The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-09-07
ACTIVITY in
REAL ESTATE

and it has been found necessary by
the owner of the townsite to hold the
lots for those who want to buy for the
purpose of building. In new and
growing towns like Mosier 1t is always
dangerous to sell to those who buy for
the sole purpose Of holding for an in
vestment, with no intention of i'm
proving but simply to hold for the
rise. There is no question but what
Mosier will advance and there is no
question but what during the next
year or so that the town will be one
of the important places along the line.
With the great increase in the fruit
Splendid Business Houses.
acreage it will not be long before
Mosier fruit will have reputation
that will be second to none. Already
the word has passed down the line
that the land is rich and valuable and
during the past summer there has
been more movement in Mosier realty
than any other spot in the country.
In the city there can be nothing other
than steady and spirited growth. 1t
goes almost without saying that city
or town that supplies a prosperous
locality with the necessities and the
accompanying luxuriss will also share
in the profit taking and there will be
a greater demand for diversified bust
ness. Take the town as it is today
and you will find that there is better
stores and better places of business
than one would imagine. That is not
all, there are more wanted. 1t takes
some time Of course to build up a
city but the growth of Mosier is sure
ly bound to be spirited and the lots
and all available property bound to
move.
MOsier is Land Of Plenty.
1t can be said Mosier sis land Of
plenty" 1t has not been many years
ago that the hills we're scoffed at, and
many of the new arrivals would hard
ly consider going up in the mountain
GUS country to select land. For many
years the country was open, and as
fast as the land could be taken up it
was developed. 1t is true that for
many years money was not plentiful
In the country. All we're working to
get a start, but now the start has
more than been made and the returns
are coming in. Many who few years
ago we're struggling for an existance
are today enjoying plenty.
The best fruit experts in the world
have made tests and have been con-
vinced that the land is just right for
the growing of apples. Then on the
other hand there is spots where cher
ries do the very best. But taking the
matter together you find that all the
land is splendidly adapted for the
growing of fruit.
Much of the land has passed into
the hands of the present owners with
In the past five years, and there we're
very few sections that brought more
than $50 and in many cases as low as
$50. This year the assessed valuation
has been levied at S75 per acre. If the
homeseeker can find spot in the
west or in the United States for that
matter where the rewards of agricul-
ture are larger in proportion to the
money invested, that particular local
ity has SO far failed to come to public
notice.
Getting Rich Growing Fruit.
Take the CAROLS, the Roots, Bate
ham, Evans, Sellinger, Middleswart,
Mosier, Ireland, Morgan, Macrum,
Wright, and keep right on enumerat-
ing, and you find men who are grow
ing rich in the fruit business. j. P.
Carroll last year had three thousand
boxes of apples. This year he will
not have tbat on,o,,ot Jrbo frrit In ,+
year sold for say 81 per box while this
year it will exceed $2 30 per box. TAX
Ing on basis that there is over half
a crop the Mosier farmers will be In
plenty. g. L. Carroll will have big
crop and go all along the line and you
will find that while the average yield
will not be so large as it has in the
past, still the quality is better and the
price is better. The commission
merchants who send the apples all over
the broad land have long ago found
out that the Moiser fruit is high
grade. Soil conditions as we'll as the
care Of the growing fruit plays the all
important part.
To give an estimate of the fruit of
Mosier this year would be hard task
indeed. There are so many new Or
chards that are just speaking for
themselves this year and doing them
selves proud. Go down the valleys
and up the mountain slopes and you
flnd some of the finest orchards in the
world.
Go twenty, yes forty feet and you
find that the soil is the very finest.
There seems to be no limit to the
depth of the richness. The soil in
spots is that clay loan that is so fer
tile and adapted to the growing of
fruit. Then there is the rich dark
soil that has the appearance of mid
die west land. 1t is impractical to
imagine or presume that all of the
soil in and around Mosier is high
class fluit land, but 1t is stating an
absolute truth when it is said that
there Is as fine lands in and about
Mosier as can be found in the state
of Oregon.
Where the Best of Apples Grow.
Tests and borings and experiments
have proven this. One of the main
reasons why so many of the high class
fruit men, those who have money to
invest and who are past masters at
the game have long ago found out
that Mosier is where the land is for
the apples of the future, Then there
is another feature that is more prom
Using and that Is the land is not held
at unreasonable figures, and the farm
or has decided and been convinced
that it is sane for him not to try and
work too large tracts but on the other
hand take good care of that which he
has however small it may be.
There are many cases of where men
Of large capital have been able to clear
In a short time what it might take
lifetime for the small rancher. A. p.
Bateham, has cleared ninty acres in
a year. He has a plantation scene
when he has his force at work. He
has been successful, but then he is
fruit expert and is used to graphing
with larger problems in business and
will be more than successful for he
has the finest land in the world.
So it goes, the man with forty acres,
or even a dozen acres who watches
well his opportunity can more than
succeed and prepare for the inactivi-
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