The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-05-06

will build a dwelling house on fine
building site next tall
q. q. kuh has 100 acres, 60 impIov.
ed, 20 acres IN orchard, I bearing. lie
is planting 800 trees this spr ing and
has 20 or % acres ready to plant when
be can get the trees. Last year his
orchard, small portion only cid
trees bearing produced l50 boxes. lie
has IL acres In Spitzen bergs and New
towns, year old, that have made a
phenominaI growth. He is now haul
ing to market his Baldwin apples.
His Neatowns shipped to Portland
last june retailed ut 10 cents apiece.
Mr.. Ruff considers the Newt0wn the
best apple to grow in the upper valley
aud says this Is the real home of this
splendid fruit. Ihe stage road is being
Strengthened through his place, and
he Is setting Anchor wire fence both
sides OF tho road, which will great Is
improve his place. W. q. Palmer and
wife have charge OF the place,
A. Hu lson, native OF Wisconsin,
came to Hood River in 1899, and
has a homestead of l60 acres. He
has 20 acres cleared aud will have
1000 trees set when done planting this
spring; 30, 900 strawberry plants. His
land Is mostly brush and not the most
difficult to clear.
Babson Bros, s. q. and II. H.,
natives of New Jersey, came to Hood
River in 1868. They have 80 acres,
35 improved, 30 acres set to trees last
year and this. They have a handsome
bungalow, and all the clearing and
improvements have been made in the
last year and half. They have 8
acres in hay.
Philip ID. AtwRter and Harvey f..
Lyon, natives of East Orange, New
Jersey, came to Hood River In Feb
ruary last aud moved ou to their 30
acres here Dist OF March. They have
since cleared acres and have more
slashed, and will have 2 acres cleared
and ready for trees by fall. They will
build dwelling house in the faiI and
winter. These young men are much
pleased with the country.
A. L. Allen, native of Nebraska,
came to Hood River IN 1907. lie has
rs acres, 8 improved and In orchard
3 acres bearing, u acres Strawberries.
MI. Allen has Dad Fouts' old Sailor,
l6 years old. lie was pup when
Dads boy Fleet was babe.
j. s. Peironhet has 20 acres all
cleared; Is planting part to trees this
spring and the balance next spring.
lie is building handsome bunga.
low; Louis Baldwin, contractor.
Ohaa. StanhauseT, native of New
York, has 30 acres, % cleared and the
balance Is being cleared. Will set II
acres to Strawberries this spring; II
acres in potatoes. Louis Baldwin IL
building "A bungalow for Mr.. Stan
hauser.
II. o. McCown, native of Indiana,
has homesteaded 100 acres. Together
with W. M. Keeling he has filed upon
600 inches of water from Dog river.
They now have a ditch that will carry
400 or 800 inches. Though lying HAL
his land is tine Tor fruit and garden,
lie Ia nine miles from Cloud Gap Inn,
On his claim Is "a curious rock that
rises ON the side of steep hill to the
height OF 100 feet on the lower side.
The rock is about l6 feet in diameter
at it's base On the summit Is an egg
shaped cap weighing probably hun.
dred tons. His place Is known as he
Monument ranch.
W. M. Keeling, native of Kentucky,
came to Hood River 6 years ago from
Kansas. lie has filed on 40 acres aud
will contest 100 acres adjoining all ly'
ing along Fast Fork. His place Ii
known as Riverside tarm. About &C
acres will be available for cultivation.
lie moved to his claim last October,
He has good house and some clear
ing.
S. B. Sutton, native OF New Jersey,
came to Hood River from Mason
ity, Iowa, in 1905 and homesteaded
40 acres, upon which he resides with
his family. lie has acres cleared
and comfortable home. His land ID
under the Glacier ditch aud also the
Middle Fork. Mr. Sutton has good
success IN trapping the pocket gop her
with steel traps. When he finds a hill
of dit thrown up by the gopher he
digs down till he finds its hole, and
setting the trap he covers 1t with a
light board, The gopher will just push
up dirt to shut out light and manage
to get In the trap
! james McCown has 80 acres on the
east side OF the East FORK. Mi Nc.
Gown is an old-tlme printer and IL
now proof reader on the Portland
Oregonian. Ills wife and daughter
and son make thei home here. There