The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-07-30
PLANTING 1000
ACRES TO FRUIT
DEVELOPMENT IN UPPER VALLEY
transportation Facilities and New
Capital Transforming Forest and
Brush Land Into Orchards.

IN the vicinity Of Mt, Hood post office
and Dee is becoming a very important
factor in the wealth and resources OF
the new county. In fact the magni.
tude of the development going on
there cannot be appreciated except by
those who have visited this beautiful
and fertile section OF Hood River val
ley. The greater part of the develop,
ment il largely due to better trans.
portation facilities aud new blood and
capital that have gone into this coun,
try during the past year. This has,
however, spurTed and encouraged the
old residents there to greater effort
and many of them have set additional
acreage.
In fifty ~ le automobile triE
through this country made by repre-.
sentative of the Glacier last week he
found abundant evidence of this great
development. In but few years the
upper country will be shipping many
thousands OF boxes of apples to join
the big output of the lower valley.
Many miles of old roads will have
Eeen improv d, new ones constructed
aud the Mt Hood railroad extended
so as to afford ample shipping facili,
ties for the apple and other crops rails
ed in that section. Already new wagon
roads totaling many miles have been
bui t. A good many of them are eX-
cellent, in fact better than those in
many places lower down in the valley.
As to the trip thu ough the valley in
motor Car great pleasure is in
store tor those who have never taken
it. From the highly cultivated
ranches reached on the edge of town
to the ride through the cool shade OF
the heavy timber in the upper valley,
the trip is delight to the eye and
mind alike and presents an ever vary
ing scene of straw berry fields, orchards
diversified farming, green wooded
tracts and mountain and water views
that never grow tiresome. With it all,
is the knowledge that thrift and in
dustry are each year beautifying and
making the whole valley more vaIua-
ble and better place to live in.
The last view Of orchards to be seen
from the road on approaching the up,
per valley is the Willow Flat district
in which there are several hundred
acres of young trees with several
small orchards in bearing. In about
three years the young orchards in this
section will begin bearing and consti.
tute no small increase in the apple
production of the valley.
From Booths hill until the Mt
Hood postofiioe is passed no orchards
are in sight from the road. mil,
or two above, however, we find then
again lining the roadway. Turning tt
the right above the old toss place anC
going in about a half mile we find The
place Of Babson & Zimmerman, 6(
acres in extent, 30 of which have Eeer
cleared and set to trees since last
March, and on which there is a neat
two-story bungalow with modern
plumbing sud other cOnvenienCes
The young men owning this place are
New Workers. sent to this part of the
country by Il. =. Loomis, the we'll
known apple buyer. A half mile
above the BaEson place is that OF
Douglas Gorton, another New York
man who is clearing 81 acres which be
purchased this spring and which will
UB E6L ~ IL Iulbs
On the road leading from Crib
ble's store across the valley to the
lava beds are to be seen 90 acres set to
apples this spring by James Wishart.
A little further on is 20 acres owned
by q d. Woodworth, which was
cleared and set to fruit this spring, IL
acres of it being planted tc BeurIe
d. Anjou pears and 10 to SpitZenberg
and Newtowns. This was formerly
part of the old Mckinney place. In
this vicinity ia also to DO found the
new orchard of the Hood River Apple
company composed of Robt, Living
ston, Alex MoRae, Miller Murdoch
and g, d. WoodwoIth The work OF
clearing and setting this orchard waf
in charge Of Mr. Woodworth aud il
was planted this spring. 1t contains
40 acres and is set to Newtuwns, Ar
kansas Blacks, Spitzenbergs and
Hydes King. Not far from the ranch
Of the Hood River Apple company d
new acreage of 40 acres is being set to
apples and strawberries by Wm. Rod
euheiser At the forks OF the road
Mrs. Reese ia clearing 2G acres and
Chas. Spencer 10. Both these places
will be set to fruit Mr.. Spencer has
donated an acre of land here, which
is being cleared and on which a new
school house will be erected tor this
district
Nearing the road to Dee Is a 40-acTe
tract belonging to Eilers & McCor-
mack, the former OF the weli-knoWn
Portland piano house, This is using
cleared under the direction Of Mr..
Woodworth and will be set TO fruit this
fall. Where the road turns toward
Dee Ia Il corner tract OF 40 acres
owned ty G. Walton, 20 acres of which
are set to trees aud straw berries and
a small part in clover. Mr. Walton is
also erecting a S3, 600 house and sub
stantial barn on his place.
Directly opposite is situated the big
new ranch Of Loomis q Wood "orth,
100 acres in extent, 50 of which ale
cleared aud set to trees. his com
prises the largest orchard in the upper
valley aud one of the largest in Hood
River valley. Ii has been named tc
Lava Bad Fruit Farm owing to the
fact that one end of this remarkable
hill of rocks is situated on it, From
under l. gushes forth one Of the
largest and best springs OF water in
the entire valley. LIS flow is estim.
ased sufficient to ill a three foot
pipe and IN temperature it il of icy
GOODNESS.
An analysts made of this water by
a New York chemist pronounced II
100 per cent pure and the project OF
bringing it to Hood River to supply
tho city with an additional water sup
PLY Is said TO have been consideIed by
Mr.. Loomis and other New York capi
talists. The middle fork Of HooC
River flows through the Lacmis
Woodwork place and on it there i
also 1000, QUO feet of timber. It i
stated that later it may be decided t.
develop power rom the middle for;
and Fut it la Il plant to make appl