The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-10-04
GREAT ACTIVITY
IN REAL ESTATE
HOOD RIVER RANCHES IN DEMAND
Investors Make Purchases for Rein.
Vestment aud Also for Further
Development.

Sales of real estate at Hood River
during the last few days aggregate in
the nieghborhood of $50, UOO and more
property has changed hands lately at
big prices than at any time in the
history OF the valleys development.
Both strangers and old residents are
buying land set to trees, partly I'M
proved and unimprOved and thtre
seems to be general scramble to get
Hood Rivers renowned apple land at
present prices. Real estate men are
kept busy showing prospective buyers
over the valley and each train sees
several new prospectors in search of
apple orchards OF land alight here
looking for information.
The largest sale reported is that Of
the finn of j. II. Heilhronner Il Co.,
who sold the ranch of Simeon Copple
near Odell sto Cooper & Walther, of
The Dalles for $50, 00D. The property
consists of so acres with an orchard
chat will crop in the neighbohrood of
81, 700 worth ol apples this year and
young orchard that will be in bearing
in a short time. The other land is in
hay and grain and the buildings on
the place are excellent, Mr.. Copple
has reserved the right to the apples
on the place this year, 1t is said to
be Mr.. Walther's intention to remove
his family to his new possession aud
take up his residence there.
The Albee- Benham company have
purchased the ranch of Frank Chan :
er near Belmont, consisting Of 70
acres, 60 of which is set to apples
and three to prunes and the balan o
unimproved, and it is said that tn, y
will cut it up into small tracts aid
re-dispose of II. The Albee. b, nhHm
company is in the real estate busine So
in Portland aud expect to handle lhe
property from there. Il. ii. Albee, of
the above firm also bought the 42-aCre
ranch of q. r. Castner, part of which
s in apples, small tract in straw
berries, three acres in hay, three in
pasture and the rest unimpToved, for
which he paid Sl5,0 1t is und'r-
stood that Mr.. Albee has bought as an
Investment. Both of these sales ar
ranged through j, Adrian Epping the
well known singer and director of an
academy of music, who but recently
bought ranch in the valley himself.
Jas. Hunter, Saturday, made public
the sale OF ten acres Of his ranch to A.
Howard for $500. Part of the pur-
chase is set to trees and the rest
cleared. s. Johnson, whose property
adjoined the Barrett school house,
sold II acres to Conrad Franz, OF Ia
coma, last week, for which he is said
to have received good price.
Other sales which have been made
iu various pars of the valley will foot
up total of from $1,000 to $40, 200
and activity in the realestate world
is looked for for several weeks.
1t has been reported that 0. l..
Vanderbilt was offered 100000 for
Beulah Land and the Watt property,
which he purchased last spring, but
that he refused to take it because the
sale included Sl5, 600 crop of apples
which will be gathered from the two
places this year Mr.. Vanderbilt is
said to hold his property above the
figure of 500, 900 fiat.
George d. Culbertson g. Co. report
the following sales made by them Ie-
Gently:
Twenty acres East Side near Pine
Grove, owned by A. Graham, to b.
f. Gerking, Hood River. Considera-
tion, 5000.
Twenty five acres near Pine Grove,
owned by Jos. Batson to DR.. h. l..
House and ii. j. Miller, Portland.
Consideration, 81, 800.
Ten acres 80 miles On East Side,
owned by Ralph W. Ordway, to Mar
tin Angel, Tacoma, Wash. Consider
talon, SO, 300.
. Hundred and sixty acres in section
II, Up. l, N. r. IL, Il. W. M, owned
by Il. @. Rogers, to Jaeger Bros,
Portland.
Ten acres near Lenz on East Side,
owned by Lawrence Silliman, to IL
W. Dudley, Portland. Consideration,
5000.
Hundred and sixty acres in section
II, Tp. !, N. II. II E., owned by Rog-
ers and Hartwig, to Jacob Schmeit-
ger, Hood River.
Ten acres near White Salmon, own
ed by l.. G. Wood, to Rik Field, Of
White Salmon. Consideration, 81, 600.