The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-08-11

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may make the distance in still water,
but the GOODNESS of the Columbia
requires strong enduring powers.
Describes Hood River Farms.
A. Paffenberger, who recently can
vassed Hood River in the interest OF the
Pacific Farmer, has the following de.
scriptive article on some of the Hood
River farms:
Mr.. and Mrs. j. o. Eastman own
choice acreage on Phelps creek, Hood
river valley, with fine 4-acre orchard
mostly Ganos, Spitzenbergs, Black Twigg
and Roxbury Russets, mostly in bear
ing. A fourth of an acre of Lawton
blackberries are very thrifty, having
produced l25 crates, or at the rate OF
500 crates per acre last year the patch
netted 500. A few years ago, when
the Eastmans settled on the place, ii
was dreary, brushy piece of land, but
it has now become a valuable piece OF
property.
Earl Eastman and son, Al, own Il val
liable 40-acre tract on Phelps creek, and
have a good orchard OF a thousand apple
trees, chiefly Spitzenbergs and Yellow
Newtowns in bearing, The great thrift
mess of the trees shows good care and
cultivation.
+. C. Church, native OF Milwaukee,
Wis, and four years in the Hood River
valley, owns the highly improved Saw
age tract in Belmont district; acres of
same is in orchard, mostly beginning to
bear, last year producing 500 boxes of
choice apples. Last year he harvested
a 2-acre crop of strawberries. As soon
as harvested, the last of June, he plowed
the ground and sowed it to clover, and
in August he cut the first crop of clover
grown from, same early in September
for green baling, and again in late Octo-
Der for hay, making in all the equiva-
lent of two tons of hay per acre. The
present season he will get two good crops
Of hay and a good late pasture. Four
years ago the place with good improve
ments cost $l25 per acre; now land of
the same kind brings $3.50 to $500 an
acre.
j. W. Anderson owns a choice 40-acre
tract, being part of the Armor tract
in Belmont district. Part of the place
is meadow and produces 75 tons of hay
in season. Mrs. Anderson is breeding
buff Orphingtons and buff Leghorns,
and has some remarkably good birds of
both breeds.
NJ p Isenberg and son, NJ H. Isen-
berg, in Hood River VALLEY since '9l,
own land in different localities. The
home place of l7112 acres in the Belmont
district is very choice one. mostly in
good bearing orchard and strawberries.
Mr.. |. knows how to cultivate his straw
berries to the best advantage, and an
important point at picking time is to
have the vines stripped clean of all ripe
berries. Maturing the seed in the
strawberries is very exhausting proc
ess, and if the vines are not picked
clean, the later berries will be fewer
and smaller than otherwise. Mr.. Isen-
berg was supervisor Of the North Div
ision of the Cascade forest reserve, and
served with credit to the interests under
his charge.
Adolph Aschoff, who was assistant
supervisor or chief ranger OF Forest
Reserve under M. P. Isenberg, became
the latter's successor in February last.
Mr. Aschoff and Mr.. Isenberg have each
others friendship and confidence.
There are 5 to 20 rangers under the
direction of the supervisor of this div
ision Of the reserve, the larger number
in summer and the smaller in winter.
There are three classes of rangers. The
first class or chief ranger, travels over
the whole range or division and must be
posted in everything relative to ranges,
must be familiar with the woods to be
able TO locate land and timber, estimate
and scale timber, to follow and run out
survey lines and to direct and report
on ordinary work of the
reserve, etc. Rangers of the second and
third classes require no particular,
especial qualifications, but must be able
bodied, sober and industrious. All
rangers are usually required to keep one
or two saddle horses for travelling about
the reserve, and they have to be pro-
vided with pocket compass, a camp out
fit, ak, shovel and pick or mattock.
Last year Mr. Ascboff as chief ranger
travelled over 400 miles on horseback
through the different parts of the re-
serve. The division of the reserve
looked after by Mr.. Aschoff extends
from the Columbia river south to the
Three Sisters, comprising about two
million acres. Filst class rangers get
800, second class, $75, third class $50
per month Mr.. Aschoff's holhe is on
the "uevil's Backbone, " ON the Barlow
road, 35 miles from Portland and nine
miles above Sandy postoffice, and is
great summer resort for summer Wis
ltors.
VIM. Crapper, in mixed farming in
Crapper district has place of over 100
acres, partly improved. The soil here
is friable red clay loan, many feet
deep, and highly productive. Four
acres in strawberries on the place pro-
1uced l50 crates per acre, and several
acres of fine orchard bearing well.
II. S. Hall, farming in mountain dis
trict west of Crapper district, raises fine
quality of Strawberries. The season
here for berries begins about two weeks
later than the earliest in the lowerparts
Of the valley.
A. J. Rogers owns place on high hills
seven or eight miles south of Hood Riv.
er, soil red clay and shot land several
feet in depth, fine for berry raising
three-quarter acre patch first season
produced l09 crates
J. E. Binns owns so acres on noun
tain side south of Phelps creek, sandy
clay, shot loam, with gray clay subsoil
Ten acres are in good young orchard,
part bearing also several acres in straw
berries; has raised $50 crates per acre.
Land here is choice for orchard points.
Jasper Wickham is in mix, d farming
On place on Hood river, 7 miles south
west of town. Place is in warm cove,
100 to 200 feet above river, soil gravelIy
clay and shot land, ON slope 10 to 25I
degrees, excellent for orchard and small
fruits; several acres in Strawberries,
yielding about 100 crates per acre.
VIM. F Gregory, six years from Edo
RADIO, Kansas, owns acreage in Crapper
district; IL acres in potatoes yielded
l25 sacks per acre; strawbc rles 100
crates per acre. Cuts 100 tons Of hay
in season; orchard of 800 trees bearing
average crops.
f. Brayford, native of Staffordshire,
recently from Mesa, Wash,
where he was in the merchandising bus
mess, has engaged in same business at
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