The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-09-07

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has one of the fine orchards and is one |
cf the heavy prune growers. He has
Just completed a new residence aud |
his son, Fred, will have one of the
comfortable homes. He and his two
sons have the confidence and the es-
teen of all the country.
w. I. Mcclure has farm of 200
acres and is one Of the important cat
tie raisers. He has a fine family or
chard and takes a great deal Of inter
est in the future of the country.
}. P. Bailey, along the Mosier, has
one Of the good ranches. He is one
of the good farmres, too. He and |
his Interesting family take a great
pride in advancing the growth Of the
city.
W. e. Huskey, who lives 80 miles
from Moiser, is one Of the progress
ing farmers of Moiser. He has been
resident of the community for the
past fourteen years. He has 100 acres
and already has over twelve acres
cleared He has out 500 trees, and it
is his intention to place out an or
chard of 1900 trees before he ceases.
| Two years go he and his family
suffered fire loss, but today he has
rebuilt and has one of the fine and |
comfortable farm residences. He has
| been road supervisor for many years
and he is an efficient official. He Ia
famous shot and takes great inter
est in the sport.
j. W. Hodge has farm three miles
east of Mosier. For two years he lived
in Hood River, and for the past year
has had charge of the Middleswart
farp.
II. b. Prather, three and one half
miles southest has 800 acres. He has
eight acres cleared and only 100 trees
on his farm. He has three good
springs on his farm and makes It an
aim to carry on extensively stock
raising.
|. M. Thomas has one of the fine
farms and fine residences on the hill.
He has been resident Of Mosier for
some time and intends to go more
heavily in fruit as time goes on.
G. G. Stoltz is another good farmer
who is going in for fruit. He ls
clearing his land as fastly as possible
and in time will have fine home.
George McVey has a homestead and
while he has just recently returned to
work on the railroad his wife is look
| ing after the ranch and expects to
make permanent home.
Mrs. Annie NJ. Forsberg, one year
ago purchased twenty eight acres and
has been very active in improving it,
! She already has three acres in fruit
While but nine acres are cleared she
intends to keep right on cle airing aud
has made additional contracts for
more trees.
/ s. d. Fisher, along the Mosier creek
| has 100 acres There are twelve clear
ed. It is his intention of clearing
more land and going in the business
on large scale.
S. e. Fisher has 100 acres along the
Mosier and it is his intention to have
one of the fine orchards.
Clint Wood has 100 acres along the
Mosier creek, so has Alfred Wood,
and both intend to clear up and put
out orchards.
Peter Dohm, who is farming the
Charles Cramer farm, has 100 acres.
He has fine soil and goes in heavily on
vegetables.
George M. Powell, three miles from
the station along the Mosier has sixty
acres, ten acres of which are irrigat-
ed. He has fine 160 also, it being
on the hill. He is the capable watch
man of the 0. R. & N.
G. Swain has forty acres Of fine
| fruit land. He came out last Decem-
ber from Chicago where he had been
employed as machinist for many
years.
A. Il. Hogan, has one of the fine
farms on Rock creek, and it Is his in
tention ms time goes on to add more
land. He has under cultivation now
30 acres and as fast as time wears on
he will go in more.
J. Smith the section man, who has
charge of the construction department
for the o. r. Il N. and who it ia said
is one Of the best men along the line,
and who takes great deal of pride in
| knowing that his section is the best
along the line, is one of the enthu-
siasts over the growth of the country.
He has just recently purchased l6R
acres and is now constructing one OF
the best houses along the line. This
year he has already put out 160 fine
trees and it is his intention to go
heavily in the growing of cherries.
Ira d, Evans, has 12l6 acres along
the Moser creek. He came here In
1895 from Oklahoma. He has six acres
In fruit.
A, Il. Peterson has ll5 acres along
the creek, and has about six acres
! broken His orchard is miscella- |
neous one He has all kinds Of fruits,
and this year is looking for about one
/ third of crop.
j. +. Brewer has l60 acres of good |
laud aud it is his intention to event
ually 60 in more heavily in fruit. He
is clearing his land and getting it into
condition to have one of the good
farms of Mosicr.
j. NJ. Elliot has one of the very fin
est orchards in this section. He is
rec 'Enized as an authority on fruit.
He has ben a resident here for many
ycgrs and is considered one of the
substantial men of the county.
George Sellinger is one of the lead
ers among the rauchcrs. He has one
of the best arranged places and one Of
the very best orchards in Wasco coun-
ty. His farm this year is being work.
ed 10y his two sons.
NJ. H. Craft just three quarters Of
mile from the station, has twenty.
seven acres of fine land. He has an
orchard OF seven acres about two years
old. He has fine surroundings and
takes great deal of pride in his farm
and in the country. 1t is his inten-
tion to clear additional land as time
goes on to add more trees. He has
been offered handsome price for his
land but he sees future in the coun-
try and is holding out for larger offers.
George Ireland, has fine orchard.
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