The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1907-05-02
HOOD RIVERS
FAMOUS APPLES

In late special edition Of the Ore
gonian there appears the following
synopsis of Hood River and her "a
nous fruit record from the pen of II.
II. Shepard, manager OF the Hood
River Fruit Growers union. 1t will
be of interest to the home grower as
we'll as to those who are contemplat-
ing the purchase OF land and who are
almost persuaded. The article is as
follows:
A few miles--two hours. and 20 min.
ates by rail--from the magnificent
city of Portland, nesting at the base
of Mount Hood in all its grandeur, Ia
a beautiful valley filed with happy,
intelligent and prosperous people.
This valley is surrounded by scenery
far surprising in it's naturl beauty
either the Alps OF the RhiRe. To the
south Ia Mount Hood, the most pict-
ure4que and beautiful snow capped
peak In the Vest to the north Is
Mount Adams, with its eternal snow,
and on the west the Cascade Range,
the greatest of all Far Western noun
tains. Through this gorgeous pano
rama runs the Hood river with its
rushing torrent and rock bound
banks, the most intensely mountain
river neai the coast, And yet this is
not ali, for along the north flows the
greatest OF all rivers that enter the
Pacific, the majestic Columbia.
Here Is situated Hood River valley,
known the world over for its famous
Strawberries and apples. Go where
you will you will find someone who
knows of Hood River fruit. On the
menus of the big hosteIries in Pacific
Coast cities you read Hood River ap-
pies; enter diner on the switt-mov-
Ing train, Bcod River apples. You
will find Hood River apples served at
the Waldorf. A stoIia, ON trans Atlantic
liners, In England and on the Cont.
nent. g.
To attain tais world wide reputa
tion for its fruit has not been the
work of day, month, or year fol
Hood River, hut the rapidity witt
which 1t has teon achieved is nothinl
short of marvellous. Seeing the oppor
tunity and gr, sping 1t, added to nat
ural conditions for growing superior
fruit tells the story. Hood River ap
pies have made the penniless wealthy
and the well-tl-do more so, aud of al
localities offers the greatest induce
ments to the prospective fruit grow
er, be he rich OF poor. In no othe
district are tho returns SO great, anC
not the least surprising feature il
connection with this is the fact tina
its grower are representative OF al
most every profession and ocCupa
tion. Owning orchards at Hood Xiv
er may be found lawyers, physicians
dentists, editors, chemists, engineers
insurance men, school teachers, ma
chinists, carpenters, brick masons
stonecutters, printers, railroad men
section men, dairy men, cattle men
nursery men, college men and men ii
nearly all lines of business. Thes
men are not only growing fruit, bu
growing 1t most successfully ant
profitsbly, In fact, it As safe to sa,
that nine out of ten fruit grower
here have followed some other protes
sion for good part of their lives. /
would seem that this should prove o
at least indicate, that the fruit grow
ing field IL open to everyone who /
seeking change of climate or business
To many, no doubt, the question vii
occur, 'oan the man of small mean
engage in fruit growing?" To thi
query the best answer is found In tn
story of former letter carrier EN-
ployed in Portland, who ten years agt
with few hundred dollars purchaser
land at Hoo RIVER. Being industriou
he cleared the land and set out trees
taking other employment when neGes
sary for the support of his family
To-day he has 30 acres OF nine yea
old orchard, which melted him las
season $685. 80 per acre. Ten year
ago with but few hundred dollars
tramping the streets of Portland, car
ryjng mail sack for Uncle Sam. To
day independent and owning an or
chard that could not be bought 70
$40, 900. Starting with PRACTICAL.
nothing he has achieved Il small for
tune.
Another instance is that of nov
prosperous farmer who came to HooC
River few years ago aud went tt
work as a laboreT. lie now owns l0O
acres land recently refused Sli00 al
acre for part of it in five year olC
trees. What these men have don,
others can do. For the man of mod
crate means there is still plenty o
unclealed land at $40 to $50 an acre
but tract with few acres cleared i
the most desirable for the reason tha
1t allows the setting out OF an orchart
without delay. AT the same time