The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-03-03

thluB US dig RATHER, commenced L
toungue lash ner liege lord for get
ting at her cream.
We teasted for week or two upol
the good things of Paradise Farm
The best of peaches, black berries ant
other fruits, with cream in. abun
dance made us feel that we reall,
had struck paradise. Rates at thil
boarding house we're one dollar da,
with drive round the valley ever,
day in the only spring wagon.
Mr.. Pealer WAS also the sole res
estate agent In the valley. Very few
transfers were made In those days
land was considered too high at 81
and $40 an acre.
The ranches we're few and far be
tween. Raising cattle was about al
the farmers engaged In. On Para
disc Farm was fine peach orchard /;
also the same on h. l.. Smiths tarn
at Frankton and on the Haynes place
now known as Riverside Farm.
Hood River peaches had won 8
name tor quality IN the Portland mar.
kets, but that year OF which | speak
the fruit WIS attacked Dy blight-s
white, hard spot on the side of the
peach that sometimes covered the
whole OF Its aide, making the fruit
unit for market. This was Eefore
scientific spraying was attempted in
Hood River valley. presume the
same blight would appear today If the
trees we're not properly sprayed.
There was no agitation in Hood
River about good roads in those days.
A net work of wagon Tails trsyersed
the unfenced valley, with no dust In
summer nor mud In winter. The
heavily-laden lumber, oordwocd and
apple wagons were to come later,
along with the automobile, to make
our roads the terror they are today.
lhe scant population of Hood
River valley at that time seemed
most of it to be on the East Side.
The late q. W. Bachus owned the
ranch now owned and occupied by f..
ii. Button. Frank Baohus, son OF
q. W., was farming the place. John
Stanley and wife lived on the place
now owned and occupied by j. IL.
hoberg Eugene Bush, then q boy
about 10 years OF age, made his home
with the Stanleys. Hans Lage owned
and occupied the farm where he still
resides. ID. A. Turner, Captain +.
NJ. jackson, Jesse Neal, Peter Neal,
Nip Neal, William 0dell Davis
Divers, John, Joe and Vim. Divers
old man Oorum and others whom |
did not know were residents OF the
East Side.
Baldwin and Tieman were the only
residents OF the upper valley now
Known as the Mt. Hood settlement.
in the West Side, Captain Coe with
lis family and mother occupied the
Did Coe mansion. Captain Coe was
postmaster A large apple orchard was
N this Coe place, some of the trees
II that old orchard still standing and
fearing uuit in the western part OF
he town Of Hood River. DIR. Adams
vas building his sanitaIium but had
lot moved up from Portland. His
lace occupied by X. Pealer. Haynes
Saunders owned aud occupied
riverside Farm.
Hon. h. l.. Smith .-and family lived
N the farm at Frankton now owned
nd occupied by Bruno Franz. Mr..
mith had recently opened store,
'hioh was the beginning OF the ex.
eusive mercantile establishment now
perated by X. B. Bragg a. Co. His
took OF goods was kept in a small
oom attached to his farm house, and
onsisted OF groceries, hardware and
uch articles needed by the farmer
r woodsman. He might have had
eVeral bolts of muslin and "yaller
on his shelves, but II such
as the case fail TO rememb ber.
5. b. Crockett had just purchased
be acres now owned and occupied by
=. g. Staten aud was building u dwell
ng house. Lyman Smith occupied
he place now owned by K. W. Ord.
ay. The late 81. j. La France lived
ith Mr.. Smith and later became his !
On In law. lie was then the mail |
arrier from the boat landing to the
ostottice. Ihe mail came about |
lree times week.
Ihe Oregon Steam Navigation Co.
ad line OF telegraph along the river
1d the telegraph Office was located |
n the state road on the place now
wned and occupied by ID. q. Cara
rant. A man named Gardner was
10 operator. The late DIR. z. q.
arIett was located about quarter
mile west OF where new stands |
10 school house which bears his
ame. NJ b. Potter, John A. Wilson,
W. Wallace, Alfred ingalls,, f. q,
herrieb, j. W. l'inrichs, Peter
inrichs, a man named Horn, Garri
N, Patten, Phelps and probably a
" others whom | did not know or
ave forgotten were settlers scattered
the valley.
The first and only school house In
10 valley In 1877 stood in the oak
owe Just esst of X. W. Ordway's
sidenee. Mrs. Henderson, mother
John Leland Henderson, was teach
4 the school that summer. Barrett
hool district was set apart from the
wer district about 1880 and the
hool house built that year. frank
n school district next built an i'm
'slng school building for thaG day
private subscription, the patrons
rmiug joint stock association.
Ie district was given Tree use OF the
Iilding for several years. Later the
ilding WAS fought by the district,
Q stockholders receiving 30 cents
the dollar.
10 first union Sunday School was
Id In the building. The upper
ON of this building was the first
ON in the valley used as a lodge
ON. The Hood River A. o. U. W.
dye was organized and met In this
ON. This old school building still
,nds near the new and modern
Hiding and Is at present occupied
two families.
In 1881 b, l.. Smith built a large
1re room down on the state road, a
ort distance from his dwelling.
10 0. K. Il N. railroad was then
Hiding and Smiths store was the
nter OF traffic tor the valley. In
Q fall of 1881 the late Pohn Parker
lit the first store building in the
" town of Hood River. This build
9 stood until recently where