The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-04-27
GLACIER MAN
VISITS ODELL
FINDS THRIFTY COMMUNITY THERE
Little white Store People Making
Picturesque Retreat at the Hub
of the East Side.

Three years ago this oming August,
Roswell Shelley began business at the
Little White Store at Odell, seven
miles south of the city, with merely
a handful of goods. In few months
the country about the Little White
Store developed into crossroads
village and the Glacier concluded
this section of the East Side should
be known to the world as DELL, the
town having sprung up on portion
Of the old Odell homestead, one of the
| first farms brought under cultivation
ON the East Side of Hood River.
"The Hub of the East Side," il
what the residents about Odell have
termed their little village, and well
they miglt The Glacier man ac-
oepted an 'u,jJttion last Sunday tC
,rcnd the Gay With Roswell Shelley
and family lie is glad he went and
intends to see that part of the valley
cltener, Odell tcorle firmly believe
! they have the lItticst section of the
/ llooi Riycr valley, and the editor
viii not dislute tie claim.
| One thing particularly impressing
the erNirE visitor to Odell is the
| extensive Gt}tl,pG eats which have
been made In that l6rt of the valley
within IoCCnt yolIs. Substantial and
/ beautiful !IsiCtutcS ! ave been erect
ed by mary Of the tanners, comfolta.
|!lN homes that vGuid do credit tC
| , @ riche.t cities Tho farms about
| ell give every evidCrce that the
| q, neTs aIe prCspeloCs aud contented.
Shelley \ Son are the energetic
II upIietOrs Ct the Little White Store.
| j. lph Shelley is the Junior member
I Il the firm. He arrived here last year
| hGm Sitka, Alaska, where for several
| years he held a commission as deputy
collector Of customs. He also had
charge of the government experiment
farm at that far away Alaskan point.
Across the street from the Little
| White Store, Mr. and Mrs. Shelley
have erected a two-story warehouse
/ with large basement on an acre
Of ground Mrs. Shelley purchased
last year for $500 The upper story
Of the warehouse has been fitted ur
and is occupied for living rooms.
Here seated in his comfortable library
chair in light and airy room, Mr..
Shelley prepares his weekly grist OF
. Odell notes, which by the way make
up one of the most widely read and
interesting columns of the Glacier.
Mr.. Shelley has expended large
amount of time and labor in beautify
ing the grounds about his buildings
The sloping ground about the ware
house has been terraced with stone
and the ground smoothed down anC
sOwn to lawn grass, which was just
pecping through the ground the Other
Sunday, when the Glacier man was
shown about the premises. A por
tiOn of the acre has been reserved fol-
vegetable gardens, while along the
south fence walnut trees will be plant
ed for shade and ornament.
Everything about the grounds Of
the Little White Store people is ex
Ccedingly neat and clean. No rubbish
is allowed to accumulate, while the
green lawns and flower beds are
indeed attractive to the eve.
natural park of pines has beer
cleared Of the underbrush within 1
few feet of the store. Here Mr.
Shelley has arranged to place an ict
cream stand during the warm summer
days, No more attractive spot can bt
found for private picnics. Mr. Shel
, ley has already been assured of an eX
b tensiye patronage.
The Is mail boxes at a corner post
in front of the Little White Stor
gives some idea of how thickly set
tied this country is about Odell
Half IA mile south of the store is an
other cluster of l3 mail boxes. Tele
/ phone poles heavily wired line tn
$ highways leading to this cross roads
. indicating the farmers receive tn
comforts of city while they breath
the country air and live a life of free
dom.
r Across the street is large buildin
erected last summer by the Odd Fel
lows lodge Of OdcIl. The lodge meet
in the second story of the building
while the ground floor is occupied b
Bert BOardman with a stock of grot
cries, flour and feed. A half block {
the south is blacksmith shop Owne
, end conducted by Harry KemT. On
block up the road toward the ear
is a $1,000 two-room school buildinl
I Across the street is the Union char
el, neat little structure, recently fiji
ted with comfortable pews.
With this collection Of bushes
houses, residences, a school and churc
the nucleus has been formed for wha
someday may be town of no mea
pretentions. The Mount Hood raj
way will have station within
quarter of a mile of the Little Whit
. Store, which will serve to increas
a property values at this point. Blu
- Van Horn, the Buffalo capitalist wh
has invested extensively in East Sid
orchard lands, is of the opinion thi
this railroad will bring many settler
and investors to the upper vale!
= from which the whole country wi
profit.
1 A few rods west Of the Lit
White Store, Mrs. Shelley has pu
! chased p acres of what was formerl
the Busev place. This land is bein
cleared for orchard, and already for
, acres as been set to apple trees. III
soil of this tract il exceptionally we
S adapted to apple culture, and is toda
a valuable piece of property. Thel
are several beautiful building sit
# on the land, and Mr.. Shelley hop,
r some day to retire from active bus
I. ness pursuits and spend the remaint
" er of his days taking life easy on
/. small farm.
Il Mr. Shelley has travelled extensive
O. over the American continent. but sa,
10 there is no place where he felt so col
tented with life as in Hood Riv
le valley. With the beautiful surrount
" ings he has at Odell. there are mar
II who envy his lot Just the other di
n an Fastener stopped for few mi
TX utes at the store after trip over Il
a. valley. "If you will sell me this sto
and five acres of these beautif
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