The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-04-06
ODELL MAN AT
BEULAH LAND

BY Roswell Shelley.
Oden, East Hood River, April A.
A trip last Friday to Beulah Land
to witness the trial of Mr.. Vanderbilt's
new Wallace power sprayer was full
of interest to us. The sprayer works
to protection. He has the standard
machine, with pressure from 80 to 100
pounds They make the duplex ma
chimes for pressures of $50 to 200
pounds.
Mr.. Vanderbilt informs us that
there Is a saving with this machine
of Sl6 for each spraying of his orch
ard. This being the case, 1t is easy
to be seen that the machines will pay
for itself in one season.
This will surely revolutionize the
spraying business Of the valley. The
standard machine costs $3.50 t. o. b.
at Champaign, Ills. and freight in car
lots would approximate $40 to $l2 for
each sprayer.
Months had elapsed since our last
peep at the Beulah Land ranch,
(Which, by the way, is always treat
to us) and we find many substantial
improvements since our last visit.
His new red barn is 36x49 feet and
complete in every detail. He Is fin
ishing up an apple house 30x32 feet
with packing house as an addition
l2X32 feet, and store room for boxes
up stairs 20x20 feet, and two sleeping
rooms on the upper floor. His apple
house will be triple walled, circulat-
ing the air freely, yet keeping the
temperature moderate. His packing
house walls on the south and west
will be all window lights, furnishing
plenty of light and sunshine, through
out the whole, his apple and packing
house will be a model of perfection.
This apple house will be painted white.
On our arrival there we found the
hostess, Mrs. Vanderbilt, busily en-
gagged preparing lunch for their force
of workers. This she was doing
out of necessity because Of the fact
that it seems next to impossible to get
good help for household work, and yet
she was doing 1t willingly and well.
The stacks Of chicken already cut and
placed on plates ready for broiling
was tempting, but duty called us home
before the lunch hour. We understood
that afterward Bro. Moe and wife were
there to enjoy the lunch.
Every room In the house but the
kitchen was torn up, and being re-
modelled. The floors and walls
throughout the house are being paint
ed and the floors vanished until they
shine. The lower part of the house
is tinted a light treracotta, while on
the second floor we find the following
colors. One, ecru; one, light green !;
one, lights blue; the balance OF them
being terracotta.
Their luxurious furniture brought
with them from the East was piled out
side on the wide-spreading porch that
runs from the southeast corner to the
northwest corner Of the house. This
wide zigziging porch Is one of the de-
lightful features of the comfortable,
luxurious home, commanding a
view nortward of landscape, river and
snow-crowned mountains rarely
equalled.
The rounding up Of the picture
Is found In the wide-spreading green
lawn, the well-kept orchard, of which
cherries and peaches are In full
bloom. Mr.. Vanderbilt, In addition
TO having paid large sum of money
for this famous ranch, Ia still backing
his judgment with his money in max
ing 1t one Of the most. II not the
most charming and attractive places
inEall of the fart famed Hood River
valley. They have innumerable roses
TO bedeck the place. In addition to
more than 40 acres of fruit trees now
growing he Is planting u acres more
this spring In addition to his rev
enue producing property, he has
imported game cocks and other fowls
that represent in the market $50 to
the bird. He has also imported sever
al settings of eggs that are highly
priced by him.
We commend Mr. Vanderbilt for his
enterprise AZ well as judgment ON his
investment among us, and shall always
consider 1t favor to have the pleasure
of writing of the beautiful and pic
turesque homes of this the banner
little valley of all the Northwest.
L. A. Il. Clark Is here to stay.
Last week he purchased wagon from
the Little White Store, and team