The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-09-29
RECORD SHIPMENT
OF FANCY APPLES

The largest high-priced apple deal
ever made in the Northwest has Just
been closed at Hood River, and Port
land firm is the buyer, said r. NJ. Hall
of the o. r. & N. to Telegram report
er after his trip to Hood River last
week. The lot includes 20 carloads of
Newtown Pippins at $l.75 bushel, and
ten carloads OF Spitzenbergs at $2l0 a
bushel, on board the cars at Hood
River, making total of $4,000 bushels
and bringing to the producers the sum
of SIS, 900. The same Portland firm
bought four additional cars of other
apples for g., 400.
R. NJ, Hall, advertising agent for the
0, k. & n. Co. returned this morning
from Hood River, where he has beer
taking pictures Of the valley for Gore
gun, Washington and Idaho, and Their
Resources" the yearly publication of
the o. r. n. Co. lie says that the
town and valley of Hood River, never
looked so prosperous as at present.
The town and country surrounding it
are in thriving condition, and every
indication is for continuance of the
present all-peryading prosperity.
From all appearances there is more
building activity in Hood River than
in any place of its size in the state" ,"
said Mr.: Hall. &c. l.. Gilbert has just
completed improvements on his hotel
there amounting to $1,000, making it
up-to-date in every particular; p. +.
Fouts is putting the finishing touches
to new $3.50 hotel +. l.. Smith is
building handsome $4,000 brick
structure for store and office purposes.
DR., F. G. Brosius is breaking ground
for $l2 900 brick building, and work
on the new Touring mill is being
pushed. This mill, which is the prop
erty of T. W. Thompson, j. P. Alpin,
and q. J. Gessling, will cost $20,0 and
have daily capacity Of 100 barrels. 1t
is being constructed so that the output
can be increased to $50 barrels daily,
and will begin operations about January
"In addition to the business houses
erected in Hood River this year, over
$780, 90 has been expended in new resi-
dences. To drive through Hood River
valley at the present time is a revela-
ton. In fact it is almost one continu-
GUS drive through apple orchards, and
the trees are fairly groaning under their
weight of red and golden fruit. The
apple output tlis year will be about l25
cars of the finest fruit
"Much Eastern money has been in
vested in the valley during the past
year. Bert Van Horn and associates
from the state of New York have
invested 1000 in apple orchards, and
Oscar Vanderbilt of Chicago, has
invested about $4,000, having pur-
chased 'Beulahland, formerly the
property of E. l.. Smith. Mr. Wander
bilt was formerly a railroad man, but
is now living on 'Beulahland,' where
he is personally looking after his beau
tiful place.
$50 popular has apple-raising become
in the Hood River valley that the
strawberry acreage will be considerably
less than one year ago, as many of the
growers have pulled up their strawberry
plants and gone into apple growing, it
being their belief that more money can
be made in apples.
"Great preparations are now being
made for the fruit fair to be held at
Hood River about the middle of Oc-
tober. Ghe apple-growers expect to
make the best showing of fruit ever
seen at Hood River The fair will be
held in large tent near the o. r. & n.
depot, and because of its nearness to
the railroad it is expected that many
tourists will he enabled to see for them
selves what Hood River can do in the
way Of fruitgrowing."