The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1907-07-25
TOM RICHARDSON
TELLS OF TRIP

Tom Richardson, manager OF the
Portland Commercial club, returned
to Portland Tuesday night after an
enjoyable outing at Cloud Cap Inn.
Mr.. Kichrdson says this resort is
found to grow 10 favor, as most of.the
difficulties that have heretofore hin.
dered its development have been re.
moved. The trip can be easily and
comfortably made, aud the nardships
OF the old route are thing of the
past
The gdides repo.t that there is more
snow on the summit of Mt. Hood at
the present time than there has been
at the beginning of any season in the
past five years. One guide said that
the ropes and outfit he used last sum.
mer are under fifteen feet of snow,
and be does not think they can be got
at this season.
All the parties, with one exception,
who have climUed the mountain b ave
reached the summit. The party in
question was obliged to descend be-
cause of a severe storm.
The ride to and from Hood River,
Mr.. Richardson says, is through the
heart of the fruit district and affords
the visitor a splendid view TO that
WE'LL known section. Automobiles run
to point within four miles of the
inn. One motor succeeded in cover
ing .he entire distance, the four miles
representing an incline of 1900 feet.
Discussing the return trip, Mr..
Richardson said:
"On my return | visited MIR. and
Mrs. X. III. Wallace. formerly OF this
city, who now live on their ranch in
the Hood River valley. Certainly
| modern farming is delight. Fele-
phones connect all the farm homes
with the town of Hood River, and
there are electric lights in the poultry
houses. stables aud out buildings.
One almost forgets that he is not in
| the city.
"Of course, Mr.. and Mis-. Wallace
are expert horticulturists now and
know all the is to be learned about
farming, but when they fret located
there few years AGO, after Mr.. Wal
lace had given up the wholesale drug
business In Portland, a good many
eomical things happened. The tluit
q overs In Hood River valley OCCASION
| ally borrow from each other. The first
| day of Mr.. Wallaoe's residence at
Meadow brook farm neighbor came
In and wanted to borrow potato
| planter, apOlogiziDg for making such
an early request. MI. Wallace in
formed him he was welcome to it, but
explained that he did not know just
where the different articles around
the farm were kept, and was pleased
when his Borrowing neighbor assured
him that he knew where the Elanter
was.
"By watching him, Mr.. Wallace
learned for the first time what pota
to planter locked like, and by keep
ing up tits method he finally got ao
quainted with machinery - OF the
namos of it-used upon modern
farm. Mrs. Wallace, in her depart
meat of the work, had similar expert
ences. but she has long since tound
out that you can't make hens lay un.
til they get ready, aud good many
other things that come only by exper-
ience.
"Most of the farms throughout the
Hood River valley are named, and
many men OF wealth are buying places
there. The story of the advance in
values during the last five or six years
is most interesting, particularly SO
wnen the compaIi isons are made upon
specific piece of land.
"R. p. Loomis, of New York City,
one of the largest apple buyers on the
continent, has just purchased land in
Hood River valley, and the people OF
the valley are very much delighted
over this act.
~. b. Steinbaoh, Malcolm A. Moo
dy, j. Thorburn Ross and +. W.
Baltes, of Portland, are among the
guests at Cloud Cap Inn. "-Oregon