and the orchards are well cared for,
while In the valley hereabouts II IL the excep-
the wormy apples. The moral Is plain
enough
The fact Of the matter Is that the
foregoing clipping is not only mislead-
ing but untrue, and no intelligent hor-
tlcHltnrlst would dare risk his reputa-
tlon on such statement, To Illustrate: ::
Recently the writer was at Vancouver,
WASH, and In company with O Mis-
souri, friend drove out to Fruit valley
near Vancouver, where the country IL
covered with prune orchards. While
driving along my friend, who had
visited Hood River, asked why these
people did not raise apples instead Of
prunes. My reply was that they could
not produce a good apple 80 on in-
spectlng a prune dryer and Its stock, |
asked the owner, q man from Maine,
If he could produce the Spltzenberg,
His answer came quick and positive,
tNo, II Ia impossible 10 grow Spitzen-
berg here. There Is 30 much moisture
that the worms will breed faster than
you can extingulsh them, besides the
climate otherwise will not put the
color on them nor furnish the keeping
qualities"
The prevailing price for the Hood
River apple should forever set at rest
all controversy concerning the quality
OF our peerless apples. The Willamette
valley could improve on their present
quality Of apples, hut never In a thous-
and years can they compete with the
Hood River product,
The members Of the Independent
Order OF Odd Fellows are planning TO
build o hall at 0dell. We heartily
welcome such move, and only hope
they will succeed such an enterprise
will add another link to the chain of
prosperity Of Odell district. The pres
ent ball was not intended for public
use, and the only motive the owner of
1t had 10 suggesting conference With
members of the lodge was that public
hall seemed necessity, II can, how
ever, be put to more satisfactory use,
and the new one will be welcomed by
the owner OF the one already built,
Lafe Roberts of The Dalles was
visitor at Odell over Sunday.
Rev. w. A. Elkins of the Valley
church preached an interesting sermon
last Sunday at the Union church at
Odell. Come again.
Apple picking is well along. The
quality Ia D. X. and the yield away
beyond the expectations of the growers,
William Ehrck has already delivered
over 800 boxes down town with plenty
more to follow.
These Indian summer autumn days
are still "the talk of the town" 0cto-
Der 10 surely the banner month Of the
year. With its mellow rays of sunshine
aud It's golden reward of apples II
passes into the history of 1904 with
regret by those whose rheumatic joints
are llmbered up by its genial warmth.
Fill up the woodshed and chink up
the cracks for now comes drear Noy-
ember with its fog and gloomy fore
bodings.
ID. L. Davidson of Willow fiat Is on
record with the very finest potatoes in
East Hood River valley. Samples of
his wonderful crop are on exhibition
at the Little White store. Fine sam
piles of apples can also be seen there,
from the orchards of William Ehrck,
Mrs. Poole, Alfred Wood, G. w. Laff-
erty, Claude Copple and B. T. Young.
We are ever ready to show up the
products of the valley aud extend an