The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-03-09
Mill IS NOW
MAKING FLOUR

The Hood River Touring mill i
grinding wheat, and Hood River cal
eat bread baked from home made flour
ratronlze home industry and ask fol
the Hood River product.
Cascade Mills is the name the mill
ing company has adopted, and which
name Will appear on the sacks fillec
at the Touring mill There will b,
three grades of -four, known as Silver
Dust, Hood River and Cupid Patent
The wheat will come from Eastern
Oregon and Washington.
The latest improved machinery ha.
been installed in the mill, and Mana
ger Alpin, who is thoroughly practi.
cal miller of years experience, will be
enabled to turn out the very best
flour product. AS the first by-prod.
uct there is Silver Dust Graham.
Whole Wheat and Farina.
The sacks of the Cascade mills are
printed in green and red. The Silver
Dust brand contains a picture OF
Mount Hood as taken from Lost lake
the Hood River has a view of Hood
river looking up the river from the
wagon bridge in the east end of the
city. The emblem on the Cupid
brand is suggested by the name.
Several millwrights we're sent west
with the machinery from the found
ries and factories in the East, and
they all state that the Hood River
mill is of the latest type, and in the
charge of a miller who thoroughly un-
derstands his business.
A Glacier representative was shown
through the mill last week, when
the machinery was put in motion by
turning on the water power. The
power that operates the mill is sup
piled by the water power system of
Joseph A. Wilson, who gets his water
from Indian creek, in the southern
part of the city. The water is carried
by ditch and tlume for little lover
a mile to reservoir on the brow of
the hill, from where it is conveyed in
a large pipe $500 feet long to the -four
mill on the railroad track.
When Mr.. Alpin turned the brake of
the sprocket wheel attachment con-
nected with the huge water motor,
the belts and machinery began to
move as if put together with velvet
bearings. Mr. Wilson IS water power is
the largest individual enterprise ever
undertaken in Hood River. He has
spent no small sum of money in the
construction of his reservoir and the
laying of his pipe line, but he has to-
day the only power system in opera
tion in the city, and one that with
the aid of gravitation is operated at
very little expense. He has control
OF sufficient water in Indian creek
to furnish power for several Touring
mills.
Mr.. Wilson by supplying power at
reasonable rates made it possible for
the Touring mill to locate here. and
is in position to supply motor force
to many other manufacturing enter
prises that should be induced to in
vest their capital in Hood River. The
day is not far distant when the river
front should be lined with mills and
factories.
The Cascade mills represent an
outlay Of $4,000 The capacity of
the mill, now 100 barrels day, can
be doubled at little expense. w. E.
Rotehry, who was looking over the
mill last Saturday, remarked that
from his observation of the enter !
/ rising people of Hood River the mill
would soon be able to double its ca
lacity. At its present capacity the
mill will grind "a carload of grain in a
24 hour run. This means 300 cars of |
grain year.
T. w. Thompson of Cornelius is
president of the Hood River Milling
Co, j. P. Aplin and g. j. Gessling |
of Hood River respectively manager
and scr ratarv Of the cOmDapv