The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-05-06
ALONG STAGE ROAD
TO MT. HOOD
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which be has retained. lie has IL
acres cleared, Is in hay, one acre In
orchard, all bearing. MI. Leasure has
been dairying but now IL selling OIL
his COWS and has hut left. He has
53 inches of lwater In the Mt. Hood
Water Co. This company is about to
increase it's capital stock from 81, 600
to Sl0,0 900.
George Jacob Wenner, pioneer OF
Upper Hood River valley Is now the
Oldest settler. His age is 70. tie pre-
empted 100 acres, hut has since dis.
posed of it all. During the civil war
be served In Co. X. 7th Ohio. in the
armies of the Potomac and Cumber-
land.
william Edlck, native of Illinois,
has 40 acres and 100 trees, nearly all
bearing. He has acres In hay. Came
to Hood River with his parents, Oscar
and Alice Sandman, In 1884. lie has
200 inches OF water In private ditch
with ID. H. Cooper.
George Dimmick, native OF The Dal.
les, Oregon, came here 70 years ago.
lie has 81 acres, 10 improved. $50 trees
100 bearing. lie set l50 pear trees
this spring; has or s acres In hay.
His land Is finely located on the stage
road and near the line OF survey for
the electI 10 railway.
Bert Sandman, native born, has 40
acres, in hay, 700 trees, 200 bearing
On an acre and one-quarter he grew
200 sacks of potatoes between the ap-
pie tree rows. He Ia a pioneer Of the
Upper Hood River valley, coming here
y years ago. From acres OF hay lie
sold last year 10 tons besides feeding
his own stock. Ills place has good
improvements.
Mrs. S. M. Baldwin has 80 acres OF
the 100 homesteaded by her late hus
band, S. M, Baldwin. There is l6O
10 the estate. The land lies along the
road for while and runs one-quarter
mile cast. Twelve acres improved,
600 apple trees, mostly bearing, small
fruit In plen y for home use. Plenty
of free water from living springs.
Good house and barn and other inn
provements. The land is among the
best for fIuit or hay. A very desira.
bic and home like place.
George Perkins, native of Dorcest-
ershire, Eng, has 60 acres of the ori-
ginal homestead, 6 improved, one
acre in prunes. He has small fruit
for home use Moet of his land is in
clover
Gassman & Klein, contractors and
builders, have bought the DIR. Shaw
place of 100 acres. They have l0ls
acres in trees, oil bearing, acres IN
strawberries. They will clear r or II
acres yet this year. Plenty OF free
water on most of their land.
j. M. Hallowel has 80 acres, ~ IN
orchard, which Is cared tor by h. l.,
Rood.
n, H. Rood, native OF New Yorh
state, homesteaded l60 acres. He has
acres cleared and 80 fruit trees, al
doing we'll. lie has raspberries, black
berries and strawberries and good
garden. Radishes and lettuce grown
in the open have been served on his
table since April 20. He had rhu,
barb by the 2nih. Has IA good claim
and tor earllness 1t is not much be.
hind the earliest In the lower valley.
MI Rood Ia an expert paper hanger
and finds plenty of work at his trade.
B. Il, Cray, native of Paikersburg,
West Va, came here from Illinois In
1904 and bought i60 aores He has 31
acres improved, 10 in orchard, 8 bear.
ing planted 40 yellow Newtowns this
spring. He Is now shipping his
Baldwin apples to Portland market.
This year he will put in 5 acres in
field corn, or In potatoes and 2
acres In carrots. lie has 600 straw,
berry plants aud other small fruits.
H. L. AMI A, F. Manning, natives OF
Illinois, came here from Portland two
years ago. They have GO acres OF the
knight homestead, 25 improved, in
bearing trees, They will clear 10 acres
this spring
Arthur and r. W. Putnam, natives
of Vermoat and descendants of Is
rael Pullman of Revolutionary fame,
came to Hood River from New Hamp-
shire last January. They have 81
acres of the Foss place, II we'll i'm
Ir)ved, aud will clear 30 between now
and next spring aud plant to trees.
1h1v have 600 bearing trees. They
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